Kaohsiung vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kaohsiung	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$932	$387
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2650	$1009
🏠 One person rent	$342	$122
🏘️ Family rent	$781	$227
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$32.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1271	$570
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	81	5
😀 Quality of life	83	50
🏙️ Population	2.73M	115K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 141% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 6046th and 9013th ($932 vs $387) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Taiwan and Bhutan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.5 months in Thimphu. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 389th and 6232nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Thimphu

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	Kaohsiung	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.76	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.1	$16.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$6.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$1.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$119
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$65.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$222
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$613	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.9	$13.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.8	$21.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.8	$32.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4772	$625
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2838	$869
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$1.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.5	$4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.84	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.06	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$0.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$3.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.72	$3.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$4.33
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$3.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$3.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.31	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$0.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.41	$3.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$3.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.9	$33.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$32.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$348	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12438	$691

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$841
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$801
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$707
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$818
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$841
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$931
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$698
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$864
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$828
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$745
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$821
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1060
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$654
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$807
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$666
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1028
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$661
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$605
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$592
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$706
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$691
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$726
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$713
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$683
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$795
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$642
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$673
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$1014
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$719
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$445
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$801
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$776
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$629
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$643

Cities near Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$455
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$314
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$298
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$293
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$930
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$331
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$312
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$370
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$339
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$359
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$311
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$997
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$303
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$282
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$390
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$311
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$256
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$297
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$268
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$279
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$296
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$321
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$309
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$271
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$290
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$443
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$350
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$428
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$380
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$301
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$294
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$311
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$294
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$335
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$290
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$307
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$356
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$288
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$273
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$284