Kaohsiung vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$361	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$3141
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	80	86
😀 Quality of life	83	93
🏙️ Population	2.73M	2.79M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 61% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 5750th and 861st ($956 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th in Taiwan and Canada, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.3 months in Toronto. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 417th and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Toronto

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	Kaohsiung	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$17118

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095