Kaohsiung vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$2335
🏠 One person rent	$361	$471
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1016
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$44.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$407
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	80	43
😀 Quality of life	83	56
🏙️ Population	2.73M	1.4M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 6% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 5750th and 6004th ($956 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Taiwan and Mongolia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 417th and 5778th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Kaohsiung	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1382
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$815
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$70.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$5.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$4.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$5.77
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$4.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$9.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$4.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$65.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$175
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$6410

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$879
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$616
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$770
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$624
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$651
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$612
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$979
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$660
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$648
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$563
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$620
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1339
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$651
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$639
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$616
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$470
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$781
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$703
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$603
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$624
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$588
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$549
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$566
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$592
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$469
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$550
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$469
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$623
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$458
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$555
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$403
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$711
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$586
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1016
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$426
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$598