Kaohsiung vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$1583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$3682
🏠 One person rent	$361	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1737
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$487
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$58.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$1922
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	80	37
😀 Quality of life	83	73
🏙️ Population	2.73M	6.44K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 40% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 5750th and 3109th ($956 vs $1583) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in Taiwan and Malta, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.2 months in Valletta. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Valletta ranked 5th in Malta, while ranked 417th and 1378th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Valletta

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	Kaohsiung	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$9.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$4.07
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$1033
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$785
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$2137
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1490
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$53.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$82.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	5.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$3962
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$2.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$28.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$3.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$9.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$6.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$5.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$94.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$8456

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1749
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1624
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1415
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1555
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1486
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1346
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1106
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$941
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1077
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1098
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$971
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1161
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1137
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1130
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1019
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$938
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1199
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$443
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$495
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$464
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$418
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$448
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1251
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1143
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$368
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$549
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$396
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$436
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$392
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$410
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$535
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$465
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1072
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1159
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$387
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$348