Kaohsiung vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kaohsiung	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$932	$1608
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2619	$4004
🏠 One person rent	$339	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$747	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$484
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1088	$818
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	81	8
😀 Quality of life	84	59
🏙️ Population	2.73M	24.7K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 42% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 5786th and 3034th ($932 vs $1608) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Taiwan and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Taiwan vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 320th and 5511th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Victoria

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	Kaohsiung	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.13	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.8	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.88	$9.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$3.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$981
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$663
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$829	$1936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$1722
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.4	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.3	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$130
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.21%	16.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4824	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2490	$1289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.64	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.6	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.04	$44.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.02	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.92	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$20.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.61	$5.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$9.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$6.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$3.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.97	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.34	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$90.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.14	$5.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.2	$71.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.81	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.6	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.1	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$313	$158
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12618	$8062

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$913
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$952
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$725
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$791
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$857
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$890
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$995
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$746
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$860
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$917
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$863
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$851
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1011
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$676
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$721
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$689
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$860
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$675
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$589
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$588
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$664
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$716
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$738
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$713
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$694
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$799
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$667
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$678
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$1083
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$744
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$487
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$891
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$787
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$837
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$655

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$819
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$585
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$587
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$805
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$461
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$452
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$776
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$784
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$829
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$718
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$493
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$770
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$762
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$706
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$600
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$622
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1417
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1439
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1144
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$353
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1127
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$600
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$536
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$815
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$486
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$524