Kaohsiung vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$361	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	80	98
😀 Quality of life	83	93
🏙️ Population	2.73M	1.97M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 48% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 5750th and 2270th ($956 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Taiwan and Austria, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 417th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Vienna

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	Kaohsiung	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987