Kaohsiung vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kaohsiung Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$999
$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2645
$2512
🏠 One person rent
$382
$559
🏘️ Family rent
$672
$974
🍽️ Food expenses
$413
$342
🚐 Transport expenses
$77.9
$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1411
$939
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
7 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
80
48
😀 Quality of life
87
63
🏙️ Population
2.72M
1.47M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 5% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5666th and 5278th ($999 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th in Taiwan and Russia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 364th and 5513th among best cities to live in the world.

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Kaohsiung Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$3.78
$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$31.6
$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.07
$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.59
$1.98
☕ Cappuccino
$2.91
$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.93
$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$404
$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$289
$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$745
$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$535
$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$46.1
$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$71.6
$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$24
$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
2.43%
19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4856
$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3306
$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.8
$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$12.8
$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$8.47
$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.98
$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$3.42
$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.08
$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.91
$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.85
$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14.4
$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.09
$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14.6
$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.54
$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.89
$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.61
$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.6
$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.13
$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.19
$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.67
$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.74
$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$13.8
$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.76
$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack
$4.48
$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$12.8
$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.95
$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.32
$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.15
$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$36.6
$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$9.53
$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$69.3
$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple
$8.74
$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans
$100
$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$88.5
$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$450
$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$11481
$7937

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Distance City Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi Tainan
$910
88 km or 55 mi Taitung
$841
97 km or 60 mi Chiayi
$910
124 km or 77 mi Douliu
$889
150 km or 93 mi Nantou
$879
163 km or 101 mi Changhua
$888
175 km or 108 mi Taichung
$957
224 km or 139 mi Miaoli
$709
253 km or 157 mi Hsinchu
$937
257 km or 160 mi Zhubei
$882
265 km or 165 mi Taoyuan
$941
280 km or 174 mi Yilan
$796
285 km or 177 mi Kinmen
$903
291 km or 181 mi New Taipei
$1108
298 km or 185 mi Taipei
$1257
301 km or 187 mi Jinjiang
$630
307 km or 191 mi Xiamen
$723
309 km or 192 mi Quanzhou
$634
315 km or 196 mi Keelung
$997
340 km or 211 mi Putian
$668
341 km or 212 mi Zhangzhou
$696
379 km or 235 mi Shantou
$602
393 km or 244 mi Chaozhou
$465
398 km or 247 mi Fuzhou
$656
416 km or 258 mi Jieyang
$464
430 km or 267 mi Puning
$589
432 km or 268 mi Longyan
$698
437 km or 271 mi Ishigaki
$1067
457 km or 284 mi Ningde
$654
466 km or 289 mi Meizhou
$673
487 km or 302 mi Sanming
$634
497 km or 309 mi Nanping
$682
510 km or 317 mi Shanwei
$943
562 km or 349 mi Miyakojima
$1064
575 km or 357 mi Rui'an
$705
575 km or 357 mi Tuguegarao
$416
587 km or 365 mi Heyuan
$765
600 km or 373 mi Wenzhou
$763
605 km or 376 mi Huizhou
$621
616 km or 382 mi Wuyishan
$610

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$892
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$891
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$891
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$729
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$867
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$760
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$767
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$969
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$701
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$853
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$697
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$690
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$700
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$743
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$793
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$795
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$712
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$761
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$564
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$589
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$757
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$595
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$747
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$929
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$579
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$664
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$733
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$838
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$740
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$679
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$791
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$834
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$604
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$746
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$813
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$732
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$677
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$773
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$940
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$688