Kaohsiung vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kaohsiung	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$932	$2801
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2650	$6767
🏠 One person rent	$342	$1663
🏘️ Family rent	$781	$3057
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$410
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1271	$4399
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	81	99
😀 Quality of life	83	99
🏙️ Population	2.73M	4.84M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 67% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6046th and 312th ($932 vs $2801) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Taiwan and Australia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.6 months in Sydney. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 389th and 4th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Sydney

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	Kaohsiung	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.76	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.1	$70.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$7.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$1992
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$1372
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$4038
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$613	$2523
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.9	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.8	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.8	$53.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	6.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4772	$16279
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2838	$9905
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$3.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.5	$143
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.84	$29.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.06	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$2.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.72	$8.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$5.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$29.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$6.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.31	$2.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$2.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$58.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.41	$16.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$67.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.9	$78.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$117
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$348	$2054
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12438	$18951

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$841
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$801
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$707
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$818
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$841
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$931
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$698
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$864
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$828
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$745
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$821
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1060
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$654
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$807
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$666
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1028
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$661
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$605
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$592
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$706
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$691
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$726
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$713
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$683
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$795
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$642
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$673
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$1014
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$719
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$445
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$801
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$776
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$629
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$643

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2286
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2472
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1997
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1732
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1532
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1833
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1674
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1748
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1500
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2393
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1815
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1289
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1746
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1717
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1829
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2141
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1805
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1800
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1397
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1876
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1877
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1758
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2397
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1822
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1799
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1795
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2491
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1757
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1925
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1892
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1357
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1754