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Kaohsiung vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Kaohsiung is 10.6% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 40.2% more in Kaohsiung
Groceries: pay 65.9% more in Kaohsiung
Transportation: pay 28.6% less in Kaohsiung
Housing: pay 0.1% less in Kaohsiung
Childcare: pay 17.4% less in Kaohsiung
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.6% less in Kaohsiung
Clothing: pay 18.7% more in Kaohsiung

The cost of groceries, restaurants, and clothing in Kaohsiung are more expensive than in Bangkok. Expenses including transportation, childcare, entertainment and sports, and housing are lower in Kaohsiung.

Kaohsiung vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Kaohsiung instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 40.2% more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Kaohsiung
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB98.65	$3.93 NT$123.04	+26.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB197.30	$5.24 NT$164.06	-15.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.19	$0.98 NT$30.76	+24.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.61	$0.75 NT$23.50	+125.3%
Average			+40.2%

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pay 65.9% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Kaohsiung
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.81	$2.17 NT$67.93	+50.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB270.59	$7.34 NT$229.68	-13.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB230.01	$12.75 NT$398.92	+76.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB72.68	$3.10 NT$97.07	+35.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.91	$3.77 NT$117.91	+173.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.61	$2.95 NT$92.24	+85.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.98	$1.20 NT$37.67	+47.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.56	$1.22 NT$38.22	+19.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.13	$1.86 NT$58.14	+117.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.92	$1.30 NT$40.78	+80.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.65	$0.99 NT$30.86	+51.9%
Average			+65.9%

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pay 28.6% less for transportation

	Bangkok	Kaohsiung
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB149.30	$3.83 NT$119.94	-18.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,183.78	$14.75 NT$461.41	-60.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	$33,426.18 NT$1,045,871.83	-10.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB369.93	$8.68 NT$271.72	-25.3%
Average			-28.6%

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pay 0.1% less for housing

	Bangkok	Kaohsiung
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB537.90	$25.81 NT$807.47	+52.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,477.90	$466.98 NT$14,611.44	-30.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,243.81	$293.12 NT$9,171.32	-9.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,185.37	$59.64 NT$1,866.16	-13.2%
Average			-0.1%

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pay 17.4% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Kaohsiung
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,388.11	$445.68 NT$13,944.96	-26.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	$12,289.04 NT$384,511.70	-7.9%
Average			-17.4%

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pay 4.6% less for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Kaohsiung
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB88.78	$1.64 NT$51.27	-41.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.83	$2.99 NT$93.56	+17.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB139.83	$4.59 NT$143.55	+4.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,623.73	$37.96 NT$1,187.71	-25.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB256.48	$9.83 NT$307.61	+22.0%
Average			-4.6%

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pay 18.7% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Kaohsiung
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,870.97	$111.42 NT$3,486.24	+89.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,210.07	$35.06 NT$1,097.14	-7.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,316.45	$89.14 NT$2,788.99	-14.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,910.11	$98.31 NT$3,076.09	+7.5%
Average			+18.7%

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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