Hargeisa vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hargeisa	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$660	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1623	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$217	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$423	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$265	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.2	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$403	$1264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	11	80
😀 Quality of life	8	83
🏙️ Population	760K	2.73M

The cost of living in Hargeisa is 31% less expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 7141st and 5750th ($660 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th in Somalia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Somalia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Hargeisa compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Hargeisa ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 9243rd and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hargeisa vs Kaohsiung

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	Hargeisa	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.45	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$1.17	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$252	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.4	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.13%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3745	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8448	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.7	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.95	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.98	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.01	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.75	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$59.7	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.9	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$36.7	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$603	$10905

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Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$518
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$764
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$718
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$571
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$542
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$540
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$503
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$507
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$496
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$838
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$482
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$486
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$481
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$546
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$662
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$886
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$706
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$484
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$897
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$482
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$487
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$654
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$486
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$711
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$520
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$937
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$488
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$910
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$1006
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$902
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$905
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$541

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