Houston vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Houston	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5664	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$1305	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$2467	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$581	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$212	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4390	$1264
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	80
😀 Quality of life	91	83
🏙️ Population	2.3M	2.73M

The cost of living in Houston is 137% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 1229th and 5750th ($2265 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1115th and 4th in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Houston compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Houston ranked 14th best city to live in the United States vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 97th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Houston vs Kaohsiung

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	Houston	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.2	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.71	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1390	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1037	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2766	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2058	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$202	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.6	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2714	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.7	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.62	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.64	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1470	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18964	$10905

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2108
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2087
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2196
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2093
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2097
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2232
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2311
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2065
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2056
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2014
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1799
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1855
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2089
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1853
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1944
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1878
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2215
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2037
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1510
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2455
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2163
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2134
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2223
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2192
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2224
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2182
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2260
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2230
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2182

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