Jacksonville vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jacksonville	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2364	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5468	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$2461	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3990	$1264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	56	80
😀 Quality of life	87	83
🏙️ Population	950K	2.73M

The cost of living in Jacksonville is 147% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 1022nd and 5750th ($2364 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 935th 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 1.7 months in Jacksonville compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Jacksonville ranked 77th best city to live in the United States vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 293rd and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Jacksonville	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.2	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.87	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1470	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2901	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2044	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3106	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2417	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.2	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.93	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.65	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.42	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.81	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.2	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$132	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.1	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1306	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11096	$10905

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Cities near Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2247
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2238
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2271
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2196
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2136
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$1969
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2211
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2144
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1957
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2064
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2278
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2212
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2327
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2265
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2286
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2308
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1502
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2018
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2269
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2294
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2371
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2336
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2384
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2373
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2335
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2440
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2392
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2366
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2316
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2204
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2576
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2171
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2181
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2280
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2577
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2634
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2295
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2289
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2104
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1897

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