Kaohsiung vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kaohsiung	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$932	$2681
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2650	$6051
🏠 One person rent	$342	$1825
🏘️ Family rent	$781	$3146
🍽️ Food expenses	$379	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1271	$4933
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	81	94
😀 Quality of life	83	77
🏙️ Population	2.73M	467K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 65% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 6046th and 464th ($932 vs $2681) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 406th in Taiwan and the United States, respectively. Check Taiwan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.8 months in Long Beach. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Long Beach ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 389th and 769th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Long Beach

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	Kaohsiung	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.76	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.1	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$6.81
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$5.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$1953
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$1605
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$3294
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$613	$2861
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.9	$87.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.8	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.8	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4772	$7038
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2838	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.5	$74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.84	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.06	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$3.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.72	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$7.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.31	$4.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.41	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.6	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.9	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$348	$1485
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12438	$21877

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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 Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614