Kaohsiung vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1002	$2851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2658	$6397
🏠 One person rent	$370	$1879
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$3145
🍽️ Food expenses	$420	$664
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.9	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1313	$4411
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	80	94
😀 Quality of life	85	78
🏙️ Population	2.73M	467K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 65% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5567th and 327th ($1002 vs $2851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 273rd 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 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.5 months in Long Beach. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Long Beach ranked 271st in the United States, while ranked 461st and 982nd 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	$3.91	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.18	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$7.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$418	$1954
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$263	$1662
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$3174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$480	$2872
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.5	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.4	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.5	$56.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.46%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4822	$7032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3194	$6937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.7	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.56	$34.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.66	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.93	$3.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$16.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$4.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.7	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.56	$10.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$8.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.39	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.72	$15.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.2	$95.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.6	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$99.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$1674
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12260	$19997

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$894
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$854
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$914
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$894
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$894
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$914
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$1006
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$695
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$993
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$868
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$802
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$901
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1135
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$615
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$707
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$621
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1030
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$634
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$589
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$454
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$628
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$451
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$579
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$697
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$628
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$669
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$616
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$671
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$941
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$700
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$415
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$766
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$753
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$608
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$600

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821