Kaohsiung vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$361	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$4771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	80	99
😀 Quality of life	83	93
🏙️ Population	2.73M	3.9M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 70% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 5750th and 80th ($956 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 71st 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 Los Angeles. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 417th and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Los Angeles

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	Kaohsiung	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$28838

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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

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919