Kaohsiung vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$361	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	80	92
😀 Quality of life	83	67
🏙️ Population	2.73M	9.21M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 18% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 5750th and 4604th ($956 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 7th in Taiwan and Mexico, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 417th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Mexico City

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	Kaohsiung	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804