Kaohsiung vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$4441
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$10033
🏠 One person rent	$361	$2960
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$5380
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$886
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$364
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$5544
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	80	100
😀 Quality of life	83	95
🏙️ Population	2.73M	8.8M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 78% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 5750th and 3rd ($956 vs $4441) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st 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 1.2 months in New York City. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 417th and 22nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs New York City

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	Kaohsiung	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$29.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$133
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$8.94
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$5.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$3501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$2603
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$4776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$5236
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$17935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$12929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$132
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$7.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$5.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$17.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$7.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$6.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$6.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$3.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$3.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$3.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$18.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$9.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$6.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$20.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$173
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$36.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$67.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$1784
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$21465

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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 New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111