Kaohsiung vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$2813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$6464
🏠 One person rent	$361	$1786
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$2984
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$700
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$4579
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	80	54
😀 Quality of life	83	86
🏙️ Population	2.73M	525K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 66% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 5750th and 313th ($956 vs $2813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 277th 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 1.6 months in Sacramento. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Sacramento ranked 81st in the United States, while ranked 417th and 308th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Sacramento

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	Kaohsiung	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$19.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$7.64
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$5.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$1822
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$1446
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$3005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$2512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$193
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$71.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	6.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$4209
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$3946
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$3.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$5.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$4.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$6.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$3.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$17.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$6.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$134
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$1530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$29998

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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 Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2652
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2692
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2680
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2708
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2765
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2744
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2848
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2832
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2816
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2684
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2560
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2869
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2612
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2762
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3102
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2624
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3212
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3551
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2732
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2188
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2977
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2170
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3193
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2938
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3015
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3453
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2767
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2778
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2780
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2412
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2816
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2646
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2622
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2932
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3048
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2135
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2840
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2888
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3785
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$3045