Kaohsiung vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kaohsiung	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$971	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2603	$4674
🏠 One person rent	$353	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$606	$1801
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$80	$126
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1504	$4112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	80	81
😀 Quality of life	88	91
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.43M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 53% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 5770th and 1833rd ($971 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1452nd 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 1.5 months in Kaohsiung compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Kaohsiung ranked 6th best city to live in Taiwan vs San Antonio ranked 39th in the United States, while ranked 281st and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs San Antonio

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	Kaohsiung	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.32	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.4	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.02	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$6.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$349	$1312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$901
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$1860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$468	$1400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.5	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.7	$233
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.2	$75.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.55%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4645	$4488
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3214	$1816
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.7	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$17.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.2	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$3.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.65	$5.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.99	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.74	$4.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$4.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$1.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$3.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.41	$9.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$4.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$45.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.2	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.78	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$51.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$470	$1365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13326	$19123

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$938
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$844
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$904
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$884
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$868
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$874
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$942
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$687
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$921
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$889
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$989
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$792
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$892
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1123
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1248
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$643
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$729
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$648
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$979
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$673
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$612
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$474
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$679
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$473
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$600
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$705
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$672
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$682
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$640
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$689
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$954
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$717
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$403
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$777
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$774
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$638
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$617

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2093
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2105
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2123
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2120
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2125
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2168
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$1944
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2475
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2151
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2149
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2141
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2058
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2110
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2003
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$1963
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$1937
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1857
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1903
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$1005
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1722
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2070
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1855
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1897
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1708
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$1010
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$796
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1950
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1843
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2096
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2066
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2011
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2093
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2519
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2033
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2754
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2261
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2107
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1860
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2064
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2093