Kaohsiung vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$361	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$5531
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	80	87
😀 Quality of life	83	91
🏙️ Population	2.73M	1.39M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 72% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 5750th and 36th ($956 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 32nd 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 San Diego. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 417th and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs San Diego

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	Kaohsiung	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$28706

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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 San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759