Kaohsiung vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$2392
🏠 One person rent	$361	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$2528
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	80	52
😀 Quality of life	83	87
🏙️ Population	2.73M	686K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 3% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 5750th and 5882nd ($956 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 732nd in Taiwan and Japan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 2.7 months in Shizuoka. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Shizuoka ranked 10th in Japan, while ranked 417th and 271st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Shizuoka

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	Kaohsiung	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$6.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$3.52
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$548
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$29.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$4676
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$3205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$1.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$20
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$6.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$3.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$9.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$3.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$92.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$39.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$41.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$8368

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$931
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$940
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$961
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$966
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$969
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1041
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1019
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$975
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$976
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$983
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1042
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$971
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1028
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1032
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1027
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1034
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1035
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1034
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1029
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$981
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1032
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1041
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1042
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1041
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1045
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1049
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1039
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1049
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1081
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1080
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1095
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1034
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1045
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1100
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1065
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1138
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1016
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1055
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$929
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1083