Kaohsiung vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$361	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$822
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	80	22
😀 Quality of life	83	58
🏙️ Population	2.73M	1.96M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 9% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 5750th and 5176th ($956 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 12th in Taiwan and Mexico, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 417th and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Tijuana

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	Kaohsiung	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$4.13
🥤 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	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$2569

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677