Brisbane vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$602
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$1932
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$185
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$415
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$273
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$864
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	95
😀 Quality of life	97	70
🏙️ Population	2.36M	9.5M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 314% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 781st and 7753rd ($2491 vs $602) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 301st in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.4 months in Foshan. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Foshan ranked 11th in China, while ranked 15th and 2359th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Foshan

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	Brisbane	Foshan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$25.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$200
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$111
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$277
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$41.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$64.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	4.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$4523
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$2043
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$4.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$5.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$2.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$69.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$7.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$3.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$549
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$24357

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$763
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$830
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$491
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$678
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$808
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$824
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$641
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1590
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$839
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$958
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$629
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2427
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$895
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$801
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$819
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$852
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$783
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$780
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$1014
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$774
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$774
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$794
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$746
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$726
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$795
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$691
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$725
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$813
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$592
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$605
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$538
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$623
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$607
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$618
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$611
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$671
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$660