Brisbane vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brisbane	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2016	$611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$208
🏘️ Family rent	$2041	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$754
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	95
😀 Quality of life	97	70
🏙️ Population	2.71M	9.5M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 230% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 1792nd and 7543rd ($2016 vs $611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 199th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.2 months in Foshan. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Foshan ranked 13th in China, while ranked 7th and 2601st 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	$13.3	$3.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.51	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1443	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2386	$570
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1744	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$42.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.7	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7172	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4905	$1806
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.98	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$67.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$6.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7949	$18096

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642