Brisbane vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$1771
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$388
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$70.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$780
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	93
😀 Quality of life	98	72
🏙️ Population	2.71M	9.5M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 272% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 1349th and 7844th ($2269 vs $611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 183rd 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 1.3 months in Foshan. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Foshan ranked 14th in China, while ranked 3rd and 3253rd 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	$15.5	$3.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$21.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$5.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$259
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$141
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$253
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$50
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$77.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	3.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$4193
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$1783
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$5.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$5.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$69.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$5.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$17.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$3.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$41.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$59.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$22493

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$782
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$848
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$534
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$666
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$795
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$844
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$674
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1718
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$832
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$939
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$621
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2415
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$896
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$765
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$816
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$807
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$760
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$769
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$943
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$790
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$789
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$738
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$730
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$589
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$673
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$464
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$699
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$814
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$465
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$602
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$533
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$608
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$587
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$638
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$609
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$694
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$664