Cologne vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$947	$208
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$754
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	92	95
😀 Quality of life	96	70
🏙️ Population	1.09M	9.5M

The cost of living in Cologne is 186% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 2551st and 7543rd ($1744 vs $611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 199th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 1.2 months in Foshan. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Foshan ranked 13th in China, while ranked 12th and 2601st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Foshan

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	Cologne	Foshan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$3.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$570
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$42.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$1806
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$67.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$6.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$18096

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1578
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1569
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1559
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1572
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1554
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1586
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1551
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1536
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1534
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1544
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1529
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1554
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1523
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1518
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1522
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1497
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1542
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1677
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1522
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1580
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1502
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1517
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1494
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1516
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1446
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1495
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1479
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1490
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1500
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772

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