El Paso vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	El Paso	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1813	$611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4267	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$980	$208
🏘️ Family rent	$1800	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3350	$754
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	95
😀 Quality of life	79	70
🏙️ Population	679K	9.5M

The cost of living in El Paso is 197% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 2363rd and 7543rd ($1813 vs $611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1931st and 199th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in El Paso compared to 1.2 months in Foshan. El Paso ranked 179th best city to live in the United States vs Foshan ranked 13th in China, while ranked 633rd and 2601st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Foshan

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	El Paso	Foshan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$570
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$42.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.2	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$1806
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$67.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$6.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.2	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.7	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$578	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6903	$18096

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353

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