Foshan vs Gold Coast - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Foshan	Gold Coast
🚶 Cost of living one person	$575	$2152
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1875	$4849
🏠 One person rent	$156	$1358
🏘️ Family rent	$353	$2188
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$557
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$3845
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	95	49
😀 Quality of life	73	90
🏙️ Population	9.5M	638K

The cost of living in Foshan is 73% less expensive than in Gold Coast. Cities ranked 7900th and 1408th ($575 vs $2152) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 401st and 9th in China and Australia, respectively. Check China vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Foshan compared to 1.8 months in Gold Coast. Foshan ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Gold Coast ranked 6th in Australia, while ranked 1721st and 120th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Gold Coast

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	Foshan	Gold Coast
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.9	$91.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.6	$9.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$7.77
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$3.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$1302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$87.3	$1173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$487	$2323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$229	$1888
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.6	$157
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$56.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.58%	6.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5068	$11003
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2056	$8562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$58.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$2.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$3.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$8.65
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$8.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$4.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$5.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.16	$24.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$4.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$4.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.6	$50.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.96	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$51.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.3	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$68
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$91.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$529	$1760
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23979	$11702

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$742
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$812
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$481
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$589
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$816
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$618
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1565
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$830
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$939
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$837
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2410
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$876
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$891
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$824
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$856
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$774
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$785
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$1083
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$831
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$857
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$806
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$752
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$738
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$799
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$716
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$735
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$812
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$588
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$525
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$611
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$596
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$584
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$530
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$620
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$638

Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2011
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2356
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1785
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1881
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1816
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1354
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1545
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1461
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1404
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$1998
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1903
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1691
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2741
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2348
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1610
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1463
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1430
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1723
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2604
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1669
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1249
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1672
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1462
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1317
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1707
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1746
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1719
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1716
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2356
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1702
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1693