Foshan vs Gold Coast - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Foshan	Gold Coast
🚶 Cost of living one person	$627	$2530
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1823	$5679
🏠 One person rent	$234	$1644
🏘️ Family rent	$399	$2706
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$638
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.7	$112
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$798	$4225
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	93	49
😀 Quality of life	72	93
🏙️ Population	9.5M	608K

The cost of living in Foshan is 75% less expensive than in Gold Coast. Cities ranked 7755th and 852nd ($627 vs $2530) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 181st and 5th in China and Australia, respectively. Check China vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 1.7 months in Gold Coast. Foshan ranked 19th best city to live in China vs Gold Coast ranked 5th in Australia, while ranked 2991st and 68th 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	$3.7	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$106
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.17	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$7.74
☕ Cappuccino	$2.97	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$2097
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$1297
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$485	$2832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$2351
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.8	$54.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.85%	5.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4322	$8667
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1845	$5294
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.4	$56.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.36	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$2.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$8.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$9.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$3.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$3.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$3.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$5.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.21	$25.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.86	$5.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$5.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$2.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.9	$41.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.37	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$56.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.55	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.4	$77.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$453	$2112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22953	$9318

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$785
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$873
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$548
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$694
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$801
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$858
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1734
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$839
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$995
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$638
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2396
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$908
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$777
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$828
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$793
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$766
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$778
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$954
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$802
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$797
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$751
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$739
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$600
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$682
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$473
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$714
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$758
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$474
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$612
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$528
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$620
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$601
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$648
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$602
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$711
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$679

Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2323
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1825
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1992
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1863
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1273
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1643
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1995
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1855
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2354
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2040
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1709
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2481
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1701
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1460
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1795
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2258
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1825
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$2015
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1905
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1915
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1913