Foshan vs Gold Coast - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Foshan	Gold Coast
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$2297
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1710	$5159
🏠 One person rent	$222	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$2387
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$3044
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	95	49
😀 Quality of life	73	89
🏙️ Population	9.5M	608K

The cost of living in Foshan is 74% less expensive than in Gold Coast. Cities ranked 7909th and 1270th ($589 vs $2297) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th 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 1.3 months in Gold Coast. Foshan ranked 12th best city to live in China vs Gold Coast ranked 7th in Australia, while ranked 2948th and 255th 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	$3.18	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$97.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$9.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$6.47
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$1640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$1199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$2559
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$245	$2014
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	6.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4095	$8866
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1740	$4115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.82	$51.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$4.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$7.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$8.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$1.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.8	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$6.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$24.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$4.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$53.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.35	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$60.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$2150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21696	$7100

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$758
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$829
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$518
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$662
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$777
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$827
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$662
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1746
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$816
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$878
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$608
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2414
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$892
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$766
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$765
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$766
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$941
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$780
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$773
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$726
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$750
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$579
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$669
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$451
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$693
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$897
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$454
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$546
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$574
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$634
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$622
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$677
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$652

Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2065
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1662
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1798
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1710
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1184
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1503
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1839
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1747
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2181
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1888
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1599
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2640
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2292
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1568
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1364
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1580
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1678
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2019
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1667
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1683
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1771
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1706
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1736