Foshan vs Gold Coast - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Gold Coast
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$2239
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$4966
🏠 One person rent	$208	$1436
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$2255
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$574
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$3017
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	95	49
😀 Quality of life	70	88
🏙️ Population	9.5M	608K

The cost of living in Foshan is 73% less expensive than in Gold Coast. Cities ranked 7543rd and 1278th ($611 vs $2239) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 3rd in China and Australia, respectively. Check China vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 1.3 months in Gold Coast. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Gold Coast ranked 6th in Australia, while ranked 2601st and 223rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Foshan vs Gold Coast infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/foshan/gold-coast.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Foshan vs Gold Coast infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/foshan/gold-coast" target="_blank">Foshan vs Gold Coast - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Foshan vs Gold Coast

Prices for goods and services in Foshan and Gold Coast are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Foshan	Gold Coast
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$86.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$9.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$1508
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$1209
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$2204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1987
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$60.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$8546
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$3976
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$53.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$13.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.38
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$8.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$4.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$6.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$51.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$62.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$87.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$2092
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$6970

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2016
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1677
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1748
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1683
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1185
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1478
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1448
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1702
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2099
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1824
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1584
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2539
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2252
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1538
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1511
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1416
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1616
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2023
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1619
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1667
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1691
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1643
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1645