Foshan vs Hamburg City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Foshan	Hamburg City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$575	$1909
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1875	$4628
🏠 One person rent	$156	$1010
🏘️ Family rent	$353	$1803
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$227
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$3251
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	84
😀 Quality of life	73	94
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.85M

The cost of living in Foshan is 70% less expensive than in Hamburg City. Cities ranked 7900th and 2013th ($575 vs $1909) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 401st and 6th in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Foshan compared to 1.7 months in Hamburg City. Foshan ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Hamburg City ranked 7th in Germany, while ranked 1721st and 43rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Hamburg City

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	Foshan	Hamburg City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.9	$72.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.6	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$4.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$4.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$3.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$1011
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$87.3	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$487	$1849
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$229	$1414
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.6	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.58%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5068	$8838
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2056	$5532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$55.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$15.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$17.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$6.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.16	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.6	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.96	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.3	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$89.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$529	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23979	$28533

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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 Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1501
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1484
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1467
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1467
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1509
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1506
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1464
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1527
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1504
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1453
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1457
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1495
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1528
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1550
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1422
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1593
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1395
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1547
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1486
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1487
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1504
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1488
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1496
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1329
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1476
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1381
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1464
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1460
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1494
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1415
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1519
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1716
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1502
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1426
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1366
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1338
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1442
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1432
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1274