Foshan vs Hiroshima - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Foshan	Hiroshima
🚶 Cost of living one person	$575	$954
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1875	$2384
🏠 One person rent	$156	$372
🏘️ Family rent	$353	$641
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$364
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$144
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$1957
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	33 km
🎓 Higher education	95	63
😀 Quality of life	73	71
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.2M

The cost of living in Foshan is 40% less expensive than in Hiroshima. Cities ranked 7900th and 5644th ($575 vs $954) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 401st and 584th in China and Japan, respectively. Check China vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Foshan compared to 2.1 months in Hiroshima. Foshan ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Hiroshima ranked 376th in Japan, while ranked 1721st and 2347th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Hiroshima

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	Foshan	Hiroshima
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$6.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.9	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.6	$5.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$3.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$3.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$430
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$87.3	$255
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$487	$783
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$229	$470
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.6	$74.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.58%	1.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5068	$3758
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2056	$2699
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$43.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$21.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$6.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$8.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.16	$3.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$3.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.6	$50.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.96	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.3	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$36.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$49.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$529	$241
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23979	$8672

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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 Hiroshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kaita	$884
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hatsukaichi	$883
13 km or 8.1 mi	Kumano	$889
18 km or 11 mi	Etajima	$887
18 km or 11 mi	Kure	$907
26 km or 16 mi	Higashihiroshima	$908
27 km or 17 mi	Otake	$885
33 km or 20 mi	Iwakuni	$885
39 km or 24 mi	Akitakata	$896
42 km or 26 mi	Takehara	$899
51 km or 32 mi	Mihara	$895
57 km or 35 mi	Yanai	$881
59 km or 37 mi	Miyoshi	$901
61 km or 38 mi	Imabari	$909
65 km or 40 mi	Masuda	$879
67 km or 41 mi	Hamada	$892
67 km or 41 mi	Hikari	$872
68 km or 42 mi	Matsuyama	$967
68 km or 42 mi	Kudamatsu	$860
69 km or 43 mi	Onomichi	$882
70 km or 44 mi	Shunan	$850
71 km or 44 mi	Masaki	$903
73 km or 45 mi	Gotsu	$895
73 km or 46 mi	Iyo	$906
73 km or 46 mi	Shobara	$904
74 km or 46 mi	Fuchu	$879
76 km or 47 mi	Toon	$911
77 km or 48 mi	Tobe	$909
84 km or 52 mi	Fukuyama	$907
85 km or 53 mi	Saijo	$919
89 km or 55 mi	Niihama	$915
90 km or 56 mi	Hofu	$815
90 km or 56 mi	Oda	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Yamaguchi	$771
95 km or 59 mi	Ibara	$888
97 km or 60 mi	Hagi	$827
97 km or 61 mi	Kasaoka	$885
98 km or 61 mi	Ozu	$909
103 km or 64 mi	Yawatahama	$906
105 km or 65 mi	Asakuchi	$902