Foshan vs Hyderabad, India - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Hyderabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$1270
🏠 One person rent	$208	$165
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$420
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$73.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$1054
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	95	65
😀 Quality of life	70	66
🏙️ Population	9.5M	9.31M

The cost of living in Foshan is 32% more expensive than in Hyderabad, India. Cities ranked 7543rd and 8802nd ($611 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 14th in China and India, respectively. Check China vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 2.3 months in Hyderabad, India. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Hyderabad, India ranked 5th in India, while ranked 2601st and 4025th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Hyderabad, India

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	Foshan	Hyderabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$4.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$2.07
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$116
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$23.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$35.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$8.64
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	9.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$1302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$837
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$3.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$5.83
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$3.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$9.22
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$4.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$1.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$0.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$20.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$3.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$8.01
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$30.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$47.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$2458

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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 Hyderabad, India

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Secunderabad	$395
87 km or 54 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
92 km or 57 mi	Nalgonda	$298
138 km or 86 mi	Warangal	$372
139 km or 86 mi	Karimnagar	$388
150 km or 93 mi	Nizamabad	$294
173 km or 108 mi	Gulbarga	$250
178 km or 110 mi	Kurnool	$349
179 km or 111 mi	Khammam	$272
190 km or 118 mi	Ramagundam	$358
210 km or 130 mi	Nandyal	$359
230 km or 143 mi	Latur	$397
231 km or 143 mi	Adoni	$366
232 km or 144 mi	Nanded	$315
242 km or 150 mi	Guntur	$280
247 km or 154 mi	Vijayawada	$354
263 km or 163 mi	Tenali	$292
264 km or 164 mi	Chirala	$311
268 km or 166 mi	Ongole	$338
273 km or 169 mi	Solapur	$293
290 km or 180 mi	Eluru	$304
293 km or 182 mi	Proddatur	$355
299 km or 186 mi	Bijapur	$340
312 km or 194 mi	Anantapur	$304
314 km or 195 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
321 km or 200 mi	Hospet	$272
325 km or 202 mi	Kadapa	$367
355 km or 221 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
363 km or 226 mi	Nellore	$514
401 km or 249 mi	Kakinada	$307
404 km or 251 mi	Amravati	$296
405 km or 252 mi	Akola	$295
407 km or 253 mi	Hindupur	$375
418 km or 260 mi	Sangli	$292
422 km or 262 mi	Davanagere	$292
424 km or 264 mi	Madanapalle	$346
426 km or 265 mi	Tirupati	$315
426 km or 265 mi	Nagpur	$466
427 km or 265 mi	Hubli	$359
431 km or 268 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304