Foshan vs Indianapolis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Foshan	Indianapolis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$2374
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1771	$5581
🏠 One person rent	$230	$1437
🏘️ Family rent	$388	$2329
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$656
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$780	$4148
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	93	70
😀 Quality of life	72	89
🏙️ Population	9.5M	888K

The cost of living in Foshan is 74% less expensive than in Indianapolis. Cities ranked 7844th and 1140th ($611 vs $2374) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 183rd and 975th in China and the United States, respectively. Check China vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 1.7 months in Indianapolis. Foshan ranked 14th best city to live in China vs Indianapolis ranked 82nd in the United States, while ranked 3253rd and 289th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Foshan	Indianapolis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.62	$21.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.7	$73.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.05	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$6.94
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$5.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$3.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$1555
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$141	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$465	$2660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1908
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$129
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.1	$200
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.5	$71.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.79%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4193	$2259
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1783	$1739
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$59.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.24	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.11	$3.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$4.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$5.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$5.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$1.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.97	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.15	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.73	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.64	$5.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$5.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.2	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.29	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$102
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.2	$57.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.5	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$444	$1809
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22493	$25946

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$782
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$848
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$534
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$666
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$795
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$844
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$674
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1718
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$832
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$939
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$621
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2415
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$896
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$765
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$816
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$807
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$760
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$769
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$943
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$790
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$789
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$738
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$730
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$589
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$673
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$464
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$699
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$814
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$465
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$602
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$533
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$608
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$587
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$638
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$609
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$694
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$664

Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2074
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1928
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$2053
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2034
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2011
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1992
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2035
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1855
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1954
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1678
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1806
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2086
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1691
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1497
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$1968
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1830
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2022
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1536
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1911
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1952
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1994
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1993
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1554
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1924
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1933
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2343
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1904
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1895
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2122
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1908
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1901
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1833
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1849
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1752
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1864
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1931