Foshan vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$1077
🏠 One person rent	$208	$131
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$240
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$181
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$62.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$238
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	95	28
😀 Quality of life	70	46
🏙️ Population	9.5M	846K

The cost of living in Foshan is 46% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 7543rd and 8918th ($611 vs $419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 1st in China and Nepal, respectively. Check China vs Nepal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 0.6 months in Kathmandu. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Kathmandu ranked 1st in Nepal, while ranked 2601st and 6495th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Kathmandu

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	Foshan	Kathmandu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$1.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$6.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$2.57
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$162
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$84.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$173
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$32.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$9.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	12.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$2191
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$1059
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$8.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$5.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$2.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$3.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$23.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$53.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$85.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$3409

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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 Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361