Foshan vs Kingston - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Foshan	Kingston
🚶 Cost of living one person	$575	$1250
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1875	$3250
🏠 One person rent	$156	$578
🏘️ Family rent	$353	$1344
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$458
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$645
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	95	41
😀 Quality of life	73	56
🏙️ Population	9.5M	580K

The cost of living in Foshan is 54% less expensive than in Kingston. Cities ranked 7900th and 4318th ($575 vs $1250) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 401st and 1st in China and Jamaica, respectively. Check China vs Jamaica comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Foshan compared to 0.5 months in Kingston. Foshan ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Kingston ranked 1st in Jamaica, while ranked 1721st and 5883rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Kingston

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	Foshan	Kingston
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$6.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.9	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.6	$7.62
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$2.23
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$87.3	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$487	$1383
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$229	$1081
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$103
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.6	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$47.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.58%	8.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5068	$2310
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2056	$2164
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$26.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$4.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$3.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$4.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$7.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$8.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$5.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$2.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.16	$8.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$3.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.6	$71.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.96	$9.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$25.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.3	$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$36.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$72.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$529	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23979	$2133

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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 Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1062
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$758
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$936
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$698
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1005
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$768
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$674
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1005
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1020
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1527
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2555
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1536
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2841
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$2153
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1671
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1176
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1727
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1872
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$492
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$492
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1869
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1784
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$494
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$504
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$514
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$525
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1654
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$501
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$506
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1626
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3374
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1507
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$497
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$491
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1371
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1312
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$589
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$714
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$1247
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$712