Foshan vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$208	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$2738
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	95	72
😀 Quality of life	70	92
🏙️ Population	9.5M	620K

The cost of living in Foshan is 60% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 7543rd and 3353rd ($611 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 271st in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 2601st and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Leipzig

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	Foshan	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307