Foshan vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$1633
🏠 One person rent	$208	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$609
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	95	30
😀 Quality of life	70	36
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.58M

The cost of living in Foshan is 11% less expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 7543rd and 6965th ($611 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 115th in China and Mexico, respectively. Check China vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 0.9 months in Leon. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Leon ranked 55th in Mexico, while ranked 2601st and 7382nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Leon

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	Foshan	Leon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$8.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$14
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$5.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$2.21
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$3.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$180
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$615
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$17.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$26.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$20.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	11.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$494
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$29.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$6.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$8.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$8.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$5.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$3.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$3.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$9.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$64.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$2639

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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 Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$768
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$853
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$667
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$634
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$693
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$638
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$725
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$778
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$804
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$983
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$717
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$846
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1021
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$677
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$753
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$760
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$778
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$696
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$634
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$761
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$747
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$800
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$906
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704