Foshan vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Foshan	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$627	$2683
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1823	$6239
🏠 One person rent	$234	$1744
🏘️ Family rent	$399	$3093
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$655
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.7	$136
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$798	$4372
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	93	94
😀 Quality of life	72	78
🏙️ Population	9.5M	467K

The cost of living in Foshan is 77% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 7755th and 604th ($627 vs $2683) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 181st and 532nd 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 1.6 months in Long Beach. Foshan ranked 19th best city to live in China vs Long Beach ranked 279th in the United States, while ranked 2991st and 958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Long Beach

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	Foshan	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.7	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$72.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.17	$14.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$7.35
☕ Cappuccino	$2.97	$5.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$3.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$1850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$1515
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$485	$3208
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$2788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.8	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.85%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4322	$7147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1845	$6897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.4	$72.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.36	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$3.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$4.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$5.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$2.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.21	$10.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.86	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$7.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$3.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.9	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.37	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.55	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.4	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$453	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22953	$19617

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$785
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$873
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$548
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$694
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$801
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$858
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1734
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$839
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$995
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$638
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2396
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$908
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$777
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$828
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$793
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$766
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$778
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$954
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$802
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$797
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$751
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$739
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$600
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$682
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$473
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$714
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$758
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$474
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$612
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$528
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$620
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$601
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$648
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$602
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$711
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$679

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164