Foshan vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Foshan	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$575	$2661
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1875	$5993
🏠 One person rent	$156	$1801
🏘️ Family rent	$353	$3159
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$584
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$5087
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	95	94
😀 Quality of life	73	77
🏙️ Population	9.5M	467K

The cost of living in Foshan is 78% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 7900th and 440th ($575 vs $2661) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 401st and 394th 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 1.7 months in Foshan compared to 1.9 months in Long Beach. Foshan ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Long Beach ranked 152nd in the United States, while ranked 1721st and 720th 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	$3.49	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.9	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.6	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$6.58
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$4.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$1874
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$87.3	$1558
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$487	$3303
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$229	$2822
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$115
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.6	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$64.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.58%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5068	$6502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2056	$7284
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$72.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$3.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$3.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$2.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.16	$9.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$7.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$4.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.6	$30.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.96	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.3	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$91
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$529	$1199
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23979	$18490

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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 Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2862
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2780
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2615
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2895
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2737
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2541
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2579
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3040
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2685
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2872
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2637
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2935
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2676
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2375
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2800
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2729
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3760
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3148
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2442
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3124
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2661
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2788
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$2886
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2717
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2886
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2665
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2867
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2652