Foshan vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Foshan	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$575	$1918
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1875	$4639
🏠 One person rent	$156	$1108
🏘️ Family rent	$353	$1980
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$4464
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	61
😀 Quality of life	73	89
🏙️ Population	9.5M	633K

The cost of living in Foshan is 70% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 7900th and 1984th ($575 vs $1918) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 401st and 1684th 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 2.3 months in Louisville. Foshan ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Louisville ranked 33rd in the United States, while ranked 1721st and 164th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Louisville

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	Foshan	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.9	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.6	$9.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$5.03
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$1115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$87.3	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$487	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$229	$1652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.6	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.58%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5068	$3397
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2056	$3039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$51.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$0.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$2.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$4.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$3.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.16	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$6.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.6	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.96	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$111
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.3	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$52.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$529	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23979	$13578

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1659
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1709
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1898
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1733
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1933
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1723
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1896
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1748
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1712
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2212
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1826
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$1907
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1702
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1992
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1581
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1747
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$1938
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2034
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1515
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1913
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1840
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1487
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1768
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2032
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1906
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2129
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1844
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2019
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1486
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1846
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1988