Foshan vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$208	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$3986
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	60
😀 Quality of life	70	87
🏙️ Population	9.5M	246K

The cost of living in Foshan is 66% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 7543rd and 2336th ($611 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 1917th 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 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 2601st and 299th 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	$3.41	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974