Foshan vs Luxembourg City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Foshan	Luxembourg City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$2776
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1710	$6075
🏠 One person rent	$222	$1866
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$3059
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$85.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$5130
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	29
😀 Quality of life	73	89
🏙️ Population	9.5M	136K

The cost of living in Foshan is 79% less expensive than in Luxembourg City. Cities ranked 7909th and 433rd ($589 vs $2776) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 1st in China and Luxembourg, respectively. Check China vs Luxembourg comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 1.8 months in Luxembourg City. Foshan ranked 12th best city to live in China vs Luxembourg City ranked 1st in Luxembourg, while ranked 2948th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Luxembourg City

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	Foshan	Luxembourg City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$82.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$15.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$6.64
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$4.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$1856
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$1583
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$3349
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$245	$2590
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$174
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$54.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	3.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4095	$12143
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1740	$8764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.82	$41.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$34.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$4.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$25.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.8	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$8.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$4.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$3.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$55.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$59
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.35	$32.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$90.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$1477
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21696	$16342

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$758
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$829
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$518
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$662
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$777
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$827
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$662
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1746
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$816
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$878
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$608
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2414
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$892
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$766
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$765
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$766
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$941
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$780
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$773
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$726
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$750
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$579
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$669
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$451
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$693
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$897
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$454
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$546
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$574
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$634
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$622
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$677
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$652

Cities near Luxembourg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Dudelange	$2515
17 km or 10 mi	Esch-sur-Alzette	$2564
19 km or 12 mi	Petange	$2439
20 km or 12 mi	Differdange	$2361
24 km or 15 mi	Arlon	$1809
28 km or 18 mi	Thionville	$1646
40 km or 25 mi	Trier	$1725
40 km or 25 mi	Merzig	$1463
52 km or 32 mi	Dillingen	$1457
55 km or 34 mi	Metz	$1526
55 km or 34 mi	Saarlouis	$1451
65 km or 40 mi	Volklingen	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Saarbrucken	$1479
76 km or 47 mi	Sankt Wendel	$1476
79 km or 49 mi	Sankt Ingbert	$1482
81 km or 50 mi	Neunkirchen	$1479
86 km or 54 mi	Idar-Oberstein	$1676
88 km or 54 mi	Sarreguemines	$1561
91 km or 56 mi	Blieskastel	$1484
93 km or 58 mi	Homburg	$1484
97 km or 61 mi	Zweibrucken	$1664
102 km or 63 mi	Nancy	$1478
103 km or 64 mi	Charleville-Mezieres	$1538
110 km or 68 mi	Verviers	$1324
116 km or 72 mi	Pirmasens	$1664
116 km or 72 mi	Mechernich	$1644
118 km or 74 mi	Seraing	$1624
119 km or 74 mi	Liege	$1599
119 km or 74 mi	Huy	$1689
120 km or 74 mi	Kaiserslautern	$1619
122 km or 76 mi	Andenne	$1695
125 km or 78 mi	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	$1633
126 km or 78 mi	Euskirchen	$1674
127 km or 79 mi	Zulpich	$1662
127 km or 79 mi	Rheinbach	$1691
127 km or 79 mi	Bad Kreuznach	$1777
129 km or 80 mi	Stolberg	$1580
129 km or 80 mi	Andernach	$1599
130 km or 81 mi	Aachen	$1668
130 km or 81 mi	Meckenheim	$1689