Foshan vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Foshan	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$602	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1932	$3008
🏠 One person rent	$185	$809
🏘️ Family rent	$415	$1621
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$40.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$864	$1018
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	95	7
😀 Quality of life	70	61
🏙️ Population	9.5M	133K

The cost of living in Foshan is 53% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 7753rd and 4342nd ($602 vs $1295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 301st and 2nd in China and Maldives, respectively. Check China vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Foshan compared to 0.8 months in Male. Foshan ranked 11th best city to live in China vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 2359th and 5145th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Male

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	Foshan	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.6	$5.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.8	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.98	$9.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$3.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$2.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$200	$851
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$582
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$1573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$277	$1368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.5	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.1	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$98.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	13.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4523	$2675
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2043	$1944
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.69	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$1.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$5.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$8.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$4.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.8	$8.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$7.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$5.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.69	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.2	$80.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.08	$8.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$22.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.45	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.6	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$549	$170
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24357	$3225

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$763
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$830
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$491
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$678
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$808
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$824
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$641
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1590
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$839
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$958
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$629
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2427
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$895
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$801
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$819
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$852
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$783
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$780
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$1014
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$774
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$774
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$794
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$746
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$726
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$795
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$691
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$725
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$813
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$592
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$605
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$538
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$623
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$607
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$618
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$611
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$671
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$660

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352