Foshan vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Foshan	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$575	$2188
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1875	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$156	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$353	$2400
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$3867
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	95	91
😀 Quality of life	73	94
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.49M

The cost of living in Foshan is 74% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7900th and 1315th ($575 vs $2188) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 401st and 1st in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Foshan compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Foshan ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Munich ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 1721st and 48th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Munich

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	Foshan	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.9	$68
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.6	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$4.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$87.3	$1028
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$487	$2472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$229	$1982
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.6	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.58%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5068	$11808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2056	$8614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.16	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.6	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.96	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$74.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.3	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$529	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23979	$18334

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599