Foshan vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Foshan	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$602	$2332
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1932	$5652
🏠 One person rent	$185	$1380
🏘️ Family rent	$415	$2574
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$864	$3717
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	95	91
😀 Quality of life	70	94
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.51M

The cost of living in Foshan is 74% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7753rd and 1056th ($602 vs $2332) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 301st and 1st in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Foshan compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Foshan ranked 11th best city to live in China vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 2359th and 54th 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	$3.6	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.8	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.98	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$200	$1433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$1107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$2772
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$277	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.5	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.1	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4523	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2043	$9154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.69	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.8	$7.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$9.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.69	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.2	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.08	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$78.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.45	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$549	$1009
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24357	$19483

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1886
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1838
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1869
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1837
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1817
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1805
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1782
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1686
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1777
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1688
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1643
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1871
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1664
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1650
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1224
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1655
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1717
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1714
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1646
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1657
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1614
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1652
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1536
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1618
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1589
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1751
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1606
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2024
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1630
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1619
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1783
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1651
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1612
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1740
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1665
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1607
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1606
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1668
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1778
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1668