Foshan vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$208	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	95	90
😀 Quality of life	70	93
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.51M

The cost of living in Foshan is 72% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7543rd and 1352nd ($611 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 1st in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 2601st 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	$3.41	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560