Foshan vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Foshan	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$627	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1823	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$234	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$399	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.7	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$798	$4312
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	93	90
😀 Quality of life	72	94
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.51M

The cost of living in Foshan is 75% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7755th and 863rd ($627 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 181st and 1st in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Foshan ranked 19th best city to live in China vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 2991st and 44th 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	$3.7	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.17	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.97	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$485	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.8	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.85%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4322	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1845	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.4	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.36	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.21	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.86	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.9	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.37	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.55	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.4	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$453	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22953	$17274

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$785
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$873
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$548
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$694
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$801
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$858
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1734
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$839
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$995
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$638
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2396
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$908
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$777
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$828
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$793
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$766
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$778
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$954
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$802
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$797
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$751
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$739
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$600
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$682
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$473
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$714
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$758
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$474
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$612
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$528
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$620
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$601
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$648
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$602
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$711
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$679

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714