Foshan vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Foshan	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1771	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$230	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$388	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$780	$4507
😷 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 76% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7844th and 889th ($611 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 183rd 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 1.8 months in Munich. Foshan ranked 14th best city to live in China vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 3253rd and 38th 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	$3.62	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.7	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.05	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$141	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$465	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.1	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.5	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.79%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4193	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1783	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.24	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.11	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.97	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.15	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.73	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.64	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.2	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.29	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.2	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.5	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$444	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22493	$16629

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$782
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$848
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$534
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$666
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$795
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$844
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$674
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1718
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$832
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$939
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$621
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2415
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$896
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$765
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$816
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$807
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$760
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$769
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$943
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$790
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$789
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$738
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$730
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$589
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$673
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$464
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$699
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$814
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$465
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$602
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$533
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$608
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$587
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$638
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$609
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$694
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$664

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748