Foshan vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Foshan	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$4203
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1710	$9136
🏠 One person rent	$222	$2713
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$4396
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$874
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$379
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$5599
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	100
😀 Quality of life	73	98
🏙️ Population	9.5M	8.8M

The cost of living in Foshan is 86% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 7909th and 4th ($589 vs $4203) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 2nd in China and the United States, respectively. Check China vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 1.3 months in New York City. Foshan ranked 12th best city to live in China vs New York City ranked 1st in the United States, while ranked 2948th and 11th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs New York City

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	Foshan	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$92.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$8.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$6.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$3.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$3669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$2221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$5076
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$245	$3880
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$137
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4095	$15299
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1740	$11127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.82	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$4.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$6.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$7.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$19.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$15.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$7.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$5.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$6.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$3.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.8	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$4.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$18.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$23.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$13.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$8.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$128
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$20.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$157
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.35	$37.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$63.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$1884
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21696	$22663

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$758
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$829
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$518
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$662
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$777
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$827
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$662
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1746
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$816
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$878
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$608
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2414
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$892
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$766
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$765
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$766
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$941
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$780
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$773
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$726
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$750
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$579
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$669
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$451
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$693
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$897
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$454
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$546
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$574
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$634
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$622
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$677
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$652

Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174