Foshan vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Foshan	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1771	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$230	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$388	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$780	$3726
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	93	56
😀 Quality of life	72	91
🏙️ Population	9.5M	526K

The cost of living in Foshan is 66% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 7844th and 2945th ($611 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 183rd and 156th 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 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Foshan ranked 14th best city to live in China vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 3253rd and 150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Nuremberg

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	Foshan	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.62	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.7	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.05	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$141	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$465	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.1	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.5	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.79%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4193	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1783	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.24	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.11	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.97	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.15	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.73	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.64	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.2	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.29	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.2	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.5	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$444	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22493	$17866

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1678
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1668
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1668
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1652
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1637
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1666
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1656
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1635
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1461
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1648
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1359
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1491
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1536
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1583
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1606
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1597
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1743
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1647
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1735
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1724
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1721
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1551
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1609
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1608
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1684
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1370
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1779
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1738
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1596
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1827
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1684
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1327
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1767