Foshan vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Foshan	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1710	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$222	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$3627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	56
😀 Quality of life	73	92
🏙️ Population	9.5M	526K

The cost of living in Foshan is 67% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 7909th and 2865th ($589 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 145th 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 12th best city to live in China vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 2948th and 132nd 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	$3.18	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$245	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4095	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1740	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.82	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.8	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.35	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21696	$15497

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1679
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1665
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1759
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1655
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1601
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1445
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1622
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1320
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1423
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1545
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1590
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1545
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1726
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1697
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1720
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1686
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1506
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1590
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1307
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1560
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1664
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1346
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1766
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1712
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1546
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1784
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1632
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1258
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1719