Foshan vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Foshan	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$2096
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1710	$4619
🏠 One person rent	$222	$1231
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$1937
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$576
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$3333
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	50
😀 Quality of life	73	92
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.02M

The cost of living in Foshan is 72% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 7909th and 1744th ($589 vs $2096) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 24th in China and Canada, respectively. Check China vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 1.6 months in Ottawa. Foshan ranked 12th best city to live in China vs Ottawa ranked 11th in Canada, while ranked 2948th and 129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Ottawa

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	Foshan	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$63.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$5.52
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$1295
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$1036
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$2109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$245	$1647
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$95.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$47.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4095	$4937
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1740	$3196
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.82	$95.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$3.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.8	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$42.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$66
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.35	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$89
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21696	$15527

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1802
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1660
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1836
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1935
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1782
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1850
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1753
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1806
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1835
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1780
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1838
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1763
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1829
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1437
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1822
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1853
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1867
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1930
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1719
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1835
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1820
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1649
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1805
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1814
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1864
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1828
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1892
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1842
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1911
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2055
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1820
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1767
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1786
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1671
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1869
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1822