Foshan vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Foshan	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1710	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$222	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$3732
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	95	99
😀 Quality of life	73	97
🏙️ Population	9.5M	2.15M

The cost of living in Foshan is 77% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7909th and 843rd ($589 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 1st in China and France, respectively. Check China vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Foshan ranked 12th best city to live in China vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 2948th and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Paris

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	Foshan	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$245	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4095	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1740	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.82	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.8	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.35	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21696	$15084

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488