Foshan vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$208	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$1829
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	95	93
😀 Quality of life	70	87
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.38M

The cost of living in Foshan is 60% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 7543rd and 3363rd ($611 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 2nd in China and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check China vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 2601st and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Prague

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	Foshan	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$12277

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120