Foshan vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Foshan	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1771	$2843
🏠 One person rent	$230	$424
🏘️ Family rent	$388	$732
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$418
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$780	$803
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	93	35
😀 Quality of life	72	62
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.43M

The cost of living in Foshan is 43% less expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 7844th and 5140th ($611 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 183rd and 32nd in China and Mexico, respectively. Check China vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 0.7 months in Puebla. Foshan ranked 14th best city to live in China vs Puebla ranked 9th in Mexico, while ranked 3253rd and 5782nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Puebla

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	Foshan	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.62	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.7	$49.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.05	$9.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.35
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$1.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$536
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$141	$312
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$465	$919
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$574
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$40.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.1	$63.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.5	$25.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.79%	10.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4193	$1035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1783	$750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.24	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.11	$2.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$3.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$8.27
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$7.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$1.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.97	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.15	$5.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.73	$5.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.64	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$1.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.2	$48
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.29	$5.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$45.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$10.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.2	$53.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.5	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$444	$450
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22493	$20939

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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 Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$987
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1015
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$1032
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1040
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$982
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$969
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$907
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1428
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$842
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$887
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$926
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1008
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$975
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$917
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$944
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$941
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1015
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$880
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$950
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$934
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$771
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$962
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$846
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$670
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$986
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$981
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$1004
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$928
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$766
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$906
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$923
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$1010
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$1241
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$854
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$939
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$803
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$926
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$947