Foshan vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$208	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$651
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	95	35
😀 Quality of life	70	53
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.43M

The cost of living in Foshan is 38% less expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 7543rd and 5623rd ($611 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 19th in China and Mexico, respectively. Check China vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 0.7 months in Puebla. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 2601st and 6026th 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	$3.41	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$9705

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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 Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699