Foshan vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Foshan	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$627	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1823	$2765
🏠 One person rent	$234	$396
🏘️ Family rent	$399	$641
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$413
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.7	$139
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$798	$715
😷 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 40% less expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 7755th and 5190th ($627 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 181st and 36th 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 19th best city to live in China vs Puebla ranked 9th in Mexico, while ranked 2991st and 5640th 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	$3.7	$11.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.17	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.97	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$598
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$485	$893
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$470
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$40
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79	$61.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.8	$25.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.85%	10.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4322	$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1845	$858
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.4	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.36	$21.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.48
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$3.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$7.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$6.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.21	$5.18
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.86	$5.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$4.12
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.9	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.37	$5.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$46.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.55	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.4	$60.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$453	$442
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22953	$20789

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$785
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$873
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$548
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$694
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$801
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$858
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1734
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$839
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$995
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$638
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2396
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$908
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$777
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$828
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$793
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$766
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$778
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$954
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$802
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$797
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$751
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$739
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$600
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$682
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$473
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$714
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$758
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$474
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$612
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$528
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$620
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$601
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$648
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$602
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$711
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$679

Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$971
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1013
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$1034
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1050
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$981
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$959
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$897
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1475
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$832
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$874
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$924
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1003
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$977
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$914
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$952
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$940
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1000
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$878
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$960
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$932
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$763
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$974
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$852
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$673
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$994
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$973
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$980
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$916
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$755
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$972
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$917
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$1008
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$1255
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$852
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$933
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$817
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$935
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$942