Foshan vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Foshan	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$627	$3205
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1823	$6762
🏠 One person rent	$234	$1954
🏘️ Family rent	$399	$2956
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$904
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.7	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$798	$4423
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	93	53
😀 Quality of life	72	88
🏙️ Population	9.5M	139K

The cost of living in Foshan is 80% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 7755th and 119th ($627 vs $3205) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 181st and 1st in China and Iceland, respectively. Check China vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 1.4 months in Reykjavik. Foshan ranked 19th best city to live in China vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 2991st and 258th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Reykjavik

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	Foshan	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.7	$28.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$97.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.17	$20
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$13.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.97	$6.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$3.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$2129
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$1743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$485	$3328
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$2660
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$52.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79	$80.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.8	$82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.85%	8.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4322	$7748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1845	$6175
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$5.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.4	$90.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.36	$28.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$4.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$3.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$6.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$20.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$24.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$44.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$3.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$5.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$3.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$23.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$3.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.21	$13.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.86	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$5.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$5.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.9	$90.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.37	$19.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.55	$47.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.4	$146
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$178
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$453	$472
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22953	$30029

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3092
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3106
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2581
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2921
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2017
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2005
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1523
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1646
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1647
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1640
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1835
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1885
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1842
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2114
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1593
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1763
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1704
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1831
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1586
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1760
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2295
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1878
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1485
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1923
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$2021
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$3003
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$2264
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1456
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2508
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$2101
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1944
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2518
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2336