Foshan vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Foshan	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$602	$874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1932	$2178
🏠 One person rent	$185	$442
🏘️ Family rent	$415	$863
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$864	$846
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	95	82
😀 Quality of life	70	67
🏙️ Population	9.5M	5.38M

The cost of living in Foshan is 31% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 7753rd and 6204th ($602 vs $874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 301st and 2nd in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Foshan compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Foshan ranked 11th best city to live in China vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 2359th and 3645th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Saint Petersburg

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	Foshan	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.6	$7.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.8	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.98	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$2.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$200	$558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$322
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$1149
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$277	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.5	$66.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.1	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$5.86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	16.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4523	$3238
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2043	$2069
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.69	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$4.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$8.28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.8	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$2.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.69	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.2	$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.08	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.45	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$98.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.6	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$549	$321
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24357	$6847

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$763
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$830
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$491
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$678
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$808
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$824
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$641
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1590
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$839
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$958
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$629
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2427
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$895
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$801
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$819
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$852
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$783
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$780
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$1014
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$774
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$774
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$794
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$746
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$726
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$795
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$691
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$725
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$813
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$592
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$605
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$538
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$623
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$607
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$618
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$611
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$671
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$660

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$846
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$979
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1149
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1378
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$990
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1439
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1416
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1447
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1230
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$973
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1389
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1453
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$440
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1120
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1453
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1532
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1123
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1631
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1782
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1499
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1570
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$514
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1936
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1278
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1562
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1360
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$2023
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1534
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1447
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$966
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1608
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1431
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1363
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1467
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1466
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1414
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1584
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1102
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1525