Foshan vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Foshan	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$3469
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1710	$7890
🏠 One person rent	$222	$2370
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$4148
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$726
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$5254
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	95	86
😀 Quality of life	73	93
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.39M

The cost of living in Foshan is 83% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 7909th and 43rd ($589 vs $3469) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 33rd in China and the United States, respectively. Check China vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 1.5 months in San Diego. Foshan ranked 12th best city to live in China vs San Diego ranked 26th in the United States, while ranked 2948th and 97th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs San Diego

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	Foshan	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$15.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$8.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$6.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$3.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$2499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$2053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$4569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$245	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$156
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4095	$9580
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1740	$7151
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.82	$71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$3.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$3.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$6.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$4.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$4.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$1.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.8	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$14.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$9.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$5.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$63.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$17.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.35	$30.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$1745
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21696	$28967

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$758
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$829
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$518
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$662
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$777
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$827
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$662
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1746
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$816
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$878
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$608
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2414
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$892
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$766
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$765
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$766
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$941
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$780
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$773
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$726
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$750
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$579
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$669
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$451
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$693
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$897
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$454
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$546
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$574
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$634
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$622
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$677
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$652

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3195
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$3013
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2943
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2996
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2988
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1210
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2887
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2922
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3066
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3215
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2931
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2930
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3274
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2681
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2967
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3049
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2994
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2715
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2776
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2626
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$903
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2742
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2691
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2782