Foshan vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Foshan	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$3952
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1710	$8290
🏠 One person rent	$222	$2795
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$4452
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$775
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$5915
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	87
😀 Quality of life	73	93
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.01M

The cost of living in Foshan is 85% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 7909th and 6th ($589 vs $3952) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 4th 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 Jose, United States. Foshan ranked 12th best city to live in China vs San Jose, United States ranked 21st in the United States, while ranked 2948th and 88th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs San Jose, United States

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	Foshan	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$20.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$99.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$9.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$5.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$3.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$2999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$2438
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$4520
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$245	$4008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$70
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	6.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4095	$10416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1740	$9325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.82	$90.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$5.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$22.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$6.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$5.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$6.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$4.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$3.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.8	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$113
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$176
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.35	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$88.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$1874
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21696	$22302

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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 Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3424
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3476
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4335
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3356
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3202
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2942
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3426
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3415
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3182
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3765
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3130
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3328
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3133
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3333
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3359
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3045
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3890
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3719
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3382
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3462
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$2955
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3089
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3748
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3553
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3634
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2826
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3070
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2810
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3756
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2957
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3071
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3317
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2850
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3285
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3818
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3230
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3255
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2114
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3227
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3254