Foshan vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Foshan	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$1890
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1710	$4601
🏠 One person rent	$222	$1094
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$1904
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$512
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$3306
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	95	87
😀 Quality of life	73	92
🏙️ Population	9.5M	518K

The cost of living in Foshan is 69% less expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 7909th and 2353rd ($589 vs $1890) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 149th in China and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check China vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 1.7 months in Sheffield. Foshan ranked 12th best city to live in China vs Sheffield ranked 20th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 2948th and 148th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Sheffield

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	Foshan	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$75.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$5.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$4.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$2.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$1005
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$799
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$1813
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$245	$1471
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$316
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$47.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	5.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4095	$4352
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1740	$3110
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.82	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$3.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$8.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$7.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.8	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$19.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$5.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$5.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$40.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$84.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.35	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$73
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$1226
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21696	$24382

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1588
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1507
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1617
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1830
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1669
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1833
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1887
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1968
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1698
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$2067
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1921
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1783
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1746
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2265
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1658
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1831
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1788
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$2034
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$2001
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1968
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1918
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1413
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1759
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1850
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1837
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$2040
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1974
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1513
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1849
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1578
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$2011
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1851