Foshan vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Foshan	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$2169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1771	$5111
🏠 One person rent	$230	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$388	$2146
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$611
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$780	$4075
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	93	84
😀 Quality of life	72	93
🏙️ Population	9.5M	633K

The cost of living in Foshan is 72% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 7844th and 1578th ($611 vs $2169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 183rd and 5th in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 1.9 months in Stuttgart. Foshan ranked 14th best city to live in China vs Stuttgart ranked 10th in Germany, while ranked 3253rd and 50th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Stuttgart

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	Foshan	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.62	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.7	$89
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.05	$14.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$4.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$1159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$141	$918
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$465	$2130
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1689
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.1	$326
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.5	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.79%	3.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4193	$7372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1783	$4701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$3.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$68.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.24	$28.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$2.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.11	$2.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$5.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.97	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.15	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.73	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.64	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$1.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.2	$55.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.29	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$68.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$22.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.2	$98.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.5	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$444	$696
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22493	$18457

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$782
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$848
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$534
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$666
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$795
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$844
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$674
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1718
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$832
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$939
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$621
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2415
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$896
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$765
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$816
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$807
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$760
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$769
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$943
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$790
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$789
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$738
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$730
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$589
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$673
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$464
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$699
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$814
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$465
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$602
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$533
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$608
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$587
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$638
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$609
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$694
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$664

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1926
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1932
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1909
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1928
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1905
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1911
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1896
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1879
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1904
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1881
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1876
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1870
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1881
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1872
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1822
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1866
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1819
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1773
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1833
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1820
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1795
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1866
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$2012
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1858
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1692
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1915
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1756
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1767
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1555
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1890
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1771
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1862
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1812
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1883
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1806
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1770
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1767
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1819
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1784
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1792