Foshan vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$208	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$3476
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	95	83
😀 Quality of life	70	93
🏙️ Population	9.5M	633K

The cost of living in Foshan is 69% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 7543rd and 1961st ($611 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 5th in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 2601st and 63rd 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	$3.41	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$15338

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1737
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1729
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1710
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1715
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1699
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1717
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1695
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1666
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1697
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1687
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1678
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1677
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1670
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1661
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1637
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1650
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1542
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1633
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1625
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1610
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1618
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1837
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1436
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1623
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1529
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1619
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1205
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1696
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1609
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1599
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1668
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1599
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1530
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1596
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1647
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1618
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1581