Foshan vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Foshan	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$627	$2011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1823	$4813
🏠 One person rent	$234	$1082
🏘️ Family rent	$399	$1874
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$595
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.7	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$798	$4366
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	93	84
😀 Quality of life	72	94
🏙️ Population	9.5M	633K

The cost of living in Foshan is 69% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 7755th and 1987th ($627 vs $2011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 181st and 8th 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 2.2 months in Stuttgart. Foshan ranked 19th best city to live in China vs Stuttgart ranked 5th in Germany, while ranked 2991st and 33rd 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	$3.7	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$83.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.17	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$6.06
☕ Cappuccino	$2.97	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$4.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$1057
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$485	$1925
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$1424
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$197
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79	$308
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.8	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.85%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4322	$7341
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1845	$4476
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$3.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.4	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.36	$28
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$2.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$3.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$4.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$3.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.21	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.86	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$2.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.9	$58.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.37	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$67
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.55	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.4	$97.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$453	$801
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22953	$18116

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$785
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$873
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$548
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$694
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$801
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$858
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1734
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$839
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$995
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$638
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2396
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$908
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$777
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$828
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$793
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$766
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$778
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$954
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$802
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$797
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$751
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$739
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$600
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$682
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$473
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$714
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$758
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$474
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$612
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$528
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$620
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$601
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$648
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$602
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$711
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$679

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1817
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1821
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1810
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1820
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1809
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1813
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1807
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1784
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1818
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1794
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1788
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1793
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1794
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1788
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1777
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1800
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1769
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1724
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1774
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1764
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1772
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1817
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1896
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1780
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1660
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1893
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1717
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1740
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1521
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1801
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1735
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1807
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1747
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1803
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1773
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1735
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1719
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1771
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1726
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1733