Foshan vs Surrey - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Foshan	Surrey
🚶 Cost of living one person	$575	$2407
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1875	$5259
🏠 One person rent	$156	$1528
🏘️ Family rent	$353	$2705
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$588
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$3089
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	95	80
😀 Quality of life	73	80
🏙️ Population	9.5M	518K

The cost of living in Foshan is 76% less expensive than in Surrey. Cities ranked 7900th and 831st ($575 vs $2407) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 401st and 10th in China and Canada, respectively. Check China vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Foshan compared to 1.3 months in Surrey. Foshan ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Surrey ranked 22nd in Canada, while ranked 1721st and 457th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Surrey

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	Foshan	Surrey
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.9	$59.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.6	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$4.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$1513
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$87.3	$1360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$487	$3165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$229	$2363
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$80.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.6	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.58%	7.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5068	$11457
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2056	$10205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$135
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$13.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$7.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.07
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$2.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$3.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.16	$15.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$8.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$4.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$2.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.6	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.96	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$90.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.3	$13.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$90.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$529	$463
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23979	$7382

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$742
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$812
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$481
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$589
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$816
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$618
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1565
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$830
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$939
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$837
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2410
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$876
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$891
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$824
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$856
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$774
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$785
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$1083
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$831
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$857
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$806
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$752
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$738
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$799
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$716
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$735
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$812
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$588
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$525
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$611
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$596
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$584
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$530
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$620
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$638

Cities near Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2595
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2595
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2329
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$2034
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$2218
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2564
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2255
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2529
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$1990
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2251
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1760
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1455
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2141
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2210
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2255
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2134
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2588
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2445
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2576
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2451
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2585
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2593
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2604
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2627
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2663
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2750
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2837
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$3118
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2729
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1721
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2728
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$2920
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3262
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$2974
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2313
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3345
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2758
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2814
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2651