Foshan vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$208	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$822
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	22
😀 Quality of life	70	58
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.96M

The cost of living in Foshan is 42% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 7543rd and 5176th ($611 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 12th in China and Mexico, respectively. Check China vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 2601st and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Tijuana

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	Foshan	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$2569

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677