Foshan vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Foshan	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$602	$1050
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1932	$2567
🏠 One person rent	$185	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$415	$902
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$864	$856
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	95	22
😀 Quality of life	70	58
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.96M

The cost of living in Foshan is 43% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 7753rd and 5280th ($602 vs $1050) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 301st and 11th in China and Mexico, respectively. Check China vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Foshan compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Foshan ranked 11th best city to live in China vs Tijuana ranked 5th in Mexico, while ranked 2359th and 5480th 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	$3.6	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.8	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.98	$8.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$3.06
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$200	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$1127
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$277	$741
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.5	$36.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.1	$56.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$27.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	11.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4523	$2860
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2043	$1715
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$29.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.69	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.99	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$6.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$9.56
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.8	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$6.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.69	$3.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$2.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.2	$38.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.08	$4.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$45.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.45	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.6	$76.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$549	$185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24357	$2656

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$763
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$830
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$491
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$678
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$808
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$824
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$641
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1590
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$839
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$958
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$629
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2427
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$895
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$801
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$819
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$852
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$783
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$780
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$1014
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$774
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$774
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$794
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$746
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$726
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$795
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$691
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$725
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$813
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$592
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$605
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$538
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$623
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$607
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$618
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$611
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$671
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$660

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2786
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2893
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$922
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2877
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$922
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$2973
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2783
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3346
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2775
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2936
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2799
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2821
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2765
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$2853
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$2795
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2718
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$2997
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2783
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$2926
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$912
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2767
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2579
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2886
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3006
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2650
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2717
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2828
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2842
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3001
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2587
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2928
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2654
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3444
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2950
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3035
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2789
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3330
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3047
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2653
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2644