Foshan vs Washington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Washington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$3149
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$7865
🏠 One person rent	$208	$2045
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$4037
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$738
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$5859
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	100
😀 Quality of life	70	94
🏙️ Population	9.5M	690K

The cost of living in Foshan is 81% less expensive than in Washington. Cities ranked 7543rd and 96th ($611 vs $3149) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 86th in China and the United States, respectively. Check China vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 1.9 months in Washington. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Washington ranked 5th in the United States, while ranked 2601st and 43rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Foshan vs Washington infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/foshan/washington.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Foshan vs Washington infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/foshan/washington" target="_blank">Foshan vs Washington - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Foshan vs Washington

Prices for goods and services in Foshan and Washington are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Foshan	Washington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$22.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$86.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$8.65
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$5.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$2.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$2298
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$1750
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$4716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$3555
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$62.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	6.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$7543
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$6152
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$94.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$23.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$3.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$4.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$18.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$15.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$19.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$5.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$5.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$6.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$3.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$11.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$4.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$4.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$105
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$16.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$114
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$76
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$2464
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$24653

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Washington

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.5 km or 1.5 mi	Georgetown	$2893
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2543
10 km or 6.3 mi	Alexandria	$2856
11 km or 6.8 mi	Bethesda	$2777
12 km or 7.5 mi	Silver Spring	$2273
15 km or 9.2 mi	College Park	$2548
17 km or 11 mi	Springfield	$2309
17 km or 11 mi	Greenbelt	$2471
23 km or 14 mi	Rockville	$2596
24 km or 15 mi	Fairfax	$2786
26 km or 16 mi	Bowie	$2566
27 km or 17 mi	Laurel	$2299
28 km or 17 mi	Reston	$2617
30 km or 19 mi	Waldorf	$2498
31 km or 19 mi	Gaithersburg	$2425
32 km or 20 mi	Herndon	$2513
34 km or 21 mi	Woodbridge	$2601
34 km or 21 mi	Marumsco	$2539
36 km or 22 mi	Centreville	$3174
37 km or 23 mi	Germantown	$2791
38 km or 23 mi	Columbia	$2760
41 km or 26 mi	Manassas	$2640
42 km or 26 mi	Ashburn	$2696
47 km or 29 mi	Annapolis	$2961
49 km or 31 mi	Catonsville	$2500
51 km or 32 mi	Leesburg	$2197
57 km or 35 mi	Eldersburg	$2499
57 km or 35 mi	Baltimore	$2287
61 km or 38 mi	Owings Mills	$2584
68 km or 42 mi	Frederick	$2389
76 km or 47 mi	Fredericksburg	$2206
83 km or 52 mi	Charles Town	$1728
87 km or 54 mi	Edgewood	$2909
92 km or 57 mi	Bel Air South	$2727
93 km or 58 mi	Bel Air North	$2640
102 km or 63 mi	Hanover	$2210
102 km or 63 mi	Hagerstown	$2149
103 km or 64 mi	Winchester	$2280
106 km or 66 mi	Waynesboro	$2217
122 km or 76 mi	York	$1979