Foshan vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Foshan	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$575	$2220
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1875	$4783
🏠 One person rent	$156	$1400
🏘️ Family rent	$353	$2268
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$557
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$2523
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	17
😀 Quality of life	73	85
🏙️ Population	9.5M	419K

The cost of living in Foshan is 74% less expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 7900th and 1237th ($575 vs $2220) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 401st and 2nd in China and New Zealand, respectively. Check China vs New Zealand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Foshan compared to 1.1 months in Wellington. Foshan ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Wellington ranked 4th in New Zealand, while ranked 1721st and 293rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Wellington

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	Foshan	Wellington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.9	$68.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.6	$9.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$7.23
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$3.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$1345
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$87.3	$1207
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$487	$2438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$229	$1957
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.6	$158
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$57.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.58%	6.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5068	$7994
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2056	$7037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$2.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$6.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$5.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$2.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$3.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.16	$23.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$4.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$2.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.6	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.96	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.3	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$116
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$529	$762
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23979	$13015

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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 Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1887
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1777
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1744
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1679
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1579
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1230
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1365
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1500
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1454
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1113
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1346
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1207
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1800
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1563
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1200
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1701
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1524
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1754
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1842
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1643
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1994
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1960
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$2279
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1885
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1664
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1398
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1388
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$1925
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1353
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1430
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$1998
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2741
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1461
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2348
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1648
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$1903
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1691
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2203
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1597