Foshan vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Foshan	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$985
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1710	$2264
🏠 One person rent	$222	$515
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$857
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$64.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$700
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	29
😀 Quality of life	73	57
🏙️ Population	9.5M	431K

The cost of living in Foshan is 40% less expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 7909th and 5698th ($589 vs $985) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 1st in China and Namibia, respectively. Check China vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 0.7 months in Windhoek. Foshan ranked 12th best city to live in China vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 2948th and 6153rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Windhoek

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	Foshan	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$40.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$5.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$846
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$245	$633
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$83.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$50.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	11.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4095	$1315
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1740	$718
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.82	$46.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$6.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$5.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$6.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.8	$6.35
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$2.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$5.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$32
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.35	$8
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$54.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$225
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21696	$5380

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$758
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$829
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$518
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$662
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$777
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$827
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$662
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1746
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$816
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$878
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$608
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2414
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$892
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$766
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$765
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$766
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$941
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$780
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$773
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$726
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$750
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$579
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$669
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$451
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$693
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$897
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$454
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$546
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$574
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$634
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$622
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$677
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$652

Cities near Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$904
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$924
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$927
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$836
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$948
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$834
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$857
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$819
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$807
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$607
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$637
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$637
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$668
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$833
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$536
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$577
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$861
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$514
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$653
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$940
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$587
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$606
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$875
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$762
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$984
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$808
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$890
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$984
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$719
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$975
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$892
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$706
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$684
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$826