Foshan vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$208	$523
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$319
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$854
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	95	21
😀 Quality of life	70	40
🏙️ Population	9.5M	6.71M

The cost of living in Foshan is 32% less expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 7543rd and 6043rd ($611 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 13th in China.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 0.9 months in Yancheng. Ranked 13th vs 236th best cities to live in China, and 2601st vs 6955th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Yancheng

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	Foshan	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$3.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$1065
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$32.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$2495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$1901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$4.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$6.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$3.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$43.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$55.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$22179

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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 Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$665
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$665
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$621
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$668
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$643
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$644
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$644
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$620
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$613
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$603
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$636
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$592
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$643
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$536
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$607
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$657
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$602
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$702
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$620
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$621
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$631
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$746
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$572
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$645
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$670
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$587
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$575
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$701
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$695
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$654
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$566
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$665
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$868
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$700
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$541
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$505
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$984