Foshan vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$208	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$1049
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	95	49
😀 Quality of life	70	51
🏙️ Population	9.5M	7.1M

The cost of living in Foshan is 10% less expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 7543rd and 6983rd ($611 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 66th in China.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 1.5 months in Yantai. Ranked 13th vs 53rd best cities to live in China, and 2601st vs 6160th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Yantai

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	Foshan	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$23251

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702