Foshan vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Foshan	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1771	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$230	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$388	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$780	$939
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	93	48
😀 Quality of life	72	63
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.47M

The cost of living in Foshan is 42% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 7844th and 5278th ($611 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 183rd and 5th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Foshan ranked 14th best city to live in China vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 3253rd and 5513th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Yekaterinburg

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	Foshan	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.62	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.7	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.05	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$141	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$465	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.1	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.5	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.79%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4193	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1783	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.24	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.11	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.97	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.15	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.73	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.64	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.2	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.29	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.2	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.5	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$444	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22493	$7937

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$782
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$848
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$534
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$666
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$795
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$844
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$674
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1718
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$832
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$939
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$621
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2415
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$896
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$765
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$816
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$807
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$760
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$769
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$943
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$790
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$789
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$738
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$730
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$589
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$673
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$464
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$699
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$814
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$465
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$602
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$533
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$608
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$587
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$638
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$609
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$694
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$664

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$729
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$760
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$767
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$969
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$701
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$853
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$690
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$700
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$793
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$564
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$589
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$757
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$595
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$747
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$929
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$579
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$838
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$740
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$791
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$834
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$604
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$813
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$677
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$773
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688