Arlington vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$527
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$84
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	90	69
😀 Quality of life	73	69
🏙️ Population	394K	10.5M

The cost of living in Arlington is 187% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 2153rd and 7169th ($1883 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 97th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.1 months in Dongguan. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Dongguan ranked 16th in China, while ranked 1499th and 2941st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Dongguan

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	Arlington	Dongguan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$4.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$0.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$659
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	4.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$5615
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$3422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$4.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$4.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$62.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$39.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$65.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$489
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$20945

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$774
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$916
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$611
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$601
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$461
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$804
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$653
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2432
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1588
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$794
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$764
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$812
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$936
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$823
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$877
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$755
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$569
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$803
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$758
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$443
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$655
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$451
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$581
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$724
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$761
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$756
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$761
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$771
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$702
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$522
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$609
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$590
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$579
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598