Bekasi vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bekasi	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$518	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1321	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$202	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$377	$527
🍽️ Food expenses	$216	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$44	$84
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$442	$742
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	75	69
😀 Quality of life	45	69
🏙️ Population	2.38M	10.5M

The cost of living in Bekasi is 21% less expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 8501st and 7169th ($518 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 97th in Indonesia and China, respectively. Check Indonesia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Bekasi compared to 1.1 months in Dongguan. Bekasi ranked 13th best city to live in Indonesia vs Dongguan ranked 16th in China, while ranked 6589th and 2941st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bekasi vs Dongguan

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	Bekasi	Dongguan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.6	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.1	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.84	$4.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$0.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.69	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$383	$659
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$269	$406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.9	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.7	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.8	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.11%	4.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$651	$5615
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$3422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$4.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.82	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$4.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.5	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.15	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.98	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.15	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.1	$62.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.63	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.6	$39.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.8	$65.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$107	$489
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7538	$20945

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Bekasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Jakarta	$701
27 km or 16 mi	Depok	$385
32 km or 20 mi	South Tangerang	$536
41 km or 26 mi	Tangerang	$558
46 km or 29 mi	Bogor	$513
77 km or 48 mi	Sukabumi	$563
93 km or 58 mi	Cimahi	$500
95 km or 59 mi	Serang	$492
101 km or 63 mi	Bandung	$545
112 km or 70 mi	Cilegon	$488
180 km or 112 mi	Tasikmalaya	$373
181 km or 113 mi	Cirebon	$521
211 km or 131 mi	Banjar	$490
212 km or 132 mi	Bandar Lampung	$374
225 km or 140 mi	Metro	$432
246 km or 153 mi	Tegal	$480
277 km or 172 mi	Cilacap	$474
304 km or 189 mi	Pekalongan	$471
386 km or 240 mi	Semarang	$493
406 km or 252 mi	Salatiga	$421
410 km or 255 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
437 km or 271 mi	Prabumulih	$417
438 km or 272 mi	Palembang	$395
447 km or 278 mi	Surakarta	$417
482 km or 300 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
523 km or 325 mi	Madiun	$486
563 km or 350 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
580 km or 361 mi	Kediri	$464
591 km or 367 mi	Bengkulu	$500
605 km or 376 mi	Blitar	$453
615 km or 382 mi	Mojokerto	$505
636 km or 395 mi	Batu	$410
639 km or 397 mi	Jambi	$458
644 km or 400 mi	Surabaya	$549
650 km or 404 mi	Malang	$365
670 km or 417 mi	Pasuruan	$510
707 km or 439 mi	Probolinggo	$614
738 km or 459 mi	Pontianak	$427
823 km or 511 mi	Singkawang	$430
844 km or 524 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506

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