Casablanca vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Casablanca	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1989	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$400	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$666	$527
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$89	$84
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$474	$742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	33	69
😀 Quality of life	61	69
🏙️ Population	3.22M	10.5M

The cost of living in Casablanca is 30% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 6258th and 7169th ($850 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 97th in Morocco and China, respectively. Check Morocco vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Casablanca compared to 1.1 months in Dongguan. Casablanca ranked 2nd best city to live in Morocco vs Dongguan ranked 16th in China, while ranked 5009th and 2941st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Casablanca vs Dongguan

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	Casablanca	Dongguan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.42	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.3	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7	$4.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.02	$0.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$509	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$969	$659
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$482	$406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.2	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	4.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2004	$5615
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1017	$3422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.44	$4.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.38	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.69	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$4.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.91	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.28	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.67	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.02	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$62.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.69	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.1	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.59	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.5	$39.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$65.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$178	$489
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4842	$20945

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Cities near Casablanca

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Mohammedia	$652
75 km or 47 mi	Temara	$619
87 km or 54 mi	Rabat	$705
90 km or 56 mi	Sale	$536
91 km or 57 mi	El Jadida	$502
104 km or 65 mi	Khouribga	$435
120 km or 75 mi	Kenitra	$558
183 km or 114 mi	Beni Mellal	$448
194 km or 121 mi	Meknes	$486
210 km or 130 mi	Safi	$489
222 km or 138 mi	Marrakesh	$687
247 km or 153 mi	Fez	$533
294 km or 183 mi	Tangier	$679
301 km or 187 mi	Tetouan	$517
307 km or 191 mi	Essaouira	$640
326 km or 202 mi	Tarifa	$1196
331 km or 206 mi	Ceuta	$1141
341 km or 212 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
344 km or 214 mi	Algeciras	$889
347 km or 215 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
348 km or 216 mi	Cadiz	$1359
350 km or 218 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
352 km or 219 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
355 km or 221 mi	Rota	$1358
371 km or 230 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
381 km or 237 mi	Faro	$1263
382 km or 237 mi	Olhao	$1291
387 km or 240 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
388 km or 241 mi	Estepona	$1395
392 km or 244 mi	Albufeira	$1950
393 km or 244 mi	Tavira	$1373
393 km or 244 mi	Taghazout	$535
396 km or 246 mi	Loule	$1415
399 km or 248 mi	Agadir	$540
400 km or 249 mi	Lagoa	$1330
401 km or 249 mi	Lagos	$1598
402 km or 250 mi	Portimao	$1248
404 km or 251 mi	Ait Melloul	$562
405 km or 252 mi	Silves	$1368
408 km or 254 mi	Marbella	$2040

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