Dili vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dili	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$511	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1255	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$226	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$422	$527
🍽️ Food expenses	$207	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$27	$84
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$391	$742
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	12	69
😀 Quality of life	30	69
🏙️ Population	222K	10.5M

The cost of living in Dili is 22% less expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 8549th and 7169th ($511 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 97th in East Timor and China, respectively. Check East Timor vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Dili compared to 1.1 months in Dongguan. Dili ranked 1st best city to live in East Timor vs Dongguan ranked 16th in China, while ranked 8098th and 2941st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dili vs Dongguan

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	Dili	Dongguan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$4.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$0.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$212	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$147	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$659
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$304	$406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.8	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.97%	4.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1490	$5615
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$909	$3422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.8	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$4.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$4.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.67	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.85	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.63	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.88	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$62.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.26	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.85	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.2	$39.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.9	$65.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$95.6	$489
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3045	$20945

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dili

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ainaro	$501
62 km or 38 mi	Maliana	$503
97 km or 60 mi	Baucau	$502
282 km or 176 mi	Kupang	$509
473 km or 294 mi	Baubau	$506
607 km or 377 mi	Kendari	$512
611 km or 380 mi	Ambon	$507
719 km or 447 mi	Darwin	$1617
754 km or 469 mi	Bima	$597
779 km or 484 mi	Makassar	$525
829 km or 515 mi	Parepare	$508
857 km or 533 mi	Palopo	$522
1040 km or 646 mi	Mataram	$355
1049 km or 652 mi	Gorontalo	$441
1058 km or 657 mi	Ternate	$442
1061 km or 660 mi	Palu	$553
1061 km or 660 mi	Sorong	$505
1113 km or 692 mi	Bitung	$442
1121 km or 696 mi	Manado	$439
1134 km or 705 mi	Ubud	$845
1139 km or 708 mi	Denpasar	$497
1163 km or 722 mi	Bali	$1267
1265 km or 786 mi	Balikpapan	$606
1273 km or 791 mi	Manokwari	$500
1293 km or 804 mi	Samarinda	$580
1317 km or 818 mi	Bontang	$553
1324 km or 823 mi	Banjarbaru	$460
1347 km or 837 mi	Banjarmasin	$469
1363 km or 847 mi	Probolinggo	$614
1398 km or 869 mi	Pasuruan	$510
1421 km or 883 mi	Surabaya	$549
1427 km or 887 mi	Malang	$365
1438 km or 894 mi	Batu	$410
1452 km or 902 mi	Mojokerto	$505
1470 km or 913 mi	Palangka Raya	$475
1478 km or 918 mi	Blitar	$453
1495 km or 929 mi	Kediri	$464
1550 km or 963 mi	Madiun	$486
1586 km or 985 mi	Tarakan	$527
1628 km or 1012 mi	Surakarta	$417

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