Dongguan vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$250	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$2953
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	69	65
😀 Quality of life	69	88
🏙️ Population	10.5M	566K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 53% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 7169th and 3862nd ($656 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 512th in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Dresden ranked 33rd in Germany, while ranked 2941st and 217th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Dresden

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	Dongguan	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$13167

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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

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419