Dongguan vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dongguan	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$678	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2035	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$257	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$542	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.2	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$738	$3112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	69	65
😀 Quality of life	69	89
🏙️ Population	10.5M	563K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 54% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 7055th and 3857th ($678 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 115th and 506th 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 18th best city to live in China vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 3115th and 203rd 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	$2.12	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.69	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.89	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$330	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$685	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$415	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.8	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.07%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5799	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.1	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.3	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.96	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.6	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.16	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.2	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.16	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.3	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.5	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$463	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21927	$12328

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$763
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$602
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$629
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$491
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$830
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$641
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2427
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1590
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$808
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$801
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$824
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$1014
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$839
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$852
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$895
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$783
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$726
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$819
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$780
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$691
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$795
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$592
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$605
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$746
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$774
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$774
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$813
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$794
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$713
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$725
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$538
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$618
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$611
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$607
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$623

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387