Dongguan vs Ecatepec de Morelos - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Ecatepec de Morelos
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$704
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$1478
🏠 One person rent	$250	$346
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$367
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$610
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	69	87
😀 Quality of life	69	51
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.93M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 7% less expensive than in Ecatepec de Morelos. Cities ranked 7169th and 6869th ($656 vs $704) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 108th in China and Mexico, respectively. Check China vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.9 months in Ecatepec de Morelos. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Ecatepec de Morelos ranked 19th in Mexico, while ranked 2941st and 6189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Ecatepec de Morelos

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	Dongguan	Ecatepec de Morelos
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$4.88
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$9.98
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$3.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$347
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$287
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$540
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$28.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$43.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$19.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	11.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$2214
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$1605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$7.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$5.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$4.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$4.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$3.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$3.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$37.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$55
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$316
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$6402

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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 Ecatepec de Morelos

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Tultepec	$747
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
17 km or 10 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
18 km or 11 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
21 km or 13 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
21 km or 13 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Mexico City	$1160
22 km or 14 mi	Zumpango	$761
23 km or 14 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
24 km or 15 mi	Naucalpan	$800
26 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
41 km or 25 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
67 km or 41 mi	Pachuca	$632
72 km or 45 mi	Toluca	$696
78 km or 49 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
81 km or 50 mi	Jiutepec	$752
88 km or 55 mi	Cuautla	$858
100 km or 62 mi	Atlixco	$825
107 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
118 km or 73 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
130 km or 81 mi	Taxco	$788
132 km or 82 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
149 km or 92 mi	Iguala	$821
178 km or 110 mi	Queretaro	$983
178 km or 111 mi	Teziutlan	$770
197 km or 122 mi	Poza Rica	$635
211 km or 131 mi	Celaya	$638
215 km or 134 mi	Tehuacan	$485
220 km or 137 mi	Coatepec	$700
221 km or 137 mi	Orizaba	$724
222 km or 138 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Xalapa	$574
225 km or 140 mi	Morelia	$717
228 km or 141 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
233 km or 145 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
236 km or 146 mi	Cordoba	$759
249 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
265 km or 165 mi	Ciudad Valles	$778
268 km or 166 mi	Irapuato	$667