Dongguan vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dongguan	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$662	$2310
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1882	$5713
🏠 One person rent	$263	$1359
🏘️ Family rent	$461	$2393
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$79.2	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$752	$3676
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	69	88
😀 Quality of life	72	95
🏙️ Population	10.5M	488K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 71% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 7341st and 1247th ($662 vs $2310) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 78th and 32nd in China and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check China vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Dongguan ranked 20th best city to live in China vs Edinburgh ranked 5th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 3389th and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Edinburgh

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	Dongguan	Edinburgh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.78	$21.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$89.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$8.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$1053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$568	$2488
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$1942
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$300
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.2	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	5.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6823	$6892
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3488	$4820
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.1	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.04	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$4.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$4.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.07
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$2.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$19.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.87	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$3.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.97	$15.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.22	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$30	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.8	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$1932
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21416	$23184

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$758
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$878
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$589
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$608
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$518
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$829
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$662
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2414
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1746
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$777
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$766
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$827
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$941
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$816
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$892
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$765
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$579
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$809
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$766
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$451
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$669
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$454
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$589
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$750
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$780
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$773
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$897
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$697
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$693
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$546
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$634
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$622
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$574
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598

Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1775
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1762
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1711
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1641
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1797
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1480
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2058
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1837
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1575
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1630
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1485
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1522
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1759
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1906
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1780
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1797
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1602
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$2079
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2021
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1460
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1507
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1429
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1431
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1638
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1840
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1484
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1839
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2205
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808