Dongguan vs El Paso - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dongguan	El Paso
🚶 Cost of living one person	$662	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1882	$4015
🏠 One person rent	$263	$981
🏘️ Family rent	$461	$1643
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$588
🚐 Transport expenses	$79.2	$91.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$752	$3306
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	69	35
😀 Quality of life	72	81
🏙️ Population	10.5M	679K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 63% less expensive than in El Paso. Cities ranked 7341st and 2820th ($662 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 78th and 1979th in China and the United States, respectively. Check China vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 1.9 months in El Paso. Dongguan ranked 20th best city to live in China vs El Paso ranked 206th in the United States, while ranked 3389th and 665th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs El Paso

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	Dongguan	El Paso
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.78	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$70.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$5.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$5.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$961
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$765
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$568	$1647
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$1346
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.2	$64.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6823	$1819
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3488	$1780
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$1.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.1	$48.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.04	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$2.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$3.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$4.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$4.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.07
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$2.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$11.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.87	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$7.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$5.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$25
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.97	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$62.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.22	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$30	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.8	$91.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$574
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21416	$6990

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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 El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$945
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1842
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1750
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$850
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1809
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1896
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1880
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$944
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1612
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1964
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$1015
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2054
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$895
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$2150
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1940
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2095
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2046
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1784
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$727
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2204
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2084
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2245
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2235
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1912
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$2151
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2466
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2403
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$2024
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$982
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2407
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2447
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2349
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371