Dongguan vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1017
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2509
🏠 One person rent	$250	$480
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$652
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	69	49
😀 Quality of life	69	57
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.46M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 36% less expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 7169th and 5385th ($656 vs $1017) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 15th 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 0.6 months in Guadalajara. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Guadalajara ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 2941st and 5625th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Guadalajara

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	Dongguan	Guadalajara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$9.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$36.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$7.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$791
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$18.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$28.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	11.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$2393
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$1599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$7.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$4.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$6.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$4.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$29.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$4.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$161
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$5853

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1021
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$778
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$634
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$684
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$587
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$804
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$768
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$744
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$753
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$813
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$667
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$977
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$853
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$634
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$677
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$693
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$717
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$638
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$760
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$983
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$846
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$662
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$696
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1214