Dongguan vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dongguan	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$678	$985
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2035	$2442
🏠 One person rent	$257	$442
🏘️ Family rent	$542	$848
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$360
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.2	$96.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$738	$652
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	69	49
😀 Quality of life	69	58
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.46M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 31% less expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 7055th and 5803rd ($678 vs $985) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 115th and 16th 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 0.7 months in Guadalajara. Dongguan ranked 18th best city to live in China vs Guadalajara ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 3115th and 5559th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Dongguan vs Guadalajara infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/dongguan/guadalajara.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Dongguan vs Guadalajara infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/dongguan/guadalajara" target="_blank">Dongguan vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Dongguan vs Guadalajara

Prices for goods and services in Dongguan and Guadalajara are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Dongguan	Guadalajara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.12	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$37.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.69	$8.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.06
☕ Cappuccino	$2.89	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$330	$581
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$354
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$685	$1110
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$415	$716
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.8	$18.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$29.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$23.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.07%	11.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5799	$2784
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$1832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.1	$24.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.3	$12.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$8.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5	$5.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.96	$3.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.6	$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.16	$4.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.2	$30.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.16	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.3	$47
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.5	$93.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$463	$173
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21927	$6136

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$683
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1012
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$779
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$735
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$764
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$882
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$737
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$630
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$835
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$826
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$719
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$620
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$709
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$687
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1165
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$784
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$738
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$780
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$796
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$674
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$978
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$886
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$659
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$729
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$522
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$691
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$748
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$601
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$698
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$879
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$941
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$808
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$839
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$861
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$647
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$844
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1153