Dongguan vs Gujranwala - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dongguan	Gujranwala
🚶 Cost of living one person	$662	$302
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1882	$729
🏠 One person rent	$263	$98
🏘️ Family rent	$461	$152
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$124
🚐 Transport expenses	$79.2	$38.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$752	$131
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	69	43
😀 Quality of life	72	30
🏙️ Population	10.5M	2.03M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 119% more expensive than in Gujranwala. Cities ranked 7341st and 9199th ($662 vs $302) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 78th and 30th in China and Pakistan, respectively. Check China vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.4 months in Gujranwala. Dongguan ranked 20th best city to live in China vs Gujranwala ranked 10th in Pakistan, while ranked 3389th and 8772nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Gujranwala

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	Dongguan	Gujranwala
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.78	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$10.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$1.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$53.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$34.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$568	$95.4
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$60
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$45.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$70.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.2	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	18.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6823	$761
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3488	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.1	$9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.04	$3.71
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$0.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$5.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.38
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$0.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$2.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.87	$1.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$1.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$0.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$0.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$5.97
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.97	$2.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$8.71
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.22	$2.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$30	$10.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.8	$82.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$16.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21416	$843

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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 Gujranwala

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Kamoke	$316
48 km or 30 mi	Hafizabad	$363
48 km or 30 mi	Gujrat	$320
51 km or 32 mi	Sialkot	$311
52 km or 32 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
68 km or 43 mi	Lahore	$427
80 km or 50 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
86 km or 54 mi	Amritsar	$380
90 km or 56 mi	Jammu	$284
117 km or 72 mi	Mirpur	$277
123 km or 76 mi	Chiniot	$372
132 km or 82 mi	Faisalabad	$333
139 km or 86 mi	Pathankot	$350
143 km or 89 mi	Sargodha	$376
149 km or 93 mi	Sahiwal	$303
161 km or 100 mi	Jalandhar	$337
164 km or 102 mi	Okara	$291
180 km or 112 mi	Gojra	$351
192 km or 119 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
202 km or 125 mi	Jhang	$294
203 km or 126 mi	Islamabad	$443
210 km or 130 mi	Ludhiana	$421
223 km or 139 mi	Srinagar	$340
228 km or 142 mi	Baramulla	$265
230 km or 143 mi	Wah	$344
264 km or 164 mi	Burewala	$347
292 km or 181 mi	Patiala	$357
293 km or 182 mi	Chandigarh	$373
297 km or 184 mi	Khanewal	$362
302 km or 188 mi	Kohat	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mardan	$354
306 km or 190 mi	Shimla	$270
324 km or 201 mi	Peshawar	$334
337 km or 209 mi	Mingora	$351
341 km or 212 mi	Multan	$403
365 km or 227 mi	Hisar	$262
389 km or 242 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
402 km or 250 mi	Saharanpur	$285
411 km or 255 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwani	$330