Dongguan vs Hamilton - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Hamilton
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$2017
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$4455
🏠 One person rent	$250	$1247
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$2030
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$2780
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	69	73
😀 Quality of life	69	88
🏙️ Population	10.5M	569K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 68% less expensive than in Hamilton. Cities ranked 7169th and 1784th ($656 vs $2017) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 31st in China and Canada, respectively. Check China vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 1.4 months in Hamilton. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Hamilton ranked 18th in Canada, while ranked 2941st and 239th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Hamilton

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	Dongguan	Hamilton
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$18.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$70.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$5.66
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$1156
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$1072
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$1768
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$166
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$51.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	6.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$16293
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$4716
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$84
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$13.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$3.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$3.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$13.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$6.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$2.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$25
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$44.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$53.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$89.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$21263

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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 Hamilton

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Burlington	$2185
26 km or 16 mi	Oakville	$2142
32 km or 20 mi	Brantford	$1783
38 km or 23 mi	Cambridge	$2089
42 km or 26 mi	Mississauga	$2370
42 km or 26 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
45 km or 28 mi	Guelph	$1899
48 km or 30 mi	Brampton	$1946
52 km or 32 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
54 km or 34 mi	Kitchener	$2056
57 km or 36 mi	Waterloo	$1977
60 km or 37 mi	Welland	$1554
60 km or 37 mi	Toronto	$2453
67 km or 42 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Vaughan	$2267
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
76 km or 47 mi	Orangeville	$1861
78 km or 49 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
79 km or 49 mi	Grand Island	$2009
85 km or 53 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
86 km or 53 mi	Markham	$2291
90 km or 56 mi	Stratford	$1680
92 km or 57 mi	Buffalo	$2183
92 km or 57 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
95 km or 59 mi	Ajax	$2432
97 km or 60 mi	Lockport	$2021
98 km or 61 mi	West Seneca	$2145
99 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Hamburg	$2101
107 km or 67 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
108 km or 67 mi	Lancaster	$2082
108 km or 67 mi	Clarence	$2056
109 km or 68 mi	Oshawa	$1554
116 km or 72 mi	London	$1936
127 km or 79 mi	Erie	$1840
127 km or 79 mi	Barrie	$1849
139 km or 86 mi	Jamestown	$2195
154 km or 96 mi	Orillia	$1910
169 km or 105 mi	Owen Sound	$1799