Dongguan vs Hempstead - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Hempstead
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$2664
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$6130
🏠 One person rent	$250	$1711
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$2905
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$4990
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	69	97
😀 Quality of life	69	79
🏙️ Population	10.5M	793K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 75% less expensive than in Hempstead. Cities ranked 7169th and 556th ($656 vs $2664) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 509th 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 Hempstead. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Hempstead ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 2941st and 636th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Hempstead

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	Dongguan	Hempstead
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$17.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$5.04
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$6.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$1616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$1489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$2884
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$2577
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$68.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	6.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$7917
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$5542
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$131
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$12.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$5.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$5.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$5.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$111
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$161
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$22.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$51.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$77.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$1388
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$27808

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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 Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2610
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2588
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2593
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2556
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2586
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2732
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2974
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2123
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3111
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2534
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4441
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3639
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3004
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2753
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2703
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2725
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3271
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2701
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2886
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2477
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3494
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2338
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2913
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2715
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2804
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2664
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3302