Dongguan vs Jacksonville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Jacksonville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$2364
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$5468
🏠 One person rent	$250	$1431
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$2461
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$3990
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	69	56
😀 Quality of life	69	87
🏙️ Population	10.5M	950K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 72% less expensive than in Jacksonville. Cities ranked 7169th and 1022nd ($656 vs $2364) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 935th 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 1.7 months in Jacksonville. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Jacksonville ranked 77th in the United States, while ranked 2941st and 293rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Jacksonville

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	Dongguan	Jacksonville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$86
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$6.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$4.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$1470
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$1193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$2901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$2044
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$179
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$3106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$2417
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$62.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$23.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$3.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$4.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$4.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$3.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$4.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$7.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$3.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$36.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$1306
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$11096

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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 Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2247
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2238
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2271
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2196
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2136
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$1969
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2211
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2144
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1957
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2064
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2278
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2212
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2327
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2265
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2286
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2308
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1502
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2018
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2269
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2294
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2371
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2336
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2384
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2373
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2336
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2440
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2392
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2366
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2316
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2204
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2576
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2171
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2181
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2280
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2577
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2634
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2295
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2289
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2104
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1897