Dongguan vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dongguan	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$662	$2447
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1882	$5689
🏠 One person rent	$263	$1439
🏘️ Family rent	$461	$2480
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$674
🚐 Transport expenses	$79.2	$144
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$752	$3017
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	69	78
😀 Quality of life	72	87
🏙️ Population	10.5M	936K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 73% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 7341st and 950th ($662 vs $2447) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 78th and 3rd in China and Israel, respectively. Check China vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 1.2 months in Jerusalem. Dongguan ranked 20th best city to live in China vs Jerusalem ranked 4th in Israel, while ranked 3389th and 351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Jerusalem

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	Dongguan	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.78	$24.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$81.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$18.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$9.82
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$4.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$1526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$1189
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$568	$2738
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$153
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.2	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	5.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6823	$14293
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3488	$9538
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$1.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.1	$72.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.04	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$2.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$2.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$21.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$3.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.87	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$2.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$3.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$91.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.97	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$99.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.22	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$30	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.8	$143
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21416	$23696

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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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$987
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1072
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$837
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1998
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1021
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1732
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2347
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1947
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2142
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2064
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$915
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2303
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1937
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$807
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2937
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2153
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$548
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2108
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1855
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1879
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1850