Dongguan vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dongguan	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$662	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1882	$2109
🏠 One person rent	$263	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$461	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$79.2	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$752	$809
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	69	54
😀 Quality of life	72	65
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.33M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 24% less expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 7341st and 6377th ($662 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 78th and 16th in China and Russia, respectively. Check China vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Dongguan ranked 20th best city to live in China vs Kazan ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 3389th and 5213th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Kazan

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	Dongguan	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.78	$7.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$39.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$568	$961
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$62.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$94.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.2	$6.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6823	$3331
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3488	$2289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.1	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.04	$3.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$4.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$7.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$3.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.87	$4.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.97	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.22	$6.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$30	$65
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.8	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21416	$14288

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$772
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$686
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$635
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$692
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$796
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$719
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$536
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$537
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$658
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$802
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$714
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$725
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$783
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$615
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$758
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$548
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$650
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$765
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$695
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$672
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$692
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$863
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$754
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$544
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$678
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$898
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$763
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$917