Dongguan vs Kingston - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Kingston
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1378
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$3571
🏠 One person rent	$250	$664
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$1546
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$489
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$132
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$763
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	69	41
😀 Quality of life	69	54
🏙️ Population	10.5M	580K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 52% less expensive than in Kingston. Cities ranked 7169th and 3941st ($656 vs $1378) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 1st in China and Jamaica, respectively. Check China vs Jamaica comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.6 months in Kingston. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Kingston ranked 1st in Jamaica, while ranked 2941st and 5942nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Kingston

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	Dongguan	Kingston
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$7.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$76.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$8.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.52
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$816
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$434
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$1193
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$51.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	9.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$2836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$2205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$50
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$4.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$3.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$6.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$6.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$8.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$3.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$73.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$25.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$2764

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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 Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1197
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$787
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$1063
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$870
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1170
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$877
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$1000
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1014
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1124
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1415
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2123
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1272
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2763
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$1166
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1561
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1266
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1561
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1830
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$506
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$507
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1531
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1395
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$508
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$521
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$527
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$542
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1258
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$520
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$521
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1259
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3754
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1211
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$511
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$505
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1101
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1058
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$645
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$715
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$865
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$707