Dongguan vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dongguan	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$662	$1690
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1882	$3962
🏠 One person rent	$263	$856
🏘️ Family rent	$461	$1466
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$550
🚐 Transport expenses	$79.2	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$752	$3010
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	69	71
😀 Quality of life	72	92
🏙️ Population	10.5M	620K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 61% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 7341st and 3162nd ($662 vs $1690) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 78th and 230th in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Dongguan ranked 20th best city to live in China vs Leipzig ranked 15th in Germany, while ranked 3389th and 113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Leipzig

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	Dongguan	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.78	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$70.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$3.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$745
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$560
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$568	$1353
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.2	$50.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6823	$4459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3488	$2997
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$4.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.1	$66.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.04	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$2.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$3.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$5.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$6.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.87	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$2.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.97	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$37.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.22	$20.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$30	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.8	$94
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$437
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21416	$10887

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1563
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1491
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1415
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1421
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1420
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1388
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1415
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1419
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1396
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1422
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1471
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1422
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1126
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1408
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1436
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1251
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1420
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1454
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1436
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1207
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1421
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1084
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1381
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1320
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1424
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1298
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1422
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1448
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1423
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1249
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1301
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1424
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1427
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1475
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1417
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1485
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401