Dongguan vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$250	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$4771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	69	99
😀 Quality of life	69	93
🏙️ Population	10.5M	3.9M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 79% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 7169th and 80th ($656 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 71st 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 1.5 months in Los Angeles. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 2941st and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Los Angeles

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	Dongguan	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$28838

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919