Dongguan vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$250	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$3986
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	69	60
😀 Quality of life	69	87
🏙️ Population	10.5M	246K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 64% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 7169th and 2336th ($656 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 1917th 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 2.2 months in Louisville. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 2941st and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Louisville

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	Dongguan	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974