Dongguan vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$3228
🏠 One person rent	$250	$851
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$1438
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$1651
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	69	24
😀 Quality of life	69	78
🏙️ Population	10.5M	592K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 54% less expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 7169th and 3759th ($656 vs $1430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 31st in China and Spain, respectively. Check China vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 1.2 months in Malaga. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Malaga ranked 19th in Spain, while ranked 2941st and 708th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Malaga

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	Dongguan	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$47.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$969
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$689
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1741
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$76.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$119
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$29.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	3.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$6060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$2594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$7.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$5.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$2.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$8.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$13.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$75.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$87
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$9532

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1178
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2040
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1316
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$945
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$893
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1395
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$895
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1164
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2087
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1201
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$889
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1204
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1141
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1073
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$930
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1196
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1100
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1197
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1004
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1164
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$517
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1255
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$679
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1220
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1359
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1316
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1358
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1170
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1165
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$801
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$449