Dongguan vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1304
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$3010
🏠 One person rent	$250	$814
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$1624
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$42
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$1263
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	69	7
😀 Quality of life	69	62
🏙️ Population	10.5M	133K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 50% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 7169th and 4205th ($656 vs $1304) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 2nd in China and Maldives, respectively. Check China vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 1 months in Male. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 2941st and 4917th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Male

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	Dongguan	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$3.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$636
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$1401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$96.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	11.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$2651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$2231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$3.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$9.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$7.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$73.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$163
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$3201

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360