Dongguan vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1068
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2602
🏠 One person rent	$250	$531
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$1006
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$373
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	69	29
😀 Quality of life	69	41
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.13M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 39% less expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 7169th and 5045th ($656 vs $1068) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 3rd in China and Mozambique, respectively. Check China vs Mozambique comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.3 months in Maputo. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 2941st and 6875th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Maputo

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	Dongguan	Maputo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$9.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$8.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$592
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$661
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$56
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$86.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$111
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	24.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$3504
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$2016
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$5.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$7.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$80.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$5643

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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 Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628