Dongguan vs Maseru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Maseru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$1508
🏠 One person rent	$250	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$611
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	69	16
😀 Quality of life	69	13
🏙️ Population	10.5M	344K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 6% more expensive than in Maseru. Cities ranked 7169th and 7441st ($656 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 1st in China and Lesotho, respectively. Check China vs Lesotho comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 1 months in Maseru. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Maseru ranked 1st in Lesotho, while ranked 2941st and 9104th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Maseru

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	Dongguan	Maseru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$125
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$63.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$150
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$180
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$26.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	8.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$472
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$27.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$5.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$5.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$5.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$5.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$12.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$41
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$46.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$1063

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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 Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628