Dongguan vs Memphis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Memphis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$4389
🏠 One person rent	$250	$1092
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$1592
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$565
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$70.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$3516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	69	67
😀 Quality of life	69	87
🏙️ Population	10.5M	633K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 65% less expensive than in Memphis. Cities ranked 7169th and 2179th ($656 vs $1874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 1817th 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 1.9 months in Memphis. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Memphis ranked 73rd in the United States, while ranked 2941st and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Memphis

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	Dongguan	Memphis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$9.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$5.47
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$5.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$976
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$883
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$1292
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$193
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$64.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$1489
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$1490
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$12.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$9.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$4.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$7.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$3.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$41.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$77.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$1469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$27369

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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 Memphis

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Germantown	$2383
17 km or 10 mi	Bartlett	$2134
17 km or 10 mi	Southaven	$2062
19 km or 12 mi	Horn Lake	$2070
19 km or 12 mi	West Memphis	$1865
21 km or 13 mi	Olive Branch	$2077
27 km or 17 mi	Collierville	$2268
38 km or 24 mi	Atoka	$2117
94 km or 58 mi	Oxford	$2009
103 km or 64 mi	Jonesboro	$1781
115 km or 71 mi	Paragould	$1874
116 km or 72 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
119 km or 74 mi	Jackson	$1717
149 km or 92 mi	Tupelo	$1946
161 km or 100 mi	Searcy	$1831
187 km or 116 mi	Poplar Bluff	$1882
187 km or 116 mi	Cabot	$1645
197 km or 123 mi	Jacksonville	$1830
207 km or 128 mi	Sherwood	$1930
212 km or 132 mi	Starkville	$1617
213 km or 132 mi	Pine Bluff	$1856
213 km or 132 mi	North Little Rock	$1999
213 km or 132 mi	Florence	$1350
215 km or 134 mi	Greenville	$1989
219 km or 136 mi	Little Rock	$1958
223 km or 139 mi	Murray	$1828
226 km or 140 mi	Conway	$1774
230 km or 143 mi	Columbus	$1806
245 km or 153 mi	Benton	$1943
247 km or 153 mi	Cape Girardeau	$1649
249 km or 154 mi	Paducah	$1728
271 km or 168 mi	Columbia	$2031
276 km or 172 mi	Athens	$1839
279 km or 173 mi	Decatur	$1772
283 km or 176 mi	Clarksville	$2075
286 km or 178 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
288 km or 179 mi	Russellville	$1438
290 km or 180 mi	Hot Springs	$1322
295 km or 183 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
296 km or 184 mi	Franklin	$2738