Dongguan vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$250	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	69	92
😀 Quality of life	69	67
🏙️ Population	10.5M	9.21M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 44% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 7169th and 4604th ($656 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 7th in China and Mexico, respectively. Check China vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 2941st and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Mexico City

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	Dongguan	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804