Dongguan vs Mixco - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Mixco
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$653
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$250	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$518
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$449
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	69	55
😀 Quality of life	69	35
🏙️ Population	10.5M	528K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 0.4% more expensive than in Mixco. Cities ranked 7169th and 7188th ($656 vs $653) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 10th in China and Guatemala, respectively. Check China vs Guatemala comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.7 months in Mixco. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Mixco ranked 2nd in Guatemala, while ranked 2941st and 7559th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Mixco

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	Dongguan	Mixco
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$2.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$5.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$176
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$495
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$454
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$23.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$36.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	9.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$1560
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$914
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$8.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$2.61
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$7.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$4.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$3.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$7.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$6.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$2.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$41
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$5.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$40.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$17.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$45.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$5898

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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 Mixco

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Guatemala City	$1070
16 km or 10 mi	San Miguel Petapa	$941
59 km or 37 mi	Panajachel	$819
67 km or 42 mi	Jalapa	$936
96 km or 60 mi	Mazatenango	$886
97 km or 60 mi	Momostenango	$881
98 km or 61 mi	Coban	$916
100 km or 62 mi	Quetzaltenango	$784
115 km or 71 mi	Ahuachapan	$1449
137 km or 85 mi	Santa Ana	$698
141 km or 87 mi	Sonsonate	$884
178 km or 111 mi	Santa Tecla	$1194
180 km or 112 mi	Apopa	$1160
180 km or 112 mi	Tapachula	$632
181 km or 112 mi	Mejicanos	$1175
185 km or 115 mi	Soyapango	$1182
185 km or 115 mi	San Salvador	$1204
267 km or 166 mi	Flores	$878
274 km or 170 mi	Usulutan	$1083
289 km or 180 mi	Villanueva	$897
292 km or 181 mi	San Miguel	$1088
293 km or 182 mi	San Pedro Sula	$1047
302 km or 188 mi	Choloma	$719
303 km or 188 mi	La Lima	$897
314 km or 195 mi	El Progreso	$903
318 km or 197 mi	Puerto Cortes	$788
319 km or 198 mi	San Cristobal de las Casas	$667
320 km or 199 mi	Comayagua	$753
326 km or 202 mi	San Ignacio	$1034
352 km or 218 mi	Belmopan	$973
357 km or 222 mi	Tuxtla Gutierrez	$619
365 km or 227 mi	Balancan	$728
372 km or 231 mi	Tegucigalpa	$863
378 km or 235 mi	Yoro	$755
411 km or 255 mi	Belize City	$883
430 km or 267 mi	La Ceiba	$626
438 km or 272 mi	Chinandega	$638
442 km or 275 mi	Caye Caulker	$1581
447 km or 278 mi	Villahermosa	$869
462 km or 287 mi	San Pedro Town	$1358