Dongguan vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$250	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$2742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	69	100
😀 Quality of life	69	93
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.8M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 65% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 7169th and 2225th ($656 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 51st in China and Canada, respectively. Check China vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 2941st and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Montreal

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	Dongguan	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$5725

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692