Dongguan vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dongguan	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$666	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1896	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$259	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$448	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$239	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.6	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$777	$4507
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	67	90
😀 Quality of life	71	94
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.51M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 73% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7469th and 889th ($666 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 1st in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Dongguan compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Dongguan ranked 25th best city to live in China vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 3662nd and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Munich

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	Dongguan	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.36	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.8	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.47	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.75	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$178	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$559	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$326	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.3	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.68%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6553	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3642	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.6	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.5	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.02	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.26	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.27	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.22	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.5	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22205	$16629

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$782
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$939
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$611
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$621
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$534
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$848
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$674
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2415
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1718
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$795
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$765
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$844
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$943
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$832
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$807
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$896
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$760
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$589
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$816
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$769
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$464
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$673
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$465
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$602
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$730
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$790
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$789
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$814
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$738
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$698
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$699
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$533
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$638
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$609
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$587
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$608

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748