Dongguan vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dongguan	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$694	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2019	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$265	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$459	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$847	$4312
😷 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 7308th and 863rd ($694 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 67th 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 1.7 months in Munich. Dongguan ranked 25th best city to live in China vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 3241st and 44th 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	$2.21	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.6	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$568	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$335	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.6	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.7	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5717	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3114	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.4	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.98	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.79	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.15	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.95	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.4	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.45	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.4	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$496	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25442	$17274

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$785
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$995
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$627
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$638
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$548
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$873
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$678
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2396
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1734
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$801
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$777
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$858
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$954
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$839
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$793
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$908
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$766
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$600
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$828
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$778
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$473
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$682
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$474
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$612
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$739
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$802
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$797
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$758
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$751
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$705
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$714
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$528
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$648
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$602
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$601
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$620

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714