Dongguan vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dongguan	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$662	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1882	$5942
🏠 One person rent	$263	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$461	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$79.2	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$752	$4436
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	69	78
😀 Quality of life	72	90
🏙️ Population	10.5M	689K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 74% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 7341st and 832nd ($662 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 78th and 741st in China and the United States, respectively. Check China vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Dongguan ranked 20th best city to live in China vs Nashville ranked 65th in the United States, while ranked 3389th and 218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Nashville

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	Dongguan	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.78	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$6.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$1625
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$1357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$568	$2958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.2	$67.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6823	$3558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3488	$3104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.1	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.04	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$5.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.87	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$4.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.97	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.22	$27.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$30	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.8	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21416	$30339

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$758
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$878
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$589
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$608
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$518
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$829
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$662
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2414
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1746
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$777
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$766
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$827
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$941
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$816
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$892
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$765
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$579
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$809
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$766
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$451
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$669
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$454
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$589
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$750
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$780
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$773
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$897
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$697
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$693
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$546
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$634
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$622
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$574
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508