Dongguan vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$250	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$4538
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	69	78
😀 Quality of life	69	88
🏙️ Population	10.5M	689K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 74% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 7169th and 790th ($656 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 733rd 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 16th best city to live in China vs Nashville ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 2941st and 244th 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	$2.41	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$6.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$30520

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2499
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2356
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2335
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2340
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2738
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2271
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2302
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2274
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2016
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2031
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2075
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2259
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1969
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1828
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1839
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1942
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1932
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1350
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1772
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1779
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2192
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2185
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1717
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1728
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1847
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1865
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2166
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2100
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1730
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1432
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1636
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2025
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2116
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1494