Dongguan vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dongguan	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$678	$2649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2035	$6134
🏠 One person rent	$257	$1700
🏘️ Family rent	$542	$3035
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$651
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.2	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$738	$4686
😷 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 7055th and 514th ($678 vs $2649) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 115th and 455th 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 18th best city to live in China vs Nashville ranked 56th in the United States, while ranked 3115th and 226th 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	$2.12	$17.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$75.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.69	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$6.53
☕ Cappuccino	$2.89	$5.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$330	$1820
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$1457
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$685	$3716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$415	$2584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.8	$99.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$154
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$71.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.07%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5799	$3565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$3245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.1	$69.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.3	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$3.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$5.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$5.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$5.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$3.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$7.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.96	$5.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$4.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.6	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.16	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.2	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.16	$27.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.3	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.5	$93.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$463	$1194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21927	$20657

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$763
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$602
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$629
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$491
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$830
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$641
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2427
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1590
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$808
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$801
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$824
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$1014
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$839
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$852
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$895
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$783
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$726
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$819
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$780
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$691
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$795
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$592
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$605
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$746
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$774
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$774
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$813
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$794
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$713
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$725
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$538
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$618
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$611
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$607
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$623

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2466
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2384
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2371
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2339
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2670
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2270
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2303
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2275
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2552
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2038
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2028
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$1607
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2246
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1805
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2081
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1802
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1926
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2098
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$2134
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1323
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1854
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1651
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$1956
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2014
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1687
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1708
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1764
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1911
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2035
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$1746
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1780
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1317
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1627
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2123
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$1995
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2119
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1542