Dongguan vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$250	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$1589
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	69	94
😀 Quality of life	69	86
🏙️ Population	10.5M	4.04M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 39% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 7169th and 5000th ($656 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 2nd in China and Taiwan, respectively. Check China vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 2941st and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs New Taipei

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	Dongguan	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$18855

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581