Dongguan vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$250	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	69	43
😀 Quality of life	69	64
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.08M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 15% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7169th and 6565th ($656 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 3rd in China and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check China vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 2941st and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Nur-Sultan

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	Dongguan	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$5487

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512