Dongguan vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dongguan	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$666	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1896	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$259	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$448	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$239	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.6	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$777	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	67	45
😀 Quality of life	71	68
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.08M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 9% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7469th and 7085th ($666 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 7th in China and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check China vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Dongguan compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Dongguan ranked 25th best city to live in China vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 3662nd and 4594th 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	$2.36	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.8	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.47	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.75	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$178	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$559	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$326	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.3	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.68%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6553	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3642	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.6	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.5	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.02	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.26	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.27	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.22	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.5	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22205	$6043

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$782
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$939
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$611
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$621
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$534
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$848
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$674
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2415
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1718
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$795
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$765
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$844
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$943
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$832
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$807
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$896
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$760
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$589
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$816
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$769
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$464
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$673
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$465
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$602
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$730
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$790
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$789
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$814
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$738
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$698
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$699
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$533
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$638
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$609
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$587
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$608

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537