Dongguan vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dongguan	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$678	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2035	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$257	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$542	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.2	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$738	$591
😷 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 13% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7055th and 6525th ($678 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 115th and 5th 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 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Dongguan ranked 18th best city to live in China vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 3115th and 4508th 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	$2.12	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.69	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.89	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$330	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$685	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$415	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.8	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.07%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5799	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.1	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.3	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.96	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.6	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.16	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.2	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.16	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.3	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.5	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$463	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21927	$6243

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595