Dongguan vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dongguan	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$694	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2019	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$265	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$459	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$847	$3888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	67	56
😀 Quality of life	71	91
🏙️ Population	10.5M	526K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 60% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 7308th and 2992nd ($694 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 67th and 152nd in China and Germany, respectively. Check China vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Dongguan compared to 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Dongguan ranked 25th best city to live in China vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 3241st and 131st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Nuremberg

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	Dongguan	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.21	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.6	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$568	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$335	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.6	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.7	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5717	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3114	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.4	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.98	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.79	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.15	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.95	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.4	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.45	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.4	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.9	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$496	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25442	$19685

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$785
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$995
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$627
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$638
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$548
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$873
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$678
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2396
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1734
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$801
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$777
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$858
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$954
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$839
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$793
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$908
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$766
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$600
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$828
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$778
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$473
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$682
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$474
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$612
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$739
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$802
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$797
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$758
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$751
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$705
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$714
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$528
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$648
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$602
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$601
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$620

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729