Dongguan vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dongguan	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$666	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1896	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$259	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$448	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$239	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.6	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$777	$3726
😷 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 63% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 7469th and 2945th ($666 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 156th 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 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Dongguan ranked 25th best city to live in China vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 3662nd and 150th 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	$2.36	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.8	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.47	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$2.75	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$178	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$559	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$326	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.3	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.68%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6553	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3642	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.6	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.5	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.02	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.26	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.27	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.22	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.5	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22205	$17866

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1678
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1668
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1668
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1652
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1637
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1666
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1656
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1635
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1461
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1648
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1359
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1491
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1536
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1583
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1606
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1597
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1743
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1647
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1735
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1724
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1721
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1551
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1609
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1608
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1684
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1370
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1779
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1738
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1596
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1827
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1684
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1327
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1767