Dongguan vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$824
🏠 One person rent	$250	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	69	48
😀 Quality of life	69	40
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.97M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 89% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 7169th and 9093rd ($656 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 20th in China and Pakistan, respectively. Check China vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 2941st and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Peshawar

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	Dongguan	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$518

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596