Dongguan vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$250	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$637
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$57
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$508
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	69	27
😀 Quality of life	69	62
🏙️ Population	10.5M	149K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 19% less expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 7169th and 6387th ($656 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 1st in China and Mauritius, respectively. Check China vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 2941st and 4802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Port Louis

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	Dongguan	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$5.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$609
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$1157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$1131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$6.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$9.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$6.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$6.75
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$27.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$5.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$22.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$8.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$65.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$3884

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$808
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$712
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$796
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$785
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1371
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1400
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$447
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$389
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1100
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1495
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1105
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1150
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1506
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$872
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$675
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1003
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$457
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$507
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$493
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$492
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$552