Dongguan vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dongguan	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$678	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2035	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$257	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$542	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.2	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$738	$1865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	69	92
😀 Quality of life	69	86
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.38M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 59% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 7055th and 3084th ($678 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 115th and 2nd in China and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check China vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Dongguan ranked 18th best city to live in China vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 3115th and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Prague

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	Dongguan	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.12	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.69	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.89	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$330	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$685	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$415	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.8	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.07%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5799	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.1	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.3	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.96	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.6	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.16	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.2	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.16	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.3	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.5	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$463	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21927	$12545

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141