Dongguan vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$2388
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$5530
🏠 One person rent	$250	$1484
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$2447
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$625
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$94.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$4749
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	69	82
😀 Quality of life	69	88
🏙️ Population	10.5M	468K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 73% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 7169th and 972nd ($656 vs $2388) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 892nd in China and the United States, respectively. Check China vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 2 months in Raleigh. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Raleigh ranked 51st in the United States, while ranked 2941st and 221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Raleigh

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	Dongguan	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$75.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$1468
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$1216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$2614
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$2029
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	6.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$6077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$2879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$58.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$3.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$6.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$7.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$6.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$7.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$1481
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$21914

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682