Dongguan vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$250	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$1842
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	69	92
😀 Quality of life	69	86
🏙️ Population	10.5M	2.75M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 62% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 7169th and 2624th ($656 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 2nd in China and Italy, respectively. Check China vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 2941st and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Rome

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	Dongguan	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$9864

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201