Dongguan vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$2813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$6464
🏠 One person rent	$250	$1786
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$2984
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$700
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$4579
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	69	54
😀 Quality of life	69	86
🏙️ Population	10.5M	525K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 77% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 7169th and 313th ($656 vs $2813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 277th 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 1.6 months in Sacramento. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Sacramento ranked 81st in the United States, while ranked 2941st and 308th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Sacramento

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	Dongguan	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$19.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$7.64
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$5.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$1822
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$1446
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$3005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$2512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$193
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$71.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	6.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$4209
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$3946
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$3.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$5.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$4.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$6.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$17.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$6.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$134
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$1530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$29998

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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 Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2652
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2692
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2680
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2708
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2765
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2744
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2848
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2832
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2816
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2684
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2560
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2869
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2612
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2762
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3102
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2624
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3212
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3551
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2732
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2188
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2977
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2170
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3193
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2938
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3015
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3453
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2767
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2778
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2780
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2412
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2816
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2646
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2622
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2932
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3048
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2135
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2840
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2888
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3785
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$3045