Dongguan vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$1933
🏠 One person rent	$250	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$794
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	69	47
😀 Quality of life	69	62
🏙️ Population	10.5M	276K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 18% less expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 7169th and 6461st ($656 vs $796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 2nd in China and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check China vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 1 months in Sarajevo. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 2941st and 4897th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Sarajevo

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	Dongguan	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$3005
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$1953
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$3.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$2856

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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 Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768