Dongguan vs Seville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Seville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1255
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2767
🏠 One person rent	$250	$680
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$1029
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$86.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$1925
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	69	58
😀 Quality of life	69	81
🏙️ Population	10.5M	687K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 48% less expensive than in Seville. Cities ranked 7169th and 4325th ($656 vs $1255) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 67th in China and Spain, respectively. Check China vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 1.5 months in Seville. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Seville ranked 8th in Spain, while ranked 2941st and 492nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Seville

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	Dongguan	Seville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$36.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$9.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$751
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1286
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$809
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$61
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$93.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$31.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	3.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$3611
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$2095
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$34.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$11.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$7.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$6.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$5.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$8.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$67.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$72.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$81
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$6034

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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 Seville

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1164
32 km or 20 mi	Carmona	$1197
49 km or 31 mi	Almonte	$1165
72 km or 45 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
77 km or 48 mi	Moguer	$1124
77 km or 48 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
82 km or 51 mi	Ecija	$1201
87 km or 54 mi	Huelva	$1081
91 km or 57 mi	Rota	$1358
98 km or 61 mi	Cadiz	$1359
102 km or 63 mi	Ronda	$893
109 km or 67 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
121 km or 75 mi	Cordoba	$1100
130 km or 81 mi	Estepona	$1395
132 km or 82 mi	Antequera	$1178
138 km or 86 mi	Marbella	$2040
140 km or 87 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
147 km or 91 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
147 km or 92 mi	Algeciras	$889
148 km or 92 mi	Mijas	$1353
150 km or 93 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
150 km or 93 mi	Tavira	$1373
153 km or 95 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
154 km or 96 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
156 km or 97 mi	Tarifa	$1196
158 km or 98 mi	Malaga	$1430
164 km or 102 mi	Loja	$1316
169 km or 105 mi	Olhao	$1291
173 km or 108 mi	Merida	$1126
177 km or 110 mi	Ceuta	$1141
177 km or 110 mi	Faro	$1263
178 km or 110 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1157
178 km or 111 mi	Tangier	$679
182 km or 113 mi	Martos	$1204
182 km or 113 mi	Beja	$905
182 km or 113 mi	Alcala la Real	$2087
182 km or 113 mi	Loule	$1415
188 km or 117 mi	Badajoz	$1014
198 km or 123 mi	Jaen	$930
203 km or 126 mi	Albufeira	$1950