Dongguan vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$250	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$822
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	69	22
😀 Quality of life	69	58
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.96M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 37% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 7169th and 5176th ($656 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 12th in China and Mexico, respectively. Check China vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 2941st and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Tijuana

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	Dongguan	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$2569

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677