Dongguan vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$4600
🏠 One person rent	$250	$1171
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$2026
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$3578
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	69	34
😀 Quality of life	69	80
🏙️ Population	10.5M	543K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 66% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 7169th and 1962nd ($656 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 1679th 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 1.8 months in Tucson. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Tucson ranked 156th in the United States, while ranked 2941st and 561st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Tucson

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	Dongguan	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$65.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$919
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$2008
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$1650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$71.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$2596
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$26.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$4.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$3.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$9.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$49.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$1084
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$15495

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2073
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2077
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$830
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2319
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2281
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2306
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2417
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2413
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2423
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2395
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2468
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2342
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2388
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2304
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$788
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2328
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2466
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$814
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1815
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1947
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2763
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2262