Dongguan vs Virginia Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Virginia Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$2447
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$5781
🏠 One person rent	$250	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$2942
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$585
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$4298
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	69	75
😀 Quality of life	69	88
🏙️ Population	10.5M	459K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 73% less expensive than in Virginia Beach. Cities ranked 7169th and 866th ($656 vs $2447) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 797th 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 Virginia Beach. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Virginia Beach ranked 54th in the United States, while ranked 2941st and 238th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Virginia Beach

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	Dongguan	Virginia Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$83.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$5.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$5.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$1651
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$1391
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$3261
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$2615
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$84
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$2529
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$2307
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$69.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$15.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$5.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$6.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$4.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$9.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$4.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$47
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$124
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$62
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$1205
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$18786

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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 Virginia Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Norfolk	$2767
29 km or 18 mi	Chesapeake	$2314
33 km or 20 mi	Portsmouth	$2486
40 km or 25 mi	Hampton	$2525
51 km or 32 mi	Newport News	$2142
58 km or 36 mi	Suffolk	$2385
96 km or 60 mi	Kill Devil Hills	$2086
127 km or 79 mi	Hopewell	$2347
133 km or 82 mi	Petersburg	$2332
152 km or 95 mi	Richmond	$2340
156 km or 97 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
171 km or 106 mi	Salisbury	$2218
187 km or 116 mi	Greenville	$2014
192 km or 119 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
208 km or 129 mi	Fredericksburg	$2206
215 km or 133 mi	Wilson	$2073
215 km or 134 mi	Waldorf	$2498
216 km or 134 mi	New Bern	$1819
225 km or 140 mi	Henderson	$2169
227 km or 141 mi	Kinston	$2076
228 km or 142 mi	Marumsco	$2539
229 km or 142 mi	Woodbridge	$2601
234 km or 146 mi	Havelock	$1976
237 km or 147 mi	Alexandria	$2856
240 km or 149 mi	Springfield	$2309
240 km or 149 mi	Annapolis	$2961
243 km or 151 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
244 km or 152 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2543
245 km or 152 mi	Bowie	$2566
246 km or 153 mi	Washington	$3149
247 km or 154 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
247 km or 154 mi	Georgetown	$2893
249 km or 155 mi	Manassas	$2640
251 km or 156 mi	Fairfax	$2786
251 km or 156 mi	Greenbelt	$2471
253 km or 157 mi	College Park	$2548
255 km or 158 mi	Lower Township	$2547
256 km or 159 mi	Centreville	$3174
256 km or 159 mi	Silver Spring	$2273
256 km or 159 mi	Bethesda	$2777