Dongguan vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2412
🏠 One person rent	$250	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$742
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$925
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	69	49
😀 Quality of life	69	59
🏙️ Population	10.5M	1.48M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 36% less expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 7169th and 5351st ($656 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 14th 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 0.9 months in Zapopan. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 2941st and 5375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Zapopan

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	Dongguan	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$9.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$8.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$542
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$330
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$978
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$553
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$78.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	11.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$5058
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$452
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$24.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$7.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$9.85
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$4.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$8.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$162
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$5821

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$778
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$634
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$587
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$684
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$804
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$673
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$768
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$744
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$813
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$753
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$667
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$977
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$853
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$634
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$725
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$677
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$693
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$717
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$638
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$760
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$983
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$846
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$662
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1214
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$696