Dusseldorf vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dusseldorf	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1772	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4419	$2226
🏠 One person rent	$985	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1862	$830
🍽️ Food expenses	$495	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$79
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3209	$1294
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	92	97
😀 Quality of life	95	75
🏙️ Population	631K	18.7M

The cost of living in Dusseldorf is 129% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 2469th and 6548th ($1772 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 31st in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Dusseldorf compared to 1.7 months in Guangzhou. Dusseldorf ranked 4th best city to live in Germany vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 27th and 1055th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dusseldorf vs Guangzhou

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	Dusseldorf	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$3.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.58	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.95	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$930	$465
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$738	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1883	$1183
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1479	$655
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$37.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$58
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.6	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$10125
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5584	$4029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.47	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.4	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.95	$2.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.89	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$4.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.87	$20.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.02	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$5.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$6.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$9.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.1	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.4	$70
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$721	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21276	$14511

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Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1495
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1497
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1516
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1500
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1522
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1479
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1561
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1476
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1517
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1444
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1494
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1490
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1433
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1471
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1428
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1314
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1580
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1434
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1511
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1572
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1469
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1485
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1439
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1445
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1233
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1460
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1494
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1443
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1518
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1367
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1435
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1444
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1744

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$656
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$804
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$794
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$461
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$653
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$916
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1588
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$601
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$823
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2432
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$764
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$877
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$803
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$755
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$936
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$758
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$761
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$756
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$724
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$569
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$655
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$443
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$771
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$761
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$451
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$581
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$702
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$522
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$609
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$579
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$590
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$649
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$650