Denver vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Denver	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2717	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6307	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$1692	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$2963	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$666	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5130	$1771
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	91	96
😀 Quality of life	90	80
🏙️ Population	716K	17.7M

The cost of living in Denver is 197% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 463rd and 5950th ($2717 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 418th and 12th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Denver compared to 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Denver ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 158th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Denver vs Shenzhen

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	Denver	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.4	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$5.59	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.01	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1812	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1451	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3223	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2613	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.4	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.63%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4595	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3621	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.81	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.4	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.91	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.68	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.5	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.8	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1528	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16279	$22267

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Cities near Denver

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.3 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2548
10 km or 6.4 mi	Englewood	$2381
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lakewood	$2495
11 km or 7 mi	Arvada	$2577
12 km or 7.3 mi	Westminster	$2618
13 km or 8.3 mi	Commerce	$2432
14 km or 8.9 mi	Littleton	$2315
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aurora	$2674
18 km or 11 mi	Northglenn	$2737
18 km or 11 mi	Thornton	$2784
20 km or 12 mi	Centennial	$2525
22 km or 13 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
22 km or 14 mi	Broomfield	$2958
30 km or 19 mi	Brighton	$2568
30 km or 19 mi	Lafayette	$2661
31 km or 19 mi	Parker	$2509
41 km or 25 mi	Boulder	$2624
42 km or 26 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
49 km or 31 mi	Longmont	$2661
75 km or 46 mi	Loveland	$2451
79 km or 49 mi	Greeley	$2001
92 km or 57 mi	Fort Collins	$2193
99 km or 61 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
113 km or 70 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
119 km or 74 mi	Fountain	$2373
157 km or 98 mi	Cheyenne	$1768
167 km or 104 mi	Pueblo	$2425
182 km or 113 mi	Laramie	$1892
262 km or 163 mi	Scottsbluff	$1854
317 km or 197 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
362 km or 225 mi	Casper	$1642
376 km or 233 mi	Taos	$2396
389 km or 242 mi	North Platte	$1824
407 km or 253 mi	Garden	$1711
412 km or 256 mi	Rock Springs	$1854
426 km or 265 mi	Espanola	$2211
434 km or 270 mi	Farmington	$2623
461 km or 286 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
463 km or 288 mi	Liberal	$1706
484 km or 300 mi	Dodge	$1768

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609