El Paso vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	El Paso	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1613	$939
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3896	$2825
🏠 One person rent	$871	$484
🏘️ Family rent	$1588	$1181
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.5	$94.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3848	$1524
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	96
😀 Quality of life	67	80
🏙️ Population	679K	17.5M

The cost of living in El Paso is 72% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 3024th and 5744th ($1613 vs $939) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2082nd and 16th 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 2.4 months in El Paso compared to 1.6 months in Shenzhen. El Paso ranked 1464th best city to live in the United States vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 4017th and 460th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Shenzhen

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	El Paso	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.1	$27.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.86	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$796	$650
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$648	$375
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1375	$1719
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1310	$954
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$60
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.3	$14.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1743	$12768
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1709	$7264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.5	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.7	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$4.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.65	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.77	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.99	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.27	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.04	$5.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.81	$1.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.1	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$7.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.5	$33.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.2	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.3	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$729	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11022	$24305

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1126
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1696
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1567
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1692
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$932
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1792
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1818
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$881
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1798
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$1010
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1777
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$2227
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$935
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2165
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2213
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$924
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1691
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$2042
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2043
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2076
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$874
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2096
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2078
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$1833
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2105
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2066
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2013
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1710
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1927
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2324
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2340
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2341
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2368
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1860
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$914
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2312
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2392
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2427
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2410
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$618
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$589
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1565
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$481
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$837
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$742
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$575
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$1083
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$816
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$891
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$781
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$830
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$876
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$738
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$856
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$716
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$799
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$588
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$824
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$774
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$785
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$831
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$857
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$812
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$752
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$806
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$713
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$735
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$721
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$620
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$851
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$525
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$584