Fort Worth vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Fort Worth	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2219	$1126
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5426	$3097
🏠 One person rent	$1306	$600
🏘️ Family rent	$2248	$1068
🍽️ Food expenses	$622	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4183	$879
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	81	99
😀 Quality of life	91	75
🏙️ Population	919K	24.9M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 97% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 1451st and 4971st ($2219 vs $1126) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1204th and 5th 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 Fort Worth compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Fort Worth ranked 40th best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 163rd and 1655th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fort Worth vs Shanghai

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	Fort Worth	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.2	$36.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.51	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$6.48	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1389	$803
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1024	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2352	$1462
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1874	$880
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$37.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$58.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$78.3	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	3.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2560	$14215
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1869	$7113
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$30.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$6.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.91	$1.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.21	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$3.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$2.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.9	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.87	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.95	$3.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$6.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.9	$6.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.29	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$61.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$7.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$97.7	$94.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.1	$50.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$78.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1828	$1114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25647	$27781

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Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2145
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2152
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2155
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2128
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2127
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1907
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2126
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2105
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2124
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2175
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2114
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2302
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2076
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$2114
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2142
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2198
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2138
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2076
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2193
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2177
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2193
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2188
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2461
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2177
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2258
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$1979
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2212
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2233
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2225
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2246
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2127
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2393
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2208

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1002
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$669
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$782
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$594
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$620
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$644
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$557
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$683
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$643
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$650
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$584
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$671
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$636
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$680
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$684
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$623
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$646
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$860
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$647
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$652
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$611
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$652
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$604
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$675
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$678
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$618
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$626
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$644
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$667
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$677
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$601
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$665
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$632
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$765