Fort Worth vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Fort Worth	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2195	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5551	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$1287	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$2412	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4243	$1905
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	82	100
😀 Quality of life	89	79
🏙️ Population	919K	24.9M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 93% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 1378th and 4780th ($2195 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1201st and 6th 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 1.7 months in Shanghai. Fort Worth ranked 46th best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 195th and 571st 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	$19.9	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.9	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.35	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.87	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.34	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1458	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$985	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2295	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2084	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.63%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2321	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2018	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.3	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.9	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.32	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.6	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.91	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.3	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$97.9	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.8	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1825	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22657	$31401

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Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2105
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2125
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2118
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2127
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2122
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1869
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2096
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2103
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2103
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2158
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2085
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2111
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2299
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2085
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2022
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$1887
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2122
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2140
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2170
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2159
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2087
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2102
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2189
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2145
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2187
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2175
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2236
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2550
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2196
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2243
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$2071
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2188
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2336
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2284
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2173
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2282
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2506
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2602
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2150

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774