Fort Worth vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fort Worth	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2289	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5688	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$1368	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$2517	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$621	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4336	$1771
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	82	96
😀 Quality of life	88	80
🏙️ Population	919K	17.7M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 150% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 1178th and 5950th ($2289 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1073rd 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 Fort Worth compared to 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Fort Worth ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 210th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fort Worth vs Shenzhen

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	Fort Worth	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$5.87	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1480	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1079	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2669	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2125	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.68%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2229	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2097	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.24	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.15	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.22	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.84	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.36	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.3	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$98.9	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1782	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23220	$22267

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Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2143
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2148
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2165
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2126
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2093
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1883
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2086
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2079
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2105
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2159
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2305
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2012
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$1808
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2095
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2149
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2111
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2025
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2224
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2155
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2164
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2184
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2471
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2219
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2214
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$2014
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2176
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2258
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2246
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2242
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2538
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2395
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2158

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