Fort Worth vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Fort Worth	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2195	$958
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5551	$2895
🏠 One person rent	$1287	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$2412	$1237
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$96.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4243	$1649
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	82	96
😀 Quality of life	89	79
🏙️ Population	919K	17.7M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 129% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 1378th and 5948th ($2195 vs $958) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1201st and 13th 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 Shenzhen. Fort Worth ranked 46th best city to live in the United States vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 195th and 556th 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	$19.9	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.9	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.35	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$5.87	$3.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.34	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1458	$713
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$985	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2295	$1800
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2084	$997
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$63.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.63%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2321	$13100
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2018	$6892
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.3	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.9	$4.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.32	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$4.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.6	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.91	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.3	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$7.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$97.9	$33.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.8	$79.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1825	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22657	$24117

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2427
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$641
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1590
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$491
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$629
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$830
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$763
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$602
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$1014
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$824
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$801
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$808
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$839
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$895
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$726
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$852
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$691
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$605
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$795
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$592
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$819
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$783
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$780
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$774
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$813
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$746
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$794
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$713
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$725
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$807
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$671
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$821
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$538
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$618