Fort Worth vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Fort Worth	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2219	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5426	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$1306	$189
🏘️ Family rent	$2248	$293
🍽️ Food expenses	$622	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$65.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4183	$681
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	81	14
😀 Quality of life	91	44
🏙️ Population	919K	9.03M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 271% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 1451st and 7960th ($2219 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1204th and 226th 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 1.1 months in Zhoukou. Fort Worth ranked 40th best city to live in the United States vs Zhoukou ranked 350th in China, while ranked 163rd and 7402nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fort Worth vs Zhoukou

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	Fort Worth	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$3.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.2	$27.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.51	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$6.48	$3.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$2.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1389	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1024	$142
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2352	$302
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1874	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$32.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$49.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$78.3	$9.52
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	3.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2560	$3158
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1869	$1613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$2.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$3.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.91	$2.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.21	$2.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$2.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$1.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$2.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.9	$25.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.87	$0.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.95	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$4.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.9	$4.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.29	$1.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$97.7	$24.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$4.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.1	$47.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$116
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1828	$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25647	$16685

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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 Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$543
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$556
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$491
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$596
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$509
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$526
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$518
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$520
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$542
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$602
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$483
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$601
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$511
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$516
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$581
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$516
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$596
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$518
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$569
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$523
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$803
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$516
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$489
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$581
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$498
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$578
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$514
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$592
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$506
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$506
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$507
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$525
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$590
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$531
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$583
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$561
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$594
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$514