Melbourne vs Oklahoma City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Melbourne	Oklahoma City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2194	$1832
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5150	$4509
🏠 One person rent	$1216	$1019
🏘️ Family rent	$1971	$1671
🍽️ Food expenses	$541	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$296	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3902	$3756
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	100	70
😀 Quality of life	100	88
🏙️ Population	5.03M	681K

The cost of living in Melbourne is 20% more expensive than in Oklahoma City. Cities ranked 1365th and 2302nd ($2194 vs $1832) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1898th in Australia and the United States, respectively. Check Australia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Melbourne compared to 2.1 months in Oklahoma City. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Oklahoma City ranked 46th in the United States, while ranked 1st and 208th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Melbourne vs Oklahoma City

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	Melbourne	Oklahoma City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.09	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$6.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1287	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$773
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2611	$2111
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$1168
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$155
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.3	$73.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6900	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5335	$1675
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.51	$2.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$117	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.68	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.79	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$4.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$4.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$3.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$2.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$2.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.67	$6.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$5.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.2	$3.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.67	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$35.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$94.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.1	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1683	$1575
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19705	$23318

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1620
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1625
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1691
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1669
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1671
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1643
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1654
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1981
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1390
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1291
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1727
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1601
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1768
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1619
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1651
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2023
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1691
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1616
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2106
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1511
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1538
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1416
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$1978
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1584
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1702
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2252
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1824
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2539
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2099
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1448
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1185
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963

Cities near Oklahoma City

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Del	$1878
14 km or 8.6 mi	Midwest	$1861
17 km or 10 mi	Moore	$1946
19 km or 12 mi	Yukon	$1824
20 km or 12 mi	Mustang	$1862
20 km or 13 mi	Edmond	$1621
31 km or 19 mi	Norman	$1989
57 km or 35 mi	Shawnee	$1855
83 km or 51 mi	Stillwater	$1748
107 km or 66 mi	Enid	$1814
114 km or 71 mi	Duncan	$1816
126 km or 78 mi	Lawton	$1638
142 km or 88 mi	Sapulpa	$1889
143 km or 89 mi	Ponca	$1671
149 km or 93 mi	Ardmore	$1865
159 km or 99 mi	Bixby	$1874
161 km or 100 mi	Tulsa	$1851
170 km or 105 mi	Broken Arrow	$1885
178 km or 111 mi	Owasso	$1864
196 km or 122 mi	Claremore	$1855
198 km or 123 mi	Wichita Falls	$1544
198 km or 123 mi	Muskogee	$1629
200 km or 124 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
212 km or 132 mi	Denison	$2205
222 km or 138 mi	Sherman	$2229
231 km or 144 mi	Derby	$1846
246 km or 153 mi	Wichita	$1811
255 km or 158 mi	Denton	$2014
263 km or 164 mi	Corinth	$2219
264 km or 164 mi	Little Elm	$2246
267 km or 166 mi	McKinney	$2239
269 km or 167 mi	Frisco	$2395
272 km or 169 mi	Paris	$2111
273 km or 169 mi	The Colony	$2258
276 km or 171 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
276 km or 172 mi	Lewisville	$2025
277 km or 172 mi	Allen	$2253
280 km or 174 mi	Plano	$2538
281 km or 175 mi	Siloam Springs	$2015
283 km or 176 mi	Carrollton	$2184