Milwaukee vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Milwaukee	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$958
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4963	$2895
🏠 One person rent	$1193	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$1867	$1237
🍽️ Food expenses	$579	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$96.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3947	$1649
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	81	96
😀 Quality of life	89	79
🏙️ Population	577K	17.7M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 116% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 1688th and 5948th ($2065 vs $958) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1442nd 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 Milwaukee compared to 1.7 months in Shenzhen. Milwaukee ranked 43rd best city to live in the United States vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 188th and 556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milwaukee vs Shenzhen

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	Milwaukee	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.6	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$5.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$3.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1303	$713
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$967	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2324	$1800
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$997
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$63.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1695	$13100
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1439	$6892
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$4.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.65	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.59	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.52	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.7	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$7.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$164	$33.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.3	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.6	$79.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1808	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24309	$24117

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2044
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$2042
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$2032
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1977
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1955
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2022
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1991
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2015
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$2014
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1962
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1818
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$2011
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2008
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$1997
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1967
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1904
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$1968
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1943
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2291
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1834
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2267
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2285
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2295
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2276
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1811
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2309
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2202
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2407
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2069
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1878
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2158
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2289
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1772
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2343
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2331
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2376
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2393
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2357
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2392

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