Oklahoma City vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Oklahoma City	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1872	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4606	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$1034	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$1696	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3672	$931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	71	100
😀 Quality of life	90	77
🏙️ Population	681K	24.9M

The cost of living in Oklahoma City is 66% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2425th and 4879th ($1872 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1852nd and 5th 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 2 months in Oklahoma City compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Oklahoma City ranked 72nd best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 236th and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Oklahoma City vs Shanghai

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	Oklahoma City	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.5	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$5.57	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$869	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$786	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1604	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1327	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$237	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.6	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1976	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1705	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.02	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.58	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.93	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.67	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.67	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.4	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.2	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.7	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1590	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23277	$27624

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Cities near Oklahoma City

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Del	$1896
14 km or 8.6 mi	Midwest	$1879
17 km or 10 mi	Moore	$1959
19 km or 12 mi	Yukon	$1831
20 km or 12 mi	Mustang	$1883
20 km or 13 mi	Edmond	$1620
31 km or 19 mi	Norman	$1985
57 km or 35 mi	Shawnee	$1854
83 km or 51 mi	Stillwater	$1755
107 km or 66 mi	Enid	$1821
114 km or 71 mi	Duncan	$1832
126 km or 78 mi	Lawton	$1630
142 km or 88 mi	Sapulpa	$1898
143 km or 89 mi	Ponca	$1659
149 km or 93 mi	Ardmore	$1881
159 km or 99 mi	Bixby	$1886
161 km or 100 mi	Tulsa	$1893
170 km or 105 mi	Broken Arrow	$1896
178 km or 111 mi	Owasso	$1810
196 km or 122 mi	Claremore	$1838
198 km or 123 mi	Wichita Falls	$1567
198 km or 123 mi	Muskogee	$1637
200 km or 124 mi	Bartlesville	$1852
212 km or 132 mi	Denison	$2263
222 km or 138 mi	Sherman	$2307
231 km or 144 mi	Derby	$1855
246 km or 153 mi	Wichita	$1811
255 km or 158 mi	Denton	$1937
263 km or 164 mi	Corinth	$2199
264 km or 164 mi	Little Elm	$2216
267 km or 166 mi	McKinney	$2359
269 km or 167 mi	Frisco	$2369
272 km or 169 mi	Paris	$2123
273 km or 169 mi	The Colony	$2246
276 km or 171 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
276 km or 172 mi	Lewisville	$2038
277 km or 172 mi	Allen	$2336
280 km or 174 mi	Plano	$2268
281 km or 175 mi	Siloam Springs	$2025
283 km or 176 mi	Carrollton	$2199

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753