Oklahoma City vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Oklahoma City	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1872	$878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4606	$2307
🏠 One person rent	$1034	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$1696	$808
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$83.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3672	$969
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	71	96
😀 Quality of life	90	78
🏙️ Population	681K	17.5M

The cost of living in Oklahoma City is 113% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 2425th and 6334th ($1872 vs $878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1852nd and 17th 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 1.1 months in Shenzhen. Oklahoma City ranked 72nd best city to live in the United States vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 236th and 1094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Oklahoma City vs Shenzhen

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	Oklahoma City	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$3.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.5	$28.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.57	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$869	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$786	$350
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1604	$1122
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1327	$637
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$237	$61.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.6	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1976	$12494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1705	$5776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.02	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48	$21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$4.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.58	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.93	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.67	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.67	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.4	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.2	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.7	$47.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1590	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23277	$22402

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$662
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$662
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1746
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$518
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$608
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$829
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$758
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$589
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$941
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$827
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$766
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$777
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$816
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$892
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$579
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$669
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$454
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$809
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$765
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$766
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$780
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$773
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$897
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$750
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$726
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$693
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$707
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$677
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$901
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$546
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$634