Oklahoma City vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Oklahoma City	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1961	$958
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4680	$2895
🏠 One person rent	$1135	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$1816	$1237
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$96.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3526	$1649
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	71	96
😀 Quality of life	88	79
🏙️ Population	681K	17.7M

The cost of living in Oklahoma City is 105% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 1978th and 5948th ($1961 vs $958) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1639th 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 1.8 months in Oklahoma City compared to 1.7 months in Shenzhen. Oklahoma City ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 237th and 556th 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	$14.2	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.3	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$5.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.93	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$6.44	$3.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.56	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$713
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$826	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2305	$1800
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1234	$997
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$63.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$80.2	$15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2517	$13100
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1625	$6892
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$4.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$4.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$1.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.64	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.55	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.34	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.66	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.6	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$7.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$33.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$79.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1597	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21746	$24117

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Cities near Oklahoma City

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Del	$1953
14 km or 8.6 mi	Midwest	$1919
17 km or 10 mi	Moore	$2045
19 km or 12 mi	Yukon	$1864
20 km or 12 mi	Mustang	$1931
20 km or 13 mi	Edmond	$1580
31 km or 19 mi	Norman	$2179
57 km or 35 mi	Shawnee	$1909
83 km or 51 mi	Stillwater	$1755
107 km or 66 mi	Enid	$1832
114 km or 71 mi	Duncan	$1832
126 km or 78 mi	Lawton	$1651
142 km or 88 mi	Sapulpa	$1854
143 km or 89 mi	Ponca	$1685
149 km or 93 mi	Ardmore	$1896
159 km or 99 mi	Bixby	$1840
161 km or 100 mi	Tulsa	$1835
170 km or 105 mi	Broken Arrow	$1835
178 km or 111 mi	Owasso	$1732
196 km or 122 mi	Claremore	$1772
198 km or 123 mi	Wichita Falls	$1721
198 km or 123 mi	Muskogee	$1510
200 km or 124 mi	Bartlesville	$1841
212 km or 132 mi	Denison	$2229
222 km or 138 mi	Sherman	$2245
231 km or 144 mi	Derby	$1843
246 km or 153 mi	Wichita	$1817
255 km or 158 mi	Denton	$2071
263 km or 164 mi	Corinth	$2196
264 km or 164 mi	Little Elm	$2284
267 km or 166 mi	McKinney	$2452
269 km or 167 mi	Frisco	$2602
272 km or 169 mi	Paris	$2110
273 km or 169 mi	The Colony	$2336
276 km or 171 mi	Flower Mound	$2140
276 km or 172 mi	Lewisville	$2102
277 km or 172 mi	Allen	$2411
280 km or 174 mi	Plano	$2506
281 km or 175 mi	Siloam Springs	$2017
283 km or 176 mi	Carrollton	$2236

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