Oklahoma City vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Oklahoma City	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1931	$995
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4731	$2526
🏠 One person rent	$1062	$552
🏘️ Family rent	$1747	$975
🍽️ Food expenses	$617	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$87.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3751	$938
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	71	95
😀 Quality of life	88	76
🏙️ Population	681K	17.5M

The cost of living in Oklahoma City is 94% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 2243rd and 5618th ($1931 vs $995) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1701st and 10th 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 Oklahoma City compared to 0.9 months in Shenzhen. Oklahoma City ranked 77th best city to live in the United States vs Shenzhen ranked 4th in China, while ranked 277th and 1163rd 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	$17.8	$3.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.7	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.06	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1018	$701
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$799	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1854	$1238
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$35.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$54.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$11.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.02%	3.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2449	$13122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1707	$6054
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$22.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$4.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$1.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.35	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$2.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.9	$4.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$5.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.66	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$48.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$7.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.5	$34.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$39.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1578	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23633	$21140

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Cities near Oklahoma City

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Del	$1952
14 km or 8.6 mi	Midwest	$1942
17 km or 10 mi	Moore	$2008
19 km or 12 mi	Yukon	$1871
20 km or 12 mi	Mustang	$1924
20 km or 13 mi	Edmond	$1702
31 km or 19 mi	Norman	$2085
57 km or 35 mi	Shawnee	$1885
83 km or 51 mi	Stillwater	$1830
107 km or 66 mi	Enid	$1809
114 km or 71 mi	Duncan	$1843
126 km or 78 mi	Lawton	$1634
142 km or 88 mi	Sapulpa	$1901
143 km or 89 mi	Ponca	$1449
149 km or 93 mi	Ardmore	$1896
159 km or 99 mi	Bixby	$1902
161 km or 100 mi	Tulsa	$1902
170 km or 105 mi	Broken Arrow	$1904
178 km or 111 mi	Owasso	$1836
196 km or 122 mi	Claremore	$1853
198 km or 123 mi	Wichita Falls	$1537
198 km or 123 mi	Muskogee	$1515
200 km or 124 mi	Bartlesville	$1833
212 km or 132 mi	Denison	$2188
222 km or 138 mi	Sherman	$2210
231 km or 144 mi	Derby	$1859
246 km or 153 mi	Wichita	$1811
255 km or 158 mi	Denton	$1968
263 km or 164 mi	Corinth	$2205
264 km or 164 mi	Little Elm	$2209
267 km or 166 mi	McKinney	$2276
269 km or 167 mi	Frisco	$2397
272 km or 169 mi	Paris	$1949
273 km or 169 mi	The Colony	$2220
276 km or 171 mi	Flower Mound	$2125
276 km or 172 mi	Lewisville	$2062
277 km or 172 mi	Allen	$2268
280 km or 174 mi	Plano	$2155
281 km or 175 mi	Siloam Springs	$2042
283 km or 176 mi	Carrollton	$2168

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2396
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$678
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$694
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1734
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$548
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$638
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$873
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$785
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$627
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$954
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$858
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$777
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$801
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$839
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$908
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$793
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$473
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$612
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$682
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$474
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$828
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$766
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$778
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$802
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$797
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$758
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$739
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$751
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$705
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$714
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$729
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$711
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$892
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$528
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$648