Oklahoma City vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Oklahoma City	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1922	$782
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4714	$2291
🏠 One person rent	$1055	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$1716	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$616	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3644	$983
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	71	65
😀 Quality of life	88	72
🏙️ Population	681K	12.7M

The cost of living in Oklahoma City is 146% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 2320th and 6833rd ($1922 vs $782) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1744th and 31st 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 1.3 months in Suzhou. Oklahoma City ranked 91st best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 312th and 3150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Oklahoma City vs Suzhou

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	Oklahoma City	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.7	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.04	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$5.84	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.88	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$983	$379
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$769	$161
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1804	$673
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1279	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$58.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$89.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84.8	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.22%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2262	$6055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1725	$2903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.02	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$2.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.88	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.49	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$21.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$3.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$8.34
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$1.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.48	$1.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$0.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.51	$4.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.65	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.7	$79.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.6	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$75.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1590	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25219	$17664

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Cities near Oklahoma City

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Del	$1955
14 km or 8.6 mi	Midwest	$1941
17 km or 10 mi	Moore	$2011
19 km or 12 mi	Yukon	$1883
20 km or 12 mi	Mustang	$1947
20 km or 13 mi	Edmond	$1758
31 km or 19 mi	Norman	$2039
57 km or 35 mi	Shawnee	$1865
83 km or 51 mi	Stillwater	$1850
107 km or 66 mi	Enid	$1838
114 km or 71 mi	Duncan	$1853
126 km or 78 mi	Lawton	$1652
142 km or 88 mi	Sapulpa	$1903
143 km or 89 mi	Ponca	$1571
149 km or 93 mi	Ardmore	$1860
159 km or 99 mi	Bixby	$1894
161 km or 100 mi	Tulsa	$1876
170 km or 105 mi	Broken Arrow	$1884
178 km or 111 mi	Owasso	$1833
196 km or 122 mi	Claremore	$1842
198 km or 123 mi	Wichita Falls	$1581
198 km or 123 mi	Muskogee	$1536
200 km or 124 mi	Bartlesville	$1762
212 km or 132 mi	Denison	$2214
222 km or 138 mi	Sherman	$2249
231 km or 144 mi	Derby	$1860
246 km or 153 mi	Wichita	$1820
255 km or 158 mi	Denton	$1979
263 km or 164 mi	Corinth	$2177
264 km or 164 mi	Little Elm	$2225
267 km or 166 mi	McKinney	$2285
269 km or 167 mi	Frisco	$2393
272 km or 169 mi	Paris	$2115
273 km or 169 mi	The Colony	$2233
276 km or 171 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
276 km or 172 mi	Lewisville	$2076
277 km or 172 mi	Allen	$2293
280 km or 174 mi	Plano	$2127
281 km or 175 mi	Siloam Springs	$2034
283 km or 176 mi	Carrollton	$2188

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$644
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$683
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$669
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$594
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$643
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$650
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$684
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$557
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1126
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$623
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$620
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$636
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1002
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$652
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$646
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$652
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$860
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$604
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$611
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$647
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$680
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$675
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$626
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$618
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$644
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$601
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$678
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$671
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$765
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$677
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$632
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$584
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$680
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$623