Oklahoma City vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Oklahoma City	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1872	$646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4606	$1842
🏠 One person rent	$1034	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$1696	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$226
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$65.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3672	$940
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	71	89
😀 Quality of life	90	74
🏙️ Population	681K	13.9M

The cost of living in Oklahoma City is 190% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 2425th and 7452nd ($1872 vs $646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1852nd and 98th 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 1.5 months in Tianjin. Oklahoma City ranked 72nd best city to live in the United States vs Tianjin ranked 9th in China, while ranked 236th and 2435th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Oklahoma City vs Tianjin

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	Oklahoma City	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$3.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.5	$21.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.57	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$869	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$786	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1604	$586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1327	$390
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$30.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$237	$46.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.6	$7.05
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1976	$5873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1705	$2154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.02	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48	$11.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$4.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.58	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.93	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$1.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$8.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.67	$5.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.67	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.4	$14.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.2	$57
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$3.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.7	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$77.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1590	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23277	$18657

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$641
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$707
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$634
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$619
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$750
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$638
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$688
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$565
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1029
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$558
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$564
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$660
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$614
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$456
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$580
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$616
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$533
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$505
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$574
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$454
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$741
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$654
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$523
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$527
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$499
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$535
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$527
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$615
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$544
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$550
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$562
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$505
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$548
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$573