Oklahoma City vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Oklahoma City	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1832	$687
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4509	$2052
🏠 One person rent	$1019	$297
🏘️ Family rent	$1671	$636
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$65.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3756	$958
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	70	90
😀 Quality of life	88	70
🏙️ Population	681K	13.9M

The cost of living in Oklahoma City is 167% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 2302nd and 6956th ($1832 vs $687) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1898th and 64th 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 2.1 months in Oklahoma City compared to 1.4 months in Tianjin. Oklahoma City ranked 46th best city to live in the United States vs Tianjin ranked 11th in China, while ranked 208th and 2306th 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	$14.1	$4.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$0.82
☕ Cappuccino	$6.09	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$859	$351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$773	$213
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2111	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1168	$485
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$48.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$240	$74.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.8	$7.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.53%	4.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2347	$6085
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1675	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$4.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.47	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$9.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.59	$4.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.32	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.63	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.1	$13.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$6.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.9	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$75
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1575	$548
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23318	$18215

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Cities near Oklahoma City

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Del	$1878
14 km or 8.6 mi	Midwest	$1861
17 km or 10 mi	Moore	$1946
19 km or 12 mi	Yukon	$1824
20 km or 12 mi	Mustang	$1862
20 km or 13 mi	Edmond	$1621
31 km or 19 mi	Norman	$1989
57 km or 35 mi	Shawnee	$1855
83 km or 51 mi	Stillwater	$1748
107 km or 66 mi	Enid	$1814
114 km or 71 mi	Duncan	$1816
126 km or 78 mi	Lawton	$1638
142 km or 88 mi	Sapulpa	$1889
143 km or 89 mi	Ponca	$1671
149 km or 93 mi	Ardmore	$1865
159 km or 99 mi	Bixby	$1874
161 km or 100 mi	Tulsa	$1851
170 km or 105 mi	Broken Arrow	$1885
178 km or 111 mi	Owasso	$1864
196 km or 122 mi	Claremore	$1855
198 km or 123 mi	Wichita Falls	$1544
198 km or 123 mi	Muskogee	$1629
200 km or 124 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
212 km or 132 mi	Denison	$2205
222 km or 138 mi	Sherman	$2229
231 km or 144 mi	Derby	$1846
246 km or 153 mi	Wichita	$1811
255 km or 158 mi	Denton	$2014
263 km or 164 mi	Corinth	$2219
264 km or 164 mi	Little Elm	$2246
267 km or 166 mi	McKinney	$2239
269 km or 167 mi	Frisco	$2395
272 km or 169 mi	Paris	$2111
273 km or 169 mi	The Colony	$2258
276 km or 171 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
276 km or 172 mi	Lewisville	$2025
277 km or 172 mi	Allen	$2253
280 km or 174 mi	Plano	$2538
281 km or 175 mi	Siloam Springs	$2015
283 km or 176 mi	Carrollton	$2184

Cities near Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$665
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$716
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$649
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$655
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$756
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$679
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$702
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$586
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1016
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$592
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$618
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$680
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$635
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$472
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$638
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$642
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$550
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$581
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$638
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$584
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$642
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$815
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$711
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$689
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$564
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$590
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$533
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$524
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$629
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$577
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$600
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$553
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$504
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$616