Oklahoma City vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Oklahoma City	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1872	$455
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4606	$1101
🏠 One person rent	$1034	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$1696	$276
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$56.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3672	$312
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	71	20
😀 Quality of life	90	49
🏙️ Population	681K	1.29M

The cost of living in Oklahoma City is 311% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 2425th and 8852nd ($1872 vs $455) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1852nd and 1st in the United States and Libya, respectively. Check the United States vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Oklahoma City compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Oklahoma City ranked 72nd best city to live in the United States vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 236th and 6694th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Oklahoma City vs Tripoli

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	Oklahoma City	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.5	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$3.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.57	$0.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$869	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$786	$97.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1604	$376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1327	$179
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$17.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$237	$27.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.6	$30.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	17.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1976	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1705	$357
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.02	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48	$21.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$7.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.48
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.58	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.93	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$5.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$1.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$1.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.67	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.67	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.4	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.2	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$1.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.7	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$50.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1590	$53.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23277	$919

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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 Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$350
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$387
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$382
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$381
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$406
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$394
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$434
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$480
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$398
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1579
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1471
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1577
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1720
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1666
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1770
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1697
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1739
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1951
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1521
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$552
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$433
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$409
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$487
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1271
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$1161
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1234
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$1085
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1232
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$577
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$607
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$529
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1298
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$502
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1141
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$375
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$1046
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1301
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$361
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$403
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1161