Oklahoma City vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Oklahoma City	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1922	$511
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4714	$1473
🏠 One person rent	$1055	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$1716	$327
🍽️ Food expenses	$616	$193
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$60.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3644	$664
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	71	68
😀 Quality of life	88	68
🏙️ Population	681K	12.6M

The cost of living in Oklahoma City is 276% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 2320th and 8643rd ($1922 vs $511) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1744th and 498th 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 Zhengzhou. Oklahoma City ranked 91st best city to live in the United States vs Zhengzhou ranked 37th in China, while ranked 312th and 4641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Oklahoma City vs Zhengzhou

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	Oklahoma City	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.7	$2.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.04	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$5.84	$2.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.88	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$983	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$769	$134
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1804	$308
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1279	$242
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$41
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84.8	$9.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.22%	3.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2262	$2933
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1725	$1502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.02	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.88	$1.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.49	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$2.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.48	$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.51	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$3.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.65	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.7	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.6	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$67.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1590	$234
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25219	$21713

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$516
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$516
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$518
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$509
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$483
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$518
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$520
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$507
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$506
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$514
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$498
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$491
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$506
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$523
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$518
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$569
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$534
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$525
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$542
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$531
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$543
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$541
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$531
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$598
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$492
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$583
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$659
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$803
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$602
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$596
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$545
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$578
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$540
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$529
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$556