CITY PROFILE
Oklahoma City, OK
WHAT LIVING HERE IS LIKE
Oklahoma City is a mid-size metro with one of the more affordable metros in our dataset for housing, making it accessible for a range of budgets. Expect a mild climate paired with abundant sunshine and moderate rainfall, so you'll have many clear days but enough moisture to keep things from feeling arid. If low housing costs and straightforward weather patterns appeal to you, this metro offers both without the extremes.
By the numbers
| Typical home value | $247K · Zillow, May 2026 (ZHVI) |
|---|---|
| Typical rent | $1,399/mo · Zillow, May 2026 (ZORI) |
| Average temperature | 16°C · warmest 28.8°C · coolest 2.8°C · NASA POWER |
| Annual precipitation | 878 mm · NASA POWER |
| Sunshine (solar energy) | 4.74 kWh/m²/day · NASA POWER (annual mean) |
| Metro size rank (US) | #42 · Zillow SizeRank |
Match scores
- Affordable to buy91
- Affordable to rent80
- Climate comfort80
- Plenty of sunshine64
- Big-city amenities90
Scores are 0–100, normalised across the metros we cover, derived from the sourced figures above (higher = better on that factor). A research aid, not a recommendation to move. Job market, safety, and healthcare access need key-gated feeds (BLS, FBI, Census) not yet wired — see the methodology.
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