Columbus vs Cordoba - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Cordoba
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$1049
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$2539
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$400
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$675
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$638
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	72	41
😀 Quality of life	90	64
🏙️ Population	906K	1.33M

The cost of living in Columbus is 108% more expensive than in Cordoba. Cities ranked 1512th and 5212th ($2181 vs $1049) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 4th in the United States and Argentina, respectively. Check the United States vs Argentina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.6 months in Cordoba. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Cordoba ranked 3rd in Argentina, while ranked 217th and 5409th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Cordoba

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	Columbus	Cordoba
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.3	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$50.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$2.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$1.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$505
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$61.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$94
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$28.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	38.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$2593
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$1676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$56.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$19.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$2.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$2.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$6.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$9.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$2.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$2.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.14
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$5.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$2.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$3.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$3.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$2.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$2.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$25.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$19.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$129
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$208
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$3280

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2105
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2091
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2020
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2094
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2030
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2084
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1836
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2014
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2028
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1951
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2019
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1932
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1933
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1933
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1954
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1928
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1918
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1842
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1918
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1934
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1947
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1961
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1965
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1571
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1942
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1917
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2025
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1980
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1957
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1684
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1850
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1495
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2188
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1482
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1899
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1922
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1743
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$2061

Cities near Cordoba

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Villa Carlos Paz	$885
37 km or 23 mi	Alta Gracia	$867
85 km or 53 mi	Rio Tercero	$716
96 km or 60 mi	Cruz del Eje	$813
142 km or 88 mi	Villa Maria	$687
190 km or 118 mi	Rio Cuarto	$827
197 km or 123 mi	Lujan	$750
200 km or 125 mi	San Francisco	$788
257 km or 160 mi	Rafaela	$781
278 km or 172 mi	Villa Mercedes	$752
290 km or 180 mi	San Luis	$756
308 km or 192 mi	Esperanza	$779
331 km or 206 mi	Santa Fe	$802
332 km or 206 mi	Venado Tuerto	$801
340 km or 211 mi	La Rioja	$571
349 km or 217 mi	Parana	$761
357 km or 222 mi	San Lorenzo	$764
362 km or 225 mi	San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca	$642
375 km or 233 mi	Rosario	$789
379 km or 235 mi	Villa Gobernador Galvez	$739
404 km or 251 mi	Santiago del Estero	$667
410 km or 255 mi	La Banda	$646
413 km or 257 mi	San Juan	$578
414 km or 257 mi	Villa Constitucion	$832
429 km or 267 mi	San Nicolas de los Arroyos	$875
436 km or 271 mi	Pergamino	$868
444 km or 276 mi	San Martin	$838
464 km or 288 mi	Junin Partido	$835
464 km or 289 mi	Las Heras	$877
467 km or 290 mi	Mendoza	$897
468 km or 291 mi	Godoy Cruz	$877
474 km or 295 mi	General Pico	$671
491 km or 305 mi	Villaguay	$752
492 km or 306 mi	San Pedro	$866
496 km or 308 mi	Gualeguay	$963
504 km or 313 mi	Reconquista	$603
521 km or 324 mi	San Miguel de Tucuman	$633
526 km or 327 mi	San Rafael	$639
537 km or 334 mi	Goya	$591
548 km or 341 mi	Chivilcoy	$855