Columbus vs Frankfurt - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Frankfurt
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1989
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$4617
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$1125
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$1929
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$534
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$170
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$3700
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	73	87
😀 Quality of life	88	94
🏙️ Population	906K	776K

The cost of living in Columbus is 8% more expensive than in Frankfurt. Cities ranked 1476th and 1863rd ($2145 vs $1989) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 4th in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.9 months in Frankfurt. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Frankfurt ranked 7th in Germany, while ranked 249th and 47th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Frankfurt

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	Columbus	Frankfurt
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$5.06
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$1133
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$849
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$2172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$1473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$282
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$8106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$4832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$3.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$54.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$4.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$2.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$8.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$86
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$555
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$14496

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1566
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1680
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1670
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1717
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1662
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1589
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1599
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1682
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1592
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1707
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1626
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1660
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1651
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1631
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1698
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1665
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1624
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1705
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1606
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1601
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1689
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1595
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1608
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1698
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1605
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1623
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1641
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1632
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1620
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1605
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1879
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1707
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1666
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1614
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1614
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1603
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1595