Columbus vs Ganzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Columbus	Ganzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$758
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5154	$1937
🏠 One person rent	$1207	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$2066	$612
🍽️ Food expenses	$667	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$85.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3790	$646
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	44 km
🎓 Higher education	73	24
😀 Quality of life	88	46
🏙️ Population	906K	8.97M

The cost of living in Columbus is 182% more expensive than in Ganzhou. Cities ranked 1634th and 6977th ($2140 vs $758) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1324th and 42nd 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 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.9 months in Ganzhou. Columbus ranked 73rd best city to live in the United States vs Ganzhou ranked 262nd in China, while ranked 266th and 7137th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Ganzhou

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	Columbus	Ganzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.9	$2.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.2	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$5.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$3.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1354	$506
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$919	$287
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2171	$895
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1698	$507
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$11.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$17.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.4	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	3.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3423	$2207
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$1171
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.7	$22.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$4.38
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.07	$1.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.28	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$5.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$3.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$1.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.03	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.99	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$5.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.09	$1.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$80.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$7.68
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$32.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.2	$9.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$22.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.8	$51.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1464	$628
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$7449

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2116
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2075
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2088
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2120
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2064
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2117
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1897
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2021
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2018
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1928
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2008
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1919
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1836
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1849
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1941
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1626
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1824
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1663
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1811
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1833
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1567
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1880
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1908
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1855
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1579
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1906
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1898
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1745
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1836
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1933
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1707
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1843
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1617
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2066
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1599
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1900
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1881
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1495
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1818
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1936

Cities near Ganzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
143 km or 89 mi	Ji'an	$632
177 km or 110 mi	Shaoguan	$793
191 km or 119 mi	Chenzhou	$739
208 km or 129 mi	Meizhou	$682
219 km or 136 mi	Xinyu	$592
226 km or 140 mi	Longyan	$705
226 km or 141 mi	Yichun	$610
228 km or 141 mi	Pingxiang	$609
232 km or 144 mi	Heyuan	$777
249 km or 155 mi	Liling	$571
262 km or 163 mi	Hengyang	$602
272 km or 169 mi	Sanming	$640
278 km or 173 mi	Fuzhou	$603
282 km or 175 mi	Lianzhou	$766
285 km or 177 mi	Zhuzhou	$564
291 km or 181 mi	Jieyang	$473
295 km or 183 mi	Chaozhou	$474
300 km or 186 mi	Xiangtan	$518
305 km or 190 mi	Qingyuan	$801
307 km or 191 mi	Puning	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Huizhou	$638
311 km or 193 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
326 km or 203 mi	Shantou	$612
327 km or 203 mi	Changsha	$622
331 km or 206 mi	Nanchang	$542
332 km or 206 mi	Dongguan	$694
336 km or 209 mi	Nanping	$689
337 km or 209 mi	Yingtan	$603
340 km or 211 mi	Yongzhou	$648
343 km or 213 mi	Shanwei	$954
345 km or 214 mi	Guangzhou	$785
351 km or 218 mi	Xiamen	$729
354 km or 220 mi	Guixi	$596
361 km or 224 mi	Loudi	$589
362 km or 225 mi	Foshan	$627
363 km or 226 mi	Ningxiang	$586
374 km or 233 mi	Wuyishan	$617
375 km or 233 mi	Kinmen	$892
375 km or 233 mi	Hezhou	$778
377 km or 234 mi	Shenzhen	$995