Columbus vs Ganzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Ganzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$761
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$1990
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$593
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$240
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$83.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$922
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	44 km
🎓 Higher education	73	27
😀 Quality of life	88	43
🏙️ Population	906K	8.97M

The cost of living in Columbus is 182% more expensive than in Ganzhou. Cities ranked 1476th and 6620th ($2145 vs $761) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 37th 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 Columbus compared to 1.2 months in Ganzhou. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Ganzhou ranked 148th in China, while ranked 249th and 6697th 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	$18.9	$2.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$21.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$404
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$699
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$486
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$12.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	3.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$6871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$3172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$23.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$4.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$3.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$38.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$8.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$17058

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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 Ganzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
143 km or 89 mi	Ji'an	$600
177 km or 110 mi	Shaoguan	$818
191 km or 119 mi	Chenzhou	$724
208 km or 129 mi	Meizhou	$655
219 km or 136 mi	Xinyu	$564
226 km or 140 mi	Longyan	$649
226 km or 141 mi	Yichun	$590
228 km or 141 mi	Pingxiang	$577
232 km or 144 mi	Heyuan	$764
249 km or 155 mi	Liling	$563
262 km or 163 mi	Hengyang	$590
272 km or 169 mi	Sanming	$603
278 km or 173 mi	Fuzhou	$585
282 km or 175 mi	Lianzhou	$755
285 km or 177 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
291 km or 181 mi	Jieyang	$443
295 km or 183 mi	Chaozhou	$451
300 km or 186 mi	Xiangtan	$582
305 km or 190 mi	Qingyuan	$794
307 km or 191 mi	Puning	$569
307 km or 191 mi	Huizhou	$601
311 km or 193 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
326 km or 203 mi	Shantou	$581
327 km or 203 mi	Changsha	$577
331 km or 206 mi	Nanchang	$506
332 km or 206 mi	Dongguan	$656
336 km or 209 mi	Nanping	$630
337 km or 209 mi	Yingtan	$603
340 km or 211 mi	Yongzhou	$609
343 km or 213 mi	Shanwei	$936
345 km or 214 mi	Guangzhou	$774
351 km or 218 mi	Xiamen	$688
354 km or 220 mi	Guixi	$598
361 km or 224 mi	Loudi	$579
362 km or 225 mi	Foshan	$611
363 km or 226 mi	Ningxiang	$570
374 km or 233 mi	Wuyishan	$601
375 km or 233 mi	Kinmen	$823
375 km or 233 mi	Hezhou	$758
377 km or 234 mi	Shenzhen	$916