Columbus vs Ganzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Ganzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$897
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$2189
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$484
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$866
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$81.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$614
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	44 km
🎓 Higher education	72	26
😀 Quality of life	90	46
🏙️ Population	906K	8.97M

The cost of living in Columbus is 143% more expensive than in Ganzhou. Cities ranked 1512th and 6243rd ($2181 vs $897) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 15th 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 0.7 months in Ganzhou. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Ganzhou ranked 239th in China, while ranked 217th and 6997th 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	$19.3	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$5.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$1.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$3.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$708
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$1249
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$10.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$16.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$9.73
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	3.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$2112
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$1129
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$21.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$4.12
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$1.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$5.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$7.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$1.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$1.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$19.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$4.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$5.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$5.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$1.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$2.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$76.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$7.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$8.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$48.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$599
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$7023

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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 Ganzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
143 km or 89 mi	Ji'an	$660
177 km or 110 mi	Shaoguan	$818
191 km or 119 mi	Chenzhou	$750
208 km or 129 mi	Meizhou	$669
219 km or 136 mi	Xinyu	$593
226 km or 140 mi	Longyan	$697
226 km or 141 mi	Yichun	$618
228 km or 141 mi	Pingxiang	$612
232 km or 144 mi	Heyuan	$766
249 km or 155 mi	Liling	$584
262 km or 163 mi	Hengyang	$622
272 km or 169 mi	Sanming	$616
278 km or 173 mi	Fuzhou	$589
282 km or 175 mi	Lianzhou	$765
285 km or 177 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
291 km or 181 mi	Jieyang	$451
295 km or 183 mi	Chaozhou	$454
300 km or 186 mi	Xiangtan	$527
305 km or 190 mi	Qingyuan	$777
307 km or 191 mi	Puning	$579
307 km or 191 mi	Huizhou	$608
311 km or 193 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
326 km or 203 mi	Shantou	$589
327 km or 203 mi	Changsha	$592
331 km or 206 mi	Nanchang	$526
332 km or 206 mi	Dongguan	$662
336 km or 209 mi	Nanping	$671
337 km or 209 mi	Yingtan	$586
340 km or 211 mi	Yongzhou	$634
343 km or 213 mi	Shanwei	$941
345 km or 214 mi	Guangzhou	$758
351 km or 218 mi	Xiamen	$707
354 km or 220 mi	Guixi	$578
361 km or 224 mi	Loudi	$584
362 km or 225 mi	Foshan	$589
363 km or 226 mi	Ningxiang	$569
374 km or 233 mi	Wuyishan	$600
375 km or 233 mi	Kinmen	$901
375 km or 233 mi	Hezhou	$766
377 km or 234 mi	Shenzhen	$878