Columbus vs Georgetown - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Georgetown
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1062
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$3388
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$423
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$1181
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$480
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$78.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$536
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	73	24
😀 Quality of life	88	47
🏙️ Population	906K	235K

The cost of living in Columbus is 102% more expensive than in Georgetown. Cities ranked 1476th and 5085th ($2145 vs $1062) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 1st in the United States and Guyana, respectively. Check the United States vs Guyana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 0.5 months in Georgetown. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Georgetown ranked 1st in Guyana, while ranked 249th and 6400th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Georgetown

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	Columbus	Georgetown
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$9.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$54.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$4.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$1529
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$940
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$48.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$74.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$49.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	7.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$3867
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$1730
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$3.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$4.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$6.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$8.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$3.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$4.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.97
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$34.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$33.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$883
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$23423

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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 Georgetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
88 km or 55 mi	Linden	$1031
93 km or 58 mi	New Amsterdam	$1033
161 km or 100 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$856
347 km or 216 mi	Paramaribo	$881
479 km or 298 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1247
487 km or 302 mi	Upata	$789
496 km or 308 mi	Tucupita	$777
521 km or 324 mi	Boa Vista	$560
524 km or 326 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$890
532 km or 331 mi	San Fernando	$953
547 km or 340 mi	Chaguanas	$1064
561 km or 349 mi	San Juan	$1178
565 km or 351 mi	Scarborough	$1084
567 km or 353 mi	Port of Spain	$1193
612 km or 380 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$880
637 km or 396 mi	Kourou	$1645
643 km or 399 mi	Maturin	$890
677 km or 421 mi	Cayenne	$1643
704 km or 438 mi	St. George's	$1062
704 km or 438 mi	Grenville	$1070
706 km or 438 mi	Carupano	$737
711 km or 442 mi	El Tigre	$746
720 km or 447 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
730 km or 454 mi	Holetown	$1418
737 km or 458 mi	Cantaura	$674
753 km or 468 mi	Anaco	$639
775 km or 482 mi	Cumana	$716
778 km or 483 mi	Porlamar	$684
783 km or 487 mi	La Asuncion	$695
785 km or 488 mi	Kingstown	$1000
792 km or 492 mi	Georgetown	$1007
805 km or 500 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$791
808 km or 502 mi	Barcelona	$858
812 km or 504 mi	Lecheria	$837
830 km or 516 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
837 km or 520 mi	Zaraza	$804
861 km or 535 mi	Castries	$1161
905 km or 562 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$782
926 km or 575 mi	Fort-de-France	$1568
966 km or 600 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$847