Columbus vs Giza - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Giza
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$318
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$842
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$90.3
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$183
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$154
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$23.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$138
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	73	83
😀 Quality of life	88	56
🏙️ Population	906K	5.6M

The cost of living in Columbus is 574% more expensive than in Giza. Cities ranked 1476th and 9160th ($2145 vs $318) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 15th in the United States and Egypt, respectively. Check the United States vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 0.4 months in Giza. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Giza ranked 2nd in Egypt, while ranked 249th and 5740th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Giza

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	Columbus	Giza
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$15.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$97.8
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$66.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$279
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$131
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$9.12
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$8.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	19.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$603
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$314
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$1.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$2.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$2.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$7.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$0.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$0.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.11
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$0.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$4.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$1.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$1.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$0.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$12
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$3.68
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$2.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$1943

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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 Giza

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Cairo	$417
14 km or 8.4 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
22 km or 14 mi	Helwan	$335
50 km or 31 mi	Benha	$300
63 km or 39 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
68 km or 42 mi	Zagazig	$307
87 km or 54 mi	Faiyum	$325
88 km or 55 mi	Tanta	$288
106 km or 66 mi	Beni Suef	$319
106 km or 66 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
117 km or 73 mi	Mansoura	$301
120 km or 74 mi	Ismailia	$295
128 km or 79 mi	Suez	$272
136 km or 84 mi	Damanhur	$268
163 km or 101 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
167 km or 104 mi	Damietta	$298
172 km or 107 mi	Port Said	$276
181 km or 113 mi	Alexandria	$316
219 km or 136 mi	Minya	$339
314 km or 195 mi	Asyut	$290
352 km or 219 mi	Gaza	$640
355 km or 221 mi	Ofakim	$1684
358 km or 223 mi	Netivot	$1742
361 km or 225 mi	Dahab	$381
365 km or 227 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 227 mi	Sderot	$1732
370 km or 230 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
370 km or 230 mi	Aqaba	$809
370 km or 230 mi	Beersheba	$1471
372 km or 231 mi	Rahat	$1686
378 km or 235 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
384 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
384 km or 238 mi	Ashdod	$1837
384 km or 239 mi	Dimona	$1716
386 km or 240 mi	Sohag	$360
388 km or 241 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
395 km or 246 mi	Yavne	$1884
398 km or 247 mi	Hurghada	$342
401 km or 249 mi	Dura	$813