Columbus vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Columbus	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2202	$1035
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5415	$2624
🏠 One person rent	$1315	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$2574	$927
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$395
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$81
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$841
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	72	49
😀 Quality of life	87	57
🏙️ Population	906K	1.46M

The cost of living in Columbus is 113% more expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 1282nd and 5084th ($2202 vs $1035) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1143rd and 23rd in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.8 months in Guadalajara. Columbus ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Guadalajara ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 202nd and 5724th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Columbus vs Guadalajara infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/columbus/guadalajara.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Columbus vs Guadalajara infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/columbus/guadalajara" target="_blank">Columbus vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Columbus vs Guadalajara

Prices for goods and services in Columbus and Guadalajara are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Columbus	Guadalajara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$11.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$38.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$9.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$2.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$3.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.5	$1.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1415	$616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$359
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2997	$1139
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$791
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$24.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$37.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$28.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	11.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3125	$2720
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3122	$1688
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.9	$26.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$2.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$3.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$2.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$4.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$4.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.03	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$39.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$36.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.7	$56.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$95.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$254
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10456	$7804

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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	$2107
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2030
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2125
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2046
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2124
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1805
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2032
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1985
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1935
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2010
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1905
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1787
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1849
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1900
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1853
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1767
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1642
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1747
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1761
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1823
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1787
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1798
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1844
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1558
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1791
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1721
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2055
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1919
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1803
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1587
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1857
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1486
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1886
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1768
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1844
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1819
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1491
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1659
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1861

Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$785
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1217
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$873
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$867
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$865
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$854
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$818
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$672
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$846
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$818
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$812
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$681
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$881
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$789
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1303
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$912
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$774
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$830
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$741
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$763
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1094
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$1076
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$707
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$812
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$630
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$774
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$765
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$682
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$784
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$984
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$996
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$900
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$915
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$994
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$793
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$781
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1185