Columbus vs Hamilton - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Hamilton
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$2103
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$4578
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$1304
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$2079
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$2679
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	72	73
😀 Quality of life	90	91
🏙️ Population	906K	569K

The cost of living in Columbus is 4% more expensive than in Hamilton. Cities ranked 1512th and 1725th ($2181 vs $2103) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 23rd in the United States and Canada, respectively. Check the United States vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.3 months in Hamilton. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Hamilton ranked 17th in Canada, while ranked 217th and 176th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Hamilton

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	Columbus	Hamilton
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.3	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$71
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$5.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$4.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$1167
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$1163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$1884
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$90.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$141
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$50
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	5.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$12302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$4675
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$86
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$13.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$3.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$7.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$13.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$3.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$2.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$12.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$37.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$10.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$45.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$95.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$618
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$19470

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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 Hamilton

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Burlington	$2193
26 km or 16 mi	Oakville	$2379
32 km or 20 mi	Brantford	$1844
38 km or 23 mi	Cambridge	$2010
42 km or 26 mi	Mississauga	$2326
42 km or 26 mi	Halton Hills	$2012
45 km or 28 mi	Guelph	$1998
48 km or 30 mi	Brampton	$2033
52 km or 32 mi	St. Catharines	$2038
54 km or 34 mi	Kitchener	$2071
57 km or 36 mi	Waterloo	$1928
60 km or 37 mi	Welland	$1705
60 km or 37 mi	Toronto	$2464
67 km or 42 mi	Niagara Falls	$1894
71 km or 44 mi	Vaughan	$2241
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1947
76 km or 47 mi	Orangeville	$1869
78 km or 49 mi	Richmond Hill	$2463
79 km or 49 mi	Grand Island	$2049
85 km or 53 mi	North Tonawanda	$2045
86 km or 53 mi	Markham	$2242
90 km or 56 mi	Stratford	$1683
92 km or 57 mi	Buffalo	$2187
92 km or 57 mi	Amherst	$2096
92 km or 57 mi	New Tecumseth	$1995
95 km or 59 mi	Ajax	$2449
97 km or 60 mi	Lockport	$2044
98 km or 61 mi	West Seneca	$2109
99 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2124
100 km or 62 mi	Hamburg	$1868
107 km or 67 mi	Orchard Park	$2021
108 km or 67 mi	Lancaster	$2083
108 km or 67 mi	Clarence	$2082
109 km or 68 mi	Oshawa	$1564
116 km or 72 mi	London	$1931
127 km or 79 mi	Erie	$1925
127 km or 79 mi	Barrie	$1443
139 km or 86 mi	Jamestown	$2180
154 km or 96 mi	Orillia	$1936
169 km or 105 mi	Owen Sound	$1659