Columbus vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$643
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$1702
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$373
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$927
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	72	93
😀 Quality of life	90	69
🏙️ Population	906K	9.37M

The cost of living in Columbus is 239% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1512th and 7469th ($2181 vs $643) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 101st 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 1.4 months in Hefei. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Hefei ranked 35th in China, while ranked 217th and 4318th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Hefei

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	Columbus	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.3	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$385
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$3665
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$2183
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$42.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$3.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$2.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$3.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$9056

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663