Columbus vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$991
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	73	93
😀 Quality of life	88	66
🏙️ Population	906K	9.37M

The cost of living in Columbus is 243% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1476th and 7405th ($2145 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 160th 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 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.6 months in Hefei. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 249th and 3963rd 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	$18.9	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$8278

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665