Columbus vs Hengyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Hengyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$590
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$311
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$729
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	73	44
😀 Quality of life	88	43
🏙️ Population	906K	6.65M

The cost of living in Columbus is 263% more expensive than in Hengyang. Cities ranked 1476th and 7767th ($2145 vs $590) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 276th 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 1.2 months in Hengyang. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Hengyang ranked 140th in China, while ranked 249th and 6669th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Hengyang

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	Columbus	Hengyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$2.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$1.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.34
🥤 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	$243
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$517
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$199
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$23
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$34.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$3292
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$3135
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$3.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$3.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$24.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$5.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$83.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$67.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$8454

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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 Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$579
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$609
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$582
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$592
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$563
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$553
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$724
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$577
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$577
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$570
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$586
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$590
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$755
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$600
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$480
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$761
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$579
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$596
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$522
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$758
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$569
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$533
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$549
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$539
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$591
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$573
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$794
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$635
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$556
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$506
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$585
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600