Columbus vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Columbus	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2202	$1948
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5415	$4581
🏠 One person rent	$1315	$1113
🏘️ Family rent	$2574	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$533
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$140
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$2599
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	72	77
😀 Quality of life	87	85
🏙️ Population	906K	936K

The cost of living in Columbus is 13% more expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 1282nd and 1907th ($2202 vs $1948) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1143rd and 10th in the United States and Israel, respectively. Check the United States vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.3 months in Jerusalem. Columbus ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Jerusalem ranked 3rd in Israel, while ranked 202nd and 276th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Jerusalem

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	Columbus	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$73.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$7.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.5	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1415	$1338
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$906
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2997	$2415
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$1678
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$98.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	6.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3125	$13221
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3122	$9303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.9	$63.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$2.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$3.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$3.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$2.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$9.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.03	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$2.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$76.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$99.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.7	$80.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$116
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10456	$10218

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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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$964
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1011
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1366
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1840
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$737
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1752
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$802
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1583
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2068
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1701
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1885
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1900
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1912
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1896
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2010
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1871
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1914
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1826
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$849
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2050
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2113
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1776
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$760
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1871
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2010
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2259
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1920
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1848
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1718
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2149
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1939
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1873
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$679
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1850
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1678
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1687
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1499