Columbus vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Columbus	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5154	$2383
🏠 One person rent	$1207	$506
🏘️ Family rent	$2066	$864
🍽️ Food expenses	$667	$327
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$58.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3790	$976
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	73	54
😀 Quality of life	88	64
🏙️ Population	906K	1.33M

The cost of living in Columbus is 118% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 1634th and 5700th ($2140 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1324th and 20th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1 months in Kazan. Columbus ranked 73rd best city to live in the United States vs Kazan ranked 4th in Russia, while ranked 266th and 5282nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Kazan

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	Columbus	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.9	$9.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.2	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$6.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$3.33
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1354	$639
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$919	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2171	$1079
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1698	$658
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$73.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.4	$7.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	20.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3423	$4128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$2917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.7	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.07	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.28	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$5.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$2.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$3.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.03	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$8.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.99	$3.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$5.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$2.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.09	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$25.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.2	$7.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$84.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.8	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1464	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$14895

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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	$2075
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2088
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2120
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2064
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2117
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1897
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2021
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2018
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1928
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2008
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1919
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1836
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1849
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1941
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1626
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1824
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1663
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1811
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1833
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1567
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1880
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1908
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1855
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1579
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1906
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1898
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1745
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1836
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1933
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1707
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1843
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1617
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2066
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1599
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1900
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1881
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1495
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1818
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1936

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$749
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$789
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$708
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$792
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$845
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$834
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$648
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$614
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$748
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$913
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$791
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$840
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$895
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$705
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$873
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$620
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$821
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$804
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$812
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$694
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$771
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$757
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$626
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$786
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$1055
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$780
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077