Columbus vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Columbus	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2127	$929
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5086	$2282
🏠 One person rent	$1221	$493
🏘️ Family rent	$2077	$878
🍽️ Food expenses	$642	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$50.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3894	$871
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	73	54
😀 Quality of life	92	64
🏙️ Population	906K	1.33M

The cost of living in Columbus is 129% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 1686th and 6157th ($2127 vs $929) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1354th and 17th 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 0.9 months in Kazan. Columbus ranked 17th best city to live in the United States vs Kazan ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 96th and 5470th 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	$18.3	$8.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$3.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1328	$580
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$934	$375
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2183	$1065
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1691	$689
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$69.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$226	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	18.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3248	$3554
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2159	$2534
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$3.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.12	$1.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$5.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$2.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.75	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.8	$7.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.61	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$4.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.5	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$5.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.7	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$74.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1272	$261
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24638	$15147

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2080
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2048
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1994
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2093
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1992
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2123
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1816
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1982
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2029
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1911
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1975
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1872
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1813
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1919
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1922
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1746
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1831
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1756
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1822
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1831
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1594
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1877
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1931
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1849
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1582
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1915
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1901
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1863
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1833
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1933
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1580
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1864
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1554
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2110
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1530
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1904
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1859
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1468
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1791
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1935

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$791
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$740
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$700
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$746
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$838
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$773
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$595
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$585
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$677
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$853
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$767
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$793
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$837
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$695
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$811
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$604
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$732
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$757
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$757
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$680
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$738
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$950
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$729
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$595
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$738
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$957
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$760
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$971