Columbus vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$692
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	73	54
😀 Quality of life	88	60
🏙️ Population	906K	1.26M

The cost of living in Columbus is 192% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 1476th and 6742nd ($2145 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 21st 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 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 249th and 5162nd 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	$18.9	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$4497

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867