Columbus vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Columbus	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2252	$1449
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5500	$3571
🏠 One person rent	$1332	$688
🏘️ Family rent	$2531	$1289
🍽️ Food expenses	$644	$499
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4005	$2807
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	72	72
😀 Quality of life	88	92
🏙️ Population	906K	616K

The cost of living in Columbus is 55% more expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 1248th and 3925th ($2252 vs $1449) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th and 535th in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.9 months in Leipzig. Columbus ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Leipzig ranked 16th in Germany, while ranked 242nd and 80th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Leipzig

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	Columbus	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$56.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$4.47
☕ Cappuccino	$4.97	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$2.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$681
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1067	$454
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3082	$1250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$965
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$145
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$43.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$4637
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3154	$2606
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$3.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64	$62.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$3.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$19.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$4.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$1.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$6.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$8.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$2.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$30.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$36.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$86.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$87.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1235	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15346	$10026

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2099
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2116
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2034
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2078
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2042
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2047
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1819
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2039
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2074
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1946
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2006
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1916
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1914
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1987
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1915
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1876
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1832
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1698
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1795
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1791
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1865
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1794
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1828
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1860
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1635
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1839
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1735
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1935
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1894
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1824
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1623
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1856
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1436
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1944
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1568
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1852
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1817
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1530
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1670
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1829

Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1387
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1347
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1349
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1372
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1360
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1320
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1342
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1365
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1273
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1365
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1345
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1384
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1170
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1306
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1396
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1210
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1376
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1421
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1330
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1191
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1393
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1095
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1306
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1231
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1387
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1263
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1379
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1354
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1386
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1211
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1215
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1387
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1367
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1386
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1386
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1413
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261