Columbus vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Columbus	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2252	$719
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5500	$1714
🏠 One person rent	$1332	$266
🏘️ Family rent	$2531	$412
🍽️ Food expenses	$644	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$83.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4005	$625
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	72	30
😀 Quality of life	88	36
🏙️ Population	906K	1.58M

The cost of living in Columbus is 213% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 1248th and 6822nd ($2252 vs $719) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th and 109th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.9 months in Leon. Columbus ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Leon ranked 55th in Mexico, while ranked 242nd and 7323rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Leon

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	Columbus	Leon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$9.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$14
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$6.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$4.97	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$1.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1067	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3082	$633
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$297
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$17.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$27.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$20.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	11.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3154	$508
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64	$33.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$6.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$0.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$8.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$8.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$0.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$1.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$1.59
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$9.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$3.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.63
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$3.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$31.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$65.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1235	$202
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15346	$2742

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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 Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$737
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$784
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$835
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$886
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$674
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$659
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$691
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$826
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$601
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$729
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$779
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$879
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$764
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$709
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$941
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$748
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$839
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$683
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$985
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1012
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$687
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$522
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$780
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$735
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$698
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$791
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$844
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$630
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$772
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$757
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$835
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$882
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734