Columbus vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Columbus	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2202	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5415	$2006
🏠 One person rent	$1315	$288
🏘️ Family rent	$2574	$501
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$343
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$95.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$789
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	72	30
😀 Quality of life	87	41
🏙️ Population	906K	1.58M

The cost of living in Columbus is 171% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 1282nd and 6346th ($2202 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1143rd and 96th 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 1 months in Leon. Columbus ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Leon ranked 45th in Mexico, while ranked 202nd and 7030th 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	$18.1	$11.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$7.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$5.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.5	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1415	$361
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$205
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2997	$796
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$26.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$41.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$24.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	11.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3125	$465
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3122	$590
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.9	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$8.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$2.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$8.89
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$2.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$0.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$1.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$4.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.03	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$36.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$4.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.7	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$77
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10456	$3169

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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	$2107
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2030
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2125
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2046
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2124
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1805
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2032
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1985
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1935
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2010
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1905
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1787
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1849
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1900
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1853
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1767
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1642
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1747
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1761
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1823
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1787
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1798
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1844
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1558
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1791
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1721
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2055
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1919
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1803
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1587
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1857
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1486
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1886
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1768
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1844
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1819
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1491
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1659
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1861

Cities near Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$818
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$912
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$846
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$1076
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$763
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$707
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$774
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$818
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$682
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$812
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$873
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$984
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$865
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$881
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$996
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$765
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$915
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$785
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1035
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1217
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$789
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$630
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$830
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$867
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$784
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$879
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$781
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$672
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$816
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$875
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1009
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$874
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$861
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$887
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$905
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$854
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$904