Columbus vs Linyi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Linyi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$541
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$1501
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$173
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$358
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$214
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$71.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$693
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	73	22
😀 Quality of life	88	39
🏙️ Population	906K	11M

The cost of living in Columbus is 297% more expensive than in Linyi. Cities ranked 1476th and 8318th ($2145 vs $541) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 447th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.3 months in Linyi. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Linyi ranked 264th in China, while ranked 249th and 7039th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Linyi

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	Columbus	Linyi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$6.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$137
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$80.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$308
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$219
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$5.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	3.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$3538
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$1033
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$3.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$4.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$18.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$36.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$3.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$68.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$76.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$197
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$6168

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Linyi

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
77 km or 48 mi	Xinyi	$572
85 km or 53 mi	Pizhou	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Lianyungang	$536
107 km or 66 mi	Rizhao	$566
107 km or 67 mi	Xintai	$578
109 km or 67 mi	Tengzhou	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Suqian	$620
137 km or 85 mi	Qufu	$593
138 km or 86 mi	Xuzhou	$484
139 km or 86 mi	Laiwu	$575
143 km or 89 mi	Zhucheng	$561
160 km or 100 mi	Anqiu	$514
166 km or 103 mi	Jining	$643
170 km or 106 mi	Tai'an	$561
175 km or 109 mi	Zoucheng	$660
182 km or 113 mi	Qingzhou	$543
188 km or 117 mi	Huaibei	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Huai'an	$668
189 km or 118 mi	Feicheng	$571
193 km or 120 mi	Zibo	$504
194 km or 121 mi	Gaomi	$564
196 km or 122 mi	Weifang	$433
197 km or 122 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
203 km or 126 mi	Suzhou	$602
206 km or 128 mi	Shouguang	$531
208 km or 129 mi	Zouping	$553
214 km or 133 mi	Yongcheng	$600
217 km or 135 mi	Jinan	$616
220 km or 137 mi	Qingdao	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Changyi	$494
240 km or 149 mi	Pingdu	$569
248 km or 154 mi	Yancheng	$900
253 km or 157 mi	Bengbu	$505
255 km or 159 mi	Mingguang	$587
256 km or 159 mi	Shangqiu	$736
258 km or 161 mi	Yucheng	$577
260 km or 161 mi	Binzhou	$815
263 km or 163 mi	Liaocheng	$522
265 km or 165 mi	Heze	$1385