Columbus vs Liverpool - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Columbus	Liverpool
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2252	$1889
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5500	$4660
🏠 One person rent	$1332	$1016
🏘️ Family rent	$2531	$1759
🍽️ Food expenses	$644	$572
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4005	$2995
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	72	84
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	906K	513K

The cost of living in Columbus is 19% more expensive than in Liverpool. Cities ranked 1248th and 2193rd ($2252 vs $1889) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th and 135th in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check the United States vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.6 months in Liverpool. Columbus ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Liverpool ranked 24th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 242nd and 145th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Liverpool

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	Columbus	Liverpool
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$21.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$86.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$9.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.97	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$1.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1067	$693
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3082	$2262
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$1190
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$204
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$311
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	5.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$3484
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3154	$2545
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64	$95.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$19.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$7.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$2.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.97
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$2.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$9.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$19.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$3.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$80.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1235	$1545
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15346	$11337

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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 Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1789
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1647
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1784
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1761
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1755
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1529
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1824
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1844
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$1957
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1749
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1761
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1752
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1694
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1675
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$1852
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1849
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1585
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1556
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$1910
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$1936
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1860
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1592
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2137
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1552
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$1877
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1776
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1722
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1493
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1763
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1783
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1780