Columbus vs Liverpool - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Liverpool
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$4525
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$954
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$1757
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$547
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$2907
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	73	84
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	906K	513K

The cost of living in Columbus is 21% more expensive than in Liverpool. Cities ranked 1476th and 2461st ($2145 vs $1774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 143rd 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 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.6 months in Liverpool. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Liverpool ranked 23rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 249th and 132nd 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	$18.9	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$82.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$9.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$6.34
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$4.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$645
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$2233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$1201
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$204
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$310
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	5.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$3350
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$2471
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$2.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$89.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$7.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$8.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$3.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$2.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$2.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$3.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$76.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$85.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$1465
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$15161

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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 Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1706
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1563
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1710
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1681
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1682
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1497
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1753
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1762
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$1897
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1675
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1615
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1675
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1640
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1556
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$1806
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1788
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1456
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1482
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$1845
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$1874
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$1948
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1686
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1806
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$1800
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1672
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1602
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1376
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1629
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1714
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1686