Columbus vs Ljubljana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Ljubljana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1468
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$3437
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$1506
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$427
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$60.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$1669
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	73	40
😀 Quality of life	88	79
🏙️ Population	906K	284K

The cost of living in Columbus is 46% more expensive than in Ljubljana. Cities ranked 1476th and 3558th ($2145 vs $1468) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 1st in the United States and Slovenia, respectively. Check the United States vs Slovenia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.1 months in Ljubljana. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Ljubljana ranked 1st in Slovenia, while ranked 249th and 615th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Ljubljana

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	Columbus	Ljubljana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$54
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$8.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$3.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$788
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$643
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$1572
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$1151
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$156
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$241
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$30.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	3.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$5385
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$4113
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$2.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$7.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$5.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$45.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$7.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$53
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$13.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$92.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$478
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$12510

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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 Ljubljana

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Kranj	$1261
57 km or 36 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
58 km or 36 mi	Velenje	$1157
61 km or 38 mi	Celje	$1116
65 km or 40 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
68 km or 42 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
70 km or 44 mi	Gorizia	$1223
72 km or 45 mi	Trieste	$1421
80 km or 50 mi	Rijeka	$1152
82 km or 51 mi	Villach	$1582
87 km or 54 mi	Izola	$1263
91 km or 57 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
94 km or 58 mi	Piran	$1247
99 km or 62 mi	Udine	$1307
102 km or 63 mi	Karlovac	$912
102 km or 64 mi	Maribor	$1082
114 km or 71 mi	Zagreb	$1253
126 km or 78 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
133 km or 83 mi	Graz	$1594
142 km or 88 mi	Pula	$941
143 km or 89 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
144 km or 89 mi	Pordenone	$1272
155 km or 96 mi	Leoben	$1263
158 km or 98 mi	San Dona di Piave	$1403
165 km or 103 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
173 km or 107 mi	Bihac	$556
178 km or 110 mi	Belluno	$1284
180 km or 112 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
181 km or 113 mi	Treviso	$1502
183 km or 113 mi	Venice	$1522
187 km or 116 mi	Mestre	$1450
196 km or 122 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
197 km or 122 mi	Mirano	$1375
199 km or 124 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
208 km or 129 mi	Szombathely	$701
208 km or 130 mi	Prijedor	$659
210 km or 131 mi	Hallein	$1692
217 km or 135 mi	Padua	$1581
220 km or 137 mi	Sanski Most	$558
222 km or 138 mi	Zadar	$1122