Columbus vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Columbus	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2202	$1998
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5415	$4556
🏠 One person rent	$1315	$1204
🏘️ Family rent	$2574	$1870
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$491
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$2742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	72	91
😀 Quality of life	87	91
🏙️ Population	906K	548K

The cost of living in Columbus is 10% more expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 1282nd and 1798th ($2202 vs $1998) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1143rd and 57th 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 1.4 months in Manchester. Columbus ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Manchester ranked 11th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 202nd and 110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Manchester

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	Columbus	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$9.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$6.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$4.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.5	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1415	$1274
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$892
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2997	$2104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$1386
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$36.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3125	$5073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3122	$3410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.9	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$3.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$8.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$3.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$14.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$5.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.03	$2.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$86
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.7	$82.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$87.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$1559
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10456	$13845

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629