Columbus vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Columbus	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2252	$2137
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5500	$5153
🏠 One person rent	$1332	$1275
🏘️ Family rent	$2531	$2202
🍽️ Food expenses	$644	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4005	$3299
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	72	91
😀 Quality of life	88	92
🏙️ Population	906K	548K

The cost of living in Columbus is 5% more expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 1248th and 1500th ($2252 vs $2137) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th and 53rd 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 1.5 months in Manchester. Columbus ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Manchester ranked 8th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 242nd and 76th 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	$19.9	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$78.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$6.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.97	$4.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$1425
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1067	$953
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3082	$2281
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$1768
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$36.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	5.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$5337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3154	$3610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$2.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$25.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$3.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$2.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$3.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$5.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$2.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$35.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$91.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1235	$1753
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15346	$17390

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1936
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1877
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1910
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1894
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1849
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1592
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1776
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1852
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1752
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1529
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1824
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1860
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1493
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$2098
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1780
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1552
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1585
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1788
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1789
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1449
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1889
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1809
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1957
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1784
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1761