Columbus vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$2265
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$5312
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$1378
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$2219
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$3266
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	72	91
😀 Quality of life	90	93
🏙️ Population	906K	548K

The cost of living in Columbus is 4% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 1512th and 1330th ($2181 vs $2265) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 39th 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 64th best city to live in the United States vs Manchester ranked 10th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 217th and 107th 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	$19.3	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$81.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$7.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$2.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$1608
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$1050
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$2460
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$1770
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$39.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	6.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$5680
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$3963
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$120
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$9.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$3.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.02
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$2.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$17.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$4.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$89.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$96.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$93.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$1945
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$20873

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2105
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2091
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2020
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2094
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2030
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2084
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1836
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2014
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2028
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1951
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2019
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1932
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1933
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1933
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1954
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1928
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1918
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1842
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1918
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1934
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1947
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1961
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1965
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1571
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1942
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1917
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2025
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1980
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1957
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1684
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1850
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1495
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2188
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1482
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1899
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1922
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1743
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$2061

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2034
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1921
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2001
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1968
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1698
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1918
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1759
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1788
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2040
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1828
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1680
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1873
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1883
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1513
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1968
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1887
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1783
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1578
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1652
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1746
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1833
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1850
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1832
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1507
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1937
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1890
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2023
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1834
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1804