Columbus vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$1981
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$415
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$718
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$73.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$976
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	72	29
😀 Quality of life	90	49
🏙️ Population	906K	6.17M

The cost of living in Columbus is 182% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 1512th and 6772nd ($2181 vs $773) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 30th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Maoming ranked 141st in China, while ranked 217th and 6717th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Maoming

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	Columbus	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.3	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$3.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$2.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$480
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$42.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	4.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$4664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$2843
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$23.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$2.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$5.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$5.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$0.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$0.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$3.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$31.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$9.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$41.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$424
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$16634

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$780
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$892
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$726
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$816
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$652
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$677
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$827
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$809
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$693
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$590
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$829
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$518
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$589
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1746
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$662
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$758
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$552
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$766
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$777
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$662
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$574
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$878
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2414
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$568
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$765
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$551
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$608
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$559
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$546
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$758
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$574
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$562
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$766
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$941