Columbus vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Columbus	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2127	$789
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5086	$2078
🏠 One person rent	$1221	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$2077	$751
🍽️ Food expenses	$642	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$75.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3894	$1006
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	73	27
😀 Quality of life	92	52
🏙️ Population	906K	6.17M

The cost of living in Columbus is 170% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 1686th and 6807th ($2127 vs $789) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1354th 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 17th best city to live in the United States vs Maoming ranked 100th in China, while ranked 96th and 6563rd 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	$18.3	$2.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$1.64
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1328	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$934	$355
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2183	$867
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1691	$652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$28.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$226	$43.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	3.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3248	$4804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2159	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$2.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$0.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.12	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$5.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.75	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.8	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.61	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$6.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.5	$32.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$7.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.7	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$9.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$41.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$70.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1272	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24638	$19015

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2080
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2048
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1994
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2093
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1992
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2123
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1816
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1982
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2029
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1911
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1975
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1872
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1813
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1919
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1922
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1746
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1831
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1756
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1822
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1831
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1594
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1877
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1931
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1849
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1582
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1915
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1901
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1863
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1833
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1933
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1580
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1864
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1554
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2110
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1530
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1904
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1859
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1468
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1791
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1935

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$790
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$896
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$738
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$832
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$664
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$694
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$844
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$816
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$699
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$605
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$848
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$592
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1718
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$674
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$608
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$782
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$564
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$769
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$795
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$666
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$587
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$939
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2415
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$580
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$760
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$621
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$585
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$533
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$774
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$807
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$584
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$571
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$765
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$943