Columbus vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Columbus	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2202	$857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5415	$2292
🏠 One person rent	$1315	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$2574	$781
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$88.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$973
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	72	29
😀 Quality of life	87	46
🏙️ Population	906K	6.17M

The cost of living in Columbus is 157% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 1282nd and 6186th ($2202 vs $857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1143rd and 21st 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 1.1 months in Maoming. Columbus ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Maoming ranked 136th in China, while ranked 202nd and 6533rd 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	$18.1	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$1.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$3.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.5	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1415	$514
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$332
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2997	$970
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$640
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$40.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$62.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3125	$7658
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3122	$3744
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.9	$20.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$5.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$1.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$1.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$0.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$5.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.03	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$6.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$30.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$9.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.7	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$71
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$519
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10456	$18555

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$831
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$876
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$806
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$830
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$638
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$620
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$816
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$824
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$735
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$592
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$812
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$481
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$568
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$575
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1565
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$618
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$611
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$742
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$547
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$785
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$781
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$589
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$596
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$939
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2410
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$573
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$774
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$571
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$837
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$590
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$525
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$552
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$856
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$573
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$605
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$891
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$1083