Columbus vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$1312
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$172
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$293
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$250
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	46
😀 Quality of life	90	57
🏙️ Population	906K	3M

The cost of living in Columbus is 334% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 1512th and 8663rd ($2181 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 66th in the United States and Iran, respectively. Check the United States vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.5 months in Mashhad. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 217th and 6167th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Mashhad

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	Columbus	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.3	$3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$1.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$244
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$8.48
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$12.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$15.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	20.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$1174
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$736
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$4.33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$4.38
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$2.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$0.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$0.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$3.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$0.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$5.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$94.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$21.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$45.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$623

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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 Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$496
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$506
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$512
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1774
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1833
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$489
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1654
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1796
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$509
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$588
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$564
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$658
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$432
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$542
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$433
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$643
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$558
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$512
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$372
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$530
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$439
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$477
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$545
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$598
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$761
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$604
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$588
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$607
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$628
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$622
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$684