Columbus vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$1452
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$391
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$180
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$42.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$216
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	73	46
😀 Quality of life	88	50
🏙️ Population	906K	3M

The cost of living in Columbus is 322% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 1476th and 8574th ($2145 vs $508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 84th 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 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 249th and 6227th 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	$18.9	$2.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$8.75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$13.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	20.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$1263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$4.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$0.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$1.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$2.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$0.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$13.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$68
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$618

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788