Columbus vs Mississauga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Mississauga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$2326
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$4761
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$2521
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$515
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$3062
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	92
😀 Quality of life	90	97
🏙️ Population	906K	718K

The cost of living in Columbus is 6% less expensive than in Mississauga. Cities ranked 1512th and 1215th ($2181 vs $2326) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 11th in the United States and Canada, respectively. Check the United States vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.3 months in Mississauga. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Mississauga ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 217th and 17th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Mississauga

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	Columbus	Mississauga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.3	$14.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$72.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$6.04
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$3.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$1.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$1598
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$1369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$2610
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$2252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$93.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$53.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	5.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$8772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$6315
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$2.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$98.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$13.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$2.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$4.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$2.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$3.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$1.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$2.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$11.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$36.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$13.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$42.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$10782

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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 Mississauga

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Brampton	$2033
17 km or 10 mi	Oakville	$2379
23 km or 14 mi	Toronto	$2464
24 km or 15 mi	Halton Hills	$2012
29 km or 18 mi	Vaughan	$2241
33 km or 20 mi	Burlington	$2193
36 km or 23 mi	Richmond Hill	$2463
42 km or 26 mi	Hamilton	$2103
45 km or 28 mi	Markham	$2242
49 km or 30 mi	Guelph	$1998
51 km or 32 mi	Orangeville	$1869
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1995
57 km or 35 mi	Ajax	$2449
57 km or 36 mi	St. Catharines	$2038
60 km or 37 mi	Cambridge	$2010
68 km or 42 mi	Brantford	$1844
69 km or 43 mi	Kitchener	$2071
71 km or 44 mi	Waterloo	$1928
72 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1894
72 km or 45 mi	Oshawa	$1564
76 km or 47 mi	Niagara Falls	$1947
76 km or 47 mi	Welland	$1705
86 km or 53 mi	Grand Island	$2049
88 km or 55 mi	Barrie	$1443
89 km or 55 mi	North Tonawanda	$2045
93 km or 58 mi	Lockport	$2044
98 km or 61 mi	Amherst	$2096
101 km or 63 mi	Buffalo	$2187
107 km or 66 mi	Cheektowaga	$2124
108 km or 67 mi	West Seneca	$2109
109 km or 68 mi	Stratford	$1683
110 km or 68 mi	Clarence	$2082
113 km or 70 mi	Orillia	$1936
113 km or 70 mi	Lancaster	$2083
115 km or 72 mi	Hamburg	$1868
119 km or 74 mi	Orchard Park	$2021
132 km or 82 mi	Peterborough	$1971
146 km or 91 mi	London	$1931
149 km or 92 mi	Owen Sound	$1659
163 km or 101 mi	Chili	$2031