Columbus vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Columbus	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2202	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5415	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$1315	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$2574	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	72	96
😀 Quality of life	87	73
🏙️ Population	906K	12.5M

The cost of living in Columbus is 116% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1282nd and 5167th ($2202 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1143rd and 1st in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Columbus ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 202nd and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Moscow

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	Columbus	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.5	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1415	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2997	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3125	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3122	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.9	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.03	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.7	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10456	$10868

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517