Columbus vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	72	96
😀 Quality of life	90	73
🏙️ Population	906K	13.3M

The cost of living in Columbus is 52% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1512th and 4141st ($2181 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd 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 0.6 months in Moscow. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 217th and 2664th 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	$19.3	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$15272

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772