Columbus vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Columbus	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2127	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5086	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1221	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$2077	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$642	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3894	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	73	96
😀 Quality of life	92	72
🏙️ Population	906K	13.3M

The cost of living in Columbus is 34% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1686th and 3728th ($2127 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1354th 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 17th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 96th and 3206th 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	$18.3	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1328	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$934	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2183	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1691	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$226	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3248	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2159	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.12	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.75	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.8	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.61	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.5	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.7	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1272	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24638	$17546

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2080
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2048
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1994
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2093
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1992
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2123
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1816
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1982
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2029
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1911
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1975
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1872
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1813
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1919
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1922
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1746
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1831
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1756
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1822
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1831
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1594
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1877
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1931
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1849
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1582
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1915
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1901
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1863
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1833
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1933
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1580
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1864
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1554
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2110
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1530
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1904
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1859
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1468
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1791
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1935

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791