Columbus vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	73	96
😀 Quality of life	88	74
🏙️ Population	906K	13.1M

The cost of living in Columbus is 72% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1476th and 4359th ($2145 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd 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 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 249th and 1187th 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	$18.9	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592