Columbus vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$50.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$903
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	73	82
😀 Quality of life	88	69
🏙️ Population	906K	15.4M

The cost of living in Columbus is 200% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 1476th and 6818th ($2145 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 2nd in the United States and India, respectively. Check the United States vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Mumbai ranked 1st in India, while ranked 249th and 2865th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Mumbai

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	Columbus	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$869
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$46.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$8.78
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$6631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$3058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$4.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$2.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$1.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$26.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$3007

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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 Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$501
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$381
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$284
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$513
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$333
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$304
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$771
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$378
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$307
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$292
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$293
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$348
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$376
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$340
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$473
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$397
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$401
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$492
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$382
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$311
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$430
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$371
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$359
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$250
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$315
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$295
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$389
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$367
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$311
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$294
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$296