Columbus vs Nanyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Nanyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$1713
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$249
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$443
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$70.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$732
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	83 km
🎓 Higher education	73	19
😀 Quality of life	88	38
🏙️ Population	906K	9.71M

The cost of living in Columbus is 239% more expensive than in Nanyang. Cities ranked 1476th and 7346th ($2145 vs $632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 147th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.2 months in Nanyang. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Nanyang ranked 320th in China, while ranked 249th and 7198th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Nanyang

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	Columbus	Nanyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$2.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$41.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$1.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$236
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$363
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$60.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$3166
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$1817
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$3.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$2.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$3.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$42.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$21.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$4.08
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$74.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$344
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$12899

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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 Nanyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Dengzhou	$600
98 km or 61 mi	Wugang	$571
99 km or 62 mi	Zaoyang	$591
105 km or 66 mi	Laohekou	$582
108 km or 67 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
109 km or 68 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
110 km or 68 mi	Xiangyang	$604
134 km or 83 mi	Ruzhou	$538
140 km or 87 mi	Zhumadian	$637
145 km or 90 mi	Yicheng	$577
152 km or 95 mi	Luohe	$591
155 km or 96 mi	Yuzhou	$552
163 km or 101 mi	Suizhou	$621
165 km or 103 mi	Xuchang	$586
169 km or 105 mi	Shiyan	$576
169 km or 105 mi	Dengfeng	$529
174 km or 108 mi	Xinyang	$655
178 km or 110 mi	Changge	$547
185 km or 115 mi	Luoyang	$505
188 km or 117 mi	Xinmi	$528
191 km or 119 mi	Xinzheng	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Yanshi	$509
196 km or 122 mi	Guangshui	$619
199 km or 124 mi	Gongyi	$522
204 km or 126 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
208 km or 129 mi	Zhoukou	$580
214 km or 133 mi	Mengzhou	$505
214 km or 133 mi	Xingyang	$519
220 km or 137 mi	Jingmen	$588
221 km or 137 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
222 km or 138 mi	Anlu	$615
226 km or 140 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
226 km or 141 mi	Jingshan	$584
228 km or 142 mi	Lingbao	$559
232 km or 144 mi	Jiyuan	$520
233 km or 145 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
236 km or 146 mi	Qinyang	$504
249 km or 155 mi	Yingcheng	$600
251 km or 156 mi	Dangyang	$558
256 km or 159 mi	Jiaozuo	$479