Columbus vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Columbus	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2252	$2357
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5500	$5959
🏠 One person rent	$1332	$1338
🏘️ Family rent	$2531	$2858
🍽️ Food expenses	$644	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$261
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4005	$3414
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	72	99
😀 Quality of life	88	95
🏙️ Population	906K	2.15M

The cost of living in Columbus is 4% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 1248th and 998th ($2252 vs $2357) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th and 1st in the United States and France, respectively. Check the United States vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Columbus ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 242nd and 22nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Paris

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	Columbus	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$69.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$8.18
☕ Cappuccino	$4.97	$4.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$4.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$1451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1067	$1077
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3082	$3334
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$2404
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$13808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3154	$9821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64	$94.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$2.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$21.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$16.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$2.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$13.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$3.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$30.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1235	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15346	$18941

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2099
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2116
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2034
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2078
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2042
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2047
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1819
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2039
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2074
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1946
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2006
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1916
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1914
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1987
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1915
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1876
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1832
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1698
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1795
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1791
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1865
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1794
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1828
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1860
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1635
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1839
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1735
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1935
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1894
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1824
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1623
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1856
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1436
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1944
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1568
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1852
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1817
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1530
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1670
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1829

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1414
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1755
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1743
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2226
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1943
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1558
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2158
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1984
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1659
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1799
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1905
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1725
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1630
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1701
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1826
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1686
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1682
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1669
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1894
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1699
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1628
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1309
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1532
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1423
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1643
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1312
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1397
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1370
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1320
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1195
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1221
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1244
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1448
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1262
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1607
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1349
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1474
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1286
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1395