Columbus vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$651
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	73	35
😀 Quality of life	88	53
🏙️ Population	906K	1.43M

The cost of living in Columbus is 119% more expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 1476th and 5623rd ($2145 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 19th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 0.7 months in Puebla. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 249th and 6026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Puebla

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	Columbus	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$9705

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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 Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699