Columbus vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Columbus	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2127	$1122
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5086	$2575
🏠 One person rent	$1221	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$2077	$668
🍽️ Food expenses	$642	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$88.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3894	$217
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	73	57
😀 Quality of life	92	31
🏙️ Population	906K	43.9K

The cost of living in Columbus is 90% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 1686th and 4985th ($2127 vs $1122) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1354th and 2nd in the United States and Palestine, respectively. Check the United States vs Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.2 months in Ramallah. Columbus ranked 17th best city to live in the United States vs Ramallah ranked 8th in Palestine, while ranked 96th and 8803rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Ramallah

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	Columbus	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$44.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$9.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1328	$475
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$934	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2183	$762
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1691	$464
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$68.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$226	$108
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61	$36.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	5.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3248	$1204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2159	$1024
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$95.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$2.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$2.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.12	$4.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$2.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.75	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.8	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.61	$8.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$6.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$4.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.5	$67.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$9.95
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.7	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$7.97
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$92.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1272	$268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24638	$4719

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2080
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2048
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1994
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2093
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1992
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2123
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1816
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1982
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2029
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1911
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1975
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1872
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1813
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1919
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1922
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1746
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1831
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1756
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1822
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1831
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1594
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1877
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1931
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1849
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1582
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1915
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1901
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1863
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1833
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1933
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1580
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1864
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1554
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2110
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1530
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1904
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1859
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1468
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1791
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1935

Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2483
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1821
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$2154
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2346
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2260
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$978
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$2066
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$910
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$895
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2449
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$2031
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2702
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2274
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2172
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$3089
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2147
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2207
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1062
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$546
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2145
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2136
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1761