Columbus vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$1072
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$2566
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$690
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$82.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$190
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	72	56
😀 Quality of life	90	44
🏙️ Population	906K	43.9K

The cost of living in Columbus is 103% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 1512th and 5084th ($2181 vs $1072) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 2nd in the United States and the Palestine, respectively. Check the United States vs the 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 64th best city to live in the United States vs Ramallah ranked 5th in the Palestine, while ranked 217th and 7218th 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	$19.3	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$52.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$744
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$506
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$93.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$1229
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$1006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$83.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$2.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$4.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$3.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$8.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$4.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$9.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$31.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$4130

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2105
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2091
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2020
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2094
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2030
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2084
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1836
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2014
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2028
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1951
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2019
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1932
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1933
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1933
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1954
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1928
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1918
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1842
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1918
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1934
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1947
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1961
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1965
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1571
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1942
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1917
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2025
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1980
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1957
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1684
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1850
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1495
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2188
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1482
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1899
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1922
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1743
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$2061

Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850