Columbus vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Columbus	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1205
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5154	$2730
🏠 One person rent	$1207	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$2066	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$667	$478
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$97
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3790	$115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	73	57
😀 Quality of life	88	28
🏙️ Population	906K	43.9K

The cost of living in Columbus is 78% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 1634th and 4742nd ($2140 vs $1205) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1324th 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 0.1 months in Ramallah. Columbus ranked 73rd best city to live in the United States vs Ramallah ranked 4th in Palestine, while ranked 266th and 8857th 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	$20.9	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.2	$38.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$6.93
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$4.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1354	$501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$919	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2171	$810
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1698	$493
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$77.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.4	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	5.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3423	$1378
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$1080
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$3.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.7	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$2.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$2.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.07	$0.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.28	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$24.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$2.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$1.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.03	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$2.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.99	$9.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$6.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$5.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.09	$2.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$4.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$10.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.2	$8.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$105
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.8	$134
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1464	$310
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$4139

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2116
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2075
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2088
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2120
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2064
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2117
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1897
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2021
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2018
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1928
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2008
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1919
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1836
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1849
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1941
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1626
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1824
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1663
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1811
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1833
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1567
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1880
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1908
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1855
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1579
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1906
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1898
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1745
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1836
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1933
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1707
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1843
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1617
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2066
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1599
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1900
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1881
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1495
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1818
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1936

Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1994
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$2336
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2465
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2470
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2463
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2466
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$1070
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2500
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$2201
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2359
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2487
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2587
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$1020
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2565
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2400
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$977
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2541
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2555
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2422
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$2283
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2966
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2328
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2379
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2354
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2873
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2288
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2430
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2347
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1149
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$538
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2305
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2175
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1845