Columbus vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Columbus	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2252	$952
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5500	$2170
🏠 One person rent	$1332	$429
🏘️ Family rent	$2531	$677
🍽️ Food expenses	$644	$362
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$62.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4005	$937
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	72	55
😀 Quality of life	88	51
🏙️ Population	906K	39K

The cost of living in Columbus is 137% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 1248th and 5974th ($2252 vs $952) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th 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 1 months in Ramallah. Columbus ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Ramallah ranked 1st in the Palestine, while ranked 242nd and 6160th 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	$19.9	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$5.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.97	$3.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1067	$322
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3082	$676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$520
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$60.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$91.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$34.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	6.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$1208
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3154	$903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64	$74.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$3.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$7.16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$8.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$1.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$7.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$2.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$3.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$61.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$8.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$5.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$74.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$93.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1235	$194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15346	$3782

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2037
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1835
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$934
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1536
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1400
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1768
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2115
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1853
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1868
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1866
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$730
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1769
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1741
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1836
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1825
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$1881
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$705
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$1996
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2098
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$721
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2020
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2154
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1918
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1751
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2254
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1651
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1872
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1815
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2085
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1795
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1838
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$847
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$692
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1775
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2045
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1671