Columbus vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$1116
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	72	82
😀 Quality of life	90	71
🏙️ Population	906K	5.65M

The cost of living in Columbus is 125% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 1512th and 5813th ($2181 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 4th in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 217th and 3397th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Saint Petersburg

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	Columbus	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.3	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$10534

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566