Columbus vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$1943
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$391
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	72	56
😀 Quality of life	90	62
🏙️ Population	906K	2.42M

The cost of living in Columbus is 176% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 1512th and 6702nd ($2181 vs $791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 17th in the United States and Brazil, respectively. Check the United States vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Salvador ranked 9th in Brazil, while ranked 217th and 5621st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Salvador

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	Columbus	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.3	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$6.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	9.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$8.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$66.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$13462

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$619
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$624
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$541
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$600
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$566
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$602
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$512
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$462
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$611
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$555
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$537
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$533
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$544
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$588
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$552
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$574
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$434
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$557
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$615
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$604
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$456
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$569
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$573
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$691
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$561
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$634
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$631
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$562
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$545
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$574
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$558
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$618
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$571
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$600
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699