Columbus vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Columbus	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$887
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5154	$2166
🏠 One person rent	$1207	$396
🏘️ Family rent	$2066	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$667	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3790	$381
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	73	57
😀 Quality of life	88	63
🏙️ Population	906K	2.42M

The cost of living in Columbus is 141% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 1634th and 6337th ($2140 vs $887) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1324th and 10th 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 0.4 months in Salvador. Columbus ranked 73rd best city to live in the United States vs Salvador ranked 21st in Brazil, while ranked 266th and 5445th 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	$20.9	$7.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.2	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1354	$420
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$919	$276
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2171	$682
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1698	$405
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.4	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	10.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3423	$2069
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$1176
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.7	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$9.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.07	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.28	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$7.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$1.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.03	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.99	$2.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$4.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.09	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$6.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.2	$8.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$55.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.8	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1464	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$15139

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$690
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$691
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$678
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$624
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$660
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$568
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$495
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$661
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$599
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$583
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$571
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$592
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$649
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$632
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$472
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$606
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$673
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$671
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$491
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$617
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$630
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$752
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$616
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$696
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$705
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$627
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$641
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$603
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$617
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$598
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$623
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$609
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$680
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$614
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$615
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$637
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$751