Columbus vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$2466
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$781
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$584
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	72	43
😀 Quality of life	90	61
🏙️ Population	906K	1.13M

The cost of living in Columbus is 114% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 1512th and 5424th ($2181 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 2nd in the United States and the Dominican Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Dominican Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 217th and 5754th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Columbus	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.3	$7.95
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$47.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$7.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$593
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$311
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$1055
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$565
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$54.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$34.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	14.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$1413
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$922
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$34.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$2.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$7.25
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$5.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$8.81
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$2.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$1.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$2.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$5.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$32.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$7.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$32.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$9.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$57.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$86.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$221
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$7804

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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 Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$853
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$844
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$708
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$778
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$648
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$539
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$749
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$750
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$676
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$502
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$686
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$781
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$720
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$525
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$730
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$713
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$822
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$639
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$857
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$948
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1150
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$724
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$736
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$721
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$529
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$546
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$541
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$567
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$552
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$536
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1320
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1220
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1436
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1574
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1472
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$533
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1650
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1617
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1592
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$544