Columbus vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$767
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	72	20
😀 Quality of life	90	46
🏙️ Population	906K	6.44M

The cost of living in Columbus is 236% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1512th and 7433rd ($2181 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 94th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 217th and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Shangrao

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	Columbus	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.3	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620