Columbus vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$800
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	73	20
😀 Quality of life	88	41
🏙️ Population	906K	6.44M

The cost of living in Columbus is 220% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 1476th and 7052nd ($2145 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 74th 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 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 249th and 6873rd 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	$18.9	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$31722

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621