Columbus vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$1890
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$4601
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$1094
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$1904
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$512
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$3306
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	72	87
😀 Quality of life	90	92
🏙️ Population	906K	518K

The cost of living in Columbus is 15% more expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 1512th and 2353rd ($2181 vs $1890) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 149th in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check the United States vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.7 months in Sheffield. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Sheffield ranked 20th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 217th and 148th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Sheffield

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	Columbus	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.3	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$75.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$5.37
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$4.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$2.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$1005
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$799
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$1813
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$1471
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$316
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$47.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	5.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$4352
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$3110
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$3.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$3.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$8.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$2.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$2.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$19.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$5.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$5.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$2.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$40.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$84.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$73
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$1226
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$24382

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1588
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1507
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1617
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1830
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1669
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1833
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1887
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1968
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1698
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$2067
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1921
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1783
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1746
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2265
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1658
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1831
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1788
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$2034
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$2001
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1968
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1918
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1413
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1759
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1850
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1837
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$2040
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1974
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1513
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1849
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1578
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$2011
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1851