Columbus vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$1001
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$1774
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$497
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$2831
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	73	87
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	906K	518K

The cost of living in Columbus is 22% more expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 1476th and 2490th ($2145 vs $1764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 147th 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 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.6 months in Sheffield. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Sheffield ranked 26th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 249th and 141st 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	$18.9	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$76.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$9.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$5.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$4.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$2.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$937
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$818
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$1922
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	5.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$3631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$2541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$2.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$17.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$35.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$80.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$1155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$9487

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750