Columbus vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	73	96
😀 Quality of life	88	80
🏙️ Population	906K	17.7M

The cost of living in Columbus is 134% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 1476th and 5950th ($2145 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 12th 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 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 249th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Shenzhen

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	Columbus	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$22267

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609