Columbus vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Columbus	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1036
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5154	$2352
🏠 One person rent	$1207	$518
🏘️ Family rent	$2066	$691
🍽️ Food expenses	$667	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3790	$1734
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	73	16
😀 Quality of life	88	57
🏙️ Population	906K	886K

The cost of living in Columbus is 106% more expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 1634th and 5290th ($2140 vs $1036) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1324th and 5th in the United States and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the United States vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.7 months in Tabuk. Columbus ranked 73rd best city to live in the United States vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 266th and 6204th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Tabuk

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	Columbus	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.9	$6.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.2	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$7.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$2.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1354	$496
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$919	$364
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2171	$604
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1698	$510
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$59.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.4	$68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	5.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3423	$1579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$2.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.7	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$24.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.07	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.28	$2.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$6.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$1.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.03	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.99	$6.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$3.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$3.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.09	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$65.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$21.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.2	$3.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$28.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.8	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1464	$663
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$8604

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2116
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2075
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2088
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2120
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2064
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2117
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1897
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2021
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2018
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1928
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2008
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1919
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1836
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1849
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1941
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1626
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1824
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1663
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1811
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1833
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1567
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1880
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1908
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1855
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1579
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1906
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1898
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1745
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1836
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1933
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1707
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1843
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1617
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2066
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1599
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1900
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1881
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1495
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1818
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1936

Cities near Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$818
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$429
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$2054
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$856
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$919
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$686
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$334
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$338
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$742
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$2014
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1933
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$771
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1810
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$2038
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$2060
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$1149
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$977
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$2145
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$753
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$2133
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$1032
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$862
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$1205
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1845
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$538
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$2305
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$2201
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2465
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$2354
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$2336
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$2487
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$288
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2587