Columbus vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$2471
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$546
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$278
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$1724
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	72	15
😀 Quality of life	90	53
🏙️ Population	906K	886K

The cost of living in Columbus is 104% more expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 1512th and 5095th ($2181 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd 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 1.6 months in Tabuk. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Tabuk ranked 11th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 217th and 6448th 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	$19.3	$6.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$22.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$6.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$1.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$2.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$525
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$708
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$580
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$70.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$108
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$81.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	4.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$1383
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$921
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$40.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$2.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$6.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$1.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$6.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$3.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$65.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$25.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$3.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$28.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$672
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$8498

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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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$782
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$517
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1734
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$798
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$940
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$645
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$346
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$354
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$718
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1910
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1855
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$791
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1645
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1867
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1879
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$1021
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$837
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1951
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$987
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$769
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1957
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$1009
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$695
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$1072
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$548
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1947
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2347
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$2064
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1998
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$276
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233