Columbus vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$1355
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	73	84
😀 Quality of life	88	81
🏙️ Population	906K	3.03M

The cost of living in Columbus is 140% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 1476th and 6071st ($2145 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 6th in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 249th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Taichung

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	Columbus	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$18658

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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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671