Columbus vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	73	95
😀 Quality of life	88	86
🏙️ Population	906K	2.6M

The cost of living in Columbus is 82% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 1476th and 4534th ($2145 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 1st 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 1.4 months in Taipei. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 249th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Taipei

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	Columbus	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$19749

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581