Columbus vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$522
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	73	46
😀 Quality of life	88	55
🏙️ Population	906K	2.96M

The cost of living in Columbus is 151% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 1476th and 6253rd ($2145 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 1st in the United States and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check the United States vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 249th and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Columbus vs Tashkent infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/columbus/tashkent.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Columbus vs Tashkent infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/columbus/tashkent" target="_blank">Columbus vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Columbus vs Tashkent

Prices for goods and services in Columbus and Tashkent are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Columbus	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$9301

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785