Columbus vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$687
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2052
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$297
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$636
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$65.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$958
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	73	90
😀 Quality of life	88	70
🏙️ Population	906K	13.9M

The cost of living in Columbus is 212% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 1476th and 6956th ($2145 vs $687) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 64th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.4 months in Tianjin. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Tianjin ranked 11th in China, while ranked 249th and 2306th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Tianjin

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	Columbus	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$4.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$0.82
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$213
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$485
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$48.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$74.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$7.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	4.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$6085
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$4.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$4.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$13.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$75
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$548
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$18215

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$665
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$716
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$649
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$655
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$756
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$679
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$702
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$586
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1016
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$592
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$618
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$680
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$635
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$472
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$638
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$642
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$550
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$581
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$638
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$584
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$642
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$815
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$711
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$689
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$564
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$590
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$533
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$524
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$629
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$577
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$600
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$553
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$504
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$616