Columbus vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$822
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	73	22
😀 Quality of life	88	58
🏙️ Population	906K	1.96M

The cost of living in Columbus is 105% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 1476th and 5176th ($2145 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 12th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 249th and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Tijuana

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	Columbus	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$4.13
🥤 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	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$2569

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677