Columbus vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Columbus	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2202	$1184
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5415	$2873
🏠 One person rent	$1315	$508
🏘️ Family rent	$2574	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$409
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$944
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	72	22
😀 Quality of life	87	57
🏙️ Population	906K	1.96M

The cost of living in Columbus is 86% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 1282nd and 4480th ($2202 vs $1184) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1143rd 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 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Columbus ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Tijuana ranked 8th in Mexico, while ranked 202nd and 5782nd 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	$18.1	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$38.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$9.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.5	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1415	$649
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2997	$1219
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$729
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$47.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$29.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	11.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3125	$3013
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3122	$1701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.9	$40.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$21.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$2.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$7.59
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$7.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$2.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$4.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$3.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.03	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$2.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$46.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$4.66
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$49.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.7	$46.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$96.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$168
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10456	$4103

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2116
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2107
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2030
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2125
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2046
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2124
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1805
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2032
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1985
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1935
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2010
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1905
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1787
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1849
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1900
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1853
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1767
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1642
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1747
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1761
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1823
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1787
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1798
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1844
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1558
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1791
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1721
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2055
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1919
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1803
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1587
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1857
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1486
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1886
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1768
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1844
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1819
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1491
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1659
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1861

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2851
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2969
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1032
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2907
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1029
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3051
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2844
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3427
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2868
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2910
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2788
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2867
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2784
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$2879
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$2884
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2722
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3046
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2732
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3094
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$1027
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2709
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2597
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$3070
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3155
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2684
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2803
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2751
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2681
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$2461
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2637
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2755
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2730
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3513
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2960
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$2957
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2879
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3180
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2944
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2687
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2684