Columbus vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Columbus	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1276
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5154	$3034
🏠 One person rent	$1207	$593
🏘️ Family rent	$2066	$1048
🍽️ Food expenses	$667	$413
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3790	$933
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	73	22
😀 Quality of life	88	62
🏙️ Population	906K	1.96M

The cost of living in Columbus is 68% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 1634th and 4582nd ($2140 vs $1276) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1324th and 11th 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 0.7 months in Tijuana. Columbus ranked 73rd best city to live in the United States vs Tijuana ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 266th and 5555th 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	$20.9	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.2	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$3.35
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$4.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1354	$814
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$919	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2171	$1501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1698	$837
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$30.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.4	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	12.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3423	$3301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$2878
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.7	$32.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.07	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.28	$3.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$9.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$2.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$1.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.03	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$8.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.99	$4.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.09	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$7.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$47.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.2	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.8	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1464	$220
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$4868

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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	$2075
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2088
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2120
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2064
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2117
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1897
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2021
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2018
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1928
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2008
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1919
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1836
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1849
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1941
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1626
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1824
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1663
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1811
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1833
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1567
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1880
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1908
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1855
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1579
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1906
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1898
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1745
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1836
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1933
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1707
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1843
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1617
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2066
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1599
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1900
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1881
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1495
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1818
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1936

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2984
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3033
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1126
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3094
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1108
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3269
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$3023
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3486
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2997
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3077
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2956
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$3065
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$3012
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3265
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3274
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$3008
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3269
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$3011
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3221
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2984
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2690
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2994
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3137
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2799
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2850
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$3051
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3075
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3492
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2646
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3129
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2663
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3520
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2984
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3064
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2768
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3503
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2598
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2801
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677