Columbus vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$1210
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$2855
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$568
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$1004
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$397
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$988
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	72	22
😀 Quality of life	90	63
🏙️ Population	906K	1.96M

The cost of living in Columbus is 80% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 1512th and 4681st ($2181 vs $1210) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 9th 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 64th best city to live in the United States vs Tijuana ranked 5th in Mexico, while ranked 217th and 5591st 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	$19.3	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$9.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$4.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$467
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$860
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$31.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$27.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	12.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$3040
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$2330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$44.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$6.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$8.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$4.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$4.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$42.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$44.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$50.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$90.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$201
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$4593

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2105
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2091
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2020
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2094
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2030
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2084
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1836
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2014
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2028
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1951
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2019
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1932
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1933
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1933
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1954
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1928
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1918
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1842
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1918
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1934
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1947
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1961
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1965
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1571
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1942
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1917
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2025
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1980
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1957
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1684
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1850
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1495
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2188
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1482
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1899
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1922
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1743
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$2061

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3013
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3195
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3469
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2943
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2988
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2887
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2996
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2922
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3066
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3215
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2931
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2930
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3274
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$903
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2681
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2967
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3049
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2715
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2776
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2994
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2626
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2742
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2751
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2642