Columbus vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	73	98
😀 Quality of life	88	93
🏙️ Population	906K	1.97M

The cost of living in Columbus is 16% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 1476th and 2270th ($2145 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 1st in the United States and Austria, respectively. Check the United States vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 249th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Vienna

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	Columbus	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987