Columbus vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$3535
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	72	98
😀 Quality of life	90	95
🏙️ Population	906K	1.97M

The cost of living in Columbus is 2% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 1512th and 1640th ($2181 vs $2132) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd 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 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 217th and 39th 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	$19.3	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$25585

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1976
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1497
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1052
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1148
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1233
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1229
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1311
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$823
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$861
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1570
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1468
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$985
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1176
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1378
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1148
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1103
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1257
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1685
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1651
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1282
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1182
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1760
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1707
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1660
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1056
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$946