Columbus vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$1414
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$3338
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$1283
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$86.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$1836
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	72	61
😀 Quality of life	90	83
🏙️ Population	906K	581K

The cost of living in Columbus is 54% more expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 1512th and 4221st ($2181 vs $1414) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 1st in the United States and Lithuania, respectively. Check the United States vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.3 months in Vilnius. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 217th and 544th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Vilnius

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	Columbus	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.3	$12.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$8.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$5.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$763
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$1376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$933
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	4.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$6130
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$3717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$3.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$5.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$54.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$9582

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$865
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$883
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1334
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$974
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$920
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$988
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$349
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$929
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1113
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$735
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$967
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$894
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1125
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$561
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1148
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$840
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1046
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1270
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$993
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1419
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1057
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$426
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$829
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$528
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$406
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$293
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$928
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1034
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$545
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$1009
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$968
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$1074
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1522