Columbus vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Columbus	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2252	$1341
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5500	$3192
🏠 One person rent	$1332	$726
🏘️ Family rent	$2531	$1252
🍽️ Food expenses	$644	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$75
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4005	$1594
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	72	61
😀 Quality of life	88	80
🏙️ Population	906K	581K

The cost of living in Columbus is 68% more expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 1248th and 4248th ($2252 vs $1341) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th 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 1.2 months in Vilnius. Columbus ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 242nd and 531st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Columbus	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$57.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$8.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$4.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.97	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$741
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1067	$527
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3082	$1406
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$920
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$5601
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3154	$3443
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64	$32.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$3.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$7.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$2.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$5.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$4.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$8.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$53.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$82.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$97
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1235	$570
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15346	$8624

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2099
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2116
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2034
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2078
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2042
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2047
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1819
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2039
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2074
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1946
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2006
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1916
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1914
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1987
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1915
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1876
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1832
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1698
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1795
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1791
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1865
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1794
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1828
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1860
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1635
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1839
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1735
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1935
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1894
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1824
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1623
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1856
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1436
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1944
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1568
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1852
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1817
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1530
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1670
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1829

Cities near Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$856
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$871
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1191
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$950
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$886
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$902
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$390
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$899
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1061
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$717
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$516
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$999
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$946
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1057
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$563
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1002
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$856
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$817
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$1042
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1169
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$916
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1377
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1016
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$437
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$578
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$527
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$437
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$298
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$893
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1029
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$467
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$931
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$923
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$977
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1406