Columbus vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$1049
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	73	49
😀 Quality of life	88	51
🏙️ Population	906K	7.1M

The cost of living in Columbus is 215% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 1476th and 6983rd ($2145 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 66th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.5 months in Yantai. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 249th and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Yantai

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	Columbus	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$23251

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702