Columbus vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2412
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$742
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$925
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	73	49
😀 Quality of life	88	59
🏙️ Population	906K	1.48M

The cost of living in Columbus is 110% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 1476th and 5351st ($2145 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 14th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 0.9 months in Zapopan. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 249th and 5375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Zapopan

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	Columbus	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$9.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$8.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$2.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$542
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$330
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$978
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$553
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$78.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	11.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$5058
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$452
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$24.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$7.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$2.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$9.85
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$3.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$8.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$162
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$5821

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$778
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$634
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$587
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$684
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$804
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$673
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$768
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$744
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$813
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$753
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$667
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$977
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$853
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$634
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$725
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$677
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$693
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$717
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$638
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$760
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$983
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$846
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$662
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1214
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$696