Columbus vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$1162
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$2700
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$534
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$865
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	72	49
😀 Quality of life	90	64
🏙️ Population	906K	1.48M

The cost of living in Columbus is 88% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 1512th and 4791st ($2181 vs $1162) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd 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 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.9 months in Zapopan. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 217th and 5343rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Columbus vs Zapopan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/columbus/zapopan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Columbus vs Zapopan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/columbus/zapopan" target="_blank">Columbus vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Columbus vs Zapopan

Prices for goods and services in Columbus and Zapopan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Columbus	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.3	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$8.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$1.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$367
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$1083
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$76
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$30.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	10.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$5652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$506
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$23.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$2.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$2.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$5.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$40.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$7.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$45.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$5862

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1120
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$913
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$929
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1058
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$749
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$717
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$815
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1296
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1030
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$873
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$832
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$858
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$901
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$861
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1108
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$753
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$896
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$894
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$615
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$846
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$873
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$764
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$803
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1184
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$872
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$943
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$687
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$857
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1166
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$926