Columbus vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Columbus	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2252	$1012
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5500	$2487
🏠 One person rent	$1332	$450
🏘️ Family rent	$2531	$850
🍽️ Food expenses	$644	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4005	$957
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	72	49
😀 Quality of life	88	60
🏙️ Population	906K	1.48M

The cost of living in Columbus is 122% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 1248th and 5612th ($2252 vs $1012) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th 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 65th best city to live in the United States vs Zapopan ranked 4th in Mexico, while ranked 242nd and 5259th 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	$19.9	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$35.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$7.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$2.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.97	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1067	$314
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3082	$1191
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$639
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$46.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$71.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$29
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	11.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$5289
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3154	$646
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64	$30.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$21.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$7.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$7.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$9.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$1.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$3.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$1.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$30.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$45.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$89.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1235	$173
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15346	$5160

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$985
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$683
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$779
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$735
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$764
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$882
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$737
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$835
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$630
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$826
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$620
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$719
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1165
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$709
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$687
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$784
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$738
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$796
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$780
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$674
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$978
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$886
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$659
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$729
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$522
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$691
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$748
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$601
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$698
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$879
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$941
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$808
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$839
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$647
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$861
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1153
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$844