Columbus vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2113
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$725
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$233
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$75.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$549
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	73	37
😀 Quality of life	88	43
🏙️ Population	906K	6.98M

The cost of living in Columbus is 181% more expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 1476th and 6602nd ($2145 vs $764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 34th 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 0.7 months in Zhanjiang. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Zhanjiang ranked 161st in China, while ranked 249th and 6725th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Zhanjiang

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	Columbus	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$2.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$307
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$53.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$9.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	4.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$5384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$3087
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$17.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$4.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$5.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$31.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$9.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$551
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$18959

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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 Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$756
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$650
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$642
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$771
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$877
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$592
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$702
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$823
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$812
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$803
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$549
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$598
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$804
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$461
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$763
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$564
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1588
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$611
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$582
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$653
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$579
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$758
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$794
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$591
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$656
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$916
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2432
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$554
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$513
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$755
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$522
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$575