Columbus vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$1605
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$183
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$313
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	73	17
😀 Quality of life	88	38
🏙️ Population	906K	9.03M

The cost of living in Columbus is 270% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 1476th and 7893rd ($2145 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 321st 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 1.2 months in Zhoukou. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Zhoukou ranked 329th in China, while ranked 249th and 7224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Zhoukou

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	Columbus	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$161
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$205
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$47
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$1867
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$18
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$2.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$3.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$1.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$3.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$23.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$4.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$14854

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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 Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$591
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$591
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$586
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$637
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$547
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$571
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$538
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$736
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$545
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$633
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$528
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$600
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$519
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$529
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$787
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$522
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$575
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$584
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$571
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$632
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$509
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$602
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$551
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$505
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$504
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$505
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$619
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$625
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$800
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$621
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$484