Columbus vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Columbus	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2252	$659
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5500	$1725
🏠 One person rent	$1332	$269
🏘️ Family rent	$2531	$474
🍽️ Food expenses	$644	$226
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$73.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4005	$739
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	72	19
😀 Quality of life	88	38
🏙️ Population	906K	7.01M

The cost of living in Columbus is 242% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 1248th and 7219th ($2252 vs $659) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th and 153rd 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 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 1.1 months in Zhumadian. Columbus ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Zhumadian ranked 307th in China, while ranked 242nd and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Zhumadian

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	Columbus	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.3	$21.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$5.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.97	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1379	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1067	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3082	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$364
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$72.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$3395
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3154	$1906
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$12.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.81	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$8.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.81
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$45.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$6.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$24
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$5.06
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$70.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1235	$339
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15346	$9322

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$587
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$612
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$599
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$683
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$610
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$619
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$655
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$568
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$571
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$614
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$647
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$650
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$559
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$673
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$555
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$541
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$614
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$542
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$647
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$622
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$623
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$531
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$599
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$535
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$775
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$659
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$521
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$681
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$594
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$626
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$606
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$511
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$599
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$517
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$633
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$525