Columbus vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2226
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$830
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$79
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$1294
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	73	97
😀 Quality of life	88	75
🏙️ Population	906K	18.7M

The cost of living in Columbus is 177% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 1476th and 6548th ($2145 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 31st 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 1.7 months in Guangzhou. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 249th and 1055th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Guangzhou

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	Columbus	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$465
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$1183
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$655
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$37.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$58
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$10125
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$4029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$2.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$20.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$6.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$9.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$70
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$14511

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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 Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$656
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$804
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$794
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$461
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$653
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$916
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1588
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$601
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$823
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2432
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$764
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$877
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$803
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$755
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$936
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$758
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$761
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$756
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$724
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$569
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$655
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$443
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$771
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$761
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$451
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$581
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$702
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$522
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$609
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$579
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$590
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$649
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$650