CITY PROFILE
Columbus, OH
WHAT LIVING HERE IS LIKE
Columbus is a mid-size metro with moderately priced homes, offering a temperate four-season climate with moderate sunshine and moderate rainfall—typical Midwest conditions with real winters and summers. If you're coming from a costlier coast or a smaller town, you'll find reasonable housing costs; if you're used to year-round warmth or dryness, prepare for seasonal weather swings and regular cloud cover.
By the numbers
| Typical home value | $334K · Zillow, May 2026 (ZHVI) |
|---|---|
| Typical rent | $1,524/mo · Zillow, May 2026 (ZORI) |
| Average temperature | 11°C · warmest 23.4°C · coolest -2.6°C · NASA POWER |
| Annual precipitation | 986 mm · NASA POWER |
| Sunshine (solar energy) | 3.92 kWh/m²/day · NASA POWER (annual mean) |
| Metro size rank (US) | #32 · Zillow SizeRank |
Match scores
- Affordable to buy85
- Affordable to rent75
- Climate comfort52
- Plenty of sunshine40
- Big-city amenities92
Scores are 0–100, normalised across the metros we cover, derived from the sourced figures above (higher = better on that factor). A research aid, not a recommendation to move. Job market, safety, and healthcare access need key-gated feeds (BLS, FBI, Census) not yet wired — see the methodology.
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