CITY PROFILE
Columbia, MO
WHAT LIVING HERE IS LIKE
Columbia, Missouri is a smaller metro with a warm climate that gets moderate sunshine and fairly wet conditions—good to know if you prefer drier seasons. Housing here sits on the pricier side of our dataset, so affordability may be tighter than you'd expect for a metro of this size. It's a place where you'll trade some cost premium for a smaller-city feel in a warm, humid setting.
By the numbers
| Typical home value | $324K · Zillow, May 2026 (ZHVI) |
|---|---|
| Typical rent | $1,427/mo · Zillow, May 2026 (ZORI) |
| Average temperature | 17.5°C · warmest 27.9°C · coolest 6.2°C · NASA POWER |
| Annual precipitation | 1150 mm · NASA POWER |
| Sunshine (solar energy) | 4.54 kWh/m²/day · NASA POWER (annual mean) |
| Metro size rank (US) | #219 · Zillow SizeRank |
Match scores
- Affordable to buy86
- Affordable to rent79
- Climate comfort86
- Plenty of sunshine58
- Big-city amenities47
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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