Cleveland vs Daegu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cleveland	Daegu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$995
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4394	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$348
🏘️ Family rent	$1817	$774
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$414
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$2232
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	83	73
😀 Quality of life	86	70
🏙️ Population	373K	2.38M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 91% more expensive than in Daegu. Cities ranked 2110th and 5531st ($1899 vs $995) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1771st and 62nd in the United States and South Korea, respectively. Check the United States vs South Korea comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cleveland compared to 2.2 months in Daegu. Cleveland ranked 80th best city to live in the United States vs Daegu ranked 27th in South Korea, while ranked 305th and 2337th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Cleveland vs Daegu infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/cleveland/daegu.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Cleveland vs Daegu infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/cleveland/daegu" target="_blank">Cleveland vs Daegu - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Cleveland vs Daegu

Prices for goods and services in Cleveland and Daegu are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Cleveland	Daegu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$6.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.3	$29.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.18	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$3.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$332
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$844	$226
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2260	$1076
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$518
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$82.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$18.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	4.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1302	$6867
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1026	$9403
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$1.04
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$8.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.79	$2.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$2.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$7.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$21.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$6.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$3.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$5.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$2.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$2.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$3.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$2.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$44.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$9.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.2	$56.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$7.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$56.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$76.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1016	$425
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18828	$20323

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Cleveland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Garfield Heights	$1958
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Cleveland Heights	$1931
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Shaker Heights	$1927
11 km or 6.8 mi	Lakewood	$1973
11 km or 6.9 mi	Parma	$2023
12 km or 7.5 mi	Maple Heights	$1943
13 km or 7.8 mi	South Euclid	$1922
13 km or 8.2 mi	Parma Heights	$2060
15 km or 9.1 mi	Rocky River	$1966
15 km or 9.4 mi	Bedford	$1921
18 km or 11 mi	Euclid	$1914
19 km or 12 mi	North Royalton	$2003
22 km or 13 mi	Solon	$1876
22 km or 13 mi	North Olmsted	$1965
22 km or 14 mi	Westlake	$1954
23 km or 14 mi	Strongsville	$1967
28 km or 17 mi	Avon Lake	$1935
28 km or 18 mi	Willoughby	$1902
30 km or 18 mi	Avon	$1937
30 km or 18 mi	Brunswick	$1915
30 km or 18 mi	North Ridgeville	$1930
33 km or 21 mi	Hudson	$1818
36 km or 22 mi	Mentor	$1871
38 km or 24 mi	Elyria	$1906
40 km or 25 mi	Cuyahoga Falls	$1830
41 km or 25 mi	Stow	$1799
42 km or 26 mi	Lorain	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Medina	$1842
45 km or 28 mi	Kent	$1666
47 km or 29 mi	Akron	$1768
51 km or 32 mi	Wadsworth	$1839
52 km or 32 mi	Barberton	$1840
61 km or 38 mi	Green	$1753
76 km or 47 mi	Warren	$1584
77 km or 48 mi	Massillon	$1606
78 km or 49 mi	Wooster	$1481
79 km or 49 mi	Alliance	$1526
79 km or 49 mi	Canton	$1279
83 km or 52 mi	Norwalk	$1858
87 km or 54 mi	Sandusky	$1860

Cities near Daegu

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Gyeongsan	$991
33 km or 20 mi	Yeongcheon	$1115
44 km or 27 mi	Miryang	$1030
44 km or 27 mi	Gumi	$992
52 km or 32 mi	Gimcheon	$977
56 km or 35 mi	Gyeongju	$1388
66 km or 41 mi	Changwon	$1075
71 km or 44 mi	Yangsan	$1027
71 km or 44 mi	Pohang	$988
73 km or 45 mi	Sangju	$1000
74 km or 46 mi	Sacheon	$983
74 km or 46 mi	Ulsan	$1059
75 km or 46 mi	Gimhae	$959
76 km or 47 mi	Masan	$998
79 km or 49 mi	Andong	$880
88 km or 55 mi	Jinju	$1054
88 km or 55 mi	Mungyeong	$979
94 km or 58 mi	Busan	$1060
106 km or 66 mi	Yeongju	$964
113 km or 70 mi	Geoje	$887
115 km or 71 mi	Tongyeong	$924
121 km or 75 mi	Namwon	$987
122 km or 76 mi	Daejeon	$992
130 km or 81 mi	Gyeryong	$977
131 km or 81 mi	Jeonju	$854
131 km or 82 mi	Gwangyang	$1002
131 km or 82 mi	Cheongju	$936
137 km or 85 mi	Chungju	$900
137 km or 85 mi	Sejong	$1019
141 km or 88 mi	Nonsan	$1019
143 km or 89 mi	Suncheon	$1059
145 km or 90 mi	Jecheon	$1016
148 km or 92 mi	Gongju	$1038
148 km or 92 mi	Iksan	$959
149 km or 93 mi	Taebaek	$1012
150 km or 93 mi	Yeosu	$989
154 km or 96 mi	Gimje	$937
160 km or 100 mi	Asan	$1038
161 km or 100 mi	Jeongeup	$970
167 km or 103 mi	Cheonan	$1151