Cleveland vs Gothenburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cleveland	Gothenburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$1623
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4394	$3695
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$808
🏘️ Family rent	$1817	$1406
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$516
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$3142
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	83	46
😀 Quality of life	86	92
🏙️ Population	373K	675K

The cost of living in Cleveland is 17% more expensive than in Gothenburg. Cities ranked 2110th and 2959th ($1899 vs $1623) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1771st and 6th in the United States and Sweden, respectively. Check the United States vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cleveland compared to 1.9 months in Gothenburg. Cleveland ranked 80th best city to live in the United States vs Gothenburg ranked 2nd in Sweden, while ranked 305th and 78th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cleveland vs Gothenburg

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	Cleveland	Gothenburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.3	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.18	$9.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$6.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$872
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$844	$665
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2260	$1561
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$1193
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$67.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$34.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	4.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1302	$5838
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1026	$3896
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$3.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$78.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.79	$2.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$3.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$4.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$11.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$2.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$7.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$5.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$3.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$15.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.2	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$25.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$80.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1016	$144
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18828	$3664

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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 Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1498
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1367
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1284
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1167
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1334
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1235
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1394
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1208
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1424
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1473
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1676
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1333
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1373
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1575
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1310
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$1977
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$1500
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$1800
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$1733
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$1864
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$1983
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$1828
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$1952
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$1714
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1140
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1508
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1623
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1279
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$1707
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$1528
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1631
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2134
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1651
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1251