Cleveland vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cleveland	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1963	$763
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4528	$2294
🏠 One person rent	$1133	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$1853	$850
🍽️ Food expenses	$590	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$76.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3510	$1294
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	83	97
😀 Quality of life	87	75
🏙️ Population	373K	18.7M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 157% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 1971st and 6602nd ($1963 vs $763) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1633rd and 49th 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 1.8 months in Cleveland compared to 1.7 months in Guangzhou. Cleveland ranked 72nd best city to live in the United States vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 269th and 1036th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cleveland vs Guangzhou

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	Cleveland	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$3.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.6	$25.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.33	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.96	$3.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$457
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$877	$236
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2217	$1125
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1386	$688
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$61.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.9	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	4.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1202	$10222
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$909	$4345
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.49	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.9	$15.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$4.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$1.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.47	$1.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.41	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$0.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$25.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.7	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$5.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.9	$26.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.9	$28.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$35.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.5	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1033	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18767	$15919

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Cities near Cleveland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Garfield Heights	$1986
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Cleveland Heights	$1965
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Shaker Heights	$1955
11 km or 6.8 mi	Lakewood	$1985
11 km or 6.9 mi	Parma	$2049
12 km or 7.5 mi	Maple Heights	$1963
13 km or 7.8 mi	South Euclid	$1953
13 km or 8.2 mi	Parma Heights	$2060
15 km or 9.1 mi	Rocky River	$1975
15 km or 9.4 mi	Bedford	$1945
18 km or 11 mi	Euclid	$1929
19 km or 12 mi	North Royalton	$2008
22 km or 13 mi	Solon	$1903
22 km or 13 mi	North Olmsted	$1970
22 km or 14 mi	Westlake	$1952
23 km or 14 mi	Strongsville	$1988
28 km or 17 mi	Avon Lake	$1923
28 km or 18 mi	Willoughby	$1887
30 km or 18 mi	Avon	$1917
30 km or 18 mi	Brunswick	$1923
30 km or 18 mi	North Ridgeville	$1919
33 km or 21 mi	Hudson	$1829
36 km or 22 mi	Mentor	$1843
38 km or 24 mi	Elyria	$1901
40 km or 25 mi	Cuyahoga Falls	$1821
41 km or 25 mi	Stow	$1815
42 km or 26 mi	Lorain	$1894
42 km or 26 mi	Medina	$1880
45 km or 28 mi	Kent	$1705
47 km or 29 mi	Akron	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Wadsworth	$1732
52 km or 32 mi	Barberton	$1801
61 km or 38 mi	Green	$1734
76 km or 47 mi	Warren	$1563
77 km or 48 mi	Massillon	$1562
78 km or 49 mi	Wooster	$1568
79 km or 49 mi	Alliance	$1441
79 km or 49 mi	Canton	$1205
83 km or 52 mi	Norwalk	$1829
87 km or 54 mi	Sandusky	$1813

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$602
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$678
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$830
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$808
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$491
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$641
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$824
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$958
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1590
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$629
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$839
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2427
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$801
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$852
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$895
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$819
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$783
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1014
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$780
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$774
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$774
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$746
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$726
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$795
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$691
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$794
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$813
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$592
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$605
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$725
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$538
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$618
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$607
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$623
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$611
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$671