Cleveland vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cleveland	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$993
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4394	$2403
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$441
🏘️ Family rent	$1817	$809
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$288
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$1383
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	83	72
😀 Quality of life	86	57
🏙️ Population	373K	4.43M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 91% more expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 2110th and 5539th ($1899 vs $993) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1771st and 4th in the United States and South Africa, respectively. Check the United States vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cleveland compared to 1.4 months in Johannesburg. Cleveland ranked 80th best city to live in the United States vs Johannesburg ranked 2nd in South Africa, while ranked 305th and 5667th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cleveland vs Johannesburg

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	Cleveland	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$9.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.3	$37.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.18	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$2.37
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$2.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$844	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2260	$790
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$71.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	11.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1302	$1031
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1026	$684
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$1.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$9.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.79	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$6.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$5.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$2.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$5.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$7.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.2	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$5.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1016	$214
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18828	$5271

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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 Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$953
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$837
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$923
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$785
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$678
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$807
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$906
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$672
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$820
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$889
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$784
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$795
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$768
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$748
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$780
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$665
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$691
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$664
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$562
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$763
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$628
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$442
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$621
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$567
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$540
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$814
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$964
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$583
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1068
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$809
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$624
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003