Cleveland vs Medellin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cleveland	Medellin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4394	$2260
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$408
🏘️ Family rent	$1817	$761
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$275
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$133
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$432
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	83	66
😀 Quality of life	86	53
🏙️ Population	373K	2.53M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 109% more expensive than in Medellin. Cities ranked 2110th and 6005th ($1899 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1771st and 2nd in the United States and Colombia, respectively. Check the United States vs Colombia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cleveland compared to 0.5 months in Medellin. Cleveland ranked 80th best city to live in the United States vs Medellin ranked 2nd in Colombia, while ranked 305th and 6049th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cleveland vs Medellin

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	Cleveland	Medellin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$6.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.3	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.18	$7.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$2.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$1.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$844	$312
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2260	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$47.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$73.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$22.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	14.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1302	$1715
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1026	$1447
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$13.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.79	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$5.44
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$9.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$4.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$29.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.2	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$64
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1016	$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18828	$5682

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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 Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$897
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$839
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$653
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$705
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$680
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$649
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$605
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$598
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$529
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$674
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$709
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$493
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$794
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$887
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$513
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$563
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$645
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$742
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$666
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$497
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$748
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$650
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$524
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$604
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$722
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$557
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$562
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$599
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$477
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$618