Cleveland vs Medina - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cleveland	Medina
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$1215
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4394	$2317
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$1817	$765
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	83	20
😀 Quality of life	86	66
🏙️ Population	373K	1.41M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 56% more expensive than in Medina. Cities ranked 2110th and 4439th ($1899 vs $1215) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1771st and 2nd in the United States and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the United States vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cleveland compared to 1.3 months in Medina. Cleveland ranked 80th best city to live in the United States vs Medina ranked 4th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 305th and 3899th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cleveland vs Medina

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	Cleveland	Medina
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$5.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.3	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.18	$9.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$1.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$338
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$844	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2260	$715
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$124
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$102
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	3.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1302	$3743
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1026	$1120
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.79	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$6.63
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$6.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$1.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$5.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$3.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$75.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.2	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$37.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1016	$290
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18828	$7421

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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 Medina

Distance	City	Cost of living
168 km or 104 mi	Yanbu	$829
328 km or 204 mi	Jeddah	$1146
339 km or 211 mi	Mecca	$979
378 km or 235 mi	Al Wajh	$961
398 km or 247 mi	Ha'il	$846
422 km or 262 mi	Ar Rass	$861
477 km or 296 mi	Unaizah	$969
531 km or 330 mi	Tabuk	$1078
585 km or 363 mi	Bisha	$905
593 km or 368 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
595 km or 370 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
615 km or 382 mi	Sakakah	$781
650 km or 404 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
657 km or 408 mi	Hurghada	$342
661 km or 411 mi	Bareq	$902
675 km or 419 mi	El Gouna	$336
676 km or 420 mi	Dahab	$381
680 km or 423 mi	Aswan	$329
714 km or 444 mi	Luxor	$335
717 km or 446 mi	Qena	$362
719 km or 447 mi	Riyadh	$1637
723 km or 449 mi	Aqaba	$809
729 km or 453 mi	Eilat	$1577
742 km or 461 mi	Ma'an	$793
757 km or 470 mi	Abha	$910
758 km or 471 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
810 km or 503 mi	Tafilah	$646
827 km or 514 mi	Sohag	$360
839 km or 522 mi	Al-Karak	$710
861 km or 535 mi	Dimona	$1716
870 km or 540 mi	Arad	$1680
890 km or 553 mi	Beersheba	$1471
896 km or 557 mi	Asyut	$290
901 km or 560 mi	Hebron	$762
902 km or 561 mi	Dura	$813
902 km or 561 mi	Ofakim	$1684
905 km or 562 mi	Rahat	$1686
906 km or 563 mi	Amman	$994
907 km or 564 mi	Najran	$937
913 km or 567 mi	Bethlehem	$905