Cleveland vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cleveland	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1971	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4638	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1161	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$1997	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$568	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3363	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	82	96
😀 Quality of life	87	72
🏙️ Population	373K	13.3M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 24% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2121st and 3728th ($1971 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1629th and 1st in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cleveland compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Cleveland ranked 111th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 357th and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cleveland vs Moscow

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	Cleveland	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.3	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.58	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.68	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.42	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1296	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$863	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1531	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$230	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.2	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.3%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1477	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1191	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.8	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.22	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.9	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.71	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.8	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.53	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.58	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.6	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1124	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18789	$17546

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Cities near Cleveland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Garfield Heights	$1957
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Cleveland Heights	$1956
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Shaker Heights	$1944
11 km or 6.8 mi	Lakewood	$1953
11 km or 6.9 mi	Parma	$1921
12 km or 7.5 mi	Maple Heights	$1927
13 km or 7.8 mi	South Euclid	$1927
13 km or 8.2 mi	Parma Heights	$1936
15 km or 9.1 mi	Rocky River	$1937
15 km or 9.4 mi	Bedford	$1911
18 km or 11 mi	Euclid	$1930
19 km or 12 mi	North Royalton	$1927
22 km or 13 mi	Solon	$1874
22 km or 13 mi	North Olmsted	$1921
22 km or 14 mi	Westlake	$1928
23 km or 14 mi	Strongsville	$1911
28 km or 17 mi	Avon Lake	$1893
28 km or 18 mi	Willoughby	$1921
30 km or 18 mi	Avon	$1936
30 km or 18 mi	Brunswick	$1897
30 km or 18 mi	North Ridgeville	$1892
33 km or 21 mi	Hudson	$1843
36 km or 22 mi	Mentor	$1844
38 km or 24 mi	Elyria	$1852
40 km or 25 mi	Cuyahoga Falls	$1825
41 km or 25 mi	Stow	$1810
42 km or 26 mi	Lorain	$1807
42 km or 26 mi	Medina	$1896
45 km or 28 mi	Kent	$1712
47 km or 29 mi	Akron	$1662
51 km or 32 mi	Wadsworth	$1958
52 km or 32 mi	Barberton	$1879
61 km or 38 mi	Green	$1827
76 km or 47 mi	Warren	$1633
77 km or 48 mi	Massillon	$1752
78 km or 49 mi	Wooster	$1530
79 km or 49 mi	Alliance	$1500
79 km or 49 mi	Canton	$1451
83 km or 52 mi	Norwalk	$1935
87 km or 54 mi	Sandusky	$2149

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791