Cleveland vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cleveland	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1908	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4494	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1111	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3261	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	83	96
😀 Quality of life	89	73
🏙️ Population	373K	13.3M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 33% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2297th and 4141st ($1908 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1793rd 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 90th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 284th and 2664th 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	$15.6	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.8	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.05	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2116	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1450	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$269	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.4	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1289	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1025	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.6	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.54	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.4	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.29	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.73	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.3	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.5	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.1	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1018	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18787	$15272

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Cities near Cleveland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Garfield Heights	$1978
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Cleveland Heights	$1959
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Shaker Heights	$1956
11 km or 6.8 mi	Lakewood	$1997
11 km or 6.9 mi	Parma	$2049
12 km or 7.5 mi	Maple Heights	$1956
13 km or 7.8 mi	South Euclid	$1961
13 km or 8.2 mi	Parma Heights	$2067
15 km or 9.1 mi	Rocky River	$2002
15 km or 9.4 mi	Bedford	$1950
18 km or 11 mi	Euclid	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	North Royalton	$2015
22 km or 13 mi	Solon	$1899
22 km or 13 mi	North Olmsted	$2020
22 km or 14 mi	Westlake	$2019
23 km or 14 mi	Strongsville	$2000
28 km or 17 mi	Avon Lake	$2024
28 km or 18 mi	Willoughby	$2019
30 km or 18 mi	Avon	$2062
30 km or 18 mi	Brunswick	$1954
30 km or 18 mi	North Ridgeville	$2018
33 km or 21 mi	Hudson	$1855
36 km or 22 mi	Mentor	$1974
38 km or 24 mi	Elyria	$1986
40 km or 25 mi	Cuyahoga Falls	$1839
41 km or 25 mi	Stow	$1841
42 km or 26 mi	Lorain	$1971
42 km or 26 mi	Medina	$1908
45 km or 28 mi	Kent	$1737
47 km or 29 mi	Akron	$1735
51 km or 32 mi	Wadsworth	$1884
52 km or 32 mi	Barberton	$1844
61 km or 38 mi	Green	$1784
76 km or 47 mi	Warren	$1631
77 km or 48 mi	Massillon	$1672
78 km or 49 mi	Wooster	$1482
79 km or 49 mi	Alliance	$1477
79 km or 49 mi	Canton	$1410
83 km or 52 mi	Norwalk	$2061
87 km or 54 mi	Sandusky	$2314

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772