Cleveland vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cleveland	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4394	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1817	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	83	96
😀 Quality of life	86	74
🏙️ Population	373K	13.1M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 53% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2110th and 4359th ($1899 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1771st 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 1.2 months in Moscow. Cleveland ranked 80th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 305th and 1187th 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	$16	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.3	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.18	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$844	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2260	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1302	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1026	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.79	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.2	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1016	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18828	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592