Cleveland vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Cleveland	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1941	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4584	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$1131	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$565	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3404	$4312
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	82	90
😀 Quality of life	87	94
🏙️ Population	373K	1.51M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 23% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 2199th and 863rd ($1941 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1674th and 1st in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cleveland compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Cleveland ranked 99th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 320th and 44th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cleveland vs Munich

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	Cleveland	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.31	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.64	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1252	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$840	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2221	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1512	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$217	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.1	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1613	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1384	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.8	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.8	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.6	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.3	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.59	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.9	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.3	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1137	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18712	$17274

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Cities near Cleveland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Garfield Heights	$1938
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Cleveland Heights	$1944
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Shaker Heights	$1943
11 km or 6.8 mi	Lakewood	$1947
11 km or 6.9 mi	Parma	$1862
12 km or 7.5 mi	Maple Heights	$1928
13 km or 7.8 mi	South Euclid	$1936
13 km or 8.2 mi	Parma Heights	$1938
15 km or 9.1 mi	Rocky River	$1935
15 km or 9.4 mi	Bedford	$1919
18 km or 11 mi	Euclid	$1923
19 km or 12 mi	North Royalton	$1930
22 km or 13 mi	Solon	$1889
22 km or 13 mi	North Olmsted	$1922
22 km or 14 mi	Westlake	$1924
23 km or 14 mi	Strongsville	$1909
28 km or 17 mi	Avon Lake	$1890
28 km or 18 mi	Willoughby	$1899
30 km or 18 mi	Avon	$1908
30 km or 18 mi	Brunswick	$1910
30 km or 18 mi	North Ridgeville	$1882
33 km or 21 mi	Hudson	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Mentor	$1864
38 km or 24 mi	Elyria	$1821
40 km or 25 mi	Cuyahoga Falls	$1834
41 km or 25 mi	Stow	$1823
42 km or 26 mi	Lorain	$1684
42 km or 26 mi	Medina	$1874
45 km or 28 mi	Kent	$1688
47 km or 29 mi	Akron	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Wadsworth	$1988
52 km or 32 mi	Barberton	$1908
61 km or 38 mi	Green	$1835
76 km or 47 mi	Warren	$1639
77 km or 48 mi	Massillon	$1810
78 km or 49 mi	Wooster	$1599
79 km or 49 mi	Alliance	$1531
79 km or 49 mi	Canton	$1513
83 km or 52 mi	Norwalk	$1936
87 km or 54 mi	Sandusky	$2092

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714