Cleveland vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cleveland	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4394	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$1817	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$3560
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	83	90
😀 Quality of life	86	93
🏙️ Population	373K	1.51M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 14% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 2110th and 1352nd ($1899 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1771st 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 1.7 months in Cleveland compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Cleveland ranked 80th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 305th and 54th 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	$16	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.3	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.18	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$844	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2260	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1302	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1026	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.79	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.2	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1016	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18828	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560