Cleveland vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cleveland	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$2597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4394	$6395
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$1516
🏘️ Family rent	$1817	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$737
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$188
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$4131
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	83	99
😀 Quality of life	86	90
🏙️ Population	373K	1.6M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 27% less expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 2110th and 664th ($1899 vs $2597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1771st and 610th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cleveland compared to 1.6 months in Philadelphia. Ranked 80th vs 28th best cities to live in the United States, and 305th vs 138th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cleveland vs Philadelphia

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	Cleveland	Philadelphia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.3	$94.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.18	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$5.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$1616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$844	$1200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2260	$3231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$2273
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$71.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1302	$3404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1026	$2379
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$95.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.79	$4.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$9.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$19.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$6.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$5.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$5.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$3.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$3.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$3.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$5.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$3.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$50.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.2	$102
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$24.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$52.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$89.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1016	$2066
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18828	$19774

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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 Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2625
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2596
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2683
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2621
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2415
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2610
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2574
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2604
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2477
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2567
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2600
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2591
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2608
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2368
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2600
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2611
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2787
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2493
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2423
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2582
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2541
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2353
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2683
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2676
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2085
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2653
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$2901
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2642
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2739
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2919
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2819
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2723
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2782
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2849
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2303
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2264
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2880
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2320
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2557
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2693