Cleveland vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cleveland	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1971	$1083
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4638	$2612
🏠 One person rent	$1161	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$1997	$857
🍽️ Food expenses	$568	$350
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3363	$600
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	82	44
😀 Quality of life	87	62
🏙️ Population	373K	2.2M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 82% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 2121st and 5110th ($1971 vs $1083) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1629th and 2nd in the United States and the Dominican Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Dominican Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cleveland compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. Cleveland ranked 111th best city to live in the United States vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 357th and 5729th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cleveland vs Santo Domingo

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	Cleveland	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$9.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.3	$49.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.58	$7.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.68	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$2.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.42	$1.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1296	$669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$863	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$1207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1531	$608
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$60.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$230	$93.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.2	$35.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.3%	13.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1477	$1627
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1191	$1066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.8	$29.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.22	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$7.61
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.9	$2.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.71	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.8	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.53	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$5.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$5.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$4.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.58	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$34.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$73.6	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$9.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$84.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1124	$249
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18789	$6928

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Cities near Cleveland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Garfield Heights	$1957
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Cleveland Heights	$1956
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Shaker Heights	$1944
11 km or 6.8 mi	Lakewood	$1953
11 km or 6.9 mi	Parma	$1921
12 km or 7.5 mi	Maple Heights	$1927
13 km or 7.8 mi	South Euclid	$1927
13 km or 8.2 mi	Parma Heights	$1936
15 km or 9.1 mi	Rocky River	$1937
15 km or 9.4 mi	Bedford	$1911
18 km or 11 mi	Euclid	$1930
19 km or 12 mi	North Royalton	$1927
22 km or 13 mi	Solon	$1874
22 km or 13 mi	North Olmsted	$1921
22 km or 14 mi	Westlake	$1928
23 km or 14 mi	Strongsville	$1911
28 km or 17 mi	Avon Lake	$1893
28 km or 18 mi	Willoughby	$1921
30 km or 18 mi	Avon	$1936
30 km or 18 mi	Brunswick	$1897
30 km or 18 mi	North Ridgeville	$1892
33 km or 21 mi	Hudson	$1843
36 km or 22 mi	Mentor	$1844
38 km or 24 mi	Elyria	$1852
40 km or 25 mi	Cuyahoga Falls	$1825
41 km or 25 mi	Stow	$1810
42 km or 26 mi	Lorain	$1807
42 km or 26 mi	Medina	$1896
45 km or 28 mi	Kent	$1712
47 km or 29 mi	Akron	$1662
51 km or 32 mi	Wadsworth	$1958
52 km or 32 mi	Barberton	$1879
61 km or 38 mi	Green	$1827
76 km or 47 mi	Warren	$1633
77 km or 48 mi	Massillon	$1752
78 km or 49 mi	Wooster	$1530
79 km or 49 mi	Alliance	$1500
79 km or 49 mi	Canton	$1451
83 km or 52 mi	Norwalk	$1935
87 km or 54 mi	Sandusky	$2149

Cities near Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$899
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$744
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$810
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$714
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$580
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$785
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$768
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$700
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$551
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$678
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$820
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$753
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$553
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$734
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$769
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$777
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$639
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$930
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$1006
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1114
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$791
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$797
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$785
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$533
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$554
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$549
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$573
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$557
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$541
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1313
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1209
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1457
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1590
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1473
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$548
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1663
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1628
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1610
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$550