Cleveland vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cleveland	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$1097
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4394	$3454
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$1817	$1404
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$1644
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	83	100
😀 Quality of life	86	78
🏙️ Population	373K	24.9M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 73% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2110th and 4858th ($1899 vs $1097) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1771st and 6th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cleveland compared to 1.5 months in Shanghai. Cleveland ranked 80th best city to live in the United States vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 305th and 675th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cleveland vs Shanghai

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	Cleveland	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$4.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.3	$39.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.18	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$1.45
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$844	$455
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2260	$2226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$1115
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$51.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	3.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1302	$14361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1026	$8086
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$34.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$2.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.79	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$3.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.2	$87.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1016	$1181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18828	$30174

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$984
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$665
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$700
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$868
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$573
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$631
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$602
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$670
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$670
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$657
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$590
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$708
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$643
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$716
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$695
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$702
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$644
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$805
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$643
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$603
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$650
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$607
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$665
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$620
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$621
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$677
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$665
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$592
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$621
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$746