Cleveland vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cleveland	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4394	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$1817	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$709
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	83	24
😀 Quality of life	86	39
🏙️ Population	373K	6.56M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 221% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 2110th and 7740th ($1899 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1771st and 263rd 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 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Cleveland ranked 80th best city to live in the United States vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 305th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cleveland vs Shaoyang

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	Cleveland	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.3	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.18	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$844	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2260	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1302	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1026	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.79	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.2	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1016	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18828	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600