Cleveland vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cleveland	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$2039
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4394	$4469
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$1143
🏘️ Family rent	$1817	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$213
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$3371
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	83	95
😀 Quality of life	86	95
🏙️ Population	373K	985K

The cost of living in Cleveland is 7% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 2110th and 1732nd ($1899 vs $2039) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1771st and 1st in the United States and Sweden, respectively. Check the United States vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cleveland compared to 1.7 months in Stockholm. Cleveland ranked 80th best city to live in the United States vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 305th and 20th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cleveland vs Stockholm

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	Cleveland	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.3	$76.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.18	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$7.33
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$4.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$1344
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$844	$920
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2260	$2403
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$1579
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$31.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	4.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1302	$10193
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1026	$5579
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$3.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$95.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.79	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$3.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$4.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$3.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.2	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1016	$145
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18828	$5804

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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 Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1783
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$957
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1570
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1734
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1568
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1487
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1592
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1510
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1510
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1416
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1412
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1252
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1327
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1244
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1242
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1411
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1171
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1302
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1178
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1273
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1599
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1648
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1373
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1279
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1450
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1473
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1495
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1450
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1367
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1254
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$869
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1396
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1441
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1251
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1457
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1239
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1331