Cleveland vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cleveland	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4394	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$1817	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$4315
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	83	100
😀 Quality of life	86	100
🏙️ Population	373K	4.84M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 25% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 2110th and 745th ($1899 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1771st and 1st in the United States and Australia, respectively. Check the United States vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Cleveland compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. Cleveland ranked 80th best city to live in the United States vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 305th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cleveland vs Sydney

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	Cleveland	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.3	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.18	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$844	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2260	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1302	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1026	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.79	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.2	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1016	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18828	$17957

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1669
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683