Cost of living comparison
Berlin is 12.5% more expensive than Cincinnati.
If you lived in Berlin instead of Cincinnati, you would:
pay 42.2% more for restaurants
Cincinnati
|
Berlin
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$13.00
|
$15.24
€14.11
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$8.00
|
$10.88
€10.08
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.14
|
$3.08
€2.85
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.59
|
$2.74
€2.54
|
|
pay 3.1% less for groceries
Cincinnati
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.74
|
$2.14
€1.98
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.52
|
$6.94
€6.42
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.02
|
$4.68
€4.33
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.69
|
$3.49
€3.23
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.00
|
$6.38
€5.91
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.16
|
$1.31
€1.21
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.72
|
$0.78
€0.72
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.54
|
$1.06
€0.98
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.17
|
$1.65
€1.52
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.13
|
$0.81
€0.75
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.35
|
$0.86
€0.79
|
|
pay 40.5% more for transportation
Cincinnati
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.41
|
$7.43
€6.88
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$80.00
|
$53.34
€49.38
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$35,555.82
|
$32,415.23
€30,012.42
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$13.69
|
$25.46
€23.58
|
|
pay 40.0% more for housing
Cincinnati
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$61.73
|
$42.52
€39.37
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$1,393.33
|
$1,392.07
€1,288.88
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$963.17
|
$988.74
€915.45
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$96.42
|
$278.35
€257.71
|
|
pay 66.2% less for childcare
Cincinnati
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$1,566.11
|
$209.09
€193.59
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$17,408.00
|
$9,427.53
€8,728.71
|
|
pay 3.8% more for entertainment and sports
Cincinnati
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$5.00
|
$4.90
€4.54
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.54
|
$4.05
€3.75
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$8.79
|
$8.93
€8.26
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$28.14
|
$37.56
€34.78
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$13.75
|
$13.33
€12.35
|
|
pay 30.1% more for clothing
Cincinnati
|
Berlin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$44.08
|
$88.82
€82.24
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$48.75
|
$41.27
€38.21
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$96.11
|
$96.51
€89.36
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$108.12
|
$144.43
€133.73
|
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