Cost of Living in Cincinnati, 🇺🇸 United States - For Locals, Nomads, and Tourists

Researched Updated Nov 12, 2026 Last changed Nov 14, 2026 About costs

Cost breakdown

Digital nomad: short-term stay (1-3 months). Furnished Airbnb or coliving near center, coworking, eating out ~3x/day, travel health insurance.

Expat: long-term resident (1+ years). Renting apartment in center, mix of cooking and dining out, local health insurance, settled lifestyle.

Family: middle-class 4-person family. 2-3 bedroom in suburbs, groceries for 4, international school, car/transport, family health plan.

Local: budget-conscious local resident. Renting outside center, cooking at home, public transport, local phone plan.

Tourist: short-stay visitor (1-14 days). Hotel/Airbnb nightly, all meals at restaurants, taxis, sightseeing.

CategoryCost

Housing 1 3 21 24 $1,522 $1,460 $1,748 $1,006 $135

Utilities 8 3 — $150 $190 $130 —

Internet & Mobile 12 9 10 $45 $90 $135 $90 $6

Groceries 21 20 $140 $450 $950 $300 $10

Transportation 4 5 6 7 $218 $228 $650 $88 $17

Dining Out 25 21 22 23 $942 $325 $550 $125 $55

Leisure Activities 14 21 $277 $200 $3,600 $89 $30

Health Insurance 17 18 $63 $465 $1,150 $365 —

Visa & Legal Fees 19 26 — $50 $50 — —

Total $3,207 $3,418 $9,023 $2,193 $253

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Healthcare

Pharmacy (basic meds) 21 $8.07 per purchase

Doctor Visit (GP) 21 16 $140.00 per visit

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 1 21 $1,006.00 $953 – $1,460 per month

Coworking Space 13 $150.00 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 3 $1,522.00 $1,424 – $2,176 per month

Coliving Space 2 $725.00 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 21 23 $5.12 per cup

Beer 21 $6.04 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 25 21 $13.00 per meal

Fast Food Combo 21 22 $10.10 per meal

Apples 21 $5.65 per kg

Bread 21 $3.33 per loaf

Milk 21 20 $0.91 per liter

Rice 21 $4.11 per kg

Chicken Fillets 21 20 $11.00 per kg

Beef 21 20 $15.90 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 21 $15.10 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 21 $60.50 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 21 $1.88 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 5 $4.00 per trip

Taxi per km 5 $1.24 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 4 $88.00 per month

Gasoline 7 21 $1.00 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 6 5 21 $13.00 per trip

Scooter Rental $3.00 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 9 10 $45.00 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 12 11 21 $45.00 per month

Gym Membership 14 21 $35.00 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) $25.00 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 9 $45.00 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 21 $14.50 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans 21 $45.40 per pair

Summer Dress $50.00 per dress

Running Shoes 21 $83.00 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 15 21 $28.00 per visit

Laundry $4.00 per kg

About these costs

Method: Researched
Last updated: Nov 12, 2026
Last changed: Nov 14, 2026

Checked against the sources below and compared with similar cities. Numbers in the list point to these sources.

Compared with Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Chicago

Change history

Nov 14, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 1800 1522
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 1250 1006
- Apples 2.8 5.65
- Beef 14 15.9
- Beer 5.5 6.04
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- Bread 3.2 3.33
- Chicken Fillets 8.5 11
- Cinema Ticket 14 14.5
- Coffee 5 5.12
- Coliving Space 850 725
- Coworking Space 250 150
- Dining Out local 100, nomad 900, expat 300, family 400, tourist 60 local 125, nomad 942, expat 325, family 550, tourist 55
- Doctor Visit (GP) 120 140
- Fast Food Combo 9.5 10.1
- Gasoline 3.8 1
- Groceries local 350, nomad 100, expat 400, family 900, tourist 0 local 300, nomad 140, expat 450, family 950, tourist 10
- Gym Membership 50 35
- Haircut 30 28
- Health Insurance local 100, nomad 70, expat 150, family 400, tourist 10 local 365, nomad 63, expat 465, family 1150, tourist 0
- Housing local 700, nomad 2000, expat 1200, family 1600, tourist 120 local 1006, nomad 1522, expat 1460, family 1748, tourist 135
- Internet & Mobile local 70, nomad 90, expat 80, family 100, tourist 5 local 90, nomad 45, family 135, tourist 5.83
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 70 45
- Jeans 60 45.4
- Leisure Activities local 50, nomad 200, expat 150, family 200, tourist 25 local 89, nomad 277, expat 200, family 3600, tourist 30
- Meal (Inexpensive) 15 13
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 65 60.5
- Milk 2.2 0.91
- Mobile Plan 50 45
- Monthly Transport Pass 85 88
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 12 8.07
- Rice 2.6 4.11
- Ride-hailing (5km) 12 13
- Running Shoes 90 83
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 20 45
- Taxi per km 1.8 1.24
- Transportation local 50, nomad 100, expat 80, family 250, tourist 20 local 88, nomad 218, expat 228, family 650, tourist 17
- Utilities local 150, nomad 50, expat 160, family 200, tourist 0 local 130, nomad 0, expat 150, family 190, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, expat 50, family 100 local 0, expat 50, family 50
- Water (1.5L bottle) 1.8 1.88
- Wine (Mid-range) 16 15.1
fix pass — Housing (expat and tourist) moved to the centre one-bedroom rent and the upper-middle hotel band in US dollars, Coliving Space moved to the listed-room midpoint, Internet & Mobile (tourist) moved to one prorated week of the prepaid line, and Apartment (1 bedroom), Airbnb (1 month), Housing (local, nomad and family), Transportation (nomad, expat and tourist), Dining Out (local and nomad) and Leisure Activities (local and nomad) set to the exact sums of their item inputs; furnished monthly housing and rooms rebased on Zumper listings after the furnished-housing portal blocked access; the gym cross-check moved to Crunch's listed Anderson prices; the ESTA application fee of USD 40.62 taken from the official application site (URLs in Sources checked)

Cincinnati cost of living