5 Independent Sources · 568 Cities · NYC = 100 Baseline · 2026

Cost of Living Index 5 Independent Sources

Compare 568 cities worldwide. Data from Numbeo, Expatistan, LivingCost, SIM Price Index, and Eurostat — bias-corrected and confidence-scored for reliability.

568
Cities Tracked
360
High Confidence
100
NYC = Baseline
5 Independent Sources Government Validated (Eurostat) Confidence Scored Transparent Methodology
Showing 568 of 568 cities
# City ⇅ Composite ↓ Agreement ⇅
1 New York , United States 100.0
3-star 93.4%
2 Geneva , Switzerland 96.4
3-star 94.8%
3 Zurich , Switzerland 95.3
3-star 91.3%
4 George Town , Cayman Islands 91.9
2-star
5 London , United Kingdom 90.3
3-star 94.0%
6 Honolulu , United States 86.5
3-star 94.8%
7 San Francisco , United States 85.7
3-star 95.4%
8 Reykjavik , Iceland 82.6
3-star
9 Lucerne , Switzerland 81.4
3-star
10 Lausanne , Switzerland 79.6
3-star 97.0%
11 Los Angeles , United States 79.6
3-star 95.8%
12 Washington , DC, United States 79.4
3-star
13 Basel , Switzerland 79.1
3-star
14 St. Gallen , Switzerland 78.2
3-star
15 Singapore , Singapore 77.5
2-star 93.2%
16 Miami , United States 76.8
3-star 96.0%
17 Bern , Switzerland 76.5
3-star
18 Seattle , WA, United States 76.2
3-star
19 Lugano , Switzerland 74.7
2-star 90.6%
20 Oakland , CA, United States 74.1
3-star
21 Boston , United States 74.0
2-star 93.0%
22 San Diego , United States 73.0
3-star 94.1%
23 Jersey City , NJ, United States 73.0
2-star
24 San Jose , CA, United States 72.1
1-star
25 Saint Helier , Jersey 71.1
3-star
26 Tel Aviv , Israel 69.6
2-star 98.0%
27 Tel Aviv-Yafo , Israel 69.0
2-star
28 Sydney , Australia 68.2
2-star 97.0%
29 Fort Lauderdale , FL, United States 67.7
3-star
30 Hong Kong , Hong Kong 67.5
3-star 95.9%
31 Dublin , Ireland 67.0
3-star 99.7%
32 Charleston , SC, United States 65.4
3-star
33 Hong Kong , Hong Kong (China) 65.4
3-star
34 Sacramento , CA, United States 65.3
3-star
35 Chicago , United States 64.7
3-star 97.8%
36 Amsterdam , Netherlands 64.4
2-star 95.3%
37 Luxembourg , Luxembourg 63.9
3-star
38 Melbourne , Australia 63.5
2-star 93.7%
39 The Hague , Netherlands 63.5
3-star
40 Beirut , Lebanon 63.0
1-star
41 Rotterdam , Netherlands 62.8
3-star
42 Utrecht , Netherlands 62.5
3-star
43 Haarlem , Netherlands 62.0
3-star
44 Galway , Ireland 61.9
3-star
45 Copenhagen , Denmark 61.8
3-star 98.8%
46 Jerusalem , Israel 61.7
3-star
47 Philadelphia , PA, United States 61.7
3-star
48 Cambridge , United Kingdom 61.7
3-star
49 Guildford , United Kingdom 61.5
3-star
50 Anchorage , AK, United States 61.3
2-star
51 Oslo , Norway 60.8
3-star 95.8%
52 Bristol , United Kingdom 60.8
3-star
53 Oxford , United Kingdom 60.3
3-star
54 Tampa , FL, United States 60.2
3-star
55 Stavanger , Norway 60.1
3-star
56 Paris , France 60.0
2-star 87.3%
57 Bergen , Norway 60.0
2-star
58 Nashville , TN, United States 60.0
3-star
59 Denver , United States 59.9
2-star 94.7%
60 Cork , Ireland 59.8
3-star
61 Portland , United States 59.3
3-star 96.9%
62 Brighton , United Kingdom 59.2
3-star
63 Dallas , TX, United States 58.7
3-star
64 Trondheim , Norway 58.6
3-star
65 Syracuse , NY, United States 58.2
3-star
66 Orlando , FL, United States 58.2
3-star
67 Arlington , VA, United States 58.0
1-star
68 Winston-Salem , NC, United States 57.9
3-star
69 Charlotte , NC, United States 57.9
3-star
70 Reno , NV, United States 57.8
3-star
71 Hobart , Australia 57.2
3-star
72 Reading , United Kingdom 56.9
3-star
73 Austin , TX, United States 56.9
3-star
74 Olympia , WA, United States 56.9
3-star
75 Manchester , United Kingdom 56.8
3-star
76 Dubai , United Arab Emirates 56.6
3-star 99.3%
77 Phoenix , AZ, United States 56.1
2-star
78 Atlanta , United States 55.9
3-star 97.6%
79 Gold Coast , Australia 55.9
2-star
80 Colorado Springs , CO, United States 55.8
3-star
81 Munich , Germany 55.7
3-star 98.0%
82 Innsbruck , Austria 55.7
3-star
83 Delft , Netherlands 55.6
2-star
84 Burnaby , Canada 55.6
3-star
85 Salt Lake City , UT, United States 55.6
2-star
86 Vancouver , Canada 55.4
3-star 98.0%
87 Madison , WI, United States 55.2
3-star
88 Adelaide , Australia 55.0
3-star 98.3%
89 Greenville , SC, United States 55.0
3-star
90 Raleigh , NC, United States 55.0
3-star
91 Ann Arbor , MI, United States 55.0
3-star
92 Baltimore , MD, United States 54.9
3-star
93 Southampton , United Kingdom 54.9
2-star
94 Eindhoven , Netherlands 54.9
3-star
95 Leiden , Netherlands 54.8
3-star
96 Richmond , VA, United States 54.8
3-star
97 Fort Collins , CO, United States 54.7
3-star
98 Canberra , Australia 54.6
3-star
99 Albany , NY, United States 54.6
3-star
100 Almere , Netherlands 54.6
3-star
101 Milton Keynes , United Kingdom 54.6
3-star
102 Fort Worth , TX, United States 54.5
3-star
103 Las Vegas , NV, United States 54.5
3-star
104 Toronto , Canada 54.2
3-star 99.1%
105 Stockholm , Sweden 53.8
2-star 88.7%
106 Leeds , United Kingdom 53.7
3-star
107 Aarhus , Denmark 53.5
3-star
108 New Orleans , LA, United States 53.5
2-star
109 Perth , Australia 53.3
3-star 93.7%
110 Indianapolis , IN, United States 53.3
2-star
111 Minneapolis , United States 53.2
3-star 99.4%
112 Birmingham , United Kingdom 53.2
3-star
113 Ajman , United Arab Emirates 53.2
1-star
114 Vancouver , WA, United States 53.1
2-star
115 Spokane , WA, United States 53.0
2-star
116 Salem , OR, United States 53.0
3-star
117 Kansas City , MO, United States 52.9
3-star
118 Birmingham , AL, United States 52.8
3-star
119 Columbus , OH, United States 52.6
3-star
120 San Juan , Puerto Rico 52.4
3-star
121 Glasgow , United Kingdom 52.4
3-star
122 Jacksonville , FL, United States 52.4
3-star
123 Burlington , Canada 52.4
3-star
124 Hamburg , Germany 52.0
3-star
125 Victoria , Canada 52.0
3-star
126 Frankfurt , Germany 51.9
3-star 88.6%
127 Milan , Italy 51.9
2-star 98.0%
128 Wiesbaden , Germany 51.9
2-star
129 Surrey , Canada 51.7
3-star
130 Edinburgh , United Kingdom 51.6
3-star 92.6%
131 Brisbane , Australia 51.5
3-star 96.4%
132 Aalborg , Denmark 51.5
3-star
133 Freiburg im Breisgau , Germany 51.5
3-star
134 Ottawa , Canada 51.4
3-star
135 Mississauga , Canada 51.3
2-star
136 Detroit , United States 51.2
3-star 93.9%
137 Berlin , Germany 51.1
3-star 87.2%
138 Buffalo , NY, United States 51.0
2-star
139 Halifax , Canada 51.0
3-star
140 Eugene , OR, United States 51.0
3-star
141 Heidelberg , Germany 50.8
2-star
142 Cincinnati , OH, United States 50.8
3-star
143 Stuttgart , Germany 50.5
3-star
144 Sliema , Malta 50.4
2-star
145 Liverpool , United Kingdom 50.3
2-star
146 Wellington , New Zealand 50.3
3-star
147 Omaha , NE, United States 50.3
2-star
148 Espoo , Finland 50.2
2-star
149 Limassol , Cyprus 50.2
3-star
150 Houston , United States 50.1
3-star 93.1%
151 Saint Louis , MO, United States 49.8
2-star
152 Aberdeen , United Kingdom 49.8
3-star
153 Coventry , United Kingdom 49.8
3-star
154 Helsinki , Finland 49.7
2-star 98.1%
155 Knoxville , TN, United States 49.6
3-star
156 Cologne , Germany 49.4
3-star
157 Milwaukee , WI, United States 49.4
3-star
158 Nanaimo , BC, Canada 49.4
3-star
159 Odense , Denmark 49.2
3-star
160 Dusseldorf , Germany 49.2
3-star
161 Groningen , Netherlands 49.2
2-star
162 Newcastle upon Tyne , United Kingdom 49.1
3-star
163 Memphis , TN, United States 49.0
3-star
164 Brussels , Belgium 48.9
3-star 82.0%
165 Vienna , Austria 48.7
3-star 98.4%
166 Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates 48.7
3-star
167 Calgary , Canada 48.6
3-star 97.9%
168 Pittsburgh , United States 48.6
3-star 92.8%
169 Barcelona , Spain 48.6
3-star 95.1%
170 Nottingham , United Kingdom 48.6
3-star
171 Tampere , Finland 48.4
3-star
172 Haifa , Israel 48.3
2-star 93.5%
173 Nice , France 48.3
3-star
174 Erfurt , Germany 48.3
3-star
175 Bonn , Germany 48.3
3-star
176 San Antonio , TX, United States 48.3
2-star
177 Gothenburg , Sweden 48.3
2-star
178 Cleveland , United States 48.2
3-star 89.8%
179 Cardiff , United Kingdom 48.2
3-star
180 Boise , United States 48.1
2-star 98.9%
181 Hamilton , Canada 48.1
3-star
182 Madrid , Spain 48.0
3-star 98.6%
183 Karlsruhe , Germany 48.0
2-star
184 Kelowna , Canada 48.0
3-star
185 Mainz , Germany 47.9
3-star
186 Belfast , United Kingdom 47.5
2-star
187 Guelph , Canada 47.2
2-star
188 Dundee , United Kingdom 47.2
3-star
189 Rochester , NY, United States 47.1
3-star
190 London , Canada 47.0
3-star
191 Albuquerque , NM, United States 47.0
3-star
192 Brampton , Canada 47.0
3-star
193 Augsburg , Germany 46.9
2-star
194 Florence , Italy 46.8
3-star
195 Bologna , Italy 46.7
3-star 93.5%
196 Duisburg , Germany 46.7
3-star
197 Auckland , New Zealand 46.6
2-star 95.1%
198 Rome , Italy 46.6
3-star 97.8%
199 Leuven , Belgium 46.6
3-star
200 Modena , Italy 46.5
3-star
201 Gent , Belgium 46.4
3-star 91.1%
202 Kitchener , Canada 46.4
3-star
203 Brescia , Italy 46.3
2-star
204 Sheffield , United Kingdom 46.3
3-star
205 Treviso , Italy 46.3
3-star
206 Tulsa , OK, United States 46.3
3-star
207 Huntsville , AL, United States 46.2
3-star
208 Doha , Qatar 46.2
3-star
209 Darmstadt , Germany 46.0
3-star
210 Graz , Austria 45.8
3-star
211 Malmo , Sweden 45.5
3-star
212 Tucson , AZ, United States 45.4
2-star
213 Waterloo , Canada 45.4
3-star
214 Nuremberg , Germany 45.3
2-star
215 Uppsala , Sweden 45.3
3-star
216 Edmonton , Canada 45.2
3-star
217 Antwerp , Belgium 45.1
2-star 88.1%
218 Saskatoon , Canada 45.1
3-star
219 Winnipeg , Canada 45.1
3-star
220 Oulu , Finland 45.0
3-star
221 College Station , TX, United States 45.0
3-star
222 Linz , Austria 44.9
2-star
223 Mannheim , Germany 44.9
3-star
224 Louisville , KY, United States 44.9
3-star
225 Toulouse , France 44.8
3-star
226 Bremen , Germany 44.8
3-star
227 Hanover , Germany 44.8
3-star
228 Bordeaux , France 44.7
2-star
229 Columbia , SC, United States 44.7
3-star
230 Padova , Italy 44.6
3-star
231 Moncton , Canada 44.5
3-star
232 Strasbourg , France 44.4
2-star
233 Wichita , KS, United States 44.4
3-star
234 Lisbon , Portugal 44.2
3-star 98.5%
235 Kassel , Germany 44.1
3-star
236 Lyon , France 44.0
2-star 94.8%
237 Little Rock , AR, United States 44.0
3-star
238 St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 43.9
2-star
239 Montreal , Canada 43.8
3-star 98.2%
240 Rostock , Germany 43.7
3-star
241 Windsor , Canada 43.7
3-star
242 Magdeburg , Germany 43.6
3-star
243 Erlangen , Germany 43.6
2-star
244 Verona , Italy 43.5
2-star
245 Pisa , Italy 43.4
1-star
246 Marseille , France 43.3
2-star 96.3%
247 Tokyo , Japan 43.3
2-star 94.8%
248 Leipzig , Germany 43.2
2-star
249 Kingston , Jamaica 43.0
3-star
250 Oklahoma City , United States 42.9
3-star 95.3%
251 Paphos , Cyprus 42.7
3-star
252 Montpellier , France 42.6
3-star
253 Seoul , South Korea 42.5
2-star 86.3%
254 Regina , Canada 42.5
2-star
255 Valletta , Malta 42.4
3-star 95.9%
256 Aachen , Germany 42.4
2-star
257 Lethbridge , AB, Canada 42.4
2-star
258 Lund , Sweden 42.4
2-star
259 Port of Spain , Trinidad And Tobago 42.3
3-star
260 Christchurch , New Zealand 42.0
2-star
261 Villach , Austria 41.8
2-star
262 Sharjah , United Arab Emirates 41.8
2-star
263 Warsaw , Poland 41.7
3-star 98.5%
264 Trento , Italy 41.7
3-star
265 Genoa , Italy 41.7
3-star
266 Puerto Vallarta , Mexico 41.6
3-star
267 San Miguel de Allende , Mexico 41.6
3-star
268 Trieste , Italy 41.3
2-star
269 Rimini , Italy 41.2
3-star
270 Palma de Mallorca , Spain 41.1
2-star 99.2%
271 Dortmund , Germany 40.9
3-star 80.1%
272 Turku , Finland 40.8
3-star 85.3%
273 Split , Croatia 40.8
2-star
274 Prague , Czech Republic 40.6
3-star 94.3%
275 Lille , France 40.5
2-star 98.1%
276 Valladolid , Spain 40.5
3-star
277 Grenoble , France 40.3
3-star 95.7%
278 Turin , Italy 40.3
2-star
279 Kingston , Canada 40.3
3-star
280 Larnaca , Cyprus 40.2
3-star
281 Braunschweig , Germany 40.1
2-star
282 Krakow , Poland 40.1
3-star
283 Quebec City , Canada 40.0
3-star
284 Cagliari , Italy 39.9
3-star
285 Essen , Germany 39.8
2-star 81.8%
286 Remagen , Germany 39.7
3-star
287 Bilbao , Spain 39.6
3-star 94.3%
288 Nicosia , Cyprus 39.6
3-star
289 Reggio Nell'emilia , Italy 39.5
3-star
290 Valencia , Spain 39.4
3-star 99.2%
291 San Jose , Costa Rica 39.4
3-star
292 Wroclaw , Poland 39.4
3-star
293 Gdansk , Poland 39.0
3-star
294 Gijon , Spain 38.9
3-star
295 Bergamo , Italy 38.8
2-star 99.3%
296 Naples , Italy 38.7
3-star 94.8%
297 Chania , Greece 38.7
3-star
298 Bari , Italy 38.5
3-star
299 Funchal , Portugal 38.5
3-star
300 Porto , Portugal 38.2
3-star 99.3%
301 Chemnitz , Germany 38.2
3-star
302 Malaga , Spain 38.1
3-star 99.5%
303 Tarragona , Spain 38.0
3-star
304 Ljubljana , Slovenia 37.9
3-star 99.5%
305 Dresden , Germany 37.7
3-star 98.2%
306 Aveiro , Portugal 37.7
3-star
307 Tenerife , Spain 37.6
3-star 99.2%
308 Tallinn , Estonia 37.5
3-star 89.1%
309 Panama City , Panama 37.5
3-star
310 Lodz , Poland 37.5
3-star
311 Poznan , Poland 37.4
3-star
312 Moscow , Russia 37.3
2-star
313 Monterrey , Mexico 37.1
2-star 99.0%
314 Brno , Czech Republic 37.1
2-star
315 Riyadh , Saudi Arabia 37.0
3-star 89.9%
316 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , Spain 36.5
3-star
317 Maribor , Slovenia 36.2
3-star
318 Kosice , Slovakia 36.1
2-star
319 Gdynia , Poland 36.0
3-star
320 Ras al-Khaimah , United Arab Emirates 35.9
2-star
321 Seville , Spain 35.4
3-star 99.9%
322 Kuwait City , Kuwait 35.3
3-star
323 Alicante , Spain 35.2
3-star 99.7%
324 Las Palmas , Spain 35.2
3-star 98.6%
325 Heraklion , Greece 35.2
3-star
326 Catania , Italy 35.1
3-star
327 Cancun , Mexico 34.9
3-star
328 Zaragoza , Spain 34.8
3-star 96.3%
329 Seville , Spain 34.8
3-star
330 Montevideo , Uruguay 34.6
3-star 70.5%
331 Taipei , Taiwan 34.6
2-star
332 Athens , Greece 34.4
3-star 99.7%
333 Bratislava , Slovakia 34.4
3-star 98.5%
334 Abidjan , Ivory Coast 34.4
2-star
335 Palermo , Italy 34.3
2-star
336 Braga , Portugal 34.3
3-star
337 Manama , Bahrain 34.3
3-star
338 Coimbra , Portugal 34.2
3-star
339 Vilnius , Lithuania 33.9
3-star 93.9%
340 Jeddah , Saudi Arabia 33.9
2-star
341 Oviedo , Spain 33.8
3-star 94.7%
342 Rijeka , Croatia 33.8
3-star
343 Osaka , Japan 33.7
2-star 94.7%
344 Tijuana , Mexico 33.7
3-star
345 Istanbul , Türkiye 33.6
2-star 95.5%
346 Tirana , Albania 33.4
2-star
347 Istanbul , Turkey 33.4
2-star
348 Al Khobar , Saudi Arabia 33.3
3-star
349 Zagreb , Croatia 33.2
3-star 95.7%
350 Olomouc , Czech Republic 32.9
3-star
351 Cape Town , South Africa 32.9
3-star
352 Patras , Greece 32.8
3-star
353 Granada , Spain 32.5
3-star 99.7%
354 San Salvador , El Salvador 32.5
2-star
355 Budva , Montenegro 32.3
2-star
356 Queretaro , Mexico 32.2
3-star
357 Muscat , Oman 32.0
2-star
358 Guadalajara , Mexico 32.0
3-star
359 Kaunas , Lithuania 31.9
2-star
360 Ostrava , Czech Republic 31.7
2-star
361 Merida , Mexico 31.4
3-star
362 New Taipei City , Taiwan 31.1
1-star
363 Shanghai , China 31.0
3-star 97.7%
364 Plzen , Czech Republic 31.0
2-star
365 Budapest , Hungary 30.9
3-star 98.3%
366 Thessaloniki , Greece 30.7
2-star 93.0%
367 Klaipeda , Lithuania 30.7
3-star
368 Yerevan , Armenia 30.6
3-star
369 Beijing , China 30.4
3-star 98.0%
370 Medellin , Colombia 30.4
2-star
371 Riga , Latvia 30.3
2-star 92.7%
372 Johannesburg , South Africa 30.2
3-star 93.4%
373 Tartu , Estonia 30.1
3-star 96.5%
374 Mexico City , Mexico 30.1
2-star 92.0%
375 Cluj-Napoca , Romania 30.1
3-star
376 Belgrade , Serbia 30.0
3-star 90.7%
377 Santiago , Chile 29.8
2-star 79.0%
378 Phuket , Thailand 29.8
3-star
379 Harare , Zimbabwe 29.7
3-star
380 Amman , Jordan 29.2
2-star
381 Ad Dammam , Saudi Arabia 29.1
2-star
382 Novi Sad , Serbia 29.0
3-star
383 Katowice , Poland 29.0
2-star
384 Varna , Bulgaria 28.8
2-star
385 Podgorica , Montenegro 28.8
3-star
386 Debrecen , Hungary 28.7
3-star
387 Pretoria , South Africa 28.7
2-star
388 Banja Luka , Bosnia And Herzegovina 28.6
3-star
389 Szczecin , Poland 28.6
3-star
390 Vlore , Albania 28.4
3-star
391 Taichung , Taiwan 28.3
3-star
392 Pecs , Hungary 28.2
3-star
393 Makati , Philippines 27.9
1-star
394 Bali , Indonesia 27.8
2-star
395 Windhoek , Namibia 27.7
3-star
396 Shenzhen , China 27.7
2-star
397 Cordoba , Argentina 27.6
3-star
398 Kaohsiung , Taiwan 27.5
3-star
399 Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic 27.5
3-star
400 Bucharest , Romania 27.4
3-star 91.7%
401 Brasov , Romania 27.4
3-star
402 Accra , Ghana 27.3
2-star
403 Maputo , Mozambique 27.0
3-star
404 Constanta , Romania 26.9
3-star
405 Curitiba , Brazil 26.8
2-star
406 Izmir , Turkey 26.6
3-star
407 Aguascalientes , Mexico 26.6
3-star
408 Ankara , Turkey 26.5
2-star
409 Tbilisi , Georgia 26.5
2-star
410 Sao Paulo , Brazil 26.2
3-star 90.7%
411 Lagos , Nigeria 26.2
3-star
412 Sofia , Bulgaria 26.0
2-star 95.3%
413 Szeged , Hungary 26.0
3-star
414 Ploiesti , Romania 26.0
3-star
415 Lusaka , Zambia 26.0
3-star
416 Santos , Brazil 26.0
3-star
417 Timisoara , Romania 25.9
3-star
418 Casablanca , Morocco 25.9
2-star
419 Durban , South Africa 25.8
2-star
420 Quezon City , Philippines 25.8
2-star
421 Sarajevo , Bosnia And Herzegovina 25.7
2-star
422 Yekaterinburg , Russia 25.7
2-star
423 Addis Ababa , Ethiopia 25.6
3-star
424 Guayaquil , Ecuador 25.6
2-star
425 Sao Jose dos Campos , Brazil 25.2
3-star
426 Almaty , Kazakhstan 25.1
2-star
427 Saint Petersburg , Russia 25.0
2-star
428 Chisinau , Moldova 24.8
3-star
429 Iasi , Romania 24.7
3-star
430 Skopje , North Macedonia 24.6
2-star
431 Guangzhou , China 24.6
1-star
432 Pattaya , Thailand 24.4
3-star
433 Plovdiv , Bulgaria 24.3
2-star
434 Porto Alegre , Brazil 24.3
2-star
435 Buenos Aires , Argentina 24.2
3-star 96.0%
436 Rio de Janeiro , Brazil 24.1
3-star 94.5%
437 Hangzhou , China 24.1
3-star
438 Suzhou , China 24.1
1-star
439 Quito , Ecuador 23.9
2-star
440 Bangkok , Thailand 23.8
2-star 92.3%
441 Brasilia , Brazil 23.8
3-star 96.6%
442 Rabat , Morocco 23.8
1-star
443 Antalya , Turkey 23.6
1-star
444 Craiova , Romania 23.6
3-star
445 Manila , Philippines 23.6
3-star
446 Burgas , Bulgaria 23.5
2-star
447 Baghdad , Iraq 23.5
3-star
448 Tashkent , Uzbekistan 23.5
2-star
449 Batumi , Ajara, Georgia 23.4
3-star
450 Pristina , Kosovo (Disputed Territory) 23.3
2-star
451 Adana , Turkey 23.2
3-star
452 Kiev , Ukraine 23.2
3-star
453 Cebu , Philippines 23.2
2-star
454 Phnom Penh , Cambodia 23.1
2-star
455 Lima , Peru 23.0
2-star 94.7%
456 Kyiv , Ukraine 23.0
3-star 97.9%
457 Nizhny Novgorod , Russia 22.9
3-star
458 Krasnoyarsk , Russia 22.9
3-star
459 Tangier , Morocco 22.8
2-star
460 Marrakech , Morocco 22.8
2-star
461 Galati , Romania 22.7
3-star
462 Kazan , Russia 22.7
3-star
463 Oradea , Romania 22.7
3-star
464 Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia 22.7
3-star
465 Recife , Brazil 22.7
2-star
466 Nairobi , Kenya 22.6
3-star 76.3%
467 Colombo , Sri Lanka 22.6
2-star
468 Krasnodar , Russia 22.5
2-star
469 Bogota , Colombia 22.4
3-star 99.1%
470 Caracas , Venezuela 22.4
2-star 94.2%
471 Tyumen , Russia 22.3
2-star
472 Novosibirsk , Russia 22.0
2-star
473 Chiang Mai , Thailand 22.0
1-star
474 Kaliningrad , Russia 21.9
2-star
475 Erbil , Iraq 21.9
2-star
476 Mumbai , India 21.8
2-star 90.1%
477 Asuncion , Paraguay 21.8
3-star
478 Baku , Azerbaijan 21.8
3-star
479 Sibiu , Romania 21.7
3-star
480 Salvador , Brazil 21.6
3-star 97.6%
481 Fortaleza , Brazil 21.6
2-star
482 Cuenca , Ecuador 21.5
2-star
483 Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia 21.4
2-star 91.9%
484 Bursa , Turkey 21.4
1-star
485 Nis , Serbia 21.4
3-star
486 Nanjing , China 21.4
3-star
487 Santa Cruz , Bolivia 21.4
1-star
488 Kuching , Malaysia 21.3
1-star
489 Siem Reap , Cambodia 21.1
3-star
490 Jakarta , Indonesia 20.9
2-star
491 Kampala , Uganda 20.9
2-star
492 Stara Zagora , Bulgaria 20.7
3-star
493 Rostov-on-Don , Russia 20.7
2-star
494 Penang , Malaysia 20.6
3-star
495 Minsk , Belarus 20.5
2-star
496 Gaborone , Botswana 20.5
3-star
497 Dushanbe , Tajikistan 20.4
3-star
498 Denpasar , Indonesia 20.4
1-star
499 Targu Mures , Romania 20.3
3-star
500 Mersin , Turkey 20.2
2-star
501 Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam 20.1
3-star
502 Dar es Salaam , Tanzania 20.1
3-star
503 Agadir , Morocco 20.0
2-star
504 Kigali , Rwanda 20.0
2-star
505 Astana , Kazakhstan 19.8
3-star
506 Florianopolis , Brazil 19.7
1-star 87.8%
507 Damascus , Syria 19.5
1-star
508 Hefei , China 19.5
3-star
509 Chengdu , China 19.4
1-star
510 Changsha , China 19.2
2-star
511 Qingdao , Shandong, China 19.2
1-star
512 Tunis , Tunisia 19.0
3-star
513 Campinas , Brazil 18.9
2-star 82.8%
514 Wuhan , China 18.9
3-star
515 Perm , Russia 18.8
3-star
516 Belo Horizonte , Brazil 18.7
3-star 83.0%
517 Chongqing , China 18.7
1-star
518 Bishkek , Kyrgyzstan 18.5
2-star
519 Xi'an , China 18.5
3-star
520 Tomsk , Russia 18.3
3-star
521 Eskisehir , Turkey 18.2
1-star
522 Lviv , Ukraine 18.2
1-star
523 Da Nang , Vietnam 18.1
3-star
524 Dnipro , Ukraine 18.0
2-star
525 Hanoi , Vietnam 17.8
2-star
526 Tehran , Iran 17.0
3-star
527 Algiers , Algeria 16.8
2-star
528 Sousse , Tunisia 16.6
2-star
529 Gurgaon , India 16.4
1-star
530 Odessa , Ukraine 16.0
2-star
531 Cairo , Egypt 15.8
2-star 84.8%
532 Bandung , Indonesia 15.5
2-star
533 Bangalore , India 15.4
2-star
534 Delhi , India 15.2
2-star 71.3%
535 Dhaka , Bangladesh 14.6
3-star
536 Hyderabad , India 14.5
1-star
537 Pune , India 14.2
3-star
538 Kharkiv , Ukraine 14.1
3-star
539 Thane , India 14.1
2-star
540 Chittagong , Bangladesh 14.0
3-star
541 Surat , India 13.8
3-star
542 Islamabad , Pakistan 13.7
1-star
543 Kathmandu , Nepal 13.7
3-star
544 Ahmedabad , India 13.4
1-star
545 Navi Mumbai , India 13.3
2-star
546 Chennai , India 13.2
1-star
547 Lahore , Pakistan 13.1
1-star
548 Kochi , India 12.7
1-star
549 Karachi , Pakistan 12.5
3-star
550 Kolkata , India 12.4
1-star
551 Dehradun , India 12.4
3-star
552 Chandigarh , India 12.3
3-star
553 Jaipur , India 12.2
1-star
554 Noida , India 12.1
1-star
555 Giza , Egypt 12.1
2-star
556 Kabul , Afghanistan 11.8
3-star
557 Indore , India 11.8
1-star
558 Thiruvananthapuram , India 11.7
3-star
559 Rawalpindi , Pakistan 11.6
2-star
560 Vadodara , India 11.3
3-star
561 Bhubaneswar , India 11.3
2-star
562 Coimbatore , India 11.3
1-star
563 Alexandria , Egypt 11.2
3-star
564 Guwahati , India 11.2
1-star
565 Patna , India 11.0
1-star
566 Bhopal , India 10.9
2-star
567 Lucknow , India 10.8
1-star
568 Rajkot , India 10.6
1-star
Methodology: How We Calculate This Index

1. Data Sources

Source What it measures Coverage Update Data Year Native Baseline
Numbeo Crowdsourced consumer prices & rent (12,000+ cities, 800K+ contributors) 600+ cities Continuous 2026 NYC = 100
Expatistan Crowdsourced standardized basket (2,300+ cities) 300+ cities Continuous 2026 Prague = 100
LivingCost Aggregated absolute USD monthly costs with editorial review 800+ cities Monthly 2026 Absolute USD
SIM Price Index ShouldIMove custom index — weighted basket of real item prices (rent 45%, food 20%, dining 10%, transport 10%, utilities 10%, other 5%) from Expatistan + Numbeo item data, Zillow rent (US) 120+ cities Monthly 2026 NYC = 100
Eurostat Official EU statistical price level indices EU countries Annual 2024 EU27 = 100

2. Normalization

All sources are converted to a common scale where New York City = 100. Sources that natively use a different baseline are mathematically converted:

  • Expatistan (Prague = 100): re-based using Prague's Numbeo value as the bridge.
  • LivingCost (absolute USD): normalized so NYC's monthly cost maps to 100.

3. Composite Score

The composite is the simple average of all available same-scale source values for a city (Numbeo, Expatistan, LivingCost, SIM), skipping sources that do not cover that city. Eurostat is never included in the composite — it uses a different scale (EU27 = 100) and serves as independent government validation only.

4. Source Agreement

We measure how much sources agree using MAD (Median Absolute Deviation) — a robust statistical measure that naturally handles outliers. The agreement percentage tells you how closely sources cluster around the consensus value:

Agreement = (1 − MAD / median) × 100%

Rating Agreement Meaning
3-star ≥ 96% Sources strongly agree — high confidence in the composite
2-star ≥ 88% Sources mostly agree with some variation
1-star < 88% Sources disagree significantly — treat the composite as approximate

MAD is preferred over standard deviation because it's robust to outliers — a single extreme value doesn't distort the agreement measure.

6. Eurostat Validation

Eurostat data uses a different scale (EU27 = 100) and is never mixed into the composite. It provides independent government validation for European cities. The column shows city-level Price Level Indices (PLI) derived from country-level Eurostat data using regional cost factors. When the Eurostat column shows a very different value from the composite, it indicates the city has an unusual cost structure relative to the EU average.

7. Data Freshness

Eurostat publishes price level indices with a 12–14 month lag because their methodology requires rigorous multi-stage data collection, validation, and cross-checking. The 2024 reference year data (published December 2025) reflects the most recently validated official figures.

Source changes: ACI (Asia Competitiveness Institute, NUS Singapore) was previously included but was removed after its underlying data source — the EIU Worldwide Cost of Living Survey — was discontinued after 2024. ACI's 2025+ values were ARIMA forecasts, not field measurements, and diverged significantly from other sources for many cities.

Data last refreshed: March 2026