5 Independent Sources · 555 Cities · NYC = 100 Baseline · 2026

Cost of Living Index 5 Independent Sources

Compare 555 cities worldwide. Data from Numbeo, Expatistan, LivingCost, SIM Price Index, and Eurostat — bias-corrected and confidence-scored for reliability.

555
Cities Tracked
344
High Confidence
100
NYC = Baseline
5 Independent Sources Government Validated (Eurostat) Confidence Scored Transparent Methodology
Showing 555 of 555 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 92.7
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 Lucerne , Switzerland 84.5
3-star
9 Reykjavik , Iceland 81.5
3-star
10 Lausanne , Switzerland 79.6
3-star 97.0%
11 Los Angeles , United States 79.6
3-star 95.8%
12 Basel , Switzerland 79.6
3-star
13 St. Gallen , Switzerland 79.0
3-star
14 Washington , DC, United States 78.8
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 76.3
3-star
19 Lugano , Switzerland 74.7
2-star 90.6%
20 Oakland , CA, United States 74.3
3-star
21 Boston , United States 74.0
2-star 93.0%
22 Jersey City , NJ, United States 73.5
2-star
23 San Diego , United States 73.0
3-star 94.1%
24 San Jose , CA, United States 72.3
1-star
25 Saint Helier , Jersey 70.4
3-star
26 Tel Aviv , Israel 69.6
2-star 98.0%
27 Tel Aviv-Yafo , Israel 69.2
2-star
28 Sydney , Australia 68.2
2-star 97.0%
29 Fort Lauderdale , FL, United States 68.0
3-star
30 Hong Kong , Hong Kong 67.5
3-star 95.9%
31 Dublin , Ireland 67.0
3-star 99.7%
32 Hong Kong , Hong Kong (China) 65.6
3-star
33 Sacramento , CA, United States 65.3
3-star
34 Chicago , United States 64.7
3-star 97.8%
35 Amsterdam , Netherlands 64.4
2-star 95.3%
36 Luxembourg , Luxembourg 63.8
3-star
37 Melbourne , Australia 63.5
2-star 93.7%
38 The Hague , Netherlands 63.4
3-star
39 Beirut , Lebanon 63.0
1-star
40 Rotterdam , Netherlands 62.8
3-star
41 Utrecht , Netherlands 62.8
3-star
42 Philadelphia , PA, United States 62.0
3-star
43 Copenhagen , Denmark 61.8
3-star 98.8%
44 Jerusalem , Israel 61.8
3-star
45 Haarlem , Netherlands 61.6
3-star
46 Galway , Ireland 61.6
3-star
47 Cambridge , United Kingdom 61.3
3-star
48 Guildford , United Kingdom 61.2
3-star
49 Oslo , Norway 60.8
3-star 95.8%
50 Anchorage , AK, United States 60.8
2-star
51 Bristol , United Kingdom 60.5
3-star
52 Oxford , United Kingdom 60.2
3-star
53 Nashville , TN, United States 60.2
3-star
54 Tampa , FL, United States 60.1
3-star
55 Paris , France 60.0
2-star 87.3%
56 Denver , United States 59.9
2-star 94.7%
57 Cork , Ireland 59.5
3-star
58 Portland , United States 59.3
3-star 96.9%
59 Stavanger , Norway 59.1
3-star
60 Brighton , United Kingdom 59.0
3-star
61 Dallas , TX, United States 58.9
3-star
62 Syracuse , NY, United States 58.9
3-star
63 Orlando , FL, United States 58.7
3-star
64 Winston-Salem , NC, United States 58.5
3-star
65 Charlotte , NC, United States 58.5
3-star
66 Arlington , VA, United States 58.4
1-star
67 Bergen , Norway 58.2
2-star
68 Reno , NV, United States 58.1
3-star
69 Trondheim , Norway 57.6
2-star
70 Austin , TX, United States 57.1
3-star
71 Dubai , United Arab Emirates 56.6
3-star 99.3%
72 Reading , United Kingdom 56.6
3-star
73 Manchester , United Kingdom 56.6
3-star
74 Innsbruck , Austria 56.5
3-star
75 Phoenix , AZ, United States 56.3
2-star
76 Colorado Springs , CO, United States 56.1
3-star
77 Atlanta , United States 55.9
3-star 97.6%
78 Munich , Germany 55.7
3-star 98.0%
79 Hobart , Australia 55.7
3-star
80 Salt Lake City , UT, United States 55.7
2-star
81 Vancouver , Canada 55.4
3-star 98.0%
82 Gold Coast , Australia 55.4
2-star
83 Delft , Netherlands 55.4
2-star
84 Greenville , SC, United States 55.3
3-star
85 Ann Arbor , MI, United States 55.1
3-star
86 Adelaide , Australia 55.0
3-star 98.3%
87 Baltimore , MD, United States 55.0
3-star
88 Leiden , Netherlands 55.0
3-star
89 Raleigh , NC, United States 55.0
3-star
90 Albany , NY, United States 54.8
3-star
91 Madison , WI, United States 54.8
3-star
92 Fort Collins , CO, United States 54.8
3-star
93 Eindhoven , Netherlands 54.7
3-star
94 Fort Worth , TX, United States 54.6
3-star
95 Las Vegas , NV, United States 54.6
3-star
96 Southampton , United Kingdom 54.6
2-star
97 Richmond , VA, United States 54.3
2-star
98 Milton Keynes , United Kingdom 54.3
3-star
99 Toronto , Canada 54.2
3-star 99.1%
100 Stockholm , Sweden 53.8
2-star 88.7%
101 Canberra , Australia 53.8
3-star
102 New Orleans , LA, United States 53.7
2-star
103 Indianapolis , IN, United States 53.5
3-star
104 Leeds , United Kingdom 53.5
3-star
105 Ajman , United Arab Emirates 53.5
1-star
106 Perth , Australia 53.3
3-star 93.7%
107 Aarhus , Denmark 53.3
2-star
108 Vancouver , WA, United States 53.3
2-star
109 Minneapolis , United States 53.2
3-star 99.4%
110 Spokane , WA, United States 53.1
2-star
111 Kansas City , MO, United States 53.1
3-star
112 Columbus , OH, United States 53.0
3-star
113 Birmingham , United Kingdom 53.0
3-star
114 San Juan , Puerto Rico 52.8
3-star
115 Jacksonville , FL, United States 52.6
3-star
116 Birmingham , AL, United States 52.5
3-star
117 Glasgow , United Kingdom 52.4
3-star
118 Gainesville , FL, United States 52.4
3-star
119 Victoria , Canada 52.0
3-star
120 Frankfurt , Germany 51.9
3-star 88.6%
121 Milan , Italy 51.9
2-star 98.0%
122 Wiesbaden , Germany 51.7
2-star
123 Hamburg , Germany 51.7
3-star
124 Edinburgh , United Kingdom 51.6
3-star 92.6%
125 Eugene , OR, United States 51.6
3-star
126 Burlington , Canada 51.6
3-star
127 Brisbane , Australia 51.5
3-star 96.4%
128 Aalborg , Denmark 51.3
3-star
129 Buffalo , NY, United States 51.3
2-star
130 Detroit , United States 51.2
3-star 93.9%
131 Berlin , Germany 51.1
3-star 87.2%
132 Ottawa , Canada 51.1
3-star
133 Mississauga , Canada 51.1
2-star
134 Surrey , Canada 51.0
3-star
135 Cincinnati , OH, United States 51.0
3-star
136 Heidelberg , Germany 50.7
2-star
137 Freiburg im Breisgau , Germany 50.7
3-star
138 Omaha , NE, United States 50.5
2-star
139 Stuttgart , Germany 50.4
3-star
140 Saint Louis , MO, United States 50.2
2-star
141 Liverpool , United Kingdom 50.2
3-star
142 Houston , United States 50.1
3-star 93.1%
143 Halifax , Canada 50.1
3-star
144 Espoo , Finland 50.0
2-star
145 Knoxville , TN, United States 50.0
3-star
146 Sliema , Malta 49.9
2-star
147 Limassol , Cyprus 49.8
3-star
148 Helsinki , Finland 49.7
2-star 98.1%
149 Wellington , New Zealand 49.7
2-star
150 Milwaukee , WI, United States 49.6
3-star
151 Coventry , United Kingdom 49.6
3-star
152 Aberdeen , United Kingdom 49.3
3-star
153 Newcastle upon Tyne , United Kingdom 49.3
3-star
154 Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates 49.1
2-star
155 Odense , Denmark 49.0
3-star
156 Dusseldorf , Germany 49.0
3-star
157 Cologne , Germany 49.0
3-star
158 Brussels , Belgium 48.9
3-star 82.0%
159 Groningen , Netherlands 48.8
2-star
160 Vienna , Austria 48.7
3-star 98.4%
161 Calgary , Canada 48.6
3-star 97.9%
162 Pittsburgh , United States 48.6
3-star 92.8%
163 Barcelona , Spain 48.6
3-star 95.1%
164 Nottingham , United Kingdom 48.5
2-star
165 San Antonio , TX, United States 48.4
2-star
166 Haifa , Israel 48.3
2-star 93.5%
167 Cleveland , United States 48.2
3-star 89.8%
168 Nice , France 48.2
3-star
169 Boise , United States 48.1
2-star 98.9%
170 Bonn , Germany 48.1
3-star
171 Cardiff , United Kingdom 48.1
3-star
172 Gothenburg , Sweden 48.1
3-star
173 Madrid , Spain 48.0
3-star 98.6%
174 Karlsruhe , Germany 47.9
2-star
175 Tampere , Finland 47.9
3-star
176 Hamilton , Canada 47.8
2-star
177 Mainz , Germany 47.7
3-star
178 Kelowna , Canada 47.7
3-star
179 Belfast , United Kingdom 47.3
2-star
180 Rochester , NY, United States 47.3
2-star
181 Albuquerque , NM, United States 47.3
3-star
182 Nanaimo , BC, Canada 47.3
3-star
183 Erfurt , Germany 47.2
3-star
184 Augsburg , Germany 47.0
2-star
185 Guelph , Canada 46.9
2-star
186 Dundee , United Kingdom 46.8
3-star
187 Bologna , Italy 46.7
3-star 93.5%
188 Leuven , Belgium 46.7
3-star
189 Auckland , New Zealand 46.6
2-star 95.1%
190 Rome , Italy 46.6
3-star 97.8%
191 Florence , Italy 46.6
3-star
192 Doha , Qatar 46.6
3-star
193 Tulsa , OK, United States 46.5
3-star
194 London , Canada 46.5
3-star
195 Gent , Belgium 46.4
3-star 91.1%
196 Duisburg , Germany 46.3
3-star
197 Brescia , Italy 46.2
2-star
198 Sheffield , United Kingdom 46.2
3-star
199 Brampton , Canada 46.2
3-star
200 Kitchener , Canada 46.1
3-star
201 Modena , Italy 46.0
3-star
202 Darmstadt , Germany 45.9
3-star
203 Huntsville , AL, United States 45.9
3-star
204 Graz , Austria 45.5
3-star
205 Tucson , AZ, United States 45.5
2-star
206 Treviso , Italy 45.5
3-star
207 Malmo , Sweden 45.4
3-star
208 Antwerp , Belgium 45.1
2-star 88.1%
209 Uppsala , Sweden 45.1
3-star
210 Louisville , KY, United States 45.0
3-star
211 Edmonton , Canada 44.9
3-star
212 Saskatoon , Canada 44.9
3-star
213 Nuremberg , Germany 44.8
2-star
214 Columbia , SC, United States 44.8
3-star
215 Winnipeg , Canada 44.8
3-star
216 Toulouse , France 44.7
3-star
217 Bremen , Germany 44.7
3-star
218 Mannheim , Germany 44.7
3-star
219 Hanover , Germany 44.7
3-star
220 Waterloo , Canada 44.7
3-star
221 Linz , Austria 44.6
2-star
222 Oulu , Finland 44.6
3-star
223 Bordeaux , France 44.5
2-star
224 Wichita , KS, United States 44.5
3-star
225 Padova , Italy 44.5
3-star
226 Lisbon , Portugal 44.2
3-star 98.5%
227 Strasbourg , France 44.2
2-star
228 Lyon , France 44.0
2-star 94.8%
229 Montreal , Canada 43.8
3-star 98.2%
230 Verona , Italy 43.5
2-star
231 Erlangen , Germany 43.5
2-star
232 Rostock , Germany 43.5
3-star
233 Moncton , Canada 43.5
3-star
234 Marseille , France 43.3
2-star 96.3%
235 Tokyo , Japan 43.3
2-star 94.8%
236 St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 43.3
3-star
237 Pisa , Italy 43.2
1-star
238 Leipzig , Germany 43.1
2-star
239 Kingston , Jamaica 43.0
3-star
240 Oklahoma City , United States 42.9
3-star 95.3%
241 Windsor , Canada 42.9
3-star
242 Kassel , Germany 42.8
3-star
243 Paphos , Cyprus 42.6
3-star
244 Seoul , South Korea 42.5
2-star 86.3%
245 Valletta , Malta 42.4
3-star 95.9%
246 Montpellier , France 42.3
3-star
247 Aachen , Germany 42.2
2-star
248 Lund , Sweden 42.2
2-star
249 Regina , Canada 42.2
2-star
250 Lethbridge , AB, Canada 42.0
2-star
251 Sharjah , United Arab Emirates 42.0
2-star
252 Villach , Austria 41.8
2-star
253 Genoa , Italy 41.8
3-star
254 Warsaw , Poland 41.7
3-star 98.5%
255 Trento , Italy 41.6
3-star
256 Christchurch , New Zealand 41.5
3-star
257 Trieste , Italy 41.3
2-star
258 Palma de Mallorca , Spain 41.1
2-star 99.2%
259 Rimini , Italy 41.0
3-star
260 Dortmund , Germany 40.9
3-star 80.1%
261 Turku , Finland 40.8
3-star 85.3%
262 Split , Croatia 40.7
3-star
263 Puerto Vallarta , Mexico 40.7
3-star
264 Prague , Czech Republic 40.6
3-star 94.3%
265 San Miguel de Allende , Mexico 40.6
3-star
266 Lille , France 40.5
2-star 98.1%
267 Grenoble , France 40.3
3-star 95.7%
268 Turin , Italy 40.2
2-star
269 Larnaca , Cyprus 40.2
3-star
270 Braunschweig , Germany 40.1
2-star
271 Valladolid , Spain 40.1
3-star
272 Kingston , Canada 40.1
3-star
273 Krakow , Poland 40.0
3-star
274 Cagliari , Italy 39.9
3-star
275 Essen , Germany 39.8
2-star 81.8%
276 Quebec City , Canada 39.7
3-star
277 Bilbao , Spain 39.6
3-star 94.3%
278 San Jose , Costa Rica 39.6
3-star
279 Valencia , Spain 39.4
3-star 99.2%
280 Nicosia , Cyprus 39.4
3-star
281 Wroclaw , Poland 39.4
3-star
282 Reggio Nell'emilia , Italy 39.3
3-star
283 Remagen , Germany 39.3
3-star
284 Gdansk , Poland 39.0
3-star
285 Bergamo , Italy 38.8
2-star 99.3%
286 Naples , Italy 38.7
3-star 94.8%
287 Moscow , Russia 38.5
3-star
288 Funchal , Portugal 38.4
3-star
289 Bari , Italy 38.3
3-star
290 Porto , Portugal 38.2
3-star 99.3%
291 Malaga , Spain 38.1
3-star 99.5%
292 Chemnitz , Germany 38.1
3-star
293 Ljubljana , Slovenia 37.9
3-star 99.5%
294 Tarragona , Spain 37.8
3-star
295 Dresden , Germany 37.7
3-star 98.2%
296 Tenerife , Spain 37.6
3-star 99.2%
297 Tallinn , Estonia 37.5
3-star 89.1%
298 Panama City , Panama 37.4
3-star
299 Lodz , Poland 37.4
3-star
300 Poznan , Poland 37.4
3-star
301 Monterrey , Mexico 37.1
2-star 99.0%
302 Riyadh , Saudi Arabia 37.0
3-star 89.9%
303 Aveiro , Portugal 37.0
3-star
304 Brno , Czech Republic 36.8
2-star
305 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , Spain 36.5
3-star
306 Ras al-Khaimah , United Arab Emirates 36.2
2-star
307 Kosice , Slovakia 36.1
2-star
308 Seville , Spain 35.4
3-star 99.9%
309 Kuwait City , Kuwait 35.4
3-star
310 Alicante , Spain 35.2
3-star 99.7%
311 Las Palmas , Spain 35.2
3-star 98.6%
312 Heraklion , Greece 35.1
3-star
313 Catania , Italy 35.1
3-star
314 Gdynia , Poland 35.1
3-star
315 Zaragoza , Spain 34.8
3-star 96.3%
316 Taipei , Taiwan 34.7
2-star
317 Seville , Spain 34.7
3-star
318 Montevideo , Uruguay 34.6
3-star 70.5%
319 Cancun , Mexico 34.6
3-star
320 Athens , Greece 34.4
3-star 99.7%
321 Bratislava , Slovakia 34.4
3-star 98.5%
322 Palermo , Italy 34.4
2-star
323 Manama , Bahrain 34.4
3-star
324 Abidjan , Ivory Coast 34.3
2-star
325 Braga , Portugal 34.2
3-star
326 Coimbra , Portugal 34.0
3-star
327 Vilnius , Lithuania 33.9
3-star 93.9%
328 Oviedo , Spain 33.8
3-star 94.7%
329 Osaka , Japan 33.7
2-star 94.7%
330 Rijeka , Croatia 33.7
2-star
331 Al Khobar , Saudi Arabia 33.7
3-star
332 Istanbul , Türkiye 33.6
2-star 95.5%
333 Istanbul , Turkey 33.6
2-star
334 Jeddah , Saudi Arabia 33.6
2-star
335 Zagreb , Croatia 33.2
3-star 95.7%
336 Tirana , Albania 33.2
3-star
337 Olomouc , Czech Republic 32.8
3-star
338 Cape Town , South Africa 32.7
3-star
339 San Salvador , El Salvador 32.6
2-star
340 Granada , Spain 32.5
3-star 99.7%
341 Budva , Montenegro 32.3
2-star
342 Queretaro , Mexico 31.9
3-star
343 Muscat , Oman 31.9
2-star
344 Kaunas , Lithuania 31.8
2-star
345 Patras , Greece 31.8
3-star
346 Guadalajara , Mexico 31.7
3-star
347 Ostrava , Czech Republic 31.6
2-star
348 New Taipei City , Taiwan 31.2
1-star
349 Merida , Mexico 31.2
3-star
350 Shanghai , China 31.0
3-star 97.7%
351 Budapest , Hungary 30.9
3-star 98.3%
352 Thessaloniki , Greece 30.7
2-star 93.0%
353 Plzen , Czech Republic 30.6
2-star
354 Beijing , China 30.4
3-star 98.0%
355 Klaipeda , Lithuania 30.4
3-star
356 Yerevan , Armenia 30.4
3-star
357 Riga , Latvia 30.3
2-star 92.7%
358 Johannesburg , South Africa 30.2
3-star 93.4%
359 Cluj-Napoca , Romania 30.2
3-star
360 Tartu , Estonia 30.1
3-star 96.5%
361 Mexico City , Mexico 30.1
2-star 92.0%
362 Belgrade , Serbia 30.0
3-star 90.7%
363 Harare , Zimbabwe 30.0
2-star
364 Santiago , Chile 29.8
2-star 79.0%
365 Phuket , Thailand 29.8
3-star
366 Torun , Poland 29.5
3-star
367 Amman , Jordan 29.3
2-star
368 Ad Dammam , Saudi Arabia 29.2
2-star
369 Novi Sad , Serbia 29.0
3-star
370 Debrecen , Hungary 28.9
3-star
371 Katowice , Poland 28.9
2-star
372 Pretoria , South Africa 28.8
2-star
373 Szczecin , Poland 28.6
3-star
374 Podgorica , Montenegro 28.6
3-star
375 Medellin , Colombia 28.5
3-star
376 Pecs , Hungary 28.4
3-star
377 Varna , Bulgaria 28.4
2-star
378 Taichung , Taiwan 28.4
3-star
379 Banja Luka , Bosnia And Herzegovina 28.3
3-star
380 Makati , Philippines 28.0
1-star
381 Vlore , Albania 27.9
3-star
382 Windhoek , Namibia 27.8
3-star
383 Shenzhen , China 27.8
2-star
384 Bali , Indonesia 27.8
2-star
385 Cordoba , Argentina 27.7
3-star
386 Kaohsiung , Taiwan 27.6
3-star
387 Bucharest , Romania 27.4
3-star 91.7%
388 Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic 27.4
3-star
389 Brasov , Romania 27.3
3-star
390 Accra , Ghana 27.2
2-star
391 Izmir , Turkey 26.9
3-star
392 Constanta , Romania 26.9
3-star
393 Curitiba , Brazil 26.8
2-star
394 Yekaterinburg , Russia 26.6
2-star
395 Ankara , Turkey 26.6
2-star
396 Aguascalientes , Mexico 26.4
3-star
397 Tbilisi , Georgia 26.3
2-star
398 Sao Paulo , Brazil 26.2
3-star 90.7%
399 Lagos , Nigeria 26.2
3-star
400 Szeged , Hungary 26.1
3-star
401 Sofia , Bulgaria 26.0
2-star 95.3%
402 Santos , Brazil 26.0
3-star
403 Sarajevo , Bosnia And Herzegovina 25.9
2-star
404 Quezon City , Philippines 25.9
2-star
405 Timisoara , Romania 25.8
3-star
406 Casablanca , Morocco 25.8
2-star
407 Durban , South Africa 25.7
2-star
408 Saint Petersburg , Russia 25.6
2-star
409 Addis Ababa , Ethiopia 25.6
3-star
410 Sao Jose dos Campos , Brazil 25.6
3-star
411 Guayaquil , Ecuador 25.6
2-star
412 Almaty , Kazakhstan 24.8
2-star
413 Iasi , Romania 24.7
3-star
414 Guangzhou , China 24.6
1-star
415 Chisinau , Moldova 24.5
3-star
416 Skopje , North Macedonia 24.5
2-star
417 Suzhou , China 24.3
1-star
418 Porto Alegre , Brazil 24.3
2-star
419 Buenos Aires , Argentina 24.2
3-star 96.0%
420 Pattaya , Thailand 24.2
3-star
421 Rio de Janeiro , Brazil 24.1
3-star 94.5%
422 Hangzhou , China 24.1
3-star
423 Plovdiv , Bulgaria 24.0
2-star
424 Santa Cruz , Bolivia 24.0
2-star
425 Quito , Ecuador 23.9
2-star
426 Bangkok , Thailand 23.8
2-star 92.3%
427 Brasilia , Brazil 23.8
3-star 96.6%
428 Adana , Turkey 23.8
3-star
429 Rabat , Morocco 23.7
1-star
430 Manila , Philippines 23.7
3-star
431 Antalya , Turkey 23.6
1-star
432 Krasnoyarsk , Russia 23.6
2-star
433 Nizhny Novgorod , Russia 23.5
3-star
434 Barranquilla , Colombia 23.5
3-star
435 Baghdad , Iraq 23.4
3-star
436 Tashkent , Uzbekistan 23.4
2-star
437 Burgas , Bulgaria 23.3
2-star
438 Kazan , Russia 23.3
3-star
439 Craiova , Romania 23.3
3-star
440 Cebu , Philippines 23.3
2-star
441 Tyumen , Russia 23.2
2-star
442 Krasnodar , Russia 23.2
2-star
443 Phnom Penh , Cambodia 23.2
2-star
444 Batumi , Ajara, Georgia 23.1
2-star
445 Kiev , Ukraine 23.1
3-star
446 Lima , Peru 23.0
2-star 94.7%
447 Kyiv , Ukraine 23.0
3-star 97.9%
448 Cali , Colombia 23.0
3-star
449 Pristina , Kosovo (Disputed Territory) 23.0
2-star
450 Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia 22.9
3-star
451 Kaliningrad , Russia 22.8
2-star
452 Tangier , Morocco 22.8
2-star
453 Marrakech , Morocco 22.8
2-star
454 Novosibirsk , Russia 22.7
2-star
455 Recife , Brazil 22.7
2-star
456 Nairobi , Kenya 22.6
3-star 76.3%
457 Galati , Romania 22.6
3-star
458 Oradea , Romania 22.6
3-star
459 Bogota , Colombia 22.4
3-star 99.1%
460 Caracas , Venezuela 22.4
2-star 94.2%
461 Joao Pessoa , Brazil 22.4
1-star
462 Colombo , Sri Lanka 22.4
1-star
463 Erbil , Iraq 22.0
2-star
464 Chiang Mai , Thailand 21.9
1-star
465 Mumbai , India 21.8
2-star 90.1%
466 Asuncion , Paraguay 21.8
3-star
467 Baku , Azerbaijan 21.8
3-star
468 Fortaleza , Brazil 21.7
2-star
469 Salvador , Brazil 21.6
3-star 97.6%
470 Bursa , Turkey 21.6
1-star
471 Sibiu , Romania 21.6
3-star
472 Cuenca , Ecuador 21.6
2-star
473 Nis , Serbia 21.5
3-star
474 Nanjing , China 21.5
3-star
475 Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia 21.4
2-star 91.9%
476 Rostov-on-Don , Russia 21.3
2-star
477 Kuching , Malaysia 21.3
2-star
478 Kampala , Uganda 20.9
2-star
479 Minsk , Belarus 20.7
2-star
480 Penang , Malaysia 20.7
3-star
481 Jakarta , Indonesia 20.7
2-star
482 Stara Zagora , Bulgaria 20.6
3-star
483 Mersin , Turkey 20.5
2-star
484 Siem Reap , Cambodia 20.5
3-star
485 Targu Mures , Romania 20.3
3-star
486 Dushanbe , Tajikistan 20.2
2-star
487 Dar es Salaam , Tanzania 20.2
3-star
488 Agadir , Morocco 20.1
2-star
489 Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam 20.1
3-star
490 Kigali , Rwanda 20.0
2-star
491 Florianopolis , Brazil 19.7
1-star 87.8%
492 Astana , Kazakhstan 19.7
3-star
493 Damascus , Syria 19.6
1-star
494 Chengdu , China 19.5
2-star
495 Qingdao , Shandong, China 19.4
1-star
496 Perm , Russia 19.2
3-star
497 Changsha , China 19.2
2-star
498 Campinas , Brazil 18.9
2-star 82.8%
499 Tomsk , Russia 18.8
3-star
500 Wuhan , China 18.8
3-star
501 Tunis , Tunisia 18.8
3-star
502 Belo Horizonte , Brazil 18.7
3-star 83.0%
503 Chongqing , China 18.7
1-star
504 Bishkek , Kyrgyzstan 18.6
2-star
505 Xi'an , China 18.6
3-star
506 Eskisehir , Turkey 18.2
1-star
507 Lviv , Ukraine 18.2
1-star
508 Davao , Philippines 18.2
3-star
509 Dnipro , Ukraine 18.1
1-star
510 Da Nang , Vietnam 18.0
3-star
511 Hanoi , Vietnam 17.8
2-star
512 Tehran , Iran 16.9
3-star
513 Algiers , Algeria 16.8
2-star
514 Sousse , Tunisia 16.5
2-star
515 Gurgaon , India 16.5
1-star
516 Odessa , Ukraine 15.9
2-star
517 Cairo , Egypt 15.8
2-star 84.8%
518 Bandung , Indonesia 15.5
2-star
519 Bangalore , India 15.5
2-star
520 Delhi , India 15.2
2-star 71.3%
521 Dhaka , Bangladesh 14.7
3-star
522 Hyderabad , India 14.6
1-star
523 Pune , India 14.2
3-star
524 Kharkiv , Ukraine 14.1
3-star
525 Chittagong , Bangladesh 14.1
3-star
526 Thane , India 14.1
2-star
527 Surat , India 13.9
3-star
528 Islamabad , Pakistan 13.7
1-star
529 Kathmandu , Nepal 13.7
3-star
530 Ahmedabad , India 13.5
1-star
531 Navi Mumbai , India 13.5
2-star
532 Chennai , India 13.2
1-star
533 Lahore , Pakistan 13.1
1-star
534 Kochi , India 12.8
1-star
535 Dehradun , India 12.6
3-star
536 Karachi , Pakistan 12.5
3-star
537 Kabul , Afghanistan 12.4
3-star
538 Kolkata , India 12.4
1-star
539 Giza , Egypt 12.3
3-star
540 Chandigarh , India 12.2
3-star
541 Noida , India 12.2
1-star
542 Jaipur , India 12.2
1-star
543 Thiruvananthapuram , India 11.9
3-star
544 Indore , India 11.8
1-star
545 Rawalpindi , Pakistan 11.6
2-star
546 Alexandria , Egypt 11.4
3-star
547 Vadodara , India 11.4
3-star
548 Agra , India 11.4
3-star
549 Bhubaneswar , India 11.4
2-star
550 Coimbatore , India 11.3
1-star
551 Guwahati , India 11.2
1-star
552 Patna , India 11.1
1-star
553 Bhopal , India 10.9
1-star
554 Lucknow , India 10.7
1-star
555 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