Up to 4 Sources per City · 577 Cities · NYC = 100 Baseline · 2026

Cost of Living Index Up to 4 Sources per City

Compare 577 cities worldwide. A composite of Numbeo, Expatistan, LivingCost and our SIM Price Index, outlier-trimmed and confidence-scored, with Eurostat as a separate check for EU cities.

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577
Cities Tracked
210
High Confidence
100
NYC = Baseline
Up to 4 Sources per City Government Validated (Eurostat) Confidence Scored Transparent Methodology
Showing 577 of 577 cities
# City ⇅ Index ↓ Confidence ⇅
1 Zug , Switzerland 105.5
1-star
2 New York , United States 100.0
3-star
3 George Town , Cayman Islands 93.7
2-star
4 Zurich , Switzerland 89.8
2-star
5 Geneva , Switzerland 86.4
3-star
6 San Jose , CA, United States 86.3
2-star
7 San Francisco , United States 84.1
3-star
8 Boston , United States 82.0
2-star
9 London , United Kingdom 81.6
3-star
10 San Diego , United States 79.5
3-star
11 Washington , DC, United States 78.8
3-star
12 Basel , Switzerland 78.4
2-star
13 Honolulu , United States 78.3
2-star
14 Lausanne , Switzerland 78.2
2-star
15 Reykjavik , Iceland 78.2
2-star
16 Lucerne , Switzerland 78.2
1-star
17 St. Gallen , Switzerland 78.2
1-star
18 Miami , United States 76.5
3-star
19 Seattle , WA, United States 75.9
3-star
20 Los Angeles , United States 75.8
2-star
21 Singapore , Singapore 75.5
3-star
22 Oakland , CA, United States 75.3
3-star
23 Bern , Switzerland 74.5
3-star
24 Jersey City , NJ, United States 73.0
2-star
25 Amsterdam , Netherlands 71.1
3-star
26 Charleston , SC, United States 69.7
2-star
27 Lugano , Switzerland 69.5
3-star
28 Saint Helier , Jersey 68.2
1-star
29 Chicago , United States 68.0
3-star
30 Dublin , Ireland 68.0
3-star
31 Luxembourg , Luxembourg 67.9
2-star
32 Fort Lauderdale , FL, United States 67.5
3-star
33 Sydney , Australia 67.1
3-star
34 Oslo , Norway 66.8
3-star
35 Denver , United States 66.0
2-star
36 Portland , United States 65.2
3-star
37 Hong Kong , Hong Kong 65.0
3-star
38 Sacramento , CA, United States 63.7
3-star
39 Copenhagen , Denmark 63.6
3-star
40 Tel Aviv , Israel 63.4
2-star
41 Haarlem , Netherlands 63.1
2-star
42 Jerusalem , Israel 62.7
3-star
43 Rotterdam , Netherlands 62.1
3-star
44 Philadelphia , PA, United States 61.8
3-star
45 Stavanger , Norway 61.5
3-star
46 Bristol , United Kingdom 61.3
3-star
47 Melbourne , Australia 61.2
3-star
48 Utrecht , Netherlands 61.0
3-star
49 Cambridge , United Kingdom 61.0
3-star
50 Anchorage , AK, United States 60.9
3-star
51 Guildford , United Kingdom 60.8
2-star
52 Atlanta , United States 60.6
3-star
53 Gold Coast , Australia 60.4
2-star
54 Cork , Ireland 60.4
3-star
55 Tampa , FL, United States 60.0
3-star
56 Bergen , Norway 59.6
3-star
57 Oxford , United Kingdom 59.6
3-star
58 Nashville , TN, United States 59.3
3-star
59 Perth , Australia 59.1
2-star
60 Trondheim , Norway 59.1
3-star
61 Paris , France 58.8
2-star
62 Galway , Ireland 58.8
2-star
63 Brighton , United Kingdom 58.6
3-star
64 Madison , WI, United States 58.6
2-star
65 Dallas , TX, United States 58.5
3-star
66 Charlotte , NC, United States 58.3
2-star
67 The Hague , Netherlands 58.1
2-star
68 Greenville , SC, United States 57.9
2-star
69 Orlando , FL, United States 57.9
3-star
70 Syracuse , NY, United States 57.8
1-star
71 Arlington , VA, United States 57.7
1-star
72 Reno , NV, United States 57.7
3-star
73 Winston-Salem , NC, United States 57.3
1-star
74 Reading , United Kingdom 57.3
2-star
75 Munich , Germany 57.2
3-star
76 Delft , Netherlands 56.9
2-star
77 Austin , TX, United States 56.8
3-star
78 Dubai , United Arab Emirates 56.7
3-star
79 Colorado Springs , CO, United States 56.7
2-star
80 Manchester , United Kingdom 56.7
3-star
81 Phoenix , AZ, United States 56.6
3-star
82 Olympia , WA, United States 56.6
1-star
83 Stockholm , Sweden 56.4
3-star
84 Minneapolis , United States 55.8
3-star
85 Leiden , Netherlands 55.8
2-star
86 Vancouver , Canada 55.7
3-star
87 Innsbruck , Austria 55.7
1-star
88 Southampton , United Kingdom 55.6
3-star
89 Canberra , Australia 55.4
2-star
90 Salt Lake City , UT, United States 55.3
2-star
91 Edinburgh , United Kingdom 55.2
3-star
92 Hobart , Australia 55.0
1-star
93 Albany , NY, United States 54.8
3-star
94 Fort Worth , TX, United States 54.8
3-star
95 Richmond , VA, United States 54.8
3-star
96 Eindhoven , Netherlands 54.8
3-star
97 Ann Arbor , MI, United States 54.8
3-star
98 Adelaide , Australia 54.7
3-star
99 Fort Collins , CO, United States 54.6
1-star
100 Milan , Italy 54.5
3-star
101 Raleigh , NC, United States 54.5
3-star
102 Toronto , Canada 54.3
3-star
103 Baltimore , MD, United States 54.1
3-star
104 Brisbane , Australia 54.0
3-star
105 Aalborg , Denmark 54.0
2-star
106 Houston , United States 53.7
3-star
107 Knoxville , TN, United States 53.7
2-star
108 Vienna , Austria 53.5
3-star
109 Las Vegas , NV, United States 53.5
3-star
110 Indianapolis , IN, United States 53.4
2-star
111 Burnaby , Canada 53.3
1-star
112 Milton Keynes , United Kingdom 53.2
2-star
113 Aarhus , Denmark 53.1
3-star
114 Salem , OR, United States 53.0
1-star
115 Vancouver , WA, United States 53.0
2-star
116 Spokane , WA, United States 52.9
3-star
117 Birmingham , United Kingdom 52.9
3-star
118 Kansas City , MO, United States 52.8
3-star
119 Almere , Netherlands 52.7
1-star
120 Frankfurt , Germany 52.5
3-star
121 Glasgow , United Kingdom 52.5
3-star
122 Berlin , Germany 52.4
2-star
123 San Juan , Puerto Rico 52.3
2-star
124 Jacksonville , FL, United States 52.3
3-star
125 Pittsburgh , United States 52.0
3-star
126 Columbus , OH, United States 52.0
3-star
127 Boise , United States 51.9
3-star
128 Birmingham , AL, United States 51.6
2-star
129 Sliema , Malta 51.5
2-star
130 Hamburg , Germany 51.4
3-star
131 Victoria , Canada 51.4
3-star
132 Auckland , New Zealand 51.0
3-star
133 Ottawa , Canada 51.0
3-star
134 Memphis , TN, United States 50.9
1-star
135 Ajman , United Arab Emirates 50.9
2-star
136 Buffalo , NY, United States 50.8
2-star
137 Mainz , Germany 50.8
2-star
138 Halifax , Canada 50.8
3-star
139 Cincinnati , OH, United States 50.7
3-star
140 Eugene , OR, United States 50.6
1-star
141 Detroit , United States 50.5
2-star
142 Burlington , Canada 50.5
1-star
143 New Orleans , LA, United States 50.4
2-star
144 Mississauga , Canada 50.4
2-star
145 Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates 50.3
3-star
146 Brussels , Belgium 50.1
2-star
147 Heidelberg , Germany 50.1
3-star
148 Guelph , Canada 50.1
2-star
149 Helsinki , Finland 49.9
2-star
150 Espoo , Finland 49.7
2-star
151 Milwaukee , WI, United States 49.7
3-star
152 Saint Louis , MO, United States 49.6
3-star
153 Surrey , Canada 49.6
1-star
154 Calgary , Canada 49.5
3-star
155 Omaha , NE, United States 49.4
3-star
156 Kamloops , Canada 49.4
1-star
157 Freiburg im Breisgau , Germany 49.3
1-star
158 Limassol , Cyprus 49.3
3-star
159 Nottingham , United Kingdom 49.2
3-star
160 Coventry , United Kingdom 49.2
3-star
161 Odense , Denmark 49.1
2-star
162 Newcastle upon Tyne , United Kingdom 48.8
3-star
163 Groningen , Netherlands 48.6
3-star
164 San Antonio , TX, United States 48.6
3-star
165 Kitchener , Canada 48.6
2-star
166 Leeds , United Kingdom 48.5
2-star
167 Wiesbaden , Germany 48.3
2-star
168 Aberdeen , United Kingdom 48.3
1-star
169 Stuttgart , Germany 48.3
3-star
170 Erfurt , Germany 48.3
1-star
171 Karlsruhe , Germany 48.0
3-star
172 Cologne , Germany 48.0
3-star
173 Barcelona , Spain 47.8
3-star
174 Dusseldorf , Germany 47.8
3-star
175 Cardiff , United Kingdom 47.8
3-star
176 Wellington , New Zealand 47.8
2-star
177 Nice , France 47.7
3-star
178 Doha , Qatar 47.7
3-star
179 Cleveland , United States 47.6
3-star
180 Bonn , Germany 47.6
3-star
181 Graz , Austria 47.6
2-star
182 Madrid , Spain 47.5
3-star
183 Albuquerque , NM, United States 47.5
3-star
184 Kelowna , Canada 47.5
3-star
185 Liverpool , United Kingdom 47.3
2-star
186 Nanaimo , BC, Canada 47.3
1-star
187 Belfast , United Kingdom 47.1
3-star
188 Rochester , NY, United States 47.0
3-star
189 Uppsala , Sweden 46.9
2-star
190 Rome , Italy 46.8
3-star
191 Oklahoma City , United States 46.8
2-star
192 Brescia , Italy 46.7
3-star
193 Tampere , Finland 46.6
1-star
194 Hamilton , Canada 46.6
3-star
195 Tulsa , OK, United States 46.3
3-star
196 Leuven , Belgium 46.3
3-star
197 Augsburg , Germany 46.2
3-star
198 Sheffield , United Kingdom 46.2
3-star
199 Lyon , France 46.1
2-star
200 London , Canada 46.0
2-star
201 Brampton , Canada 46.0
1-star
202 Haifa , Israel 45.9
2-star
203 Marseille , France 45.8
3-star
204 Gent , Belgium 45.6
3-star
205 Lisbon , Portugal 45.6
3-star
206 Dundee , United Kingdom 45.6
1-star
207 Palma de Mallorca , Spain 45.5
3-star
208 Huntsville , AL, United States 45.5
3-star
209 Duisburg , Germany 45.4
1-star
210 College Station , TX, United States 45.2
1-star
211 Columbia , SC, United States 45.1
3-star
212 Tucson , AZ, United States 45.1
2-star
213 Bordeaux , France 45.0
3-star
214 Springfield , MO, United States 45.0
1-star
215 Antwerp , Belgium 44.9
2-star
216 Malmo , Sweden 44.9
3-star
217 Modena , Italy 44.8
1-star
218 Louisville , KY, United States 44.8
3-star
219 Toulouse , France 44.7
3-star
220 Edmonton , Canada 44.7
3-star
221 Gothenburg , Sweden 44.6
2-star
222 Linz , Austria 44.5
2-star
223 Winnipeg , Canada 44.5
3-star
224 Nuremberg , Germany 44.4
3-star
225 Wichita , KS, United States 44.4
3-star
226 Treviso , Italy 44.4
1-star
227 Saskatoon , Canada 44.4
3-star
228 Waterloo , Canada 44.4
1-star
229 Bremen , Germany 44.3
3-star
230 Hanover , Germany 44.3
3-star
231 Padova , Italy 44.2
3-star
232 Little Rock , AR, United States 44.2
1-star
233 Florence , Italy 44.0
2-star
234 Mannheim , Germany 43.9
3-star
235 Kingston , Jamaica 43.6
1-star
236 Valletta , Malta 43.5
3-star
237 Verona , Italy 43.5
3-star
238 Moncton , Canada 43.5
1-star
239 Oulu , Finland 43.4
1-star
240 Warsaw , Poland 43.2
3-star
241 Montreal , Canada 43.1
3-star
242 El Paso , TX, United States 43.1
1-star
243 Darmstadt , Germany 42.9
2-star
244 Rostock , Germany 42.8
1-star
245 Prague , Czech Republic 42.7
3-star
246 Kassel , Germany 42.7
1-star
247 Erlangen , Germany 42.7
2-star
248 Paphos , Cyprus 42.7
2-star
249 Pisa , Italy 42.6
2-star
250 Montpellier , France 42.6
3-star
251 Kingston , Canada 42.6
2-star
252 Regina , Canada 42.5
3-star
253 St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 42.4
2-star
254 Lille , France 42.3
3-star
255 Leipzig , Germany 42.3
3-star
256 Magdeburg , Germany 42.1
1-star
257 Port of Spain , Trinidad And Tobago 42.1
1-star
258 Windsor , Canada 42.1
1-star
259 Tokyo , Japan 42.0
3-star
260 Parma , Italy 41.9
1-star
261 Strasbourg , France 41.8
2-star
262 Bilbao , Spain 41.6
3-star
263 Valencia , Spain 41.6
3-star
264 Christchurch , New Zealand 41.6
3-star
265 Lethbridge , AB, Canada 41.5
2-star
266 Tenerife , Spain 41.4
1-star
267 Trieste , Italy 41.3
3-star
268 Genoa , Italy 41.1
3-star
269 Malaga , Spain 41.0
3-star
270 Aachen , Germany 41.0
2-star
271 San Jose , Costa Rica 40.9
3-star
272 Ljubljana , Slovenia 40.6
3-star
273 Villach , Austria 40.4
3-star
274 Lund , Sweden 40.3
2-star
275 Turin , Italy 40.3
3-star
276 Split , Croatia 40.1
3-star
277 Moscow , Russia 39.9
3-star
278 Trento , Italy 39.8
2-star
279 Reggio Nell'emilia , Italy 39.8
2-star
280 Quebec City , Canada 39.8
3-star
281 Tallinn , Estonia 39.7
3-star
282 Cagliari , Italy 39.7
3-star
283 Braunschweig , Germany 39.4
2-star
284 Nicosia , Cyprus 39.3
2-star
285 Bologna , Italy 39.2
3-star
286 Porto , Portugal 39.1
3-star
287 Saarbrucken , Germany 39.1
1-star
288 Chemnitz , Germany 39.0
3-star
289 Rimini , Italy 39.0
2-star
290 Valladolid , Spain 39.0
1-star
291 San Miguel de Allende , Mexico 38.9
1-star
292 Gijon , Spain 38.9
1-star
293 Turku , Finland 38.8
3-star
294 Funchal , Portugal 38.8
2-star
295 Grenoble , France 38.5
2-star
296 Riyadh , Saudi Arabia 38.5
2-star
297 Remagen , Germany 38.3
1-star
298 Bari , Italy 38.2
3-star
299 Naples , Italy 38.0
2-star
300 Panama City , Panama 37.8
3-star
301 Puerto Vallarta , Mexico 37.8
1-star
302 Krakow , Poland 37.6
2-star
303 Faro , Portugal 37.5
1-star
304 Dortmund , Germany 37.4
2-star
305 Bratislava , Slovakia 37.3
2-star
306 Budapest , Hungary 37.3
3-star
307 Essen , Germany 37.2
2-star
308 Chania , Greece 37.2
1-star
309 Beirut , Lebanon 37.2
2-star
310 Heraklion , Greece 37.1
2-star
311 Gdansk , Poland 37.1
2-star
312 Alicante , Spain 36.9
3-star
313 Tarragona , Spain 36.9
1-star
314 Vigo , Spain 36.8
1-star
315 Brno , Czech Republic 36.8
3-star
316 Sharjah , United Arab Emirates 36.8
2-star
317 Bergamo , Italy 36.4
3-star
318 Dresden , Germany 36.4
3-star
319 Monterrey , Mexico 36.3
2-star
320 Taipei , Taiwan 36.3
2-star
321 Kosice , Slovakia 36.3
2-star
322 Wroclaw , Poland 36.3
2-star
323 Aveiro , Portugal 36.2
1-star
324 Las Palmas , Spain 36.1
3-star
325 Zagreb , Croatia 36.1
2-star
326 Larnaca , Cyprus 36.0
2-star
327 Ras al-Khaimah , United Arab Emirates 35.5
2-star
328 Palermo , Italy 35.4
2-star
329 Catania , Italy 35.4
2-star
330 Mexico City , Mexico 35.3
3-star
331 Montevideo , Uruguay 35.1
2-star
332 Thessaloniki , Greece 35.1
2-star
333 Kuwait City , Kuwait 35.1
3-star
334 Vilnius , Lithuania 35.0
3-star
335 Maribor , Slovenia 34.9
1-star
336 Manama , Bahrain 34.9
2-star
337 Athens , Greece 34.8
2-star
338 Plzen , Czech Republic 34.3
2-star
339 Gdynia , Poland 34.3
1-star
340 Zaragoza , Spain 34.2
1-star
341 Sofia , Bulgaria 34.2
3-star
342 Braga , Portugal 34.1
3-star
343 Seville , Spain 34.0
3-star
344 Coimbra , Portugal 33.9
2-star
345 Cape Town , South Africa 33.7
3-star
346 Oviedo , Spain 33.6
3-star
347 Riga , Latvia 33.6
2-star
348 Rijeka , Croatia 33.6
3-star
349 Granada , Spain 33.5
2-star
350 Istanbul , Tรผrkiye 33.1
3-star
351 Al Khobar , Saudi Arabia 33.1
1-star
352 Poznan , Poland 33.0
2-star
353 Caracas , Venezuela 32.9
2-star
354 Tirana , Albania 32.9
3-star
355 Olomouc , Czech Republic 32.8
3-star
356 Cancun , Mexico 32.8
1-star
357 Belgrade , Serbia 32.7
2-star
358 Buenos Aires , Argentina 32.5
2-star
359 Queretaro , Mexico 32.1
3-star
360 Seoul , South Korea 32.0
2-star
361 Osaka , Japan 32.0
3-star
362 Ostrava , Czech Republic 32.0
3-star
363 San Salvador , El Salvador 32.0
3-star
364 Phuket , Thailand 32.0
2-star
365 Shenzhen , China 31.7
2-star
366 Patras , Greece 31.6
1-star
367 Tijuana , Mexico 31.6
1-star
368 Lodz , Poland 31.2
2-star
369 New Taipei City , Taiwan 30.9
2-star
370 Muscat , Oman 30.9
2-star
371 Merida , Mexico 30.9
3-star
372 Yerevan , Armenia 30.9
3-star
373 Abidjan , Ivory Coast 30.9
2-star
374 Jeddah , Saudi Arabia 30.8
2-star
375 Kaunas , Lithuania 30.7
3-star
376 Taichung , Taiwan 30.7
2-star
377 Budva , Montenegro 30.4
2-star
378 Rzeszow , Poland 30.3
1-star
379 Guadalajara , Mexico 30.3
2-star
380 Johannesburg , South Africa 30.2
3-star
381 Podgorica , Montenegro 30.1
2-star
382 Cluj-Napoca , Romania 30.0
3-star
383 Beijing , China 29.8
2-star
384 Klaipeda , Lithuania 29.6
1-star
385 Kaohsiung , Taiwan 29.3
2-star
386 Shanghai , China 29.0
2-star
387 Medellin , Colombia 28.9
2-star
388 Katowice , Poland 28.9
2-star
389 Novi Sad , Serbia 28.7
3-star
390 Bucharest , Romania 28.4
2-star
391 Szczecin , Poland 28.3
3-star
392 Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic 27.9
3-star
393 Bogota , Colombia 27.8
3-star
394 Debrecen , Hungary 27.7
2-star
395 Makati , Philippines 27.7
2-star
396 Varna , Bulgaria 27.6
2-star
397 Banja Luka , Bosnia And Herzegovina 27.6
1-star
398 Puebla , Mexico 27.6
1-star
399 Vlore , Albania 27.5
1-star
400 Yekaterinburg , Russia 27.4
2-star
401 Pecs , Hungary 27.2
2-star
402 Sao Paulo , Brazil 27.0
2-star
403 Sarajevo , Bosnia And Herzegovina 27.0
2-star
404 Tartu , Estonia 26.9
2-star
405 Santiago , Chile 26.8
3-star
406 Amman , Jordan 26.7
2-star
407 Constanta , Romania 26.7
3-star
408 Maputo , Mozambique 26.7
1-star
409 Ad Dammam , Saudi Arabia 26.5
2-star
410 Tbilisi , Georgia 26.5
3-star
411 Pattaya , Thailand 26.5
2-star
412 Colombo , Sri Lanka 26.5
2-star
413 Windhoek , Namibia 26.4
2-star
414 Lagos , Nigeria 26.4
1-star
415 Bangkok , Thailand 26.3
2-star
416 Nizhny Novgorod , Russia 26.2
2-star
417 Hangzhou , China 26.2
2-star
418 Pretoria , South Africa 26.1
2-star
419 Ploiesti , Romania 26.0
1-star
420 Brasov , Romania 25.9
2-star
421 Timisoara , Romania 25.8
3-star
422 Manila , Philippines 25.8
2-star
423 Tyumen , Russia 25.8
2-star
424 Aguascalientes , Mexico 25.7
2-star
425 Rio de Janeiro , Brazil 25.6
2-star
426 Santos , Brazil 25.6
1-star
427 Batumi , Ajara, Georgia 25.4
2-star
428 Bali , Indonesia 25.3
2-star
429 Florianopolis , Brazil 25.1
2-star
430 Accra , Ghana 25.1
2-star
431 Iasi , Romania 25.1
2-star
432 Lusaka , Zambia 25.0
1-star
433 Cordoba , Argentina 24.9
2-star
434 Izmir , Turkey 24.9
2-star
435 Szeged , Hungary 24.8
2-star
436 Harare , Zimbabwe 24.7
2-star
437 Sao Jose dos Campos , Brazil 24.7
1-star
438 Port Louis , Mauritius 24.5
1-star
439 Asuncion , Paraguay 24.4
2-star
440 Kyiv , Ukraine 24.3
2-star
441 Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia 24.2
2-star
442 Lima , Peru 24.1
3-star
443 Almaty , Kazakhstan 24.1
2-star
444 Saint Petersburg , Russia 24.1
2-star
445 Baghdad , Iraq 23.9
3-star
446 Ankara , Turkey 23.8
2-star
447 Durban , South Africa 23.8
2-star
448 Guayaquil , Ecuador 23.8
2-star
449 Krasnoyarsk , Russia 23.8
3-star
450 Krasnodar , Russia 23.5
3-star
451 Casablanca , Morocco 23.4
2-star
452 Adana , Turkey 23.2
1-star
453 Chisinau , Moldova 23.1
2-star
454 Nanjing , China 23.1
2-star
455 Skopje , North Macedonia 23.0
2-star
456 Pristina , Kosovo (Disputed Territory) 23.0
2-star
457 Plovdiv , Bulgaria 22.7
2-star
458 Tangier , Morocco 22.6
3-star
459 Stara Zagora , Bulgaria 22.6
2-star
460 Agadir , Morocco 22.6
2-star
461 Craiova , Romania 22.4
2-star
462 Oradea , Romania 22.4
2-star
463 Brasilia , Brazil 22.3
2-star
464 Quito , Ecuador 22.3
2-star
465 Baku , Azerbaijan 22.3
3-star
466 Dushanbe , Tajikistan 22.3
2-star
467 Phnom Penh , Cambodia 22.2
2-star
468 Curitiba , Brazil 22.2
2-star
469 Hua Hin , Thailand 22.2
1-star
470 Kazan , Russia 22.2
2-star
471 Porto Alegre , Brazil 22.1
2-star
472 Guangzhou , China 22.0
1-star
473 Minsk , Belarus 22.0
2-star
474 Penang , Malaysia 21.9
2-star
475 Erbil , Iraq 21.8
2-star
476 Changsha , China 21.8
2-star
477 Rabat , Morocco 21.8
2-star
478 Belo Horizonte , Brazil 21.7
3-star
479 Novosibirsk , Russia 21.7
2-star
480 Tashkent , Uzbekistan 21.7
2-star
481 Tunis , Tunisia 21.6
2-star
482 Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam 21.6
2-star
483 Suzhou , China 21.4
2-star
484 Galati , Romania 21.3
2-star
485 Nis , Serbia 21.3
2-star
486 Campinas , Brazil 21.2
1-star
487 Burgas , Bulgaria 21.2
2-star
488 Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia 21.2
2-star
489 Kaliningrad , Russia 21.1
2-star
490 Salvador , Brazil 21.0
2-star
491 Siem Reap , Cambodia 21.0
1-star
492 Antalya , Turkey 20.9
2-star
493 Kigali , Rwanda 20.9
3-star
494 Addis Ababa , Ethiopia 20.7
1-star
495 Recife , Brazil 20.6
2-star
496 Gaborone , Botswana 20.6
1-star
497 Fortaleza , Brazil 20.5
2-star
498 Wuhan , China 20.5
2-star
499 Cebu , Philippines 20.5
2-star
500 Cuenca , Ecuador 20.5
2-star
501 Aktobe , Kazakhstan 20.3
1-star
502 Denpasar , Indonesia 20.2
1-star
503 Chiang Mai , Thailand 19.9
2-star
504 Sibiu , Romania 19.8
2-star
505 Damascus , Syria 19.8
2-star
506 Kuching , Malaysia 19.7
1-star
507 Marrakech , Morocco 19.7
2-star
508 Rostov-on-Don , Russia 19.6
2-star
509 Nairobi , Kenya 19.5
1-star
510 Dar es Salaam , Tanzania 19.5
2-star
511 Hefei , China 19.4
1-star
512 Mumbai , India 19.1
2-star
513 Quezon City , Philippines 19.0
2-star
514 Bursa , Turkey 18.8
2-star
515 Xi'an , China 18.8
1-star
516 Mersin , Turkey 18.5
2-star
517 Chengdu , China 18.3
2-star
518 Targu Mures , Romania 18.2
2-star
519 Santa Cruz , Bolivia 18.0
2-star
520 Jakarta , Indonesia 17.9
1-star
521 Perm , Russia 17.9
2-star
522 Da Nang , Vietnam 17.8
2-star
523 Qingdao , Shandong, China 17.6
2-star
524 Kampala , Uganda 17.5
2-star
525 Bishkek , Kyrgyzstan 17.4
2-star
526 Chongqing , China 17.3
2-star
527 Hanoi , Vietnam 17.3
2-star
528 Astana , Kazakhstan 17.2
2-star
529 Tehran , Iran 16.6
3-star
530 Lviv , Ukraine 16.5
1-star
531 Dhaka , Bangladesh 16.4
2-star
532 Dnipro , Ukraine 15.9
2-star
533 Kathmandu , Nepal 15.5
2-star
534 Thane , India 15.3
2-star
535 Pune , India 15.2
2-star
536 Tomsk , Russia 15.0
2-star
537 Sousse , Tunisia 15.0
2-star
538 Gurgaon , India 14.6
1-star
539 Eskisehir , Turkey 14.4
1-star
540 Algiers , Algeria 14.4
1-star
541 Odessa , Ukraine 14.2
2-star
542 Chittagong , Bangladesh 14.0
1-star
543 Chandigarh , India 13.9
2-star
544 Bangalore , India 13.8
2-star
545 Karachi , Pakistan 13.7
2-star
546 Cairo , Egypt 13.5
2-star
547 Nagpur , India 13.4
1-star
548 Bandung , Indonesia 13.3
2-star
549 Navi Mumbai , India 13.0
2-star
550 Islamabad , Pakistan 12.9
2-star
551 Delhi , India 12.5
2-star
552 Kharkiv , Ukraine 12.5
2-star
553 Hyderabad , India 12.5
1-star
554 Vadodara , India 12.5
2-star
555 Dehradun , India 12.4
1-star
556 Alexandria , Egypt 12.3
2-star
557 La Paz , Bolivia 12.3
1-star
558 Surat , India 12.2
2-star
559 Lahore , Pakistan 12.1
2-star
560 Ahmedabad , India 12.1
2-star
561 Noida , India 12.0
2-star
562 Kabul , Afghanistan 11.9
1-star
563 Thiruvananthapuram , India 11.7
1-star
564 Chennai , India 11.4
2-star
565 Rawalpindi , Pakistan 10.8
2-star
566 Jaipur , India 10.8
1-star
567 Kolkata , India 10.7
1-star
568 Bhubaneswar , India 10.5
2-star
569 Kochi , India 10.4
2-star
570 Giza , Egypt 10.3
1-star
571 Indore , India 9.9
1-star
572 Guwahati , India 9.5
1-star
573 Lucknow , India 9.5
1-star
574 Bhopal , India 9.5
1-star
575 Patna , India 9.3
1-star
576 Coimbatore , India 9.3
1-star
577 Rajkot , India 9.2
1-star
Methodology: How We Calculate This Index

1. Data Sources

Source What it measures Cities here Update Data Year Native Baseline
Numbeo Crowdsourced consumer prices & rent (12,000+ cities, 800K+ contributors) 577 cities Continuous 2026 NYC = 100
Expatistan Crowdsourced standardized basket (2,300+ cities) 451 cities Continuous 2026 Prague = 100
LivingCost Aggregated absolute USD monthly costs with editorial review 487 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 index is the average of all available same-scale source values for a city (Numbeo, Expatistan, LivingCost, SIM), skipping sources that do not cover that city. When a city has 3 or more sources and one of them sits more than 15% away from the average of the others, that source is left out. This is the one cost of living number used across the site: on city pages, in the rankings and in the salary calculator. Eurostat is never included in the composite. It uses a different scale (EU27 = 100) and serves as independent government validation only.

4. Source Agreement

Confidence depends on how many sources the index is built from and how closely they agree. Spread is the gap between the highest and lowest source used, in index points; we compare it with the index itself.

Rating Rule Meaning
3-star 3+ sources, spread ≤ 15% of the index Several independent sources agree
2-star 2+ sources, spread ≤ 30% Sources roughly agree, or only two cover the city
1-star 1 source, or spread > 30% Nothing to check it against, or sources disagree: treat the index as approximate

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