5 Independent Sources · 547 Cities · NYC = 100 Baseline · 2026

Cost of Living Index 5 Independent Sources

Compare 547 cities worldwide. Data from Numbeo, Expatistan, LivingCost, SIM Price Index, and Eurostat — bias-corrected and confidence-scored for reliability.

547
Cities Tracked
334
High Confidence
100
NYC = Baseline
5 Independent Sources Government Validated (Eurostat) Confidence Scored Transparent Methodology
Showing 547 of 547 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 90.4
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 82.7
3-star
9 Reykjavik , Iceland 80.9
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 78.7
3-star
13 Washington , DC, United States 77.9
3-star
14 Singapore , Singapore 77.5
2-star 93.2%
15 Miami , United States 76.8
3-star 96.0%
16 Bern , Switzerland 75.3
3-star
17 Seattle , WA, United States 75.1
3-star
18 Lugano , Switzerland 74.7
2-star 90.6%
19 Boston , United States 74.0
2-star 93.0%
20 Oakland , CA, United States 73.5
3-star
21 San Diego , United States 73.0
3-star 94.1%
22 San Jose , CA, United States 72.3
1-star
23 Irvine , CA, United States 72.0
2-star
24 Jersey City , NJ, United States 70.2
3-star
25 Tel Aviv , Israel 69.6
2-star 98.0%
26 Sydney , Australia 68.2
2-star 97.0%
27 Hong Kong , Hong Kong 67.5
3-star 95.9%
28 Fort Lauderdale , FL, United States 67.2
3-star
29 Dublin , Ireland 67.0
3-star 99.7%
30 Tel Aviv-Yafo , Israel 66.5
3-star
31 Charleston , SC, United States 66.0
3-star
32 Sacramento , CA, United States 65.1
3-star
33 Chicago , United States 64.7
3-star 97.8%
34 Amsterdam , Netherlands 64.4
2-star 95.3%
35 Hong Kong , Hong Kong (China) 64.1
3-star
36 Melbourne , Australia 63.5
2-star 93.7%
37 The Hague , Netherlands 63.2
3-star
38 Luxembourg , Luxembourg 63.0
3-star
39 Utrecht , Netherlands 62.3
3-star
40 Beirut , Lebanon 61.9
2-star
41 Copenhagen , Denmark 61.8
3-star 98.8%
42 Rotterdam , Netherlands 61.6
3-star
43 Haarlem , Netherlands 61.3
3-star
44 Philadelphia , PA, United States 61.1
3-star
45 Galway , Ireland 60.9
2-star
46 Oslo , Norway 60.8
3-star 95.8%
47 Cambridge , United Kingdom 60.5
3-star
48 Guildford , United Kingdom 60.3
3-star
49 Paris , France 60.0
2-star 87.3%
50 Denver , United States 59.9
2-star 94.7%
51 Jerusalem , Israel 59.8
3-star
52 Bristol , United Kingdom 59.8
3-star
53 Anchorage , AK, United States 59.7
3-star
54 Tampa , FL, United States 59.5
2-star
55 Nashville , TN, United States 59.4
3-star
56 Portland , United States 59.3
3-star 96.9%
57 Oxford , United Kingdom 59.2
3-star
58 Ramat Gan , Israel 59.1
3-star
59 Stavanger , Norway 58.5
3-star
60 Brighton , United Kingdom 58.2
3-star
61 Dallas , TX, United States 58.1
3-star
62 Cork , Ireland 58.0
3-star
63 Orlando , FL, United States 57.9
3-star
64 Bergen , Norway 57.8
3-star
65 Syracuse , NY, United States 57.7
3-star
66 Reno , NV, United States 57.6
3-star
67 Arlington , VA, United States 57.5
1-star
68 Charlotte , NC, United States 57.2
3-star
69 Trondheim , Norway 57.0
2-star
70 Dubai , United Arab Emirates 56.6
3-star 99.3%
71 Austin , TX, United States 56.5
3-star
72 Atlanta , United States 55.9
3-star 97.6%
73 Munich , Germany 55.7
3-star 98.0%
74 Colorado Springs , CO, United States 55.6
3-star
75 Manchester , United Kingdom 55.6
3-star
76 Vancouver , Canada 55.4
3-star 98.0%
77 Phoenix , AZ, United States 55.4
3-star
78 Reading , United Kingdom 55.4
3-star
79 Innsbruck , Austria 55.3
3-star
80 Salt Lake City , UT, United States 55.1
2-star
81 Adelaide , Australia 55.0
3-star 98.3%
82 Delft , Netherlands 54.8
3-star
83 Baltimore , MD, United States 54.7
3-star
84 Greenville , SC, United States 54.7
2-star
85 Raleigh , NC, United States 54.7
3-star
86 Ann Arbor , MI, United States 54.4
3-star
87 Toronto , Canada 54.2
3-star 99.1%
88 Albany , NY, United States 54.2
3-star
89 Madison , WI, United States 54.1
3-star
90 Gold Coast , Australia 54.0
2-star
91 Eindhoven , Netherlands 54.0
3-star
92 Las Vegas , NV, United States 53.9
2-star
93 Stockholm , Sweden 53.8
2-star 88.7%
94 Richmond , VA, United States 53.8
2-star
95 Southampton , United Kingdom 53.8
3-star
96 Fort Worth , TX, United States 53.6
3-star
97 Leiden , Netherlands 53.4
3-star
98 Perth , Australia 53.3
3-star 93.7%
99 Milton Keynes , United Kingdom 53.3
3-star
100 Minneapolis , United States 53.2
3-star 99.4%
101 New Orleans , LA, United States 53.2
2-star
102 Leeds , United Kingdom 53.1
3-star
103 Indianapolis , IN, United States 52.8
2-star
104 Aarhus , Denmark 52.7
2-star
105 Spokane , WA, United States 52.7
2-star
106 Vancouver , WA, United States 52.7
2-star
107 Petah Tikva , Israel 52.6
3-star
108 Canberra , Australia 52.4
2-star
109 Kansas City , MO, United States 52.4
3-star
110 Columbus , OH, United States 52.2
3-star
111 Limerick , Ireland 52.2
3-star
112 San Juan , Puerto Rico 52.1
3-star
113 Gainesville , FL, United States 52.1
3-star
114 Birmingham , United Kingdom 52.0
3-star
115 Frankfurt , Germany 51.9
3-star 88.6%
116 Milan , Italy 51.9
2-star 98.0%
117 Jacksonville , FL, United States 51.9
3-star
118 Birmingham , AL, United States 51.8
3-star
119 Ajman , United Arab Emirates 51.7
1-star
120 Edinburgh , United Kingdom 51.6
3-star 92.6%
121 Glasgow , United Kingdom 51.6
3-star
122 Brisbane , Australia 51.5
3-star 96.4%
123 Victoria , Canada 51.5
3-star
124 Wiesbaden , Germany 51.4
3-star
125 Hamburg , Germany 51.4
3-star
126 Detroit , United States 51.2
3-star 93.9%
127 Berlin , Germany 51.1
3-star 87.2%
128 Surrey , Canada 50.8
3-star
129 Aalborg , Denmark 50.7
3-star
130 Cincinnati , OH, United States 50.7
2-star
131 Mississauga , Canada 50.7
2-star
132 Buffalo , NY, United States 50.5
3-star
133 Bournemouth , United Kingdom 50.5
3-star
134 Ottawa , Canada 50.5
2-star
135 York , United Kingdom 50.4
2-star
136 Heidelberg , Germany 50.2
2-star
137 Houston , United States 50.1
3-star 93.1%
138 Stuttgart , Germany 50.0
3-star
139 Omaha , NE, United States 50.0
3-star
140 Halifax , Canada 49.9
3-star
141 Helsinki , Finland 49.7
2-star 98.1%
142 Espoo , Finland 49.6
2-star
143 Saint Louis , MO, United States 49.3
2-star
144 Liverpool , United Kingdom 49.3
3-star
145 Knoxville , TN, United States 49.2
3-star
146 Milwaukee , WI, United States 49.1
3-star
147 Sliema , Malta 49.1
2-star
148 Coventry , United Kingdom 49.0
3-star
149 Limassol , Cyprus 49.0
2-star
150 Brussels , Belgium 48.9
3-star 82.0%
151 Freiburg im Breisgau , Germany 48.9
3-star
152 Salzburg , Austria 48.8
3-star
153 Dusseldorf , Germany 48.8
3-star
154 Vienna , Austria 48.7
3-star 98.4%
155 Odense , Denmark 48.7
3-star
156 Wellington , New Zealand 48.7
3-star
157 Calgary , Canada 48.6
3-star 97.9%
158 Pittsburgh , United States 48.6
3-star 92.8%
159 Barcelona , Spain 48.6
3-star 95.1%
160 Haifa , Israel 48.3
2-star 93.5%
161 Cologne , Germany 48.3
3-star
162 Newcastle upon Tyne , United Kingdom 48.3
3-star
163 Cleveland , United States 48.2
3-star 89.8%
164 Boise , United States 48.1
2-star 98.9%
165 Madrid , Spain 48.0
3-star 98.6%
166 Groningen , Netherlands 48.0
3-star
167 San Antonio , TX, United States 47.9
2-star
168 Nice , France 47.8
3-star
169 Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates 47.8
3-star
170 Gothenburg , Sweden 47.7
3-star
171 Hamilton , Canada 47.7
2-star
172 Aberdeen , United Kingdom 47.6
3-star
173 Cardiff , United Kingdom 47.6
2-star
174 Beersheba , Israel 47.5
2-star
175 Kelowna , Canada 47.5
3-star
176 Karlsruhe , Germany 47.3
2-star
177 Nottingham , United Kingdom 47.3
3-star
178 Bonn , Germany 47.0
3-star
179 Rochester , NY, United States 47.0
3-star
180 Albuquerque , NM, United States 47.0
3-star
181 Mainz , Germany 46.9
2-star
182 Tampere , Finland 46.8
3-star
183 Bologna , Italy 46.7
3-star 93.5%
184 Nanaimo , BC, Canada 46.7
3-star
185 Auckland , New Zealand 46.6
2-star 95.1%
186 Rome , Italy 46.6
3-star 97.8%
187 Doha , Qatar 46.6
3-star
188 Gent , Belgium 46.4
3-star 91.1%
189 Belfast , United Kingdom 46.4
3-star
190 Augsburg , Germany 46.3
2-star
191 Regensburg , Germany 45.9
3-star
192 Leuven , Belgium 45.9
3-star
193 London , Canada 45.9
3-star
194 Erfurt , Germany 45.8
3-star
195 Tulsa , OK, United States 45.8
3-star
196 Kitchener , Canada 45.8
2-star
197 Guelph , Canada 45.8
3-star
198 Brampton , Canada 45.6
3-star
199 Darmstadt , Germany 45.4
3-star
200 Brescia , Italy 45.4
3-star
201 Malmo , Sweden 45.4
3-star
202 Sheffield , United Kingdom 45.4
3-star
203 Huntsville , AL, United States 45.3
3-star
204 Antwerp , Belgium 45.1
2-star 88.1%
205 Graz , Austria 45.1
3-star
206 Florence , Italy 45.1
3-star
207 Treviso , Italy 45.1
3-star
208 Waterloo , Canada 45.1
3-star
209 Tucson , AZ, United States 45.0
3-star
210 Uppsala , Sweden 44.8
3-star
211 Edmonton , Canada 44.8
3-star
212 Saskatoon , Canada 44.7
3-star
213 Nuremberg , Germany 44.6
2-star
214 Louisville , KY, United States 44.6
3-star
215 Winnipeg , Canada 44.5
3-star
216 Mannheim , Germany 44.4
3-star
217 Hanover , Germany 44.4
3-star
218 Columbia , SC, United States 44.4
3-star
219 Lisbon , Portugal 44.2
3-star 98.5%
220 Linz , Austria 44.2
2-star
221 Dundee , United Kingdom 44.2
3-star
222 Bremen , Germany 44.1
3-star
223 Lyon , France 44.0
2-star 94.8%
224 Toulouse , France 44.0
3-star
225 Bordeaux , France 44.0
2-star
226 Wichita , KS, United States 44.0
3-star
227 Montreal , Canada 43.8
3-star 98.2%
228 Padova , Italy 43.8
3-star
229 Strasbourg , France 43.7
2-star
230 Oulu , Finland 43.4
3-star
231 Marseille , France 43.3
2-star 96.3%
232 Tokyo , Japan 43.3
2-star 94.8%
233 Verona , Italy 43.0
3-star
234 Oklahoma City , United States 42.9
3-star 95.3%
235 Erlangen , Germany 42.9
2-star
236 Leipzig , Germany 42.8
2-star
237 St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 42.6
3-star
238 Windsor , Canada 42.6
3-star
239 Seoul , South Korea 42.5
2-star 86.3%
240 Valletta , Malta 42.4
3-star 95.9%
241 Pisa , Italy 42.3
1-star
242 Kiel , Germany 42.3
3-star
243 Montpellier , France 42.1
3-star
244 Paphos , Cyprus 42.0
3-star
245 Kassel , Germany 41.8
3-star
246 Warsaw , Poland 41.7
3-star 98.5%
247 Regina , Canada 41.7
3-star
248 Sharjah , United Arab Emirates 41.6
2-star
249 Aachen , Germany 41.5
2-star
250 Lethbridge , AB, Canada 41.5
2-star
251 Lund , Sweden 41.4
2-star
252 Genoa , Italy 41.4
2-star
253 Christchurch , New Zealand 41.2
3-star
254 Palma de Mallorca , Spain 41.1
2-star 99.2%
255 Moncton , Canada 41.1
3-star
256 Dortmund , Germany 40.9
3-star 80.1%
257 Trento , Italy 40.9
2-star
258 Turku , Finland 40.8
3-star 85.3%
259 Villach , Austria 40.8
3-star
260 Prague , Czech Republic 40.6
3-star 94.3%
261 Rimini , Italy 40.6
3-star
262 Lille , France 40.5
2-star 98.1%
263 Split , Croatia 40.5
3-star
264 Trieste , Italy 40.4
3-star
265 Grenoble , France 40.3
3-star 95.7%
266 Larnaca , Cyprus 40.0
3-star
267 Kingston , Canada 39.9
3-star
268 Essen , Germany 39.8
2-star 81.8%
269 Cagliari , Italy 39.7
3-star
270 Bilbao , Spain 39.6
3-star 94.3%
271 Quebec City , Canada 39.6
3-star
272 Turin , Italy 39.5
3-star
273 Valencia , Spain 39.4
3-star 99.2%
274 Braunschweig , Germany 39.4
2-star
275 Krakow , Poland 39.4
3-star
276 Wroclaw , Poland 39.1
3-star
277 Nicosia , Cyprus 38.9
3-star
278 Bergamo , Italy 38.8
2-star 99.3%
279 San Jose , Costa Rica 38.8
3-star
280 Naples , Italy 38.7
3-star 94.8%
281 Porto , Portugal 38.2
3-star 99.3%
282 Malaga , Spain 38.1
3-star 99.5%
283 Reggio Nell'emilia , Italy 38.1
3-star
284 Gdansk , Poland 38.1
3-star
285 Remagen , Germany 38.0
3-star
286 Bari , Italy 38.0
3-star
287 Ljubljana , Slovenia 37.9
3-star 99.5%
288 Chemnitz , Germany 37.8
3-star
289 Dresden , Germany 37.7
3-star 98.2%
290 Funchal , Portugal 37.7
2-star
291 Tenerife , Spain 37.6
3-star 99.2%
292 Tallinn , Estonia 37.5
3-star 89.1%
293 Moscow , Russia 37.3
2-star
294 Lodz , Poland 37.2
3-star
295 Panama City , Panama 37.2
3-star
296 Monterrey , Mexico 37.1
2-star 99.0%
297 Poznan , Poland 37.1
3-star
298 Riyadh , Saudi Arabia 37.0
3-star 89.9%
299 Brno , Czech Republic 36.2
3-star
300 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , Spain 35.9
3-star
301 Ras al-Khaimah , United Arab Emirates 35.7
2-star
302 Kosice , Slovakia 35.7
2-star
303 Seville , Spain 35.4
3-star 99.9%
304 Alicante , Spain 35.2
3-star 99.7%
305 Las Palmas , Spain 35.2
3-star 98.6%
306 Kuwait City , Kuwait 35.1
3-star
307 Zaragoza , Spain 34.8
3-star 96.3%
308 Heraklion , Greece 34.8
3-star
309 Montevideo , Uruguay 34.6
3-star 70.5%
310 Catania , Italy 34.5
2-star
311 Athens , Greece 34.4
3-star 99.7%
312 Bratislava , Slovakia 34.4
3-star 98.5%
313 Seville , Spain 34.4
3-star
314 Taipei , Taiwan 34.3
2-star
315 Abidjan , Ivory Coast 34.2
2-star
316 Palermo , Italy 34.1
3-star
317 Braga , Portugal 34.0
2-star
318 Vilnius , Lithuania 33.9
3-star 93.9%
319 Oviedo , Spain 33.8
3-star 94.7%
320 Manama , Bahrain 33.8
2-star
321 Osaka , Japan 33.7
2-star 94.7%
322 Istanbul , Türkiye 33.6
2-star 95.5%
323 Gdynia , Poland 33.6
3-star
324 Cancun , Mexico 33.5
3-star
325 Coimbra , Portugal 33.5
2-star
326 Zagreb , Croatia 33.2
3-star 95.7%
327 Rijeka , Croatia 33.2
2-star
328 Istanbul , Turkey 33.2
3-star
329 Jeddah , Saudi Arabia 33.2
2-star
330 Tirana , Albania 33.1
3-star
331 Al Khobar , Saudi Arabia 32.7
3-star
332 Granada , Spain 32.5
3-star 99.7%
333 Olomouc , Czech Republic 32.4
2-star
334 San Salvador , El Salvador 32.1
3-star
335 Budva , Montenegro 31.8
2-star
336 Torrevieja , Spain 31.8
3-star
337 Cape Town , South Africa 31.8
3-star
338 Kaunas , Lithuania 31.4
2-star
339 New Taipei City , Taiwan 31.2
1-star
340 Muscat , Oman 31.2
2-star
341 Queretaro , Mexico 31.1
3-star
342 Shanghai , China 31.0
3-star 97.7%
343 Ostrava , Czech Republic 31.0
3-star
344 Guadalajara , Mexico 31.0
2-star
345 Budapest , Hungary 30.9
3-star 98.3%
346 Thessaloniki , Greece 30.7
2-star 93.0%
347 Beijing , China 30.4
3-star 98.0%
348 Riga , Latvia 30.3
2-star 92.7%
349 Johannesburg , South Africa 30.2
3-star 93.4%
350 Tartu , Estonia 30.1
3-star 96.5%
351 Mexico City , Mexico 30.1
2-star 92.0%
352 Merida , Mexico 30.1
3-star
353 Belgrade , Serbia 30.0
3-star 90.7%
354 Plzen , Czech Republic 29.9
3-star
355 Yerevan , Armenia 29.9
2-star
356 Santiago , Chile 29.8
2-star 79.0%
357 Cluj-Napoca , Romania 29.8
3-star
358 Phuket , Thailand 29.7
3-star
359 Harare , Zimbabwe 29.6
3-star
360 Ad Dammam , Saudi Arabia 28.8
2-star
361 Amman , Jordan 28.7
2-star
362 Novi Sad , Serbia 28.4
3-star
363 Szczecin , Poland 28.4
3-star
364 Katowice , Poland 28.4
2-star
365 Pretoria , South Africa 28.2
2-star
366 Podgorica , Montenegro 28.1
3-star
367 Bali , Indonesia 28.1
2-star
368 Taichung , Taiwan 27.9
3-star
369 Debrecen , Hungary 27.8
3-star
370 Varna , Bulgaria 27.6
2-star
371 Bucharest , Romania 27.4
3-star 91.7%
372 Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic 27.4
3-star
373 Makati , Philippines 27.4
1-star
374 Shenzhen , China 27.4
1-star
375 Pecs , Hungary 27.2
3-star
376 Windhoek , Namibia 27.2
2-star
377 Kaohsiung , Taiwan 27.1
3-star
378 Medellin , Colombia 27.1
2-star
379 Brasov , Romania 27.0
3-star
380 Cordoba , Argentina 26.9
3-star
381 Constanta , Romania 26.8
2-star
382 Vlore , Albania 26.8
3-star
383 Izmir , Turkey 26.3
3-star
384 Sao Paulo , Brazil 26.2
3-star 90.7%
385 Curitiba , Brazil 26.2
2-star
386 Sofia , Bulgaria 26.0
2-star 95.3%
387 Ankara , Turkey 26.0
3-star
388 Lagos , Nigeria 26.0
3-star
389 Aguascalientes , Mexico 25.9
2-star
390 Tbilisi , Georgia 25.8
3-star
391 Timisoara , Romania 25.7
3-star
392 Accra , Ghana 25.7
2-star
393 Hua Hin , Thailand 25.7
1-star
394 Sarajevo , Bosnia And Herzegovina 25.6
2-star
395 Quezon City , Philippines 25.6
2-star
396 Guayaquil , Ecuador 25.4
3-star
397 Yekaterinburg , Russia 25.3
2-star
398 Casablanca , Morocco 25.3
3-star
399 Addis Ababa , Ethiopia 25.1
3-star
400 Szeged , Hungary 24.9
3-star
401 Saint Petersburg , Russia 24.8
2-star
402 Durban , South Africa 24.8
2-star
403 Iasi , Romania 24.3
3-star
404 Almaty , Kazakhstan 24.3
2-star
405 Guangzhou , China 24.3
1-star
406 Buenos Aires , Argentina 24.2
3-star 96.0%
407 Rio de Janeiro , Brazil 24.1
3-star 94.5%
408 Skopje , North Macedonia 24.1
2-star
409 Suzhou , China 24.1
1-star
410 Chisinau , Moldova 24.0
3-star
411 Porto Alegre , Brazil 24.0
2-star
412 Pattaya , Thailand 23.9
3-star
413 Bangkok , Thailand 23.8
2-star 92.3%
414 Brasilia , Brazil 23.8
3-star 96.6%
415 Hangzhou , China 23.8
3-star
416 Quito , Ecuador 23.7
2-star
417 Santa Cruz , Bolivia 23.6
2-star
418 Plovdiv , Bulgaria 23.5
2-star
419 Manila , Philippines 23.5
3-star
420 Rabat , Morocco 23.5
2-star
421 Vladivostok , Russia 23.4
3-star
422 Craiova , Romania 23.3
3-star
423 Cebu , Philippines 23.2
2-star
424 Baghdad , Iraq 23.1
3-star
425 Lima , Peru 23.0
2-star 94.7%
426 Kyiv , Ukraine 23.0
3-star 97.9%
427 Burgas , Bulgaria 23.0
2-star
428 Phnom Penh , Cambodia 23.0
2-star
429 Antalya , Turkey 22.9
3-star
430 Tashkent , Uzbekistan 22.9
3-star
431 Kiev , Ukraine 22.8
3-star
432 Nairobi , Kenya 22.6
3-star 76.3%
433 Oradea , Romania 22.6
3-star
434 Krasnoyarsk , Russia 22.6
3-star
435 Barranquilla , Colombia 22.6
2-star
436 Marrakech , Morocco 22.6
2-star
437 Galati , Romania 22.5
3-star
438 Batumi , Ajara, Georgia 22.5
3-star
439 Bogota , Colombia 22.4
3-star 99.1%
440 Caracas , Venezuela 22.4
2-star 94.2%
441 Kazan , Russia 22.4
3-star
442 Tangier , Morocco 22.4
3-star
443 Recife , Brazil 22.4
2-star
444 Tyumen , Russia 22.3
2-star
445 Joao Pessoa , Brazil 22.3
1-star
446 Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia 22.3
3-star
447 Colombo , Sri Lanka 22.2
1-star
448 Pristina , Kosovo (Disputed Territory) 22.2
1-star
449 Krasnodar , Russia 22.1
2-star
450 Cali , Colombia 22.1
2-star
451 Nizhny Novgorod , Russia 21.9
3-star
452 Chiang Mai , Thailand 21.9
1-star
453 Mumbai , India 21.8
2-star 90.1%
454 Baku , Azerbaijan 21.7
3-star
455 Salvador , Brazil 21.6
3-star 97.6%
456 Bursa , Turkey 21.6
1-star
457 Novosibirsk , Russia 21.6
2-star
458 Erbil , Iraq 21.6
2-star
459 Fortaleza , Brazil 21.6
2-star
460 Sibiu , Romania 21.5
3-star
461 Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia 21.4
2-star 91.9%
462 Cuenca , Ecuador 21.4
2-star
463 Nis , Serbia 21.3
3-star
464 Kuching , Malaysia 21.2
1-star
465 Nanjing , China 21.1
2-star
466 Jakarta , Indonesia 20.9
2-star
467 Kaliningrad , Russia 20.8
2-star
468 Asuncion , Paraguay 20.8
2-star
469 Kampala , Uganda 20.8
2-star
470 Ufa , Russia 20.7
3-star
471 Rostov-on-Don , Russia 20.6
2-star
472 Penang , Malaysia 20.5
3-star
473 Mersin , Turkey 20.3
2-star
474 Targu Mures , Romania 20.3
3-star
475 Chelyabinsk , Russia 20.3
2-star
476 Stara Zagora , Bulgaria 20.3
2-star
477 Minsk , Belarus 20.2
2-star
478 Samara , Russia 20.1
3-star
479 Dar es Salaam , Tanzania 20.0
2-star
480 Dushanbe , Tajikistan 19.9
2-star
481 Agadir , Morocco 19.8
1-star
482 Kigali , Rwanda 19.8
2-star
483 Florianopolis , Brazil 19.7
1-star 87.8%
484 Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam 19.7
3-star
485 Qingdao , Shandong, China 19.3
1-star
486 Damascus , Syria 19.2
1-star
487 Astana , Kazakhstan 19.2
3-star
488 Chengdu , China 19.1
2-star
489 Voronezh , Russia 19.0
3-star
490 Campinas , Brazil 18.9
2-star 82.8%
491 Changsha , China 18.9
1-star
492 Perm , Russia 18.8
3-star
493 Belo Horizonte , Brazil 18.7
3-star 83.0%
494 Tunis , Tunisia 18.4
2-star
495 Wuhan , China 18.4
3-star
496 Davao , Philippines 18.3
3-star
497 Chongqing , China 18.3
1-star
498 Bishkek , Kyrgyzstan 18.2
2-star
499 Tomsk , Russia 18.1
3-star
500 Eskisehir , Turkey 17.8
1-star
501 Dnipro , Ukraine 17.8
2-star
502 Hanoi , Vietnam 17.8
2-star
503 Xi'an , China 17.7
3-star
504 Lviv , Ukraine 17.6
1-star
505 Da Nang , Vietnam 17.6
3-star
506 Surabaya , Indonesia 16.9
3-star
507 Tehran , Iran 16.7
3-star
508 Algiers , Algeria 16.5
1-star
509 Sousse , Tunisia 16.3
2-star
510 Gurgaon , India 16.3
1-star
511 Cairo , Egypt 15.8
2-star 84.8%
512 Bandung , Indonesia 15.7
2-star
513 Odessa , Ukraine 15.5
2-star
514 Bangalore , India 15.3
2-star
515 Delhi , India 15.2
2-star 71.3%
516 Dhaka , Bangladesh 14.6
3-star
517 Hyderabad , India 14.4
2-star
518 Pune , India 14.2
3-star
519 Kharkiv , Ukraine 13.9
3-star
520 Thane , India 13.9
2-star
521 Surat , India 13.8
3-star
522 Chittagong , Bangladesh 13.6
3-star
523 Kathmandu , Nepal 13.5
2-star
524 Ahmedabad , India 13.3
2-star
525 Navi Mumbai , India 13.3
2-star
526 Islamabad , Pakistan 13.2
2-star
527 Chennai , India 13.1
2-star
528 Lahore , Pakistan 13.0
2-star
529 Kochi , India 12.7
1-star
530 Karachi , Pakistan 12.4
3-star
531 Kolkata , India 12.2
1-star
532 Noida , India 12.1
1-star
533 Jaipur , India 12.0
1-star
534 Chandigarh , India 11.9
2-star
535 Thiruvananthapuram , India 11.9
3-star
536 Giza , Egypt 11.7
2-star
537 Indore , India 11.7
1-star
538 Rawalpindi , Pakistan 11.4
2-star
539 Vadodara , India 11.4
3-star
540 Bhubaneswar , India 11.3
2-star
541 Guwahati , India 11.1
1-star
542 Coimbatore , India 11.1
1-star
543 Bhopal , India 11.0
1-star
544 Patna , India 10.9
1-star
545 Alexandria , Egypt 10.8
3-star
546 Lucknow , India 10.7
1-star
547 Rajkot , India 10.4
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