Expatistan's Cost of Living Index

Ranking City Price Index *
1 Tokyo (Japan) 284
2 Zurich (Switzerland) 262
3 Oslo (Norway) 256
4 Geneva (Switzerland) 245
5 Sydney (Australia) 233
6 London (United Kingdom) 219
7 Perth (Australia) 218
8 New York City (United States) 214
9 Singapore (Singapore) 205
10 Adelaide (Australia) 204
11 Melbourne (Australia) 203
12 Brisbane (Australia) 200
13 Paris (France) 199
14 Hong Kong (Hong Kong) 198
15 Washington D.C. (United States) 197
16 Auckland (New Zealand) 196
17 Amsterdam (Netherlands) 192
18 Toronto (Canada) 178
19 Dublin (Ireland) 177
20 San Francisco (United States) 176
21 Vancouver (Canada) 173
22 Helsinki (Finland) 172
23 Wellington (New Zealand) 170
24 Boston (United States) 169
25 São Paulo (Brazil) 168
26 Calgary (Canada) 166
27 Milan (Italy) 166
28 Rome (Italy) 164
29 Hamburg (Germany) 161
30 Edmonton (Canada) 161
31 Philadelphia (United States) 160
32 Munich (Germany) 159
33 Honolulu (United States) 159
34 Ottawa (Canada) 159
35 San Jose (United States) 159
36 Manchester (United Kingdom) 158
37 Anchorage (United States) 158
38 Copenhagen (Denmark) 156
39 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 155
40 Brussels (Belgium) 153
41 Chicago (United States) 152
42 Reykjavik (Iceland) 152
43 Seattle (United States) 151
44 Los Angeles (United States) 151
45 Montreal (Canada) 147
46 Edinburgh (United Kingdom) 146
47 Miami (United States) 146
48 Tel Aviv (Israel) 146
49 Athens (Greece) 146
50 Madrid (Spain) 145
51 Vienna (Austria) 145
52 San Diego (United States) 144
53 Portland (United States) 140
54 Berlin (Germany) 140
55 Campinas (Brazil) 140
56 Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 140
57 Glasgow (United Kingdom) 140
58 Barcelona (Spain) 139
59 Pittsburgh (United States) 139
60 Houston (United States) 139
61 Denver (United States) 138
62 Moscow (Russia) 137
63 Minneapolis (United States) 136
64 Dallas (United States) 134
65 Atlanta (United States) 132
66 Nashville (United States) 131
67 Curitiba (Brazil) 131
68 Detroit (United States) 131
69 Charlotte (United States) 131
70 Orlando (United States) 130
71 Las Vegas (United States) 130
72 Salvador (Brazil) 129
73 Tampa (United States) 129
74 Phoenix (United States) 128
75 Austin (United States) 127
76 Salt Lake City (United States) 127
77 Seoul (South Korea) 127
78 Indianapolis (United States) 125
79 Lisbon (Portugal) 125
80 Milwaukee (United States) 124
81 Tehran (Iran) 124
82 Ljubljana (Slovenia) 124
83 Istanbul (Turkey) 123
84 Amman (Jordan) 123
85 Valencia (Spain) 122
86 Bogotá (Colombia) 121
87 Montevideo (Uruguay) 118
88 Columbus (United States) 118
89 Panama City (Panama) 116
90 Kansas City (United States) 115
91 Oporto (Portugal) 113
92 Saint Petersburg (Russia) 111
93 Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) 105
94 Ankara (Turkey) 104
95 Santiago (Chile) 102
96 Prague (Czech Republic) 100
97 Medellín (Colombia) 99
98 Monterrey (Mexico) 99
99 Johannesburg (South Africa) 97
100 Bangkok (Thailand) 95
101 Lima (Peru) 94
102 Warsaw (Poland) 94
103 San Salvador (El Salvador) 94
104 Mexico City (Mexico) 93
105 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) 93
106 Budapest (Hungary) 91
107 Manila (Philippines) 91
108 Tallinn (Estonia) 91
109 Zagreb (Croatia) 90
110 Shanghai (China) 90
111 Caracas (Venezuela) 87
112 Buenos Aires (Argentina) 87
113 Guadalajara (Mexico) 86
114 Córdoba (Argentina) 84
115 Cape Town (South Africa) 83
116 Sofia (Bulgaria) 82
117 Quito (Ecuador) 81
118 Bucharest (Romania) 80
119 Beijing (China) 79
120 Timisoara (Romania) 71
121 Cluj-Napoca (Romania) 70
122 Skopje (Macedonia) 66
123 Belgrade (Serbia) 64
124 Mumbai (India) 62
125 Delhi (India) 60
126 Kiev (Ukraine) 58
127 Bangalore (India) 51
128 Pune (India) 51
129 Hyderabad (India) 48
130 Karachi (Pakistan) 44
131 Kolkata (India) 42

Price Index:

To calculate each cities' Cost of Living Index value, we start by assigning a value of 100 to a central reference city (that happens to be Prague). Once the reference point has been stablished, the Price Index value of every other city in the database is calculated by comparing their cost of living to the cost of living in Prague.
Therefore, if a city has a Price Index of 134, that means that living there is 34% more expensive than living in Prague.

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