Expatistan's Cost of Living World Map

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This map shows only the top cities in the world. We also have a list of all the cities available in Expatistan.

The color of each marker corresponds with the cost of living in the city red markers show more expensive cities green ones show cheaper cities
Moving the mouse on top of a city will show its name and the Cost of Living Index of that city.

What is the Cost of Living Index? To calculate each city's Price 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 established, 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.

Expatistan Cost of Living Index

Ranking City Price Index: *
1st London (United Kingdom) 237
2nd New York City (United States) 223
3rd Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands) 222
4th Zurich (Switzerland) 218
5th Geneva (Switzerland) 208
6th Miami, Florida (United States) 204
7th Boston, Massachusetts (United States) 201
8th Basel (Switzerland) 199
9th San Jose, California (United States) 199
10th Lausanne (Switzerland) 199
11th Singapore 192
12th Lugano (Switzerland) 190
13th Washington D.C. (United States) 185
14th Sydney (Australia) 183
15th Denver, Colorado (United States) 182
16th Los Angeles, California (United States) 181
17th Atlanta, Georgia (United States) 179
18th Seattle, Washington (United States) 173
19th Melbourne (Australia) 170
20th Chicago, Illinois (United States) 169
21st Dublin (Ireland) 168
22nd Copenhagen (Denmark) 167
23rd Dallas, Texas (United States) 167
24th Portland, Oregon (United States) 164
25th Nassau (Bahamas) 162
26th Auckland (New Zealand) 162
27th Toronto (Canada) 161
28th Sacramento, California (United States) 160
29th Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota (United States) 160
30th Austin, Texas (United States) 159
31st Amsterdam (Netherlands) 159
32nd Paris (France) 158
33rd Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) 157
34th Hong Kong 156
35th Orlando, Florida (United States) 155
36th Vancouver (Canada) 154
37th Oslo (Norway) 153
38th Houston, Texas (United States) 151
39th Tampa, Florida (United States) 148
40th Boise, Idaho (United States) 147
41st Walnut Creek, California (United States) 143
42nd Tel Aviv (Israel) 143
43rd Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 142
44th Trondheim (Norway) 142
45th Wellington (New Zealand) 141
46th Calgary (Canada) 140
47th Helsinki (Finland) 140
48th Luxembourg 140
49th Stockholm (Sweden) 139
50th St. Petersburg, Florida (United States) 139
51st Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States) 139
52nd Baltimore, Maryland (United States) 138
53rd Manchester (United Kingdom) 136
54th Newark, New Jersey (United States) 136
55th Edinburgh (United Kingdom) 136
56th Milan (Italy) 134
57th Cleveland, Ohio (United States) 132
58th Rotterdam (Netherlands) 132
59th Berlin (Germany) 132
60th Munich (Germany) 132
61st Frankfurt am Main (Germany) 132
62nd Brussels (Belgium) 130
63rd Montreal (Canada) 130
64th Doha (Qatar) 128
65th Aberdeen (United Kingdom) 126
66th Edmonton (Canada) 126
67th San Antonio, Texas (United States) 123
68th Glasgow (United Kingdom) 123
69th Hamburg (Germany) 123
70th Santa Fe, New Mexico (United States) 122
71st Cairns (Australia) 122
72nd Vienna (Austria) 121
73rd Nice (France) 121
74th Haifa (Israel) 119
75th Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) 119
76th Lyon (France) 118
77th Hamilton, New Zealand (New Zealand) 118
78th San Sebastian (Spain) 117
79th Montevideo (Uruguay) 116
80th Marseille (France) 116
81st Rome (Italy) 116
82nd Antwerp (Belgium) 114
83rd Newcastle, Australia (Australia) 114
84th Valletta (Malta) 113
85th Tallahassee, Florida (United States) 113
86th Madrid (Spain) 111
87th Grenoble (France) 110
88th Wollongong (Australia) 110
89th Lisbon (Portugal) 110
90th Tucson, Arizona (United States) 109
91st Darwin (Australia) 109
92nd Innsbruck (Austria) 108
93rd Macao 108
94th Ramallah (Palestinian Territory) 108
95th Tijuana (Mexico) 108
96th Barcelona, Spain (Spain) 107
97th Lille (France) 107
98th Nantes (France) 107
99th Florence (Italy) 106
100th Bergamo (Italy) 106
101st Ghent (Belgium) 105
102nd Dortmund (Germany) 105
103rd Essen (Germany) 104
104th Oporto (Portugal) 103
105th Bilbao (Spain) 102
106th Varese (Italy) 102
107th Pamplona (Spain) 101
108th Abbotsford (Canada) 101
109th Prague (Czech Republic) 100
110th Bologna (Italy) 100
111th Youngstown, Ohio (United States) 98
112th Dresden (Germany) 97
113th Ljubljana (Slovenia) 97
114th San Jose, Costa Rica (Costa Rica) 96
115th Valencia, Spain (Spain) 96
116th Mexico City (Mexico) 96
117th Monterrey (Mexico) 96
118th San Antonio, California (United States) 95
119th Ravenna (Italy) 95
120th Perugia (Italy) 95
121st Turin (Italy) 94
122nd Thessaloniki (Greece) 94
123rd Amman (Jordan) 94
124th Zagreb (Croatia) 93
125th Naples (Italy) 92
126th Shanghai (China) 92
127th Pescara (Italy) 92
128th Cedar Rapids, Iowa (United States) 91
129th Taipei (Taiwan) 91
130th Warsaw (Poland) 91
131st Panama City (Panama) 91
132nd Valladolid (Spain) 90
133rd Zaragoza (Spain) 89
134th Seville (Spain) 89
135th Florianopolis (Brazil) 89
136th Corunna (Spain) 89
137th Gijón (Spain) 88
138th Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain) 88
139th Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 88
140th Oviedo (Spain) 86
141st Santos, Sao Paulo (Brazil) 86
142nd São Paulo (Brazil) 86
143rd Granada, Spain (Spain) 85
144th Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) 85
145th Guadalajara (Mexico) 84
146th Guatemala City (Guatemala) 83
147th Bratislava (Slovakia) 82
148th Caracas (Venezuela) 81
149th San Salvador (El Salvador) 81
150th Santiago, Chile (Chile) 81
151st Budapest (Hungary) 81
152nd Beijing (China) 81
153rd Bangkok (Thailand) 80
154th Almería (Spain) 80
155th Brasília (Brazil) 79
156th Porto Alegre (Brazil) 79
157th Belo Horizonte (Brazil) 78
158th Georgetown (Guyana) 76
159th Johannesburg (South Africa) 74
160th Lima (Peru) 74
161st Moscow (Russia) 74
162nd Sofia (Bulgaria) 74
163rd Medellín (Colombia) 73
164th Pula (Croatia) 73
165th Barquisimeto (Venezuela) 73
166th Cape Town (South Africa) 72
167th Bucharest (Romania) 72
168th Bogotá (Colombia) 71
169th Saint Petersburg (Russia) 70
170th Suva (Fiji) 70
171st Goiânia (Brazil) 70
172nd Guayaquil (Ecuador) 69
173rd Fortaleza (Brazil) 68
174th Jakarta (Indonesia) 66
175th Pretoria (South Africa) 66
176th Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 63
177th Nairobi (Kenya) 62
178th Santiago de Cali (Colombia) 61
179th La Paz, Bolivia (Bolivia) 60
180th Chengdu (China) 60
181st Mumbai (India) 59
182nd Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) 57
183rd Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) 56
184th Plovdiv (Bulgaria) 55
185th Burgas (Bulgaria) 54
186th Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 54
187th Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 50
188th Delhi (India) 48
189th Yogyakarta (Indonesia) 38

Price Index:

To calculate each city's Price 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 established, 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.

What is Expatistan?

Expatistan is a cost of living calculator that allows you to compare the cost of living between cities around the world. The comparisons allow you to get a better understanding of the cost of living of any city before you move there.

What makes us unique is that we collect the prices that we use to calculate our cost of living index from visitors like you. Naturally, the more data entered, the more accurate the index and the calculations will be.

That's why we need your help to keep prices accurate and up to date. You can help by entering the prices that you know in Prague.

Prices recently added

  • Public transport in New York City costs $134 (about 1 hour ago)
  • Basic lunchtime menu (including a drink) in the business district in Windsor costs C$15 (about 1 hour ago)
  • Standard men's haircut in expat area of the city in Eugene, Oregon costs $40 (about 2 hours ago)
  • Monthly rent - 85 m2 furnished accommodation in expensive area in San Jose, Costa Rica costs ₡ 500,000 (about 2 hours ago)
  • 1 kg of rice in Governador Valadares costs R$ 35 (about 4 hours ago)
  • Basic lunchtime menu (including a drink) in the business district in Saipan costs $10 (about 4 hours ago)

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