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 New York City (United States) 229
2nd Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands) 227
3rd Singapore 210
4th Miami, Florida (United States) 201
5th Basel (Switzerland) 198
6th Lausanne (Switzerland) 197
7th Boston, Massachusetts (United States) 193
8th Los Angeles, California (United States) 191
9th London (United Kingdom) 191
10th Lugano (Switzerland) 191
11th Oakland, California (United States) 189
12th Washington D.C. (United States) 186
13th Denver, Colorado (United States) 186
14th San Jose, California (United States) 183
15th Portland, Oregon (United States) 176
16th Seattle, Washington (United States) 175
17th Dallas, Texas (United States) 172
18th Dublin (Ireland) 170
19th Toronto (Canada) 170
20th Sydney (Australia) 164
21st Nassau (Bahamas) 163
22nd Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota (United States) 162
23rd Copenhagen (Denmark) 161
24th Austin, Texas (United States) 159
25th Sacramento, California (United States) 157
26th Vancouver (Canada) 155
27th Amsterdam (Netherlands) 155
28th Paris (France) 155
29th Phoenix, Arizona (United States) 155
30th Melbourne (Australia) 152
31st Irvine, California (United States) 152
32nd Auckland (New Zealand) 151
33rd Oslo (Norway) 149
34th Walnut Creek, California (United States) 147
35th Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States) 146
36th St. Petersburg, Florida (United States) 146
37th Raleigh, North Carolina (United States) 145
38th Trondheim (Norway) 145
39th Baltimore, Maryland (United States) 145
40th Tel Aviv (Israel) 142
41st Wellington (New Zealand) 141
42nd Brisbane (Australia) 140
43rd Calgary (Canada) 140
44th Newark, New Jersey (United States) 139
45th The Hague (Netherlands) 138
46th Doha (Qatar) 137
47th Bristol (United Kingdom) 137
48th Manchester (United Kingdom) 136
49th Helsinki (Finland) 136
50th Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 136
51st Cleveland, Ohio (United States) 135
52nd Frankfurt am Main (Germany) 134
53rd Hamburg (Germany) 133
54th Munich (Germany) 133
55th Ottawa (Canada) 130
56th Edinburgh (United Kingdom) 129
57th Montreal (Canada) 129
58th San Antonio, Texas (United States) 129
59th Brussels (Belgium) 128
60th Jerusalem (Israel) 127
61st Edmonton (Canada) 125
62nd Aberdeen (United Kingdom) 124
63rd Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) 124
64th Nice (France) 123
65th Santa Fe, New Mexico (United States) 122
66th Tucson, Arizona (United States) 121
67th Barrie (Canada) 121
68th Plymouth (United Kingdom) 120
69th Glasgow (United Kingdom) 119
70th Cairns (Australia) 119
71st Montevideo (Uruguay) 119
72nd Hamilton, New Zealand (New Zealand) 118
73rd Lyon (France) 118
74th Haifa (Israel) 116
75th Marseille (France) 116
76th San Sebastian (Spain) 116
77th Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) 115
78th Seoul (South Korea) 115
79th Winnipeg (Canada) 114
80th Newcastle, Australia (Australia) 114
81st Valletta (Malta) 114
82nd Tallahassee, Florida (United States) 114
83rd Macao 114
84th Antwerp (Belgium) 113
85th Tokyo (Japan) 112
86th Lisbon (Portugal) 112
87th Darwin (Australia) 111
88th Madrid (Spain) 111
89th Wollongong (Australia) 110
90th Grenoble (France) 110
91st Rome (Italy) 110
92nd Barcelona, Spain (Spain) 109
93rd Tijuana (Mexico) 109
94th Innsbruck (Austria) 109
95th Ramallah (Palestinian Territory) 108
96th Nantes (France) 107
97th Florence (Italy) 107
98th Lille (France) 106
99th Ghent (Belgium) 105
100th Dortmund (Germany) 104
101st Essen (Germany) 104
102nd Freiburg (Germany) 104
103rd Bergamo (Italy) 104
104th Bilbao (Spain) 103
105th Abbotsford (Canada) 103
106th Athens (Greece) 103
107th Varese (Italy) 101
108th Monterrey (Mexico) 101
109th Osaka (Japan) 100
110th Panama City (Panama) 100
111th Venice (Italy) 100
112th Bologna (Italy) 100
113th Youngstown, Ohio (United States) 100
114th Manama (Bahrain) 99
115th San Jose, Costa Rica (Costa Rica) 99
116th Ljubljana (Slovenia) 99
117th Valencia, Spain (Spain) 98
118th Pamplona (Spain) 98
119th San Antonio, California (United States) 97
120th Oporto (Portugal) 96
121st Dresden (Germany) 96
122nd Perugia (Italy) 95
123rd Mexico City (Mexico) 94
124th Amman (Jordan) 94
125th Shanghai (China) 94
126th Zagreb (Croatia) 93
127th Turin (Italy) 93
128th Naples (Italy) 92
129th Zaragoza (Spain) 92
130th Cedar Rapids, Iowa (United States) 92
131st Pisa (Italy) 92
132nd Pescara (Italy) 92
133rd Taipei (Taiwan) 91
134th Valladolid (Spain) 90
135th Santos, Sao Paulo (Brazil) 90
136th Seville (Spain) 90
137th Caracas (Venezuela) 89
138th Santiago, Chile (Chile) 89
139th Gijón (Spain) 88
140th Oviedo (Spain) 88
141st Corunna (Spain) 88
142nd São Paulo (Brazil) 88
143rd Alicante (Spain) 87
144th Funchal, Madeira (Portugal) 86
145th Cordova (Spain) 84
146th Guadalajara (Mexico) 83
147th Bratislava (Slovakia) 83
148th Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) 83
149th Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 83
150th San Salvador (El Salvador) 82
151st Florianopolis (Brazil) 81
152nd Bangkok (Thailand) 81
153rd Johannesburg (South Africa) 81
154th Salamanca (Spain) 81
155th Guatemala City (Guatemala) 81
156th Belo Horizonte (Brazil) 81
157th Budapest (Hungary) 81
158th Quito (Ecuador) 80
159th Brasília (Brazil) 80
160th Campinas (Brazil) 80
161st Queretaro (Mexico) 79
162nd Port Louis (Mauritius) 79
163rd São José dos Campos (Brazil) 79
164th Almería (Spain) 79
165th Porto Alegre (Brazil) 78
166th Barquisimeto (Venezuela) 77
167th Recife (Brazil) 76
168th Moscow (Russia) 74
169th Cape Town (South Africa) 73
170th Pula (Croatia) 73
171st Guayaquil (Ecuador) 72
172nd Lima (Peru) 72
173rd Suva (Fiji) 72
174th Fortaleza (Brazil) 71
175th Bucharest (Romania) 71
176th Bogotá (Colombia) 71
177th Medellín (Colombia) 68
178th Pretoria (South Africa) 68
179th Manila (Philippines) 67
180th Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 64
181st Chengdu (China) 62
182nd La Paz, Bolivia (Bolivia) 62
183rd Asunción (Paraguay) 61
184th Saint Petersburg (Russia) 61
185th Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) 61
186th Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) 60
187th Santiago de Cali (Colombia) 59
188th Plovdiv (Bulgaria) 55
189th Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 54
190th Bangalore (India) 54
191st Bandung (Indonesia) 53
192nd Burgas (Bulgaria) 52
193rd Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 50
194th Pune (India) 48
195th Yogyakarta (Indonesia) 41

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 Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota.

Prices recently added

  • Internet connection 300 mbps, 1 month in Los Angeles, California costs $80 (about 1 hour ago)
  • Basic lunchtime menu (including a drink) in the business district in Bogotá costs COL$65,000 (about 2 hours ago)
  • Basic lunchtime menu (including a drink) in the business district in Maringá costs R$ 30 (about 2 hours ago)
  • Monthly rent - 85 m2 furnished accommodation in expensive area in Joinville costs R$ 2,648 (about 4 hours ago)
  • Basic lunchtime menu (including a drink) in the business district in Managua costs 400 C$ (about 4 hours ago)
  • Internet connection 300 mbps, 1 month in Mexico City costs Mex$ 700 (about 4 hours ago)

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