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) 229
2nd Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands) 214
3rd Zurich (Switzerland) 208
4th Lausanne (Switzerland) 207
5th San Francisco, California (United States) 206
6th Basel (Switzerland) 201
7th Washington D.C. (United States) 200
8th Miami, Florida (United States) 193
9th Boston, Massachusetts (United States) 192
10th San Diego, California (United States) 189
11th Lugano (Switzerland) 186
12th Singapore 186
13th Seattle, Washington (United States) 185
14th Chicago, Illinois (United States) 182
15th Amsterdam (Netherlands) 174
16th Portland, Oregon (United States) 168
17th Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota (United States) 163
18th Paris (France) 163
19th Dublin (Ireland) 158
20th Toronto (Canada) 156
21st Hong Kong 155
22nd Vancouver (Canada) 154
23rd Sydney (Australia) 153
24th Melbourne (Australia) 149
25th Auckland (New Zealand) 148
26th Wellington (New Zealand) 147
27th Edinburgh (United Kingdom) 146
28th Perth (Australia) 145
29th Tel Aviv (Israel) 143
30th Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 141
31st Austin, Texas (United States) 139
32nd Birmingham (United Kingdom) 135
33rd Brisbane (Australia) 135
34th Boise, Idaho (United States) 133
35th Milan (Italy) 132
36th St. Petersburg, Florida (United States) 131
37th Adelaide (Australia) 130
38th Helsinki (Finland) 128
39th Berlin (Germany) 127
40th Cleveland, Ohio (United States) 125
41st Lyon (France) 122
42nd Seoul (South Korea) 121
43rd Darwin (Australia) 120
44th Barrancabermeja (Colombia) 119
45th Haifa (Israel) 118
46th Marseille (France) 116
47th Barcelona, Spain (Spain) 115
48th Antwerp (Belgium) 114
49th Cairns (Australia) 114
50th Valletta (Malta) 113
51st Hamilton, New Zealand (New Zealand) 113
52nd Newcastle, Australia (Australia) 112
53rd Montevideo (Uruguay) 110
54th Grenoble (France) 110
55th Tallahassee, Florida (United States) 110
56th Madrid (Spain) 109
57th Ghent (Belgium) 109
58th Lille (France) 107
59th Innsbruck (Austria) 107
60th Louisville, Kentucky (United States) 106
61st Valencia, Spain (Spain) 106
62nd Athens (Greece) 105
63rd Bilbao (Spain) 104
64th Tucson, Arizona (United States) 104
65th Turku (Finland) 104
66th Bergamo (Italy) 103
67th Lisbon (Portugal) 103
68th Wollongong (Australia) 102
69th Dortmund (Germany) 102
70th Essen (Germany) 101
71st Pamplona (Spain) 101
72nd Malaga (Spain) 100
73rd Bologna (Italy) 100
74th Prague (Czech Republic) 100
75th Ljubljana (Slovenia) 99
76th Zagreb (Croatia) 98
77th San Jose, Costa Rica (Costa Rica) 97
78th Abbotsford (Canada) 97
79th Dresden (Germany) 97
80th Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) 97
81st Alicante (Spain) 94
82nd Naples (Italy) 94
83rd Lincoln, Nebraska (United States) 94
84th Perugia (Italy) 94
85th Ravenna (Italy) 93
86th Thessaloniki (Greece) 92
87th Youngstown, Ohio (United States) 92
88th Oporto (Portugal) 92
89th Pescara (Italy) 92
90th Corunna (Spain) 91
91st Vilnius (Lithuania) 91
92nd Granada, Spain (Spain) 90
93rd Budapest (Hungary) 90
94th Oviedo (Spain) 90
95th Seville (Spain) 89
96th San Antonio, California (United States) 89
97th Gijón (Spain) 89
98th Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) 87
99th Caracas (Venezuela) 87
100th Tijuana (Mexico) 86
101st Zaragoza (Spain) 86
102nd Cedar Rapids, Iowa (United States) 86
103rd Istanbul (Turkey) 85
104th Faro (Portugal) 85
105th Bratislava (Slovakia) 85
106th Belgrade (Serbia) 84
107th Mexico City (Mexico) 83
108th Santiago, Chile (Chile) 83
109th Shanghai (China) 83
110th Moscow (Russia) 83
111th São Paulo (Brazil) 81
112th Salamanca (Spain) 80
113th Florianopolis (Brazil) 79
114th Medellín (Colombia) 77
115th Johannesburg (South Africa) 76
116th Curitiba (Brazil) 75
117th Lima (Peru) 75
118th Quito (Ecuador) 73
119th Tartu (Estonia) 72
120th Campinas (Brazil) 72
121st Georgetown (Guyana) 72
122nd Pula (Croatia) 72
123rd Bucharest (Romania) 72
124th Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 71
125th Belo Horizonte (Brazil) 70
126th Barquisimeto (Venezuela) 69
127th Salvador (Brazil) 67
128th Kyiv (Ukraine) 66
129th Bogotá (Colombia) 65
130th La Paz, Bolivia (Bolivia) 62
131st Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) 58
132nd Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 56
133rd Chengdu (China) 56
134th Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) 53
135th Bauru (Brazil) 51
136th Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 50
137th Asunción (Paraguay) 49
138th Bangalore (India) 48
139th Dhaka (Bangladesh) 44
140th Cairo (Egypt) 41
141st Yogyakarta (Indonesia) 34

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

  • 1 us gal of gasoline in London costs £0.53 (11 minutes ago)
  • Public transport in St. Louis, Missouri costs $78 (about 1 hour ago)
  • Basic lunchtime menu (including a drink) in the business district in Buenos Aires costs ARS $21,000 (about 2 hours ago)
  • Summer dress in a high street store (zara, h&m or similar retailers) in Valencia, Spain costs €40 (about 3 hours ago)
  • Basic lunchtime menu (including a drink) in the business district in Goiânia costs R$ 35 (about 3 hours ago)
  • Monthly rent - 900 sqft furnished accommodation in expensive area in Austin, Texas costs $2,643 (about 4 hours ago)

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