Expatistan's Cost of Living Map of North America

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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 in North America

Ranking City Price Index: *
1st New York City (United States) 225
2nd Miami, Florida (United States) 205
3rd Boston, Massachusetts (United States) 202
4th San Jose, California (United States) 200
5th Washington D.C. (United States) 186
6th Denver, Colorado (United States) 184
7th Los Angeles, California (United States) 183
8th Atlanta, Georgia (United States) 180
9th Seattle, Washington (United States) 174
10th Chicago, Illinois (United States) 171
11th Dallas, Texas (United States) 168
12th Portland, Oregon (United States) 165
13th Toronto (Canada) 162
14th Sacramento, California (United States) 161
15th Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota (United States) 161
16th Austin, Texas (United States) 161
17th Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) 159
18th Orlando, Florida (United States) 157
19th Vancouver (Canada) 155
20th Houston, Texas (United States) 152
21st Tampa, Florida (United States) 149
22nd Boise, Idaho (United States) 148
23rd Walnut Creek, California (United States) 144
24th Calgary (Canada) 141
25th St. Petersburg, Florida (United States) 140
26th Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States) 140
27th Baltimore, Maryland (United States) 139
28th Newark, New Jersey (United States) 137
29th Cleveland, Ohio (United States) 133
30th Montreal (Canada) 130
31st Edmonton (Canada) 126
32nd San Antonio, Texas (United States) 124
33rd Santa Fe, New Mexico (United States) 123
34th Tallahassee, Florida (United States) 113
35th Tucson, Arizona (United States) 110
36th Abbotsford (Canada) 99
37th Youngstown, Ohio (United States) 99
38th San Antonio, California (United States) 95
39th Cedar Rapids, Iowa (United States) 92

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 Wichita, Kansas.

Prices recently added

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  • 1 bottle of red table wine, good quality in Jamshedpur costs ₨3,000 (about 3 hours ago)
  • 500 ml beer in neighbourhood pub in Bihar Sharif costs ₨1,000 (about 4 hours ago)
  • Furnished accommodation in normal area, monthly rent - 85 m2 in Vitoria-Gasteiz costs €1,000 (about 4 hours ago)
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