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) 213
2nd San Jose, California (United States) 201
3rd San Francisco, California (United States) 196
4th Miami, Florida (United States) 193
5th Boston, Massachusetts (United States) 187
6th Washington D.C. (United States) 178
7th Oakland, California (United States) 177
8th Los Angeles, California (United States) 175
9th Denver, Colorado (United States) 174
10th Chicago, Illinois (United States) 166
11th Seattle, Washington (United States) 163
12th Dallas, Texas (United States) 158
13th Portland, Oregon (United States) 156
14th Austin, Texas (United States) 156
15th Toronto (Canada) 155
16th Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) 150
17th Sacramento, California (United States) 147
18th Vancouver (Canada) 144
19th Phoenix, Arizona (United States) 144
20th Tampa, Florida (United States) 143
21st Irvine, California (United States) 142
22nd Walnut Creek, California (United States) 138
23rd Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States) 136
24th St. Petersburg, Florida (United States) 135
25th Baltimore, Maryland (United States) 132
26th Newark, New Jersey (United States) 130
27th Calgary (Canada) 129
28th Cleveland, Ohio (United States) 127
29th Ottawa (Canada) 123
30th Montreal (Canada) 121
31st San Antonio, Texas (United States) 120
32nd Edmonton (Canada) 119
33rd Tucson, Arizona (United States) 114
34th Santa Fe, New Mexico (United States) 114
35th Barrie (Canada) 114
36th Tallahassee, Florida (United States) 106
37th Abbotsford (Canada) 97
38th Youngstown, Ohio (United States) 94
39th San Antonio, California (United States) 91
40th Cedar Rapids, Iowa (United States) 86

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 liter of gasoline in Manila costs Php8 (35 minutes ago)
  • Basic lunchtime menu (including a drink) in the business district in Rio de Janeiro costs R$ 35 (about 1 hour ago)
  • Bread for 2 people for 1 day (250 g) in Asunción costs 5,500 Gs (about 3 hours ago)
  • Internet connection 300 mbps, 1 month in Bangalore costs ₨4,000 (about 4 hours ago)
  • Basic lunchtime menu (including a drink) in the business district in Recife costs R$ 30 (about 4 hours ago)
  • Combo meal in fast food restaurant (big mac meal or similar) in Nuku`alofa, Tonga costs Pa'anga 8 (about 5 hours ago)

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