Expatistan's Cost of Living Map of North America


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
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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.
Recent Comparisons
- Cost of living in Paris is 737% more expensive than in Caracas
- Cost of living in Buenos Aires is 19% cheaper than in Bogotá
- Cost of living in Caracas is 61% cheaper than in Buenos Aires
- Cost of living in Mexico City is 15% more expensive than in Bogotá
- Cost of living in Milan is 8% more expensive than in Riverside, California
- Cost of living in Barcelona is 140% more expensive than in Buenos Aires
- Cost of living in New York City is 35% more expensive than in Toronto
- Cost of living in Barranquilla is 10% more expensive than in Santa Marta
- Cost of living in Victoria is 7% cheaper than in Vancouver
- Cost of living in New York City is about the same as in London
- Cost of living in Rio de Janeiro is 26% more expensive than in Buenos Aires
- Cost of living in São Paulo is 8% more expensive than in Rio de Janeiro
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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 Stockholm.
Prices recently added
- Basic lunchtime menu (including a drink) in the business district in Bogotá costs COL$30,000 (about 1 hour ago)
- 1 pack of marlboro cigarettes in Luanda costs 1,004 Kz (about 1 hour ago)
- Internet connection 300 mbps, 1 month in Moscow costs руб 600 (about 2 hours ago)
- 2 liters of coca-cola in Addis Ababa costs 50 Birr (about 3 hours ago)
- 1 kg of apples in Bhubaneswar costs ₨50 (about 3 hours ago)
- Public transport in Quito costs $20 (about 3 hours ago)