Expatistan's Cost of Living World Map
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
- The World
- Europe
- North America
- Latin America
- Asia
- Middle East
- Africa
- Oceania
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 New York City is about the same as in London
- Cost of living in Montevideo is 51% more expensive than in Buenos Aires
- Cost of living in Vancouver is about the same as in Toronto
- Cost of living in Barcelona is about the same as in Madrid
- Cost of living in Dubai is 31% cheaper than in London
- Cost of living in Mexico City is 29% more expensive than in Bogotá
- Cost of living in Dublin is 14% cheaper than in London
- Cost of living in Birmingham is 36% cheaper than in London
- Cost of living in London is 22% more expensive than in Singapore
- Cost of living in Medellín is 8% cheaper than in Bogotá
- Cost of living in Santiago is 22% more expensive than in Buenos Aires
- Cost of living in Riyadh is 27% cheaper than in Dubai
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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 Bern.
Prices recently added
- Basic lunchtime menu (including a drink) in the business district in Tunis costs 25 Dinar (6 minutes ago)
- Hourly rate for babysitter services in Cape Town costs R 120 (26 minutes ago)
- 1 liter of gasoline in Istanbul costs 14TL (31 minutes ago)
- Taxi, initial meter charge, weekday at noon in Jena costs €4.50 (about 2 hours ago)
- 1 liter of gasoline in Luanda costs 160 Kz (about 2 hours ago)
- Basic lunchtime menu (including a drink) in the business district in Seoul costs ₩10,000 (about 3 hours ago)