How is the cost of living index calculated?

Each city is scored on a single index where New York City equals 100. A city at 40 is roughly 60% cheaper than New York for a comparable basket of rent, groceries, restaurants, transport, and utilities. The index is built from city-level price data — not country averages — so it reflects real local costs. Cities are only included when they have genuine anchor-price coverage (rent and meal prices), which keeps the ranking credible at both extremes.

Which is the cheapest city to live in?

In this edition the cheapest cities are concentrated in South Asia — Indian metros such as Coimbatore, Lucknow, and Indore lead, where the cost of living index falls below 20 (over 80% cheaper than New York). Pakistan, Egypt, Nepal, and Bangladesh follow closely.

Which is the most expensive city?

The most expensive cities are in Switzerland — Zürich and Geneva top the index above 110 — followed by Reykjavik, New York City itself (the 100 baseline), and other high-cost financial and resort hubs.

Is the cost of living data city-level or country-level?

City-level. Every entry in this index is a specific city with its own price data, not a country average painted across its cities. Cities without enough local price coverage are excluded rather than estimated, so the ranking stays trustworthy.

How often is the index updated?

This is the 2026 edition. The underlying price data refreshes on a rolling basis and the index is rebuilt yearly.

Cost of Living Index by City (2026)

349 cities across 100 countries, ranked from cheapest to most expensive. New York City is the baseline at 100 — a city at 40 is roughly 60% cheaper than New York for the same basket of rent, food, transport, and utilities.

Cities ranked

349

Countries

100

Cheapest

Coimbatore · 16.8

Most expensive

Zürich · 119.6

Cheapest cities (one per country)

1.Coimbatore, India16.8
2.Giza, Egypt19
3.Rawalpindi, Pakistan20.8
4.Kathmandu, Nepal23.1
5.Chittagong, Bangladesh23.3
6.Bandung, Indonesia23.5
7.Da Nang, Vietnam26.3
8.Kigali, Rwanda26.4
9.Kampala, Uganda26.8
10.Dushanbe, Tajikistan27.3
11.Dar es Salaam, Tanzania27.4
12.Chongqing, China27.7

Most expensive cities

1.Zürich, Switzerland119.6
2.Geneva, Switzerland105.6
3.Honolulu, United States101.9
4.New York City, United States100
5.Tel Aviv, Israel99.1
6.Oslo, Norway94.8
7.Bergen, Norway92.9
8.London, United Kingdom89.2
9.Washington, D.C., United States89.1
10.Seattle, United States88.9
11.San Jose, United States88.4
12.Copenhagen, Denmark88.3

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Full ranking

#	City	Country	Index	vs. New York	1BR rent
1	Coimbatore	India	16.8	83% cheaper	$139
2	Rājkot	India	16.9	83% cheaper	$124
3	Lucknow	India	17.4	83% cheaper	$132
4	Guwahati	India	17.7	82% cheaper	$125
5	Indore	India	18	82% cheaper	$156
6	Surat	India	18.2	82% cheaper	$223
7	Jaipur	India	18.4	82% cheaper	$164
8	Kochi	India	18.6	81% cheaper	$195
9	Bhubaneswar	India	18.8	81% cheaper	$158
10	Patna	India	18.8	81% cheaper	$84
11	Giza	Egypt	19	81% cheaper	$141
12	Kolkata	India	19.1	81% cheaper	$154
13	Alexandria	Egypt	19.6	80% cheaper	$130
14	Vadodara	India	19.8	80% cheaper	$150
15	Chandigarh	India	20	80% cheaper	$172
16	Chennai	India	20	80% cheaper	$180
17	Thāne	India	20.4	80% cheaper	$261
18	Navi Mumbai	India	20.5	80% cheaper	$293
19	Noida	India	20.7	79% cheaper	$204
20	Ahmedabad	India	20.8	79% cheaper	$158
21	Rawalpindi	Pakistan	20.8	79% cheaper	$189
22	Hyderabad	India	21	79% cheaper	$223
23	Lahore	Pakistan	21	79% cheaper	$128
24	Karachi	Pakistan	21.2	79% cheaper	$138
25	Bangalore	India	21.3	79% cheaper	$321
26	Bengaluru	India	21.3	79% cheaper	$321
27	Delhi	India	22.3	78% cheaper	$350
28	New Delhi	India	22.3	78% cheaper	$350
29	Pune	India	22.3	78% cheaper	$262
30	Cairo	Egypt	22.4	78% cheaper	$250
31	Kathmandu	Nepal	23.1	77% cheaper	$182
32	Chittagong	Bangladesh	23.3	77% cheaper	$127
33	Bandung	Indonesia	23.5	77% cheaper	$250
34	Islamabad	Pakistan	23.6	76% cheaper	$239
35	Dhaka	Bangladesh	25.4	75% cheaper	$148
36	Mumbai	India	25.7	74% cheaper	$600
37	Da Nang	Vietnam	26.3	74% cheaper	$300
38	Kigali	Rwanda	26.4	74% cheaper	$728
39	Kampala	Uganda	26.8	73% cheaper	$502
40	Surabaya	Indonesia	27.2	73% cheaper	$309
41	Dushanbe	Tajikistan	27.3	73% cheaper	$572
42	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	27.4	73% cheaper	$600
43	Chongqing	China	27.7	72% cheaper	$356
44	Chengdu	China	28.2	72% cheaper	$413
45	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	28.2	72% cheaper	$450
46	Hanoi	Vietnam	28.5	72% cheaper	$447
47	Algiers	Algeria	28.7	71% cheaper	$205
48	Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	28.8	71% cheaper	$541
49	Pristina	Kosovo	29.2	71% cheaper	$376
50	Jakarta	Indonesia	29.3	71% cheaper	$450
51	Qingdao	China	29.6	70% cheaper	$341
52	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	29.6	70% cheaper	$610
53	Cuenca	Ecuador	30.3	70% cheaper	$446
54	Nanjing	China	30.5	70% cheaper	$483
55	Perm	Russia	30.7	69% cheaper	$551
56	Wuhan	China	30.7	69% cheaper	$362
57	Davao	Philippines	31	69% cheaper	$296
58	Nairobi	Kenya	31.2	69% cheaper	$429
59	Asuncion	Paraguay	31.5	69% cheaper	$504
60	Cali	Colombia	31.6	68% cheaper	$406
61	Changsha	China	31.6	68% cheaper	$257
62	Marrakesh	Morocco	31.6	68% cheaper	$483
63	Tunis	Tunisia	31.6	68% cheaper	$312
64	Lagos	Nigeria	32.1	68% cheaper	$500
65	Sousse	Tunisia	32.1	68% cheaper	$248
66	Quezon City	Philippines	32.2	68% cheaper	$257
67	Rostov-na-Donu	Russia	32.4	68% cheaper	$432
68	Rostov-on-Don	Russia	32.4	68% cheaper	$432
69	Chelyabinsk	Russia	32.6	67% cheaper	$397
70	Salvador	Brazil	33	67% cheaper	$495
71	Voronezh	Russia	33.2	67% cheaper	$375
72	Novosibirsk	Russia	33.4	67% cheaper	$480
73	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	33.5	67% cheaper	$510
74	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia	33.5	67% cheaper	$520
75	Baku	Azerbaijan	33.6	66% cheaper	$528
76	Krasnodar	Russia	33.8	66% cheaper	$496
77	Durban	South Africa	33.9	66% cheaper	$416
78	Kazan	Russia	34	66% cheaper	$577
79	Minsk	Belarus	34	66% cheaper	$582
80	Ufa	Russia	34	66% cheaper	$401
81	Krasnoyarsk	Russia	34.1	66% cheaper	$377
82	Porto Alegre	Brazil	34.1	66% cheaper	$410
83	Quito	Ecuador	34.1	66% cheaper	$486
84	Casablanca	Morocco	34.2	66% cheaper	$572
85	Colombo	Sri Lanka	34.2	66% cheaper	$469
86	Fortaleza	Brazil	34.3	66% cheaper	$408
87	Manila	Philippines	34.5	66% cheaper	$400
88	Rabat	Morocco	34.5	66% cheaper	$490
89	Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia	34.5	66% cheaper	$569
90	Lima	Peru	34.7	65% cheaper	$706
91	Florianópolis	Brazil	34.8	65% cheaper	$573
92	Bogota	Colombia	34.9	65% cheaper	$563
93	Barranquilla	Colombia	35	65% cheaper	$415
94	Hangzhou	China	35.1	65% cheaper	$559
95	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	35.1	65% cheaper	$639
96	Tangier	Morocco	35.2	65% cheaper	$498
97	Campinas	Brazil	35.4	65% cheaper	$422
98	Niš	Serbia	35.4	65% cheaper	$408
99	Eskişehir	Turkey	36	64% cheaper	$380
100	Guangzhou	China	36	64% cheaper	$596
101	Guayaquil	Ecuador	36.3	64% cheaper	$450
102	Suzhou	China	36.3	64% cheaper	$425
103	Kaliningrad	Russia	36.4	64% cheaper	$458
104	Yekaterinburg	Russia	36.4	64% cheaper	$696
105	Medellín	Colombia	36.5	64% cheaper	$686
106	Tyumen	Russia	36.5	64% cheaper	$600
107	Accra	Ghana	36.7	63% cheaper	$534
108	Tbilisi	Georgia	36.7	63% cheaper	$450
109	Brasilia	Brazil	36.9	63% cheaper	$493
110	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	37.2	63% cheaper	$622
111	Saint Petersburg	Russia	37.2	63% cheaper	$807
112	Almaty	Kazakhstan	37.3	63% cheaper	$760
113	Beijing	China	37.5	63% cheaper	$1,099
114	Mersin	Turkey	37.5	63% cheaper	$448
115	Târgu Mureş	Romania	37.6	62% cheaper	$446
116	Chisinau	Moldova	37.7	62% cheaper	$678
117	Shenzhen	China	37.8	62% cheaper	$700
118	Skopje	North Macedonia	37.9	62% cheaper	$430
119	Harare	Zimbabwe	38	62% cheaper	$412
120	Galaţi	Romania	38.5	62% cheaper	$472
121	Craiova	Romania	38.6	61% cheaper	$496
122	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	38.8	61% cheaper	$500
123	Shanghai	China	39	61% cheaper	$889
124	Johannesburg	South Africa	39.5	61% cheaper	$483
125	Cape Town	South Africa	39.7	60% cheaper	$985
126	Denpasar	Indonesia	40	60% cheaper	$330
127	Windhoek	Namibia	40.1	60% cheaper	$536
128	Burgas	Bulgaria	40.2	60% cheaper	$556
129	Iaşi	Romania	40.6	59% cheaper	$518
130	Timişoara	Romania	40.8	59% cheaper	$552
131	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	41	59% cheaper	$795
132	Pretoria	South Africa	41	59% cheaper	$445
133	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	41.4	59% cheaper	$770
134	Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.4	59% cheaper	$490
135	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	41.5	59% cheaper	$514
136	Podgorica	Montenegro	41.5	59% cheaper	$672
137	Bangkok	Thailand	41.8	58% cheaper	$677
138	Yerevan	Armenia	41.8	58% cheaper	$768
139	San Salvador	El Salvador	42	58% cheaper	$899
140	São Paulo	Brazil	42	58% cheaper	$659
141	Mérida	Mexico	42.1	58% cheaper	$592
142	İzmir	Turkey	42.1	58% cheaper	$648
143	Guadalajara	Mexico	42.2	58% cheaper	$883
144	Banja Luka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.6	57% cheaper	$485
145	Amman	Jordan	42.9	57% cheaper	$443
146	Constanţa	Romania	43	57% cheaper	$629
147	Dammam	Saudi Arabia	43.1	57% cheaper	$577
148	Katowice	Poland	43.4	57% cheaper	$691
149	Osaka	Japan	43.5	57% cheaper	$765
150	Braşov	Romania	43.6	56% cheaper	$723
151	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	43.9	56% cheaper	$402
152	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	44	56% cheaper	$626
153	Santiago	Chile	44	56% cheaper	$607
154	Szczecin	Poland	44.2	56% cheaper	$667
155	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	44.6	55% cheaper	$715
156	Poznań	Poland	44.6	55% cheaper	$891
157	Abidjan	Cote d'Ivoire	44.7	55% cheaper	$630
158	Yamoussoukro	Cote d'Ivoire	44.7	55% cheaper	$630
159	Muscat	Oman	45.1	55% cheaper	$638
160	Novi Sad	Serbia	45.2	55% cheaper	$548
161	Santiago de Querétaro	Mexico	45.3	55% cheaper	$868
162	Bucharest	Romania	46	54% cheaper	$662
163	Taichung	Taiwan	46.3	54% cheaper	$385
164	Debrecen	Hungary	46.4	54% cheaper	$583
165	Varna	Bulgaria	46.4	54% cheaper	$566
166	Istanbul	Turkey	47	53% cheaper	$1,070
167	Panama City	Panama	47.1	53% cheaper	$1,320
168	Sevilla	Spain	47.3	53% cheaper	$954
169	Gdańsk	Poland	47.6	52% cheaper	$956
170	Ostrava	Czechia	47.6	52% cheaper	$673
171	Wrocław	Poland	47.8	52% cheaper	$905
172	Tirana	Albania	48.1	52% cheaper	$840
173	Mexico City	Mexico	48.3	52% cheaper	$1,169
174	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	48.4	52% cheaper	$1,160
175	Gdynia	Poland	48.6	51% cheaper	$835
176	Košice	Slovakia	48.9	51% cheaper	$954
177	Kraków	Poland	49.1	51% cheaper	$944
178	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Spain	49.5	51% cheaper	$1,006
179	Belgrade	Serbia	49.6	50% cheaper	$904
180	Kaunas	Lithuania	49.8	50% cheaper	$648
181	Porto	Portugal	49.9	50% cheaper	$1,272
182	Monterrey	Mexico	50	50% cheaper	$1,003
183	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	50.7	49% cheaper	$744
184	Brno	Czechia	51.1	49% cheaper	$1,003
185	Vilnius	Lithuania	51.2	49% cheaper	$861
186	Valencia	Spain	51.4	49% cheaper	$1,344
187	Doha	Qatar	51.9	48% cheaper	$1,938
188	Moscow	Russia	51.9	48% cheaper	$1,359
189	New Taipei City	Taiwan	52	48% cheaper	$673
190	Sofia	Bulgaria	52.5	48% cheaper	$775
191	Zagreb	Croatia	52.9	47% cheaper	$888
192	Warsaw	Poland	53	47% cheaper	$1,190
193	Taipei	Taiwan	53.6	46% cheaper	$738
194	Budapest	Hungary	53.8	46% cheaper	$918
195	Oviedo	Spain	54	46% cheaper	$827
196	Lisbon	Portugal	54.1	46% cheaper	$1,546
197	Riga	Latvia	54.3	46% cheaper	$605
198	Kingston	Jamaica	55.1	45% cheaper	$1,479
199	Palermo	Italy	55.2	45% cheaper	$762
200	Bratislava	Slovakia	55.4	45% cheaper	$1,026
201	Athens	Greece	55.7	44% cheaper	$711
202	Bari	Italy	55.8	44% cheaper	$944
203	Nicosia	Cyprus	55.9	44% cheaper	$792
204	Thessaloníki	Greece	56.2	44% cheaper	$623
205	Ljubljana	Slovenia	56.6	43% cheaper	$1,103
206	Prague	Czechia	56.7	43% cheaper	$850
207	Montevideo	Uruguay	57.1	43% cheaper	$664
208	San Jose	Costa Rica	57.3	43% cheaper	$984
209	Naples	Italy	57.9	42% cheaper	$1,180
210	Windsor	Canada	57.9	42% cheaper	$1,209
211	Brampton	Canada	58	42% cheaper	$1,398
212	Tokyo	Japan	58	42% cheaper	$1,368
213	Palma	Spain	58.3	42% cheaper	$1,399
214	Madrid	Spain	59.2	41% cheaper	$1,490
215	Québec	Canada	59.4	41% cheaper	$947
216	Winnipeg	Canada	59.4	41% cheaper	$1,008
217	Huntsville	United States	59.5	41% cheaper	$1,445
218	Turin	Italy	59.7	40% cheaper	$857
219	Montreal	Canada	60.1	40% cheaper	$1,294
220	Rome	Italy	60.2	40% cheaper	$1,355
221	Trieste	Italy	60.8	39% cheaper	$881
222	London	Canada	61.9	38% cheaper	$1,284
223	Regina	Canada	62	38% cheaper	$1,078
224	Tallinn	Estonia	62	38% cheaper	$808
225	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	62.2	38% cheaper	$2,288
226	Ottawa	Canada	62.3	38% cheaper	$1,472
227	Halifax	Canada	62.7	37% cheaper	$1,540
228	Cincinnati	United States	62.9	37% cheaper	$1,613
229	Mississauga	Canada	62.9	37% cheaper	$1,745
230	Saskatoon	Canada	62.9	37% cheaper	$1,058
231	Cleveland	United States	63.3	37% cheaper	$1,638
232	Malmö	Sweden	63.3	37% cheaper	$1,053
233	Lille	France	63.5	37% cheaper	$928
234	Sheffield	United Kingdom	63.5	37% cheaper	$1,099
235	Calgary	Canada	63.6	36% cheaper	$1,371
236	Coventry	United Kingdom	63.8	36% cheaper	$1,497
237	Padova	Italy	63.8	36% cheaper	$1,049
238	Wellington	New Zealand	64.1	36% cheaper	$1,213
239	Auckland	New Zealand	64.4	36% cheaper	$1,400
240	San Antonio	United States	64.4	36% cheaper	$1,550
241	Tucson	United States	64.7	35% cheaper	$1,313
242	Montpellier	France	64.8	35% cheaper	$917
243	Houston	United States	64.9	35% cheaper	$1,708
244	Jacksonville	United States	64.9	35% cheaper	$1,584
245	Cardiff	United Kingdom	65	35% cheaper	$1,291
246	Chemnitz	Germany	65	35% cheaper	$461
247	Kitchener	Canada	65	35% cheaper	$1,392
248	Rochester	United States	65.1	35% cheaper	$1,350
249	Nottingham	United Kingdom	65.3	35% cheaper	$1,161
250	Seoul	South Korea	65.4	35% cheaper	$900
251	Wichita	United States	65.5	35% cheaper	$993
252	Salt Lake City	United States	65.7	34% cheaper	$1,570
253	Linz	Austria	66.1	34% cheaper	$843
254	Tampere	Finland	66.1	34% cheaper	$989
255	Verona	Italy	66.3	34% cheaper	$1,010
256	Detroit	United States	66.5	34% cheaper	$1,520
257	Leeds	United Kingdom	66.5	34% cheaper	$1,310
258	Oulu	Finland	66.5	34% cheaper	$843
259	Leipzig	Germany	66.7	33% cheaper	$807
260	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	66.8	33% cheaper	$1,255
261	Milwaukee	United States	67	33% cheaper	$1,772
262	Milton Keynes	United Kingdom	67.1	33% cheaper	$1,647
263	Toronto	Canada	67.1	33% cheaper	$1,950
264	Köln	Germany	67.2	33% cheaper	$1,216
265	Mannheim	Germany	67.5	33% cheaper	$1,011
266	Stuttgart	Germany	67.5	33% cheaper	$1,319
267	Hannover	Germany	67.6	32% cheaper	$940
268	Pittsburgh	United States	68.2	32% cheaper	$1,603
269	Bremen	Germany	68.3	32% cheaper	$901
270	Turku	Finland	68.4	32% cheaper	$830
271	Victoria	Canada	68.4	32% cheaper	$1,655
272	Dresden	Germany	68.5	32% cheaper	$846
273	Graz	Austria	68.5	32% cheaper	$765
274	Lyon	France	68.5	32% cheaper	$960
275	Toulouse	France	68.6	31% cheaper	$901
276	Freiburg	Germany	68.8	31% cheaper	$1,138
277	Indianapolis	United States	68.9	31% cheaper	$1,718
278	Austin	United States	69.1	31% cheaper	$2,054
279	Groningen	Netherlands	69.1	31% cheaper	$1,285
280	Antwerpen	Belgium	69.4	31% cheaper	$1,014
281	Hamburg	Germany	69.4	31% cheaper	$1,356
282	Kiel	Germany	69.5	31% cheaper	$737
283	Frankfurt am Main	Germany	69.7	30% cheaper	$1,366
284	San Juan	Puerto Rico (US)	69.9	30% cheaper	$1,704
285	Richmond	United States	70.1	30% cheaper	$1,566
286	Cork	Ireland	70.3	30% cheaper	$1,874
287	Las Vegas	United States	70.6	29% cheaper	$1,576
288	Mainz	Germany	70.7	29% cheaper	$960
289	Reading	United Kingdom	70.8	29% cheaper	$1,696
290	Southampton	United Kingdom	70.8	29% cheaper	$1,526
291	Marseille	France	71	29% cheaper	$876
292	Orlando	United States	71	29% cheaper	$1,843
293	Spokane	United States	71	29% cheaper	$1,708
294	Brescia	Italy	71.2	29% cheaper	$971
295	Oklahoma City	United States	71.2	29% cheaper	$1,287
296	Gent	Belgium	71.3	29% cheaper	$1,139
297	Brussels	Belgium	71.4	29% cheaper	$1,326
298	Perth	Australia	71.5	29% cheaper	$1,784
299	Nashville	United States	71.7	28% cheaper	$1,944
300	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	71.9	28% cheaper	$1,620
301	Strasbourg	France	72.1	28% cheaper	$956
302	Baltimore	United States	72.2	28% cheaper	$1,864
303	Karlsruhe	Germany	72.2	28% cheaper	$1,004
304	The Hague	Netherlands	72.2	28% cheaper	$1,767
305	Rotterdam	Netherlands	72.4	28% cheaper	$1,801
306	Vienna	Austria	72.4	28% cheaper	$1,303
307	Wiesbaden	Germany	72.4	28% cheaper	$990
308	Saint Louis	United States	72.7	27% cheaper	$1,424
309	Milan	Italy	72.8	27% cheaper	$1,737
310	Gold Coast	Australia	73.1	27% cheaper	$2,227
311	Brighton	United Kingdom	73.5	27% cheaper	$1,904
312	Dallas	United States	73.5	27% cheaper	$1,747
313	Helsinki	Finland	73.8	26% cheaper	$1,271
314	Phoenix	United States	73.9	26% cheaper	$1,778
315	Munich	Germany	74.8	25% cheaper	$1,641
316	Nice	France	75.3	25% cheaper	$1,170
317	Melbourne	Australia	75.8	24% cheaper	$1,755
318	Reno	United States	75.8	24% cheaper	$1,962
319	Utrecht	Netherlands	76.2	24% cheaper	$1,986
320	Dublin	Ireland	76.4	24% cheaper	$2,452
321	Denver	United States	76.5	24% cheaper	$2,082
322	Jersey City	United States	76.5	24% cheaper	$3,246
323	Stockholm	Sweden	77.1	23% cheaper	$1,816
324	Portland	United States	77.3	23% cheaper	$2,063
325	Paris	France	77.8	22% cheaper	$1,596
326	New Orleans	United States	78	22% cheaper	$1,821
327	Århus	Denmark	78.3	22% cheaper	$1,314
328	Petah Tikva	Israel	78.5	22% cheaper	$1,182
329	Philadelphia	United States	78.5	22% cheaper	$1,922
330	Sacramento	United States	78.8	21% cheaper	$2,036
331	Sydney	Australia	79.6	20% cheaper	$2,602
332	San Diego	United States	81	19% cheaper	$3,173
333	Haifa	Israel	81.4	19% cheaper	$1,073
334	Los Angeles	United States	82.2	18% cheaper	$2,600
335	Oakland	United States	84	16% cheaper	$2,093
336	Jerusalem	Israel	84.3	16% cheaper	$1,849
337	Trondheim	Norway	88.2	12% cheaper	$1,489
338	Copenhagen	Denmark	88.3	12% cheaper	$2,065
339	San Jose	United States	88.4	12% cheaper	$3,163
340	Seattle	United States	88.9	11% cheaper	$2,506
341	Washington, D.C.	United States	89.1	11% cheaper	$2,659
342	London	United Kingdom	89.2	11% cheaper	$2,992
343	Bergen	Norway	92.9	7% cheaper	$1,428
344	Oslo	Norway	94.8	5% cheaper	$1,927
345	Tel Aviv	Israel	99.1	1% cheaper	$2,134
346	New York City	United States	100	0% cheaper	$3,800
347	Honolulu	United States	101.9	2% pricier	$2,609
348	Geneva	Switzerland	105.6	6% pricier	$2,894
349	Zürich	Switzerland	119.6	20% pricier	$2,926

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How this works

Every city is scored on a single index where New York City = 100. The score blends rent, groceries, restaurants, transport, and utilities into one comparable number, so a city at 50 costs about half what New York does for the same lifestyle.

We rank city-level data only — never a country average painted across its cities. A city is included only when it has genuine local price coverage (real rent and meal prices), which keeps the ranking credible at both ends. Countries under active-conflict travel advisories are excluded.

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