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)

352 cities across 98 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

352

Countries

Cheapest

Coimbatore · 16.8

Most expensive

Zürich · 184.3

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, Switzerland184.3
2.Geneva, Switzerland184.3
3.Århus, Denmark142.8
4.Cork, Ireland141.2
5.Trondheim, Norway134.1
6.Bergen, Norway134.1
7.Tampere, Finland127.2
8.Malmö, Sweden123
9.The Hague, Netherlands121
10.Rotterdam, Netherlands121
11.Linz, Austria119.7
12.Graz, Austria119.7

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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	Hyderabad	Pakistan	21	79% cheaper	$223
24	Lahore	Pakistan	21	79% cheaper	$128
25	Karachi	Pakistan	21.2	79% cheaper	$138
26	Bangalore	India	21.3	79% cheaper	$321
27	Bengaluru	India	21.3	79% cheaper	$321
28	Delhi	India	22.3	78% cheaper	$350
29	New Delhi	India	22.3	78% cheaper	$350
30	Pune	India	22.3	78% cheaper	$262
31	Cairo	Egypt	22.4	78% cheaper	$250
32	Kathmandu	Nepal	23.1	77% cheaper	$182
33	Chittagong	Bangladesh	23.3	77% cheaper	$127
34	Bandung	Indonesia	23.5	77% cheaper	$250
35	Islamabad	Pakistan	23.6	76% cheaper	$239
36	Dhaka	Bangladesh	25.4	75% cheaper	$148
37	Mumbai	India	25.7	74% cheaper	$600
38	Da Nang	Vietnam	26.3	74% cheaper	$300
39	Kigali	Rwanda	26.4	74% cheaper	$728
40	Kampala	Uganda	26.8	73% cheaper	$502
41	Surabaya	Indonesia	27.2	73% cheaper	$309
42	Dushanbe	Tajikistan	27.3	73% cheaper	$572
43	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	27.4	73% cheaper	$600
44	Chongqing	China	27.7	72% cheaper	$356
45	Chengdu	China	28.2	72% cheaper	$413
46	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	28.2	72% cheaper	$450
47	Hanoi	Vietnam	28.5	72% cheaper	$447
48	Algiers	Algeria	28.7	71% cheaper	$205
49	Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	28.8	71% cheaper	$541
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	Omsk	Russia	32.6	67% cheaper	$453
71	Salvador	Brazil	33	67% cheaper	$495
72	Voronezh	Russia	33.2	67% cheaper	$375
73	Novosibirsk	Russia	33.4	67% cheaper	$480
74	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	33.5	67% cheaper	$510
75	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia	33.5	67% cheaper	$520
76	Baku	Azerbaijan	33.6	66% cheaper	$528
77	Krasnodar	Russia	33.8	66% cheaper	$496
78	Durban	South Africa	33.9	66% cheaper	$416
79	Kazan	Russia	34	66% cheaper	$577
80	Minsk	Belarus	34	66% cheaper	$582
81	Ufa	Russia	34	66% cheaper	$401
82	Krasnoyarsk	Russia	34.1	66% cheaper	$377
83	Porto Alegre	Brazil	34.1	66% cheaper	$410
84	Quito	Ecuador	34.1	66% cheaper	$486
85	Casablanca	Morocco	34.2	66% cheaper	$572
86	Colombo	Sri Lanka	34.2	66% cheaper	$469
87	Fortaleza	Brazil	34.3	66% cheaper	$408
88	Colombo	Brazil	34.5	66% cheaper	$470
89	Manila	Philippines	34.5	66% cheaper	$400
90	Rabat	Morocco	34.5	66% cheaper	$490
91	Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia	34.5	66% cheaper	$569
92	Lima	Peru	34.7	65% cheaper	$706
93	Florianópolis	Brazil	34.8	65% cheaper	$573
94	Bogota	Colombia	34.9	65% cheaper	$563
95	Barranquilla	Colombia	35	65% cheaper	$415
96	Hangzhou	China	35.1	65% cheaper	$559
97	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	35.1	65% cheaper	$639
98	Tangier	Morocco	35.2	65% cheaper	$498
99	Campinas	Brazil	35.4	65% cheaper	$422
100	Eskişehir	Turkey	36	64% cheaper	$380
101	Guangzhou	China	36	64% cheaper	$596
102	Guayaquil	Ecuador	36.3	64% cheaper	$450
103	Suzhou	China	36.3	64% cheaper	$425
104	Kaliningrad	Russia	36.4	64% cheaper	$458
105	Yekaterinburg	Russia	36.4	64% cheaper	$696
106	Medellín	Colombia	36.5	64% cheaper	$686
107	Tyumen	Russia	36.5	64% cheaper	$600
108	Accra	Ghana	36.7	63% cheaper	$534
109	Tbilisi	Georgia	36.7	63% cheaper	$450
110	Brasilia	Brazil	36.9	63% cheaper	$493
111	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	37.2	63% cheaper	$622
112	Saint Petersburg	Russia	37.2	63% cheaper	$807
113	Almaty	Kazakhstan	37.3	63% cheaper	$760
114	Beijing	China	37.5	63% cheaper	$1,099
115	Mersin	Turkey	37.5	63% cheaper	$448
116	Târgu Mureş	Romania	37.6	62% cheaper	$446
117	Chisinau	Moldova	37.7	62% cheaper	$678
118	Shenzhen	China	37.8	62% cheaper	$700
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	Bangkok	Thailand	41.1	59% cheaper	$650
134	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	41.4	59% cheaper	$770
135	Yerevan	Armenia	41.8	58% cheaper	$768
136	San Salvador de Jujuy	Argentina	41.9	58% cheaper	$899
137	San Salvador	El Salvador	42	58% cheaper	$899
138	São Paulo	Brazil	42	58% cheaper	$659
139	Mérida	Mexico	42.1	58% cheaper	$592
140	Guadalajara	Mexico	42.2	58% cheaper	$883
141	Amman	Jordan	42.9	57% cheaper	$443
142	Constanţa	Romania	43	57% cheaper	$629
143	Dammam	Saudi Arabia	43.1	57% cheaper	$577
144	Katowice	Poland	43.4	57% cheaper	$691
145	Osaka	Japan	43.5	57% cheaper	$765
146	Braşov	Romania	43.6	56% cheaper	$723
147	Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43.6	56% cheaper	$490
148	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	43.9	56% cheaper	$402
149	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	44	56% cheaper	$626
150	Santiago	Chile	44	56% cheaper	$607
151	Szczecin	Poland	44.2	56% cheaper	$667
152	Muscat	Oman	45.1	55% cheaper	$638
153	Santiago de Querétaro	Mexico	45.3	55% cheaper	$868
154	Bucharest	Romania	45.6	54% cheaper	$662
155	Taichung	Taiwan	46.3	54% cheaper	$385
156	Istanbul	Turkey	46.8	53% cheaper	$1,070
157	İzmir	Turkey	46.8	53% cheaper	$648
158	Panama City	Panama	47.1	53% cheaper	$1,320
159	Mexico City	Mexico	48.3	52% cheaper	$1,169
160	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	48.4	52% cheaper	$1,160
161	Gdynia	Poland	48.6	51% cheaper	$835
162	Granada	Spain	48.8	51% cheaper	$869
163	Belgrade	Serbia	49.2	51% cheaper	$904
164	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Spain	49.5	51% cheaper	$1,006
165	Xico	Mexico	49.5	51% cheaper	$994
166	Skopje	North Macedonia	49.6	50% cheaper	$430
167	Monterrey	Mexico	50	50% cheaper	$1,003
168	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	50.7	49% cheaper	$744
169	Sofia	Bulgaria	51.8	48% cheaper	$775
170	Doha	Qatar	51.9	48% cheaper	$1,938
171	Moscow	Russia	51.9	48% cheaper	$1,359
172	New Taipei City	Taiwan	52	48% cheaper	$673
173	Warsaw	Poland	53.3	47% cheaper	$1,190
174	Vilnius	Lithuania	53.5	47% cheaper	$861
175	Taipei	Taiwan	53.6	46% cheaper	$738
176	Oviedo	Spain	54	46% cheaper	$827
177	Budapest	Hungary	54.7	45% cheaper	$918
178	Kingston	Jamaica	55.1	45% cheaper	$1,479
179	Palermo	Italy	55.2	45% cheaper	$762
180	Bari	Italy	55.8	44% cheaper	$944
181	Zagreb	Croatia	55.8	44% cheaper	$888
182	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	56.9	43% cheaper	$514
183	Varna	Bulgaria	56.9	43% cheaper	$566
184	Montevideo	Uruguay	57.1	43% cheaper	$664
185	Riga	Latvia	57.1	43% cheaper	$605
186	San Jose	Costa Rica	57.3	43% cheaper	$984
187	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	57.4	43% cheaper	$715
188	Podgorica	Montenegro	57.9	42% cheaper	$672
189	Windsor	Canada	57.9	42% cheaper	$1,209
190	Brampton	Canada	58	42% cheaper	$1,398
191	Tokyo	Japan	58	42% cheaper	$1,368
192	Palma	Spain	58.3	42% cheaper	$1,399
193	Athens	Greece	59.1	41% cheaper	$711
194	Madrid	Spain	59.3	41% cheaper	$1,490
195	Québec	Canada	59.4	41% cheaper	$947
196	Winnipeg	Canada	59.4	41% cheaper	$1,008
197	Huntsville	United States	59.5	41% cheaper	$1,445
198	Banja Luka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	59.7	40% cheaper	$485
199	Montreal	Canada	60.1	40% cheaper	$1,294
200	Rome	Italy	60.4	40% cheaper	$1,355
201	Trieste	Italy	60.8	39% cheaper	$881
202	Niš	Serbia	61.4	39% cheaper	$408
203	Novi Sad	Serbia	61.4	39% cheaper	$548
204	London	Canada	61.9	38% cheaper	$1,284
205	Regina	Canada	62	38% cheaper	$1,078
206	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	62.2	38% cheaper	$2,288
207	Ottawa	Canada	62.3	38% cheaper	$1,472
208	Halifax	Canada	62.7	37% cheaper	$1,540
209	Cincinnati	United States	62.9	37% cheaper	$1,613
210	Mississauga	Canada	62.9	37% cheaper	$1,745
211	Saskatoon	Canada	62.9	37% cheaper	$1,058
212	Tirana	Albania	62.9	37% cheaper	$840
213	Cleveland	United States	63.3	37% cheaper	$1,638
214	Sheffield	United Kingdom	63.5	37% cheaper	$1,099
215	Calgary	Canada	63.6	36% cheaper	$1,371
216	Coventry	United Kingdom	63.8	36% cheaper	$1,497
217	Padova	Italy	63.8	36% cheaper	$1,049
218	Wellington	New Zealand	64.1	36% cheaper	$1,213
219	Auckland	New Zealand	64.4	36% cheaper	$1,400
220	San Antonio	United States	64.4	36% cheaper	$1,550
221	Tucson	United States	64.7	35% cheaper	$1,313
222	Montpellier	France	64.8	35% cheaper	$917
223	Houston	United States	64.9	35% cheaper	$1,708
224	Jacksonville	United States	64.9	35% cheaper	$1,584
225	Cardiff	United Kingdom	65	35% cheaper	$1,291
226	Chemnitz	Germany	65	35% cheaper	$461
227	Kitchener	Canada	65	35% cheaper	$1,392
228	Rochester	United States	65.1	35% cheaper	$1,350
229	Nottingham	United Kingdom	65.3	35% cheaper	$1,161
230	Seoul	South Korea	65.4	35% cheaper	$900
231	Wichita	United States	65.5	35% cheaper	$993
232	Salt Lake City	United States	65.7	34% cheaper	$1,570
233	Verona	Italy	66.3	34% cheaper	$1,010
234	Detroit	United States	66.5	34% cheaper	$1,520
235	Leeds	United Kingdom	66.5	34% cheaper	$1,310
236	Oulu	Finland	66.5	34% cheaper	$843
237	Leipzig	Germany	66.7	33% cheaper	$807
238	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	66.8	33% cheaper	$1,255
239	Milwaukee	United States	67	33% cheaper	$1,772
240	Milton Keynes	United Kingdom	67.1	33% cheaper	$1,647
241	Toronto	Canada	67.1	33% cheaper	$1,950
242	Mannheim	Germany	67.5	33% cheaper	$1,011
243	Hannover	Germany	67.6	32% cheaper	$940
244	Pittsburgh	United States	68.2	32% cheaper	$1,603
245	Vancouver	Canada	68.2	32% cheaper	$1,926
246	Bremen	Germany	68.3	32% cheaper	$901
247	Debrecen	Hungary	68.3	32% cheaper	$583
248	Turku	Finland	68.4	32% cheaper	$830
249	Victoria	Canada	68.4	32% cheaper	$1,655
250	Dresden	Germany	68.5	32% cheaper	$846
251	Freiburg	Germany	68.8	31% cheaper	$1,138
252	Indianapolis	United States	68.9	31% cheaper	$1,718
253	Austin	United States	69.1	31% cheaper	$2,054
254	Groningen	Netherlands	69.1	31% cheaper	$1,285
255	Kiel	Germany	69.5	31% cheaper	$737
256	Columbus	United States	69.8	30% cheaper	$1,515
257	San Juan	Puerto Rico (US)	69.9	30% cheaper	$1,704
258	Richmond	United States	70.1	30% cheaper	$1,566
259	Gdańsk	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$956
260	Kraków	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$944
261	Poznań	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$891
262	Wrocław	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$905
263	Las Vegas	United States	70.6	29% cheaper	$1,576
264	Mainz	Germany	70.7	29% cheaper	$960
265	Reading	United Kingdom	70.8	29% cheaper	$1,696
266	Southampton	United Kingdom	70.8	29% cheaper	$1,526
267	Orlando	United States	71	29% cheaper	$1,843
268	Spokane	United States	71	29% cheaper	$1,708
269	Brescia	Italy	71.2	29% cheaper	$971
270	Oklahoma City	United States	71.2	29% cheaper	$1,287
271	Gent	Belgium	71.3	29% cheaper	$1,139
272	Perth	Australia	71.5	29% cheaper	$1,784
273	Nashville	United States	71.7	28% cheaper	$1,944
274	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	71.9	28% cheaper	$1,620
275	Strasbourg	France	72.1	28% cheaper	$956
276	Baltimore	United States	72.2	28% cheaper	$1,864
277	Karlsruhe	Germany	72.2	28% cheaper	$1,004
278	Wiesbaden	Germany	72.4	28% cheaper	$990
279	Saint Louis	United States	72.7	27% cheaper	$1,424
280	Gold Coast	Australia	73.1	27% cheaper	$2,227
281	Brighton	United Kingdom	73.5	27% cheaper	$1,904
282	Dallas	United States	73.5	27% cheaper	$1,747
283	Brussels	Belgium	73.9	26% cheaper	$1,326
284	Phoenix	United States	73.9	26% cheaper	$1,778
285	Vienna	Austria	75	25% cheaper	$1,303
286	Nice	France	75.3	25% cheaper	$1,170
287	Melbourne	Australia	75.8	24% cheaper	$1,755
288	Reno	United States	75.8	24% cheaper	$1,962
289	Utrecht	Netherlands	76.2	24% cheaper	$1,986
290	Denver	United States	76.5	24% cheaper	$2,082
291	Jersey City	United States	76.5	24% cheaper	$3,246
292	Dublin	Ireland	76.7	23% cheaper	$2,452
293	Helsinki	Finland	76.7	23% cheaper	$1,271
294	Portland	United States	77.3	23% cheaper	$2,063
295	New Orleans	United States	78	22% cheaper	$1,821
296	Kaunas	Lithuania	78.2	22% cheaper	$648
297	Paris	France	78.4	22% cheaper	$1,596
298	Petah Tikva	Israel	78.5	22% cheaper	$1,182
299	Philadelphia	United States	78.5	22% cheaper	$1,922
300	Sacramento	United States	78.8	21% cheaper	$2,036
301	Irvine	United States	79.5	21% cheaper	$3,023
302	Sydney	Australia	79.6	20% cheaper	$2,602
303	Stockholm	Sweden	80.1	20% cheaper	$1,816
304	San Diego	United States	81	19% cheaper	$3,173
305	Bratislava	Slovakia	81.1	19% cheaper	$1,026
306	Košice	Slovakia	81.1	19% cheaper	$954
307	Haifa	Israel	81.4	19% cheaper	$1,073
308	Los Angeles	United States	82.2	18% cheaper	$2,600
309	Thessaloníki	Greece	83	17% cheaper	$623
310	Oakland	United States	84	16% cheaper	$2,093
311	Jerusalem	Israel	84.3	16% cheaper	$1,849
312	Lisbon	Portugal	85	15% cheaper	$1,546
313	Porto	Portugal	85	15% cheaper	$1,272
314	Copenhagen	Denmark	88	12% cheaper	$2,065
315	San Jose	United States	88.4	12% cheaper	$3,163
316	Seattle	United States	88.9	11% cheaper	$2,506
317	Washington, D.C.	United States	89.1	11% cheaper	$2,659
318	London	United Kingdom	89.2	11% cheaper	$2,992
319	Sevilla	Spain	90.7	9% cheaper	$954
320	Valencia	Spain	90.7	9% cheaper	$1,344
321	Ljubljana	Slovenia	91	9% cheaper	$1,103
322	Nicosia	Cyprus	95.1	5% cheaper	$792
323	Tallinn	Estonia	96.5	4% cheaper	$808
324	Oslo	Norway	97.1	3% cheaper	$1,927
325	Milan	Italy	98.1	2% cheaper	$1,737
326	Naples	Italy	98.1	2% cheaper	$1,180
327	Turin	Italy	98.1	2% cheaper	$857
328	Tel Aviv	Israel	99.1	1% cheaper	$2,134
329	New York City	United States	100	0% cheaper	$3,800
330	Honolulu	United States	101.9	2% pricier	$2,609
331	Lille	France	107.9	8% pricier	$928
332	Lyon	France	107.9	8% pricier	$960
333	Marseille	France	107.9	8% pricier	$876
334	Toulouse	France	107.9	8% pricier	$901
335	Frankfurt am Main	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,366
336	Hamburg	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,356
337	Köln	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,216
338	Munich	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,641
339	Stuttgart	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,319
340	Antwerpen	Belgium	118.7	19% pricier	$1,014
341	Graz	Austria	119.7	20% pricier	$765
342	Linz	Austria	119.7	20% pricier	$843
343	Rotterdam	Netherlands	121	21% pricier	$1,801
344	The Hague	Netherlands	121	21% pricier	$1,767
345	Malmö	Sweden	123	23% pricier	$1,053
346	Tampere	Finland	127.2	27% pricier	$989
347	Bergen	Norway	134.1	34% pricier	$1,428
348	Trondheim	Norway	134.1	34% pricier	$1,489
349	Cork	Ireland	141.2	41% pricier	$1,874
350	Århus	Denmark	142.8	43% pricier	$1,314
351	Geneva	Switzerland	184.3	84% pricier	$2,894
352	Zürich	Switzerland	184.3	84% 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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