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)

351 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

351

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.Copenhagen, Denmark142.8
5.Dublin, Ireland141.2
6.Trondheim, Norway134.1
7.Oslo, Norway134.1
8.Bergen, Norway134.1
9.Tampere, Finland127.2
10.Helsinki, Finland127.2
11.Stockholm, Sweden123
12.Malmö, Sweden123

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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	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	43.9	56% cheaper	$402
148	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	44	56% cheaper	$626
149	Santiago	Chile	44	56% cheaper	$607
150	Szczecin	Poland	44.2	56% cheaper	$667
151	Muscat	Oman	45.1	55% cheaper	$638
152	Santiago de Querétaro	Mexico	45.3	55% cheaper	$868
153	Taichung	Taiwan	46.3	54% cheaper	$385
154	Istanbul	Turkey	46.8	53% cheaper	$1,070
155	İzmir	Turkey	46.8	53% cheaper	$648
156	Panama City	Panama	47.1	53% cheaper	$1,320
157	Mexico City	Mexico	48.3	52% cheaper	$1,169
158	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	48.4	52% cheaper	$1,160
159	Gdynia	Poland	48.6	51% cheaper	$835
160	Granada	Spain	48.8	51% cheaper	$869
161	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Spain	49.5	51% cheaper	$1,006
162	Xico	Mexico	49.5	51% cheaper	$994
163	Skopje	North Macedonia	49.6	50% cheaper	$430
164	Monterrey	Mexico	50	50% cheaper	$1,003
165	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	50.7	49% cheaper	$744
166	Doha	Qatar	51.9	48% cheaper	$1,938
167	Moscow	Russia	51.9	48% cheaper	$1,359
168	New Taipei City	Taiwan	52	48% cheaper	$673
169	Taipei	Taiwan	53.6	46% cheaper	$738
170	Oviedo	Spain	54	46% cheaper	$827
171	Kingston	Jamaica	55.1	45% cheaper	$1,479
172	Palermo	Italy	55.2	45% cheaper	$762
173	Bari	Italy	55.8	44% cheaper	$944
174	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	56.9	43% cheaper	$514
175	Sofia	Bulgaria	56.9	43% cheaper	$775
176	Varna	Bulgaria	56.9	43% cheaper	$566
177	Montevideo	Uruguay	57.1	43% cheaper	$664
178	San Jose	Costa Rica	57.3	43% cheaper	$984
179	Bucharest	Romania	57.4	43% cheaper	$662
180	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	57.4	43% cheaper	$715
181	Podgorica	Montenegro	57.9	42% cheaper	$672
182	Windsor	Canada	57.9	42% cheaper	$1,209
183	Brampton	Canada	58	42% cheaper	$1,398
184	Tokyo	Japan	58	42% cheaper	$1,368
185	Palma	Spain	58.3	42% cheaper	$1,399
186	Québec	Canada	59.4	41% cheaper	$947
187	Winnipeg	Canada	59.4	41% cheaper	$1,008
188	Huntsville	United States	59.5	41% cheaper	$1,445
189	Banja Luka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	59.7	40% cheaper	$485
190	Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	59.7	40% cheaper	$490
191	Montreal	Canada	60.1	40% cheaper	$1,294
192	Trieste	Italy	60.8	39% cheaper	$881
193	Belgrade	Serbia	61.4	39% cheaper	$904
194	Niš	Serbia	61.4	39% cheaper	$408
195	Novi Sad	Serbia	61.4	39% cheaper	$548
196	London	Canada	61.9	38% cheaper	$1,284
197	Regina	Canada	62	38% cheaper	$1,078
198	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	62.2	38% cheaper	$2,288
199	Ottawa	Canada	62.3	38% cheaper	$1,472
200	Halifax	Canada	62.7	37% cheaper	$1,540
201	Cincinnati	United States	62.9	37% cheaper	$1,613
202	Mississauga	Canada	62.9	37% cheaper	$1,745
203	Saskatoon	Canada	62.9	37% cheaper	$1,058
204	Tirana	Albania	62.9	37% cheaper	$840
205	Cleveland	United States	63.3	37% cheaper	$1,638
206	Sheffield	United Kingdom	63.5	37% cheaper	$1,099
207	Calgary	Canada	63.6	36% cheaper	$1,371
208	Coventry	United Kingdom	63.8	36% cheaper	$1,497
209	Padova	Italy	63.8	36% cheaper	$1,049
210	Wellington	New Zealand	64.1	36% cheaper	$1,213
211	Auckland	New Zealand	64.4	36% cheaper	$1,400
212	San Antonio	United States	64.4	36% cheaper	$1,550
213	Tucson	United States	64.7	35% cheaper	$1,313
214	Montpellier	France	64.8	35% cheaper	$917
215	Houston	United States	64.9	35% cheaper	$1,708
216	Jacksonville	United States	64.9	35% cheaper	$1,584
217	Cardiff	United Kingdom	65	35% cheaper	$1,291
218	Chemnitz	Germany	65	35% cheaper	$461
219	Kitchener	Canada	65	35% cheaper	$1,392
220	Rochester	United States	65.1	35% cheaper	$1,350
221	Nottingham	United Kingdom	65.3	35% cheaper	$1,161
222	Seoul	South Korea	65.4	35% cheaper	$900
223	Wichita	United States	65.5	35% cheaper	$993
224	Salt Lake City	United States	65.7	34% cheaper	$1,570
225	Verona	Italy	66.3	34% cheaper	$1,010
226	Detroit	United States	66.5	34% cheaper	$1,520
227	Leeds	United Kingdom	66.5	34% cheaper	$1,310
228	Oulu	Finland	66.5	34% cheaper	$843
229	Leipzig	Germany	66.7	33% cheaper	$807
230	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	66.8	33% cheaper	$1,255
231	Milwaukee	United States	67	33% cheaper	$1,772
232	Milton Keynes	United Kingdom	67.1	33% cheaper	$1,647
233	Toronto	Canada	67.1	33% cheaper	$1,950
234	Mannheim	Germany	67.5	33% cheaper	$1,011
235	Hannover	Germany	67.6	32% cheaper	$940
236	Pittsburgh	United States	68.2	32% cheaper	$1,603
237	Vancouver	Canada	68.2	32% cheaper	$1,926
238	Bremen	Germany	68.3	32% cheaper	$901
239	Budapest	Hungary	68.3	32% cheaper	$918
240	Debrecen	Hungary	68.3	32% cheaper	$583
241	Turku	Finland	68.4	32% cheaper	$830
242	Victoria	Canada	68.4	32% cheaper	$1,655
243	Dresden	Germany	68.5	32% cheaper	$846
244	Freiburg	Germany	68.8	31% cheaper	$1,138
245	Indianapolis	United States	68.9	31% cheaper	$1,718
246	Austin	United States	69.1	31% cheaper	$2,054
247	Groningen	Netherlands	69.1	31% cheaper	$1,285
248	Kiel	Germany	69.5	31% cheaper	$737
249	Columbus	United States	69.8	30% cheaper	$1,515
250	San Juan	Puerto Rico (US)	69.9	30% cheaper	$1,704
251	Richmond	United States	70.1	30% cheaper	$1,566
252	Gdańsk	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$956
253	Kraków	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$944
254	Poznań	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$891
255	Warsaw	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$1,190
256	Wrocław	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$905
257	Las Vegas	United States	70.6	29% cheaper	$1,576
258	Mainz	Germany	70.7	29% cheaper	$960
259	Reading	United Kingdom	70.8	29% cheaper	$1,696
260	Southampton	United Kingdom	70.8	29% cheaper	$1,526
261	Orlando	United States	71	29% cheaper	$1,843
262	Spokane	United States	71	29% cheaper	$1,708
263	Brescia	Italy	71.2	29% cheaper	$971
264	Oklahoma City	United States	71.2	29% cheaper	$1,287
265	Gent	Belgium	71.3	29% cheaper	$1,139
266	Perth	Australia	71.5	29% cheaper	$1,784
267	Nashville	United States	71.7	28% cheaper	$1,944
268	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	71.9	28% cheaper	$1,620
269	Strasbourg	France	72.1	28% cheaper	$956
270	Baltimore	United States	72.2	28% cheaper	$1,864
271	Karlsruhe	Germany	72.2	28% cheaper	$1,004
272	Wiesbaden	Germany	72.4	28% cheaper	$990
273	Saint Louis	United States	72.7	27% cheaper	$1,424
274	Gold Coast	Australia	73.1	27% cheaper	$2,227
275	Zagreb	Croatia	73.3	27% cheaper	$888
276	Brighton	United Kingdom	73.5	27% cheaper	$1,904
277	Dallas	United States	73.5	27% cheaper	$1,747
278	Phoenix	United States	73.9	26% cheaper	$1,778
279	Nice	France	75.3	25% cheaper	$1,170
280	Melbourne	Australia	75.8	24% cheaper	$1,755
281	Reno	United States	75.8	24% cheaper	$1,962
282	Utrecht	Netherlands	76.2	24% cheaper	$1,986
283	Denver	United States	76.5	24% cheaper	$2,082
284	Jersey City	United States	76.5	24% cheaper	$3,246
285	Riga	Latvia	77.2	23% cheaper	$605
286	Portland	United States	77.3	23% cheaper	$2,063
287	New Orleans	United States	78	22% cheaper	$1,821
288	Kaunas	Lithuania	78.2	22% cheaper	$648
289	Vilnius	Lithuania	78.2	22% cheaper	$861
290	Petah Tikva	Israel	78.5	22% cheaper	$1,182
291	Philadelphia	United States	78.5	22% cheaper	$1,922
292	Sacramento	United States	78.8	21% cheaper	$2,036
293	Irvine	United States	79.5	21% cheaper	$3,023
294	Sydney	Australia	79.6	20% cheaper	$2,602
295	San Diego	United States	81	19% cheaper	$3,173
296	Bratislava	Slovakia	81.1	19% cheaper	$1,026
297	Košice	Slovakia	81.1	19% cheaper	$954
298	Haifa	Israel	81.4	19% cheaper	$1,073
299	Los Angeles	United States	82.2	18% cheaper	$2,600
300	Athens	Greece	83	17% cheaper	$711
301	Thessaloníki	Greece	83	17% cheaper	$623
302	Oakland	United States	84	16% cheaper	$2,093
303	Jerusalem	Israel	84.3	16% cheaper	$1,849
304	Lisbon	Portugal	85	15% cheaper	$1,546
305	Porto	Portugal	85	15% cheaper	$1,272
306	San Jose	United States	88.4	12% cheaper	$3,163
307	Seattle	United States	88.9	11% cheaper	$2,506
308	Washington, D.C.	United States	89.1	11% cheaper	$2,659
309	London	United Kingdom	89.2	11% cheaper	$2,992
310	Madrid	Spain	90.7	9% cheaper	$1,490
311	Sevilla	Spain	90.7	9% cheaper	$954
312	Valencia	Spain	90.7	9% cheaper	$1,344
313	Ljubljana	Slovenia	91	9% cheaper	$1,103
314	Nicosia	Cyprus	95.1	5% cheaper	$792
315	Tallinn	Estonia	96.5	4% cheaper	$808
316	Milan	Italy	98.1	2% cheaper	$1,737
317	Naples	Italy	98.1	2% cheaper	$1,180
318	Rome	Italy	98.1	2% cheaper	$1,355
319	Turin	Italy	98.1	2% cheaper	$857
320	Tel Aviv	Israel	99.1	1% cheaper	$2,134
321	New York City	United States	100	0% cheaper	$3,800
322	Honolulu	United States	101.9	2% pricier	$2,609
323	Lille	France	107.9	8% pricier	$928
324	Lyon	France	107.9	8% pricier	$960
325	Marseille	France	107.9	8% pricier	$876
326	Paris	France	107.9	8% pricier	$1,596
327	Toulouse	France	107.9	8% pricier	$901
328	Frankfurt am Main	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,366
329	Hamburg	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,356
330	Köln	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,216
331	Munich	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,641
332	Stuttgart	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,319
333	Antwerpen	Belgium	118.7	19% pricier	$1,014
334	Brussels	Belgium	118.7	19% pricier	$1,326
335	Graz	Austria	119.7	20% pricier	$765
336	Linz	Austria	119.7	20% pricier	$843
337	Vienna	Austria	119.7	20% pricier	$1,303
338	Rotterdam	Netherlands	121	21% pricier	$1,801
339	The Hague	Netherlands	121	21% pricier	$1,767
340	Malmö	Sweden	123	23% pricier	$1,053
341	Stockholm	Sweden	123	23% pricier	$1,816
342	Helsinki	Finland	127.2	27% pricier	$1,271
343	Tampere	Finland	127.2	27% pricier	$989
344	Bergen	Norway	134.1	34% pricier	$1,428
345	Oslo	Norway	134.1	34% pricier	$1,927
346	Trondheim	Norway	134.1	34% pricier	$1,489
347	Dublin	Ireland	141.2	41% pricier	$2,452
348	Copenhagen	Denmark	142.8	43% pricier	$2,065
349	Århus	Denmark	142.8	43% pricier	$1,314
350	Geneva	Switzerland	184.3	84% pricier	$2,894
351	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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