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)

350 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

350

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.Cork, Ireland141.2
7.Trondheim, Norway134.1
8.Oslo, Norway134.1
9.Bergen, Norway134.1
10.Tampere, Finland127.2
11.Helsinki, Finland127.2
12.Stockholm, 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	Bucharest	Romania	46	54% cheaper	$662
154	Taichung	Taiwan	46.3	54% cheaper	$385
155	Istanbul	Turkey	46.8	53% cheaper	$1,070
156	İzmir	Turkey	46.8	53% cheaper	$648
157	Panama City	Panama	47.1	53% cheaper	$1,320
158	Mexico City	Mexico	48.3	52% cheaper	$1,169
159	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	48.4	52% cheaper	$1,160
160	Gdynia	Poland	48.6	51% cheaper	$835
161	Granada	Spain	48.8	51% cheaper	$869
162	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Spain	49.5	51% cheaper	$1,006
163	Xico	Mexico	49.5	51% cheaper	$994
164	Skopje	North Macedonia	49.6	50% cheaper	$430
165	Monterrey	Mexico	50	50% cheaper	$1,003
166	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	50.7	49% cheaper	$744
167	Doha	Qatar	51.9	48% cheaper	$1,938
168	Moscow	Russia	51.9	48% cheaper	$1,359
169	New Taipei City	Taiwan	52	48% cheaper	$673
170	Warsaw	Poland	53	47% cheaper	$1,190
171	Taipei	Taiwan	53.6	46% cheaper	$738
172	Budapest	Hungary	53.8	46% cheaper	$918
173	Oviedo	Spain	54	46% cheaper	$827
174	Kingston	Jamaica	55.1	45% cheaper	$1,479
175	Palermo	Italy	55.2	45% cheaper	$762
176	Bari	Italy	55.8	44% cheaper	$944
177	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	56.9	43% cheaper	$514
178	Sofia	Bulgaria	56.9	43% cheaper	$775
179	Varna	Bulgaria	56.9	43% cheaper	$566
180	Montevideo	Uruguay	57.1	43% cheaper	$664
181	San Jose	Costa Rica	57.3	43% cheaper	$984
182	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	57.4	43% cheaper	$715
183	Podgorica	Montenegro	57.9	42% cheaper	$672
184	Windsor	Canada	57.9	42% cheaper	$1,209
185	Brampton	Canada	58	42% cheaper	$1,398
186	Tokyo	Japan	58	42% cheaper	$1,368
187	Palma	Spain	58.3	42% cheaper	$1,399
188	Madrid	Spain	59.2	41% cheaper	$1,490
189	Québec	Canada	59.4	41% cheaper	$947
190	Winnipeg	Canada	59.4	41% cheaper	$1,008
191	Huntsville	United States	59.5	41% cheaper	$1,445
192	Banja Luka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	59.7	40% cheaper	$485
193	Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	59.7	40% cheaper	$490
194	Montreal	Canada	60.1	40% cheaper	$1,294
195	Rome	Italy	60.2	40% cheaper	$1,355
196	Trieste	Italy	60.8	39% cheaper	$881
197	Belgrade	Serbia	61.4	39% cheaper	$904
198	Niš	Serbia	61.4	39% cheaper	$408
199	Novi Sad	Serbia	61.4	39% cheaper	$548
200	London	Canada	61.9	38% cheaper	$1,284
201	Regina	Canada	62	38% cheaper	$1,078
202	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	62.2	38% cheaper	$2,288
203	Ottawa	Canada	62.3	38% cheaper	$1,472
204	Halifax	Canada	62.7	37% cheaper	$1,540
205	Cincinnati	United States	62.9	37% cheaper	$1,613
206	Mississauga	Canada	62.9	37% cheaper	$1,745
207	Saskatoon	Canada	62.9	37% cheaper	$1,058
208	Tirana	Albania	62.9	37% cheaper	$840
209	Cleveland	United States	63.3	37% cheaper	$1,638
210	Sheffield	United Kingdom	63.5	37% cheaper	$1,099
211	Calgary	Canada	63.6	36% cheaper	$1,371
212	Coventry	United Kingdom	63.8	36% cheaper	$1,497
213	Padova	Italy	63.8	36% cheaper	$1,049
214	Wellington	New Zealand	64.1	36% cheaper	$1,213
215	Auckland	New Zealand	64.4	36% cheaper	$1,400
216	San Antonio	United States	64.4	36% cheaper	$1,550
217	Tucson	United States	64.7	35% cheaper	$1,313
218	Montpellier	France	64.8	35% cheaper	$917
219	Houston	United States	64.9	35% cheaper	$1,708
220	Jacksonville	United States	64.9	35% cheaper	$1,584
221	Cardiff	United Kingdom	65	35% cheaper	$1,291
222	Chemnitz	Germany	65	35% cheaper	$461
223	Kitchener	Canada	65	35% cheaper	$1,392
224	Rochester	United States	65.1	35% cheaper	$1,350
225	Nottingham	United Kingdom	65.3	35% cheaper	$1,161
226	Seoul	South Korea	65.4	35% cheaper	$900
227	Wichita	United States	65.5	35% cheaper	$993
228	Salt Lake City	United States	65.7	34% cheaper	$1,570
229	Verona	Italy	66.3	34% cheaper	$1,010
230	Detroit	United States	66.5	34% cheaper	$1,520
231	Leeds	United Kingdom	66.5	34% cheaper	$1,310
232	Oulu	Finland	66.5	34% cheaper	$843
233	Leipzig	Germany	66.7	33% cheaper	$807
234	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	66.8	33% cheaper	$1,255
235	Milwaukee	United States	67	33% cheaper	$1,772
236	Milton Keynes	United Kingdom	67.1	33% cheaper	$1,647
237	Toronto	Canada	67.1	33% cheaper	$1,950
238	Mannheim	Germany	67.5	33% cheaper	$1,011
239	Hannover	Germany	67.6	32% cheaper	$940
240	Pittsburgh	United States	68.2	32% cheaper	$1,603
241	Vancouver	Canada	68.2	32% cheaper	$1,926
242	Bremen	Germany	68.3	32% cheaper	$901
243	Debrecen	Hungary	68.3	32% cheaper	$583
244	Turku	Finland	68.4	32% cheaper	$830
245	Victoria	Canada	68.4	32% cheaper	$1,655
246	Dresden	Germany	68.5	32% cheaper	$846
247	Freiburg	Germany	68.8	31% cheaper	$1,138
248	Indianapolis	United States	68.9	31% cheaper	$1,718
249	Groningen	Netherlands	69.1	31% cheaper	$1,285
250	Kiel	Germany	69.5	31% cheaper	$737
251	Columbus	United States	69.8	30% cheaper	$1,515
252	San Juan	Puerto Rico (US)	69.9	30% cheaper	$1,704
253	Richmond	United States	70.1	30% cheaper	$1,566
254	Gdańsk	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$956
255	Kraków	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$944
256	Poznań	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$891
257	Wrocław	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$905
258	Las Vegas	United States	70.6	29% cheaper	$1,576
259	Mainz	Germany	70.7	29% cheaper	$960
260	Reading	United Kingdom	70.8	29% cheaper	$1,696
261	Southampton	United Kingdom	70.8	29% cheaper	$1,526
262	Orlando	United States	71	29% cheaper	$1,843
263	Spokane	United States	71	29% cheaper	$1,708
264	Brescia	Italy	71.2	29% cheaper	$971
265	Oklahoma City	United States	71.2	29% cheaper	$1,287
266	Gent	Belgium	71.3	29% cheaper	$1,139
267	Perth	Australia	71.5	29% cheaper	$1,784
268	Nashville	United States	71.7	28% cheaper	$1,944
269	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	71.9	28% cheaper	$1,620
270	Strasbourg	France	72.1	28% cheaper	$956
271	Baltimore	United States	72.2	28% cheaper	$1,864
272	Karlsruhe	Germany	72.2	28% cheaper	$1,004
273	Wiesbaden	Germany	72.4	28% cheaper	$990
274	Saint Louis	United States	72.7	27% cheaper	$1,424
275	Gold Coast	Australia	73.1	27% cheaper	$2,227
276	Zagreb	Croatia	73.3	27% cheaper	$888
277	Brighton	United Kingdom	73.5	27% cheaper	$1,904
278	Dallas	United States	73.5	27% cheaper	$1,747
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	Paris	France	77.8	22% cheaper	$1,596
288	New Orleans	United States	78	22% cheaper	$1,821
289	Kaunas	Lithuania	78.2	22% cheaper	$648
290	Vilnius	Lithuania	78.2	22% cheaper	$861
291	Petah Tikva	Israel	78.5	22% cheaper	$1,182
292	Philadelphia	United States	78.5	22% cheaper	$1,922
293	Sacramento	United States	78.8	21% cheaper	$2,036
294	Irvine	United States	79.5	21% cheaper	$3,023
295	Sydney	Australia	79.6	20% cheaper	$2,602
296	San Diego	United States	81	19% cheaper	$3,173
297	Bratislava	Slovakia	81.1	19% cheaper	$1,026
298	Košice	Slovakia	81.1	19% cheaper	$954
299	Haifa	Israel	81.4	19% cheaper	$1,073
300	Los Angeles	United States	82.2	18% cheaper	$2,600
301	Athens	Greece	83	17% cheaper	$711
302	Thessaloníki	Greece	83	17% cheaper	$623
303	Oakland	United States	84	16% cheaper	$2,093
304	Jerusalem	Israel	84.3	16% cheaper	$1,849
305	Lisbon	Portugal	85	15% cheaper	$1,546
306	Porto	Portugal	85	15% cheaper	$1,272
307	San Jose	United States	88.4	12% cheaper	$3,163
308	Seattle	United States	88.9	11% cheaper	$2,506
309	Washington, D.C.	United States	89.1	11% cheaper	$2,659
310	London	United Kingdom	89.2	11% cheaper	$2,992
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	Turin	Italy	98.1	2% cheaper	$857
319	Tel Aviv	Israel	99.1	1% cheaper	$2,134
320	New York City	United States	100	0% cheaper	$3,800
321	Honolulu	United States	101.9	2% pricier	$2,609
322	Lille	France	107.9	8% pricier	$928
323	Lyon	France	107.9	8% pricier	$960
324	Marseille	France	107.9	8% pricier	$876
325	Toulouse	France	107.9	8% pricier	$901
326	Frankfurt am Main	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,366
327	Hamburg	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,356
328	Köln	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,216
329	Munich	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,641
330	Stuttgart	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,319
331	Antwerpen	Belgium	118.7	19% pricier	$1,014
332	Brussels	Belgium	118.7	19% pricier	$1,326
333	Graz	Austria	119.7	20% pricier	$765
334	Linz	Austria	119.7	20% pricier	$843
335	Vienna	Austria	119.7	20% pricier	$1,303
336	Rotterdam	Netherlands	121	21% pricier	$1,801
337	The Hague	Netherlands	121	21% pricier	$1,767
338	Malmö	Sweden	123	23% pricier	$1,053
339	Stockholm	Sweden	123	23% pricier	$1,816
340	Helsinki	Finland	127.2	27% pricier	$1,271
341	Tampere	Finland	127.2	27% pricier	$989
342	Bergen	Norway	134.1	34% pricier	$1,428
343	Oslo	Norway	134.1	34% pricier	$1,927
344	Trondheim	Norway	134.1	34% pricier	$1,489
345	Cork	Ireland	141.2	41% pricier	$1,874
346	Dublin	Ireland	141.2	41% pricier	$2,452
347	Copenhagen	Denmark	142.8	43% pricier	$2,065
348	Århus	Denmark	142.8	43% pricier	$1,314
349	Geneva	Switzerland	184.3	84% pricier	$2,894
350	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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