Cheapest Cities in Europe — Cost of Living Index (2026)

151 cities in Europe across 43 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

151

Countries

Cheapest

Dushanbe · 27.3

Most expensive

Zürich · 184.3

Cheapest cities (one per country)

1.Dushanbe, Tajikistan27.3
2.Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan28.8
3.Tashkent, Uzbekistan29.6
4.Perm, Russia30.7
5.Baku, Azerbaijan33.6
6.Minsk, Belarus34
7.Eskişehir, Turkey36
8.Tbilisi, Georgia36.7
9.Almaty, Kazakhstan37.3
10.Târgu Mureş, Romania37.6
11.Chisinau, Moldova37.7
12.Burgas, Bulgaria40.2

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	Dushanbe	Tajikistan	27.3	73% cheaper	$572
2	Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	28.8	71% cheaper	$541
3	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	29.6	70% cheaper	$610
4	Perm	Russia	30.7	69% cheaper	$551
5	Rostov-na-Donu	Russia	32.4	68% cheaper	$432
6	Rostov-on-Don	Russia	32.4	68% cheaper	$432
7	Chelyabinsk	Russia	32.6	67% cheaper	$397
8	Omsk	Russia	32.6	67% cheaper	$453
9	Voronezh	Russia	33.2	67% cheaper	$375
10	Novosibirsk	Russia	33.4	67% cheaper	$480
11	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia	33.5	67% cheaper	$520
12	Baku	Azerbaijan	33.6	66% cheaper	$528
13	Krasnodar	Russia	33.8	66% cheaper	$496
14	Kazan	Russia	34	66% cheaper	$577
15	Minsk	Belarus	34	66% cheaper	$582
16	Ufa	Russia	34	66% cheaper	$401
17	Krasnoyarsk	Russia	34.1	66% cheaper	$377
18	Eskişehir	Turkey	36	64% cheaper	$380
19	Kaliningrad	Russia	36.4	64% cheaper	$458
20	Yekaterinburg	Russia	36.4	64% cheaper	$696
21	Tyumen	Russia	36.5	64% cheaper	$600
22	Tbilisi	Georgia	36.7	63% cheaper	$450
23	Saint Petersburg	Russia	37.2	63% cheaper	$807
24	Almaty	Kazakhstan	37.3	63% cheaper	$760
25	Mersin	Turkey	37.5	63% cheaper	$448
26	Târgu Mureş	Romania	37.6	62% cheaper	$446
27	Chisinau	Moldova	37.7	62% cheaper	$678
28	Galaţi	Romania	38.5	62% cheaper	$472
29	Craiova	Romania	38.6	61% cheaper	$496
30	Burgas	Bulgaria	40.2	60% cheaper	$556
31	Iaşi	Romania	40.6	59% cheaper	$518
32	Timişoara	Romania	40.8	59% cheaper	$552
33	Yerevan	Armenia	41.8	58% cheaper	$768
34	Constanţa	Romania	43	57% cheaper	$629
35	Katowice	Poland	43.4	57% cheaper	$691
36	Braşov	Romania	43.6	56% cheaper	$723
37	Szczecin	Poland	44.2	56% cheaper	$667
38	Istanbul	Turkey	46.8	53% cheaper	$1,070
39	İzmir	Turkey	46.8	53% cheaper	$648
40	Gdynia	Poland	48.6	51% cheaper	$835
41	Granada	Spain	48.8	51% cheaper	$869
42	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Spain	49.5	51% cheaper	$1,006
43	Skopje	North Macedonia	49.6	50% cheaper	$430
44	Moscow	Russia	51.9	48% cheaper	$1,359
45	Oviedo	Spain	54	46% cheaper	$827
46	Palermo	Italy	55.2	45% cheaper	$762
47	Bari	Italy	55.8	44% cheaper	$944
48	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	56.9	43% cheaper	$514
49	Sofia	Bulgaria	56.9	43% cheaper	$775
50	Varna	Bulgaria	56.9	43% cheaper	$566
51	Bucharest	Romania	57.4	43% cheaper	$662
52	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	57.4	43% cheaper	$715
53	Podgorica	Montenegro	57.9	42% cheaper	$672
54	Palma	Spain	58.3	42% cheaper	$1,399
55	Banja Luka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	59.7	40% cheaper	$485
56	Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	59.7	40% cheaper	$490
57	Trieste	Italy	60.8	39% cheaper	$881
58	Belgrade	Serbia	61.4	39% cheaper	$904
59	Niš	Serbia	61.4	39% cheaper	$408
60	Novi Sad	Serbia	61.4	39% cheaper	$548
61	Tirana	Albania	62.9	37% cheaper	$840
62	Sheffield	United Kingdom	63.5	37% cheaper	$1,099
63	Coventry	United Kingdom	63.8	36% cheaper	$1,497
64	Padova	Italy	63.8	36% cheaper	$1,049
65	Montpellier	France	64.8	35% cheaper	$917
66	Cardiff	United Kingdom	65	35% cheaper	$1,291
67	Chemnitz	Germany	65	35% cheaper	$461
68	Nottingham	United Kingdom	65.3	35% cheaper	$1,161
69	Verona	Italy	66.3	34% cheaper	$1,010
70	Leeds	United Kingdom	66.5	34% cheaper	$1,310
71	Oulu	Finland	66.5	34% cheaper	$843
72	Leipzig	Germany	66.7	33% cheaper	$807
73	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	66.8	33% cheaper	$1,255
74	Milton Keynes	United Kingdom	67.1	33% cheaper	$1,647
75	Mannheim	Germany	67.5	33% cheaper	$1,011
76	Hannover	Germany	67.6	32% cheaper	$940
77	Bremen	Germany	68.3	32% cheaper	$901
78	Budapest	Hungary	68.3	32% cheaper	$918
79	Debrecen	Hungary	68.3	32% cheaper	$583
80	Turku	Finland	68.4	32% cheaper	$830
81	Dresden	Germany	68.5	32% cheaper	$846
82	Freiburg	Germany	68.8	31% cheaper	$1,138
83	Groningen	Netherlands	69.1	31% cheaper	$1,285
84	Kiel	Germany	69.5	31% cheaper	$737
85	Gdańsk	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$956
86	Kraków	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$944
87	Poznań	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$891
88	Warsaw	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$1,190
89	Wrocław	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$905
90	Mainz	Germany	70.7	29% cheaper	$960
91	Reading	United Kingdom	70.8	29% cheaper	$1,696
92	Southampton	United Kingdom	70.8	29% cheaper	$1,526
93	Brescia	Italy	71.2	29% cheaper	$971
94	Gent	Belgium	71.3	29% cheaper	$1,139
95	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	71.9	28% cheaper	$1,620
96	Strasbourg	France	72.1	28% cheaper	$956
97	Karlsruhe	Germany	72.2	28% cheaper	$1,004
98	Wiesbaden	Germany	72.4	28% cheaper	$990
99	Zagreb	Croatia	73.3	27% cheaper	$888
100	Brighton	United Kingdom	73.5	27% cheaper	$1,904
101	Nice	France	75.3	25% cheaper	$1,170
102	Utrecht	Netherlands	76.2	24% cheaper	$1,986
103	Riga	Latvia	77.2	23% cheaper	$605
104	Kaunas	Lithuania	78.2	22% cheaper	$648
105	Vilnius	Lithuania	78.2	22% cheaper	$861
106	Bratislava	Slovakia	81.1	19% cheaper	$1,026
107	Košice	Slovakia	81.1	19% cheaper	$954
108	Athens	Greece	83	17% cheaper	$711
109	Thessaloníki	Greece	83	17% cheaper	$623
110	Lisbon	Portugal	85	15% cheaper	$1,546
111	Porto	Portugal	85	15% cheaper	$1,272
112	London	United Kingdom	89.2	11% cheaper	$2,992
113	Madrid	Spain	90.7	9% cheaper	$1,490
114	Sevilla	Spain	90.7	9% cheaper	$954
115	Valencia	Spain	90.7	9% cheaper	$1,344
116	Ljubljana	Slovenia	91	9% cheaper	$1,103
117	Nicosia	Cyprus	95.1	5% cheaper	$792
118	Tallinn	Estonia	96.5	4% cheaper	$808
119	Milan	Italy	98.1	2% cheaper	$1,737
120	Naples	Italy	98.1	2% cheaper	$1,180
121	Rome	Italy	98.1	2% cheaper	$1,355
122	Turin	Italy	98.1	2% cheaper	$857
123	Lille	France	107.9	8% pricier	$928
124	Lyon	France	107.9	8% pricier	$960
125	Marseille	France	107.9	8% pricier	$876
126	Paris	France	107.9	8% pricier	$1,596
127	Toulouse	France	107.9	8% pricier	$901
128	Frankfurt am Main	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,366
129	Hamburg	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,356
130	Köln	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,216
131	Munich	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,641
132	Stuttgart	Germany	109.1	9% pricier	$1,319
133	Antwerpen	Belgium	118.7	19% pricier	$1,014
134	Brussels	Belgium	118.7	19% pricier	$1,326
135	Graz	Austria	119.7	20% pricier	$765
136	Linz	Austria	119.7	20% pricier	$843
137	Vienna	Austria	119.7	20% pricier	$1,303
138	Rotterdam	Netherlands	121	21% pricier	$1,801
139	The Hague	Netherlands	121	21% pricier	$1,767
140	Malmö	Sweden	123	23% pricier	$1,053
141	Stockholm	Sweden	123	23% pricier	$1,816
142	Helsinki	Finland	127.2	27% pricier	$1,271
143	Tampere	Finland	127.2	27% pricier	$989
144	Bergen	Norway	134.1	34% pricier	$1,428
145	Oslo	Norway	134.1	34% pricier	$1,927
146	Trondheim	Norway	134.1	34% pricier	$1,489
147	Dublin	Ireland	141.2	41% pricier	$2,452
148	Copenhagen	Denmark	142.8	43% pricier	$2,065
149	Århus	Denmark	142.8	43% pricier	$1,314
150	Geneva	Switzerland	184.3	84% pricier	$2,894
151	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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