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

154 cities in Europe across 45 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

154

Countries

Cheapest

Dushanbe · 27.3

Most expensive

Zürich · 119.6

Cheapest cities (one per country)

1.Dushanbe, Tajikistan27.3
2.Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan28.8
3.Pristina, Kosovo29.2
4.Tashkent, Uzbekistan29.6
5.Perm, Russia30.7
6.Baku, Azerbaijan33.6
7.Minsk, Belarus34
8.Niš, Serbia35.4
9.Eskişehir, Turkey36
10.Tbilisi, Georgia36.7
11.Almaty, Kazakhstan37.3
12.Târgu Mureş, Romania37.6

Most expensive cities

1.Zürich, Switzerland119.6
2.Geneva, Switzerland105.6
3.Oslo, Norway94.8
4.Bergen, Norway92.9
5.London, United Kingdom89.2
6.Copenhagen, Denmark88.3
7.Trondheim, Norway88.2
8.Århus, Denmark78.3
9.Paris, France77.8
10.Stockholm, Sweden77.1
11.Dublin, Ireland76.4
12.Utrecht, Netherlands76.2

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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	Pristina	Kosovo	29.2	71% cheaper	$376
4	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	29.6	70% cheaper	$610
5	Perm	Russia	30.7	69% cheaper	$551
6	Rostov-na-Donu	Russia	32.4	68% cheaper	$432
7	Rostov-on-Don	Russia	32.4	68% cheaper	$432
8	Chelyabinsk	Russia	32.6	67% cheaper	$397
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	Niš	Serbia	35.4	65% cheaper	$408
19	Eskişehir	Turkey	36	64% cheaper	$380
20	Kaliningrad	Russia	36.4	64% cheaper	$458
21	Yekaterinburg	Russia	36.4	64% cheaper	$696
22	Tyumen	Russia	36.5	64% cheaper	$600
23	Tbilisi	Georgia	36.7	63% cheaper	$450
24	Saint Petersburg	Russia	37.2	63% cheaper	$807
25	Almaty	Kazakhstan	37.3	63% cheaper	$760
26	Mersin	Turkey	37.5	63% cheaper	$448
27	Târgu Mureş	Romania	37.6	62% cheaper	$446
28	Chisinau	Moldova	37.7	62% cheaper	$678
29	Skopje	North Macedonia	37.9	62% cheaper	$430
30	Galaţi	Romania	38.5	62% cheaper	$472
31	Craiova	Romania	38.6	61% cheaper	$496
32	Burgas	Bulgaria	40.2	60% cheaper	$556
33	Iaşi	Romania	40.6	59% cheaper	$518
34	Timişoara	Romania	40.8	59% cheaper	$552
35	Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.4	59% cheaper	$490
36	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	41.5	59% cheaper	$514
37	Podgorica	Montenegro	41.5	59% cheaper	$672
38	Yerevan	Armenia	41.8	58% cheaper	$768
39	İzmir	Turkey	42.1	58% cheaper	$648
40	Banja Luka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.6	57% cheaper	$485
41	Constanţa	Romania	43	57% cheaper	$629
42	Katowice	Poland	43.4	57% cheaper	$691
43	Braşov	Romania	43.6	56% cheaper	$723
44	Szczecin	Poland	44.2	56% cheaper	$667
45	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	44.6	55% cheaper	$715
46	Poznań	Poland	44.6	55% cheaper	$891
47	Novi Sad	Serbia	45.2	55% cheaper	$548
48	Bucharest	Romania	46	54% cheaper	$662
49	Debrecen	Hungary	46.4	54% cheaper	$583
50	Varna	Bulgaria	46.4	54% cheaper	$566
51	Istanbul	Turkey	47	53% cheaper	$1,070
52	Sevilla	Spain	47.3	53% cheaper	$954
53	Gdańsk	Poland	47.6	52% cheaper	$956
54	Ostrava	Czechia	47.6	52% cheaper	$673
55	Wrocław	Poland	47.8	52% cheaper	$905
56	Tirana	Albania	48.1	52% cheaper	$840
57	Gdynia	Poland	48.6	51% cheaper	$835
58	Košice	Slovakia	48.9	51% cheaper	$954
59	Kraków	Poland	49.1	51% cheaper	$944
60	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Spain	49.5	51% cheaper	$1,006
61	Belgrade	Serbia	49.6	50% cheaper	$904
62	Kaunas	Lithuania	49.8	50% cheaper	$648
63	Porto	Portugal	49.9	50% cheaper	$1,272
64	Brno	Czechia	51.1	49% cheaper	$1,003
65	Vilnius	Lithuania	51.2	49% cheaper	$861
66	Valencia	Spain	51.4	49% cheaper	$1,344
67	Moscow	Russia	51.9	48% cheaper	$1,359
68	Sofia	Bulgaria	52.5	48% cheaper	$775
69	Zagreb	Croatia	52.9	47% cheaper	$888
70	Warsaw	Poland	53	47% cheaper	$1,190
71	Budapest	Hungary	53.8	46% cheaper	$918
72	Oviedo	Spain	54	46% cheaper	$827
73	Lisbon	Portugal	54.1	46% cheaper	$1,546
74	Riga	Latvia	54.3	46% cheaper	$605
75	Palermo	Italy	55.2	45% cheaper	$762
76	Bratislava	Slovakia	55.4	45% cheaper	$1,026
77	Athens	Greece	55.7	44% cheaper	$711
78	Bari	Italy	55.8	44% cheaper	$944
79	Nicosia	Cyprus	55.9	44% cheaper	$792
80	Thessaloníki	Greece	56.2	44% cheaper	$623
81	Ljubljana	Slovenia	56.6	43% cheaper	$1,103
82	Prague	Czechia	56.7	43% cheaper	$850
83	Naples	Italy	57.9	42% cheaper	$1,180
84	Palma	Spain	58.3	42% cheaper	$1,399
85	Madrid	Spain	59.2	41% cheaper	$1,490
86	Turin	Italy	59.7	40% cheaper	$857
87	Rome	Italy	60.2	40% cheaper	$1,355
88	Trieste	Italy	60.8	39% cheaper	$881
89	Tallinn	Estonia	62	38% cheaper	$808
90	Malmö	Sweden	63.3	37% cheaper	$1,053
91	Lille	France	63.5	37% cheaper	$928
92	Sheffield	United Kingdom	63.5	37% cheaper	$1,099
93	Coventry	United Kingdom	63.8	36% cheaper	$1,497
94	Padova	Italy	63.8	36% cheaper	$1,049
95	Montpellier	France	64.8	35% cheaper	$917
96	Cardiff	United Kingdom	65	35% cheaper	$1,291
97	Chemnitz	Germany	65	35% cheaper	$461
98	Nottingham	United Kingdom	65.3	35% cheaper	$1,161
99	Linz	Austria	66.1	34% cheaper	$843
100	Tampere	Finland	66.1	34% cheaper	$989
101	Verona	Italy	66.3	34% cheaper	$1,010
102	Leeds	United Kingdom	66.5	34% cheaper	$1,310
103	Oulu	Finland	66.5	34% cheaper	$843
104	Leipzig	Germany	66.7	33% cheaper	$807
105	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	66.8	33% cheaper	$1,255
106	Milton Keynes	United Kingdom	67.1	33% cheaper	$1,647
107	Köln	Germany	67.2	33% cheaper	$1,216
108	Mannheim	Germany	67.5	33% cheaper	$1,011
109	Stuttgart	Germany	67.5	33% cheaper	$1,319
110	Hannover	Germany	67.6	32% cheaper	$940
111	Bremen	Germany	68.3	32% cheaper	$901
112	Turku	Finland	68.4	32% cheaper	$830
113	Dresden	Germany	68.5	32% cheaper	$846
114	Graz	Austria	68.5	32% cheaper	$765
115	Lyon	France	68.5	32% cheaper	$960
116	Toulouse	France	68.6	31% cheaper	$901
117	Freiburg	Germany	68.8	31% cheaper	$1,138
118	Groningen	Netherlands	69.1	31% cheaper	$1,285
119	Antwerpen	Belgium	69.4	31% cheaper	$1,014
120	Hamburg	Germany	69.4	31% cheaper	$1,356
121	Kiel	Germany	69.5	31% cheaper	$737
122	Frankfurt am Main	Germany	69.7	30% cheaper	$1,366
123	Cork	Ireland	70.3	30% cheaper	$1,874
124	Mainz	Germany	70.7	29% cheaper	$960
125	Reading	United Kingdom	70.8	29% cheaper	$1,696
126	Southampton	United Kingdom	70.8	29% cheaper	$1,526
127	Marseille	France	71	29% cheaper	$876
128	Brescia	Italy	71.2	29% cheaper	$971
129	Gent	Belgium	71.3	29% cheaper	$1,139
130	Brussels	Belgium	71.4	29% cheaper	$1,326
131	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	71.9	28% cheaper	$1,620
132	Strasbourg	France	72.1	28% cheaper	$956
133	Karlsruhe	Germany	72.2	28% cheaper	$1,004
134	The Hague	Netherlands	72.2	28% cheaper	$1,767
135	Rotterdam	Netherlands	72.4	28% cheaper	$1,801
136	Vienna	Austria	72.4	28% cheaper	$1,303
137	Wiesbaden	Germany	72.4	28% cheaper	$990
138	Milan	Italy	72.8	27% cheaper	$1,737
139	Brighton	United Kingdom	73.5	27% cheaper	$1,904
140	Helsinki	Finland	73.8	26% cheaper	$1,271
141	Munich	Germany	74.8	25% cheaper	$1,641
142	Nice	France	75.3	25% cheaper	$1,170
143	Utrecht	Netherlands	76.2	24% cheaper	$1,986
144	Dublin	Ireland	76.4	24% cheaper	$2,452
145	Stockholm	Sweden	77.1	23% cheaper	$1,816
146	Paris	France	77.8	22% cheaper	$1,596
147	Århus	Denmark	78.3	22% cheaper	$1,314
148	Trondheim	Norway	88.2	12% cheaper	$1,489
149	Copenhagen	Denmark	88.3	12% cheaper	$2,065
150	London	United Kingdom	89.2	11% cheaper	$2,992
151	Bergen	Norway	92.9	7% cheaper	$1,428
152	Oslo	Norway	94.8	5% cheaper	$1,927
153	Geneva	Switzerland	105.6	6% pricier	$2,894
154	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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