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

152 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

152

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.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	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	Bucharest	Romania	46	54% cheaper	$662
39	Istanbul	Turkey	46.8	53% cheaper	$1,070
40	İzmir	Turkey	46.8	53% cheaper	$648
41	Gdynia	Poland	48.6	51% cheaper	$835
42	Granada	Spain	48.8	51% cheaper	$869
43	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Spain	49.5	51% cheaper	$1,006
44	Skopje	North Macedonia	49.6	50% cheaper	$430
45	Moscow	Russia	51.9	48% cheaper	$1,359
46	Warsaw	Poland	53	47% cheaper	$1,190
47	Budapest	Hungary	53.8	46% cheaper	$918
48	Oviedo	Spain	54	46% cheaper	$827
49	Palermo	Italy	55.2	45% cheaper	$762
50	Bari	Italy	55.8	44% cheaper	$944
51	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	56.9	43% cheaper	$514
52	Sofia	Bulgaria	56.9	43% cheaper	$775
53	Varna	Bulgaria	56.9	43% cheaper	$566
54	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	57.4	43% cheaper	$715
55	Podgorica	Montenegro	57.9	42% cheaper	$672
56	Palma	Spain	58.3	42% cheaper	$1,399
57	Madrid	Spain	59.2	41% cheaper	$1,490
58	Banja Luka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	59.7	40% cheaper	$485
59	Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	59.7	40% cheaper	$490
60	Rome	Italy	60.2	40% cheaper	$1,355
61	Trieste	Italy	60.8	39% cheaper	$881
62	Belgrade	Serbia	61.4	39% cheaper	$904
63	Niš	Serbia	61.4	39% cheaper	$408
64	Novi Sad	Serbia	61.4	39% cheaper	$548
65	Tirana	Albania	62.9	37% cheaper	$840
66	Sheffield	United Kingdom	63.5	37% cheaper	$1,099
67	Coventry	United Kingdom	63.8	36% cheaper	$1,497
68	Padova	Italy	63.8	36% cheaper	$1,049
69	Montpellier	France	64.8	35% cheaper	$917
70	Cardiff	United Kingdom	65	35% cheaper	$1,291
71	Chemnitz	Germany	65	35% cheaper	$461
72	Nottingham	United Kingdom	65.3	35% cheaper	$1,161
73	Verona	Italy	66.3	34% cheaper	$1,010
74	Leeds	United Kingdom	66.5	34% cheaper	$1,310
75	Oulu	Finland	66.5	34% cheaper	$843
76	Leipzig	Germany	66.7	33% cheaper	$807
77	Newcastle upon Tyne	United Kingdom	66.8	33% cheaper	$1,255
78	Milton Keynes	United Kingdom	67.1	33% cheaper	$1,647
79	Mannheim	Germany	67.5	33% cheaper	$1,011
80	Hannover	Germany	67.6	32% cheaper	$940
81	Bremen	Germany	68.3	32% cheaper	$901
82	Debrecen	Hungary	68.3	32% cheaper	$583
83	Turku	Finland	68.4	32% cheaper	$830
84	Dresden	Germany	68.5	32% cheaper	$846
85	Freiburg	Germany	68.8	31% cheaper	$1,138
86	Groningen	Netherlands	69.1	31% cheaper	$1,285
87	Kiel	Germany	69.5	31% cheaper	$737
88	Gdańsk	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$956
89	Kraków	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$944
90	Poznań	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$891
91	Wrocław	Poland	70.2	30% cheaper	$905
92	Mainz	Germany	70.7	29% cheaper	$960
93	Reading	United Kingdom	70.8	29% cheaper	$1,696
94	Southampton	United Kingdom	70.8	29% cheaper	$1,526
95	Brescia	Italy	71.2	29% cheaper	$971
96	Gent	Belgium	71.3	29% cheaper	$1,139
97	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	71.9	28% cheaper	$1,620
98	Strasbourg	France	72.1	28% cheaper	$956
99	Karlsruhe	Germany	72.2	28% cheaper	$1,004
100	Wiesbaden	Germany	72.4	28% cheaper	$990
101	Zagreb	Croatia	73.3	27% cheaper	$888
102	Brighton	United Kingdom	73.5	27% cheaper	$1,904
103	Nice	France	75.3	25% cheaper	$1,170
104	Utrecht	Netherlands	76.2	24% cheaper	$1,986
105	Riga	Latvia	77.2	23% cheaper	$605
106	Paris	France	77.8	22% cheaper	$1,596
107	Kaunas	Lithuania	78.2	22% cheaper	$648
108	Vilnius	Lithuania	78.2	22% cheaper	$861
109	Bratislava	Slovakia	81.1	19% cheaper	$1,026
110	Košice	Slovakia	81.1	19% cheaper	$954
111	Athens	Greece	83	17% cheaper	$711
112	Thessaloníki	Greece	83	17% cheaper	$623
113	Lisbon	Portugal	85	15% cheaper	$1,546
114	Porto	Portugal	85	15% cheaper	$1,272
115	London	United Kingdom	89.2	11% cheaper	$2,992
116	Sevilla	Spain	90.7	9% cheaper	$954
117	Valencia	Spain	90.7	9% cheaper	$1,344
118	Ljubljana	Slovenia	91	9% cheaper	$1,103
119	Nicosia	Cyprus	95.1	5% cheaper	$792
120	Tallinn	Estonia	96.5	4% cheaper	$808
121	Milan	Italy	98.1	2% cheaper	$1,737
122	Naples	Italy	98.1	2% cheaper	$1,180
123	Turin	Italy	98.1	2% cheaper	$857
124	Lille	France	107.9	8% pricier	$928
125	Lyon	France	107.9	8% pricier	$960
126	Marseille	France	107.9	8% pricier	$876
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	Cork	Ireland	141.2	41% pricier	$1,874
148	Dublin	Ireland	141.2	41% pricier	$2,452
149	Copenhagen	Denmark	142.8	43% pricier	$2,065
150	Århus	Denmark	142.8	43% pricier	$1,314
151	Geneva	Switzerland	184.3	84% pricier	$2,894
152	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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