Cost of Living Index by City

Ranking of cities by overall cost of living index. Index of 100 = New York City.

Top 5 Ranked

Singapore

20% more expensive

Palo Alto

2% more expensive

Zurich

2% more expensive

4 Geneva

5 New York City

Singapore

20% more expensive

Palo Alto

2% more expensive

Zurich

2% more expensive

4 Geneva 1% more expensive

5 New York City Same as NYC

Overview

This ranking uses a weighted cost index calculated from user-contributed price data across 7 categories. For each city, we compute the average price in each category and compare it to New York City (baseline = 100). A score below 100 means cheaper; above 100 means more expensive.

Housing (35%): Rent, utilities, and accommodation costs

Groceries (20%): Food, beverages, and household supplies

Transportation (15%): Public transit, fuel, and vehicle costs

Dining (10%): Restaurants, cafes, and takeout meals

Entertainment (8%): Leisure activities, movies, and sports

Clothing (7%): Apparel, footwear, and accessories

Childcare (5%): Daycare, babysitting, and child-related services

City Rankings

Rank	City	Overall	Housing	Groceries	Transport	Dining	Entertain	Clothing	Childcare
1	Singapore Singapore	120	82	72	382	45	76	89	50
2	Palo Alto (CA) United States	102	104	104	101	109	122	81	74
3	Zurich Switzerland	102	77	121	113	146	70	141	79
4	Geneva Switzerland	101	72	124	113	152	67	153	62
5	New York City (NY) United States	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
6	San Francisco (CA) United States	97	95	104	101	115	76	88	75
7	San Mateo (CA) United States	95	87	110	135	93	65	61	75
8	Boston (MA) United States	89	93	96	93	97	64	93	50
9	Princeton (NJ) United States	87	71	110	91	79	104	100	69
10	Cambridge (MA) United States	85	88	87	93	85	70	88	50
11	Santa Cruz (CA) United States	84	88	103	66	104	48	76	67
12	Seattle (WA) United States	84	67	104	101	104	63	93	53
13	Mountain View (CA) United States	84	81	92	101	85	55	79	69
14	Jersey City (NJ) United States	83	90	85	99	80	53	85	43
15	Santa Barbara (CA) United States	83	81	99	78	103	52	82	64
16	Copenhagen Denmark	83	54	83	140	119	51	127	30
17	Berkeley (CA) United States	83	68	100	101	94	55	88	69
18	San Diego (CA) United States	82	87	81	88	95	58	87	50
19	Fremont (CA) United States	82	78	95	101	94	38	71	69
20	London United Kingdom	82	85	58	104	98	60	113	51
21	Amsterdam Netherlands	82	71	72	122	107	51	108	38
22	Santa Clara (CA) United States	82	83	78	82	113	68	63	67
23	Bellevue (WA) United States	81	77	85	101	88	61	78	53
24	Tel Aviv-Yafo Israel	80	50	74	139	107	62	123	46
25	West Palm Beach (FL) United States	79	64	87	132	107	40	79	4
26	Redmond (WA) United States	79	72	84	101	88	55	85	53
27	Los Angeles (CA) United States	78	70	90	90	99	45	88	48
28	Dublin Ireland	77	69	66	117	100	52	97	18
29	Sunnyvale (CA) United States	76	85	64	110	82	45	71	9
30	Chicago (IL) United States	76	64	79	98	86	59	89	68
31	Portland (ME) United States	75	59	83	98	97	52	96	57
32	Fairfax (VA) United States	75	61	87	98	88	57	81	54
33	Charlottesville (VA) United States	75	55	117	94	86	52	77	5
34	Bozeman (MT) United States	74	68	72	88	105	47	80	55
35	Boulder (CO) United States	74	61	77	99	96	58	72	53
36	Durham (NC) United States	74	52	108	128	68	37	64	4
37	Silver Spring (MD) United States	73	48	100	94	88	35	74	103
38	Worcester (MA) United States	73	56	74	128	82	34	81	53
39	Queens (NY) United States	73	66	81	100	78	46	83	29
40	Alexandria (VA) United States	73	66	91	78	79	54	74	42
41	Oslo Norway	73	51	81	96	108	53	108	27
42	Denver (CO) United States	72	60	83	95	85	53	87	29
43	Rotterdam Netherlands	72	52	69	109	101	47	117	27
44	Boca Raton (FL) United States	71	73	82	84	96	36	53	4
45	Providence (RI) United States	71	64	73	99	89	46	56	53
46	Olympia (WA) United States	71	53	73	124	84	48	72	34
47	Bethesda (MD) United States	71	63	65	63	67	90	92	113
48	The Hague (Den Haag) Netherlands	70	51	70	116	89	42	109	24
49	Overland Park (KS) United States	70	51	66	133	75	44	82	50
50	Long Beach (CA) United States	70	67	82	74	93	39	71	36
51	Lakeland (FL) United States	70	52	80	132	73	33	59	43
52	Marietta (GA) United States	70	46	87	99	96	73	75	19
53	Clearwater (FL) United States	70	58	84	93	79	34	102	13
54	Long Island (NY) United States	70	70	84	66	80	37	75	43
55	Hong Kong Hong Kong	69	63	74	106	39	58	87	39
56	Santa Fe (NM) United States	69	60	68	108	72	60	71	28
57	Burlington (VT) United States	69	56	85	93	87	55	59	22
58	Monterey (CA) United States	69	67	67	83	70	39	121	22
59	Paris France	69	46	83	99	89	43	110	25
60	Fort Myers (FL) United States	69	62	76	99	81	41	62	26
61	Milan Italy	69	46	75	96	94	52	116	29
62	Ashqelon Israel	68	29	67	131	107	50	116	46
63	Coeur d'Alene (ID) United States	68	51	82	101	83	47	69	36
64	Portland (OR) United States	68	56	78	93	84	38	82	35
65	Dallas (TX) United States	68	51	74	101	85	41	86	42
66	Tempe (AZ) United States	67	58	74	99	84	32	74	28
67	Bellingham (WA) United States	67	48	85	101	86	55	68	5
68	Eindhoven Netherlands	67	47	68	106	101	41	96	16
69	Scottsdale (AZ) United States	67	57	70	99	85	34	72	28
70	San Luis Obispo (CA) United States	67	65	57	83	88	45	87	24
71	Riverside (CA) United States	66	59	70	88	86	37	66	50
72	Savannah (GA) United States	66	57	67	98	83	45	72	26
73	Munich Germany	66	52	64	88	101	44	96	27
74	Beaverton (OR) United States	66	50	72	101	94	47	66	24
75	Bend (OR) United States	66	63	61	90	82	45	72	23
76	Mesa (AZ) United States	66	50	77	99	85	38	73	28
77	Athlone Ireland	66	51	58	118	82	53	78	14
78	Antibes France	65	32	82	104	98	40	123	15
79	Fayetteville (NC) United States	65	46	62	127	80	33	68	43
80	New Haven (CT) United States	65	52	80	99	78	34	51	41
81	Melbourne (FL) United States	65	51	68	99	80	50	73	25
82	Holon Israel	65	33	63	127	94	49	98	22
83	Plano (TX) United States	64	45	79	101	80	37	77	32
84	Austin (TX) United States	64	56	70	77	82	50	75	39
85	Sydney Australia	64	57	62	80	70	61	90	34
86	Chattanooga (TN) United States	64	46	78	96	82	36	71	43
87	Missoula (MT) United States	64	42	72	115	67	48	83	25
88	Bakersfield (CA) United States	64	53	75	66	84	36	89	64
89	Stockholm Sweden	64	42	72	93	79	44	117	26
90	Haugesund Norway	63	43	71	96	93	46	94	5
91	Frankfurt Germany	63	45	67	87	90	53	93	28
92	Bath United Kingdom	63	49	59	104	80	47	77	29
93	Hamburg Germany	63	39	65	87	96	42	114	45
94	Sligo Ireland	63	36	51	157	72	53	71	5
95	Vienna Austria	63	37	82	80	83	41	105	46
96	Houston (TX) United States	63	47	64	100	80	36	76	45
97	Ithaca (NY) United States	62	46	69	101	82	36	67	31
98	Winston-salem (NC) United States	62	41	84	95	78	32	65	42
99	Myrtle Beach (SC) United States	62	49	69	102	68	29	67	43
100	Barcelona Spain	62	45	58	107	83	41	86	26
101	Zwolle Netherlands	62	35	69	112	81	40	94	18
102	Lancaster (PA) United States	62	38	68	95	85	45	78	61
103	Vancouver Canada	61	54	75	67	74	39	77	35
104	Annecy France	61	29	80	104	82	49	100	13
105	Slough United Kingdom	61	47	50	104	87	41	83	29
106	Southampton United Kingdom	61	41	54	104	84	41	105	32
107	Kristiansand Norway	61	31	70	96	103	42	99	27
108	Royal Leamington Spa United Kingdom	61	44	52	104	76	46	86	34
109	Binghamton (NY) United States	61	33	88	71	79	44	83	68
110	Madrid Spain	60	42	55	106	80	38	93	23
111	Dubai United Arab Emirates	60	61	47	75	52	62	99	26
112	Coquitlam Canada	60	57	69	67	75	31	78	22
113	Fayetteville (AR) United States	60	41	55	112	66	51	80	33
114	Melbourne Australia	60	43	63	80	81	54	85	41
115	Helsinki Finland	60	33	64	102	83	48	99	23
116	Berlin Germany	60	42	64	90	86	36	93	16
117	Appleton (WI) United States	60	40	77	82	74	31	65	68
118	Basingstoke United Kingdom	60	39	52	104	77	50	91	32
119	Cedar Rapids (IA) United States	59	31	68	103	68	65	87	28
120	Tallahassee (FL) United States	59	47	68	88	82	28	67	20
121	Varese Italy	59	29	76	95	84	38	111	12
122	Oakville Canada	59	53	66	67	75	38	76	31
123	Toronto Canada	59	50	69	67	74	45	73	31
124	Venice Italy	59	33	71	74	95	56	112	13
125	Monza Italy	59	30	67	96	91	41	104	18
126	Plymouth United Kingdom	59	40	54	104	85	48	76	18
127	Evansville (IN) United States	59	41	57	99	80	33	77	48
128	Naperville (IL) United States	59	57	60	68	73	50	60	29
129	Bolton United Kingdom	59	39	54	104	69	60	85	25
130	Lisbon Portugal	59	45	50	99	71	36	94	29
131	Billings (MT) United States	58	34	74	66	100	40	87	55
132	Norwich United Kingdom	58	38	51	104	86	46	85	23
133	Skelleftea Sweden	58	33	64	90	75	74	95	10
134	Bloomington (IN) United States	58	46	59	99	65	35	68	31
135	Dayton (OH) United States	58	35	82	99	67	32	70	9
136	Newport United Kingdom	58	40	51	104	73	41	69	57
137	Ipswich United Kingdom	58	35	52	104	82	58	79	35
138	Chester United Kingdom	58	40	50	104	81	41	81	29
139	Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates	58	42	48	122	51	49	76	22
140	Rochester (MN) United States	57	48	66	71	77	38	71	22
141	Lawrence (KS) United States	57	35	69	98	68	37	66	42
142	Columbia (MO) United States	57	30	58	136	72	29	62	24
143	Marbella Spain	57	43	49	107	66	35	80	29
144	Cascais Portugal	57	46	48	99	62	44	79	29
145	Perth Australia	57	44	60	80	70	51	79	25
146	Brisbane Australia	57	44	59	80	72	50	77	21
147	Aix-en-provence France	57	31	65	90	82	39	109	14
148	Rome Italy	57	38	67	80	76	48	81	19
149	Hasselt Belgium	57	30	59	84	98	33	106	37
150	Corpus Christi (TX) United States	57	35	58	102	82	25	75	39
151	Nantes France	56	25	68	104	76	33	98	25
152	Lancaster United Kingdom	56	32	51	88	83	47	67	102
153	San Sebastian Spain	56	35	56	107	72	38	82	20
154	North Vancouver Canada	56	53	59	67	74	33	68	20
155	Fort Wayne (IN) United States	56	36	68	88	70	39	70	35
156	Dubrovnik Croatia	56	33	46	106	100	49	64	14
157	Athens (GA) United States	56	42	64	95	68	29	56	17
158	Colchester United Kingdom	56	35	47	104	81	46	71	35
159	Kalamazoo (MI) United States	55	31	67	98	79	33	71	20
160	York United Kingdom	55	36	49	104	78	46	64	29
161	Lincoln United Kingdom	55	33	49	92	90	44	81	37
162	Oldenburg Germany	55	30	68	88	71	34	102	19
163	Ottawa Canada	55	42	68	67	75	38	68	27
164	Swindon United Kingdom	55	38	51	104	75	40	69	11
165	Adelaide Australia	55	39	60	80	74	45	81	14
166	Augusta (GA) United States	55	41	59	85	74	30	57	45
167	Rennes France	55	22	69	99	74	35	102	25
168	Burlington Canada	55	48	54	67	66	40	90	21
169	Calgary Canada	55	40	68	67	74	43	73	27
170	Abbotsford Canada	55	40	82	67	63	30	67	14
171	Kaiserslautern Germany	55	24	64	87	81	42	98	41
172	Lucca Italy	55	25	67	93	76	47	90	18
173	Girona Spain	55	35	49	106	68	39	88	17
174	Northampton United Kingdom	55	34	46	104	78	38	71	40
175	Dijon France	54	21	65	104	81	38	93	21
176	Turin Italy	54	25	64	96	82	35	89	24
177	Cheltenham United Kingdom	54	34	43	104	75	42	87	25
178	Bradford United Kingdom	54	29	53	104	78	39	75	39
179	Vaughan Canada	54	49	56	67	64	32	73	31
180	Valencia Spain	54	35	48	96	77	32	92	21
181	St.Catharines Canada	54	38	71	67	77	32	71	20
182	Angers France	54	27	58	104	73	42	75	18
183	Roanoke (VA) United States	53	37	59	82	78	26	64	41
184	Worcester United Kingdom	53	31	50	104	79	40	57	43
185	Sudbury Canada	53	35	67	67	81	39	78	15
186	Montevideo Uruguay	53	20	64	100	76	40	97	16
187	Prague Czech Republic	53	36	54	86	55	48	90	27
188	Peterborough Canada	53	41	65	67	66	39	62	31
189	Sunderland United Kingdom	53	25	55	104	78	41	72	32
190	Markham Canada	53	50	55	67	61	37	58	20
191	Akron (OH) United States	53	31	63	96	69	36	54	23
192	Auckland New Zealand	53	37	59	75	64	43	82	24
193	Champaign (IL) United States	53	31	53	90	68	36	94	35
194	Santander Spain	53	24	54	107	76	35	92	16
195	Des Moines (IA) United States	53	34	59	71	77	51	77	22
196	Preston United Kingdom	53	32	53	104	66	40	66	16
197	Almada Portugal	52	35	47	96	68	28	87	19
198	Niagara Falls Canada	52	38	64	67	78	24	70	31
199	Laval Canada	52	35	68	67	76	32	79	11
200	Chilliwack Canada	52	35	76	67	63	36	70	14
201	Montreal Canada	52	33	68	67	75	38	80	10
202	Tallinn Estonia	52	25	53	91	74	46	102	14
203	Vicenza Italy	52	25	65	85	71	39	91	11
204	South Bend (IN) United States	52	39	53	93	59	36	42	36
205	Edmonton Canada	52	35	65	67	73	41	70	16
206	McAllen (TX) United States	52	25	58	104	75	37	69	3
207	Zagreb Croatia	51	26	55	96	66	36	90	22
208	Saint John Canada	51	31	67	67	80	45	68	19
209	Porto Portugal	51	34	47	96	57	34	90	18
210	Tours France	51	18	72	88	82	36	79	15
211	Zadar Croatia	51	23	52	106	64	39	100	3
212	Vasteras Sweden	51	23	65	90	69	38	88	9
213	Corunna Spain	51	24	52	107	68	33	84	12
214	Faro Portugal	51	32	48	96	63	34	82	22
215	Warsaw Poland	51	35	45	90	56	35	90	27
216	Lecce Italy	51	19	59	103	72	47	77	9
217	Stoke-On-Trent United Kingdom	51	24	46	104	81	37	74	28
218	Langley (BC) Canada	51	41	57	67	64	36	68	15
219	Belgrade Serbia	51	25	42	113	68	30	94	17
220	Udine Italy	50	22	62	90	76	36	74	21
221	Vernon (BC) Canada	50	36	67	67	65	34	65	10
222	Cambridge Canada	50	43	58	67	61	30	51	29
223	Brest France	50	16	66	102	72	37	67	20
224	Almeria Spain	50	20	48	107	75	29	90	19
225	Belleville Canada	50	41	55	67	62	36	65	11
226	Tarragona Spain	50	27	47	96	71	40	79	12
227	Penticton Canada	50	32	71	67	62	39	64	14
228	Riyadh Saudi Arabia	50	31	45	91	39	66	83	17
229	Lethbridge (AB) Canada	49	28	66	67	74	40	66	27
230	Istanbul Turkey	49	24	35	127	48	38	78	33
231	Bratislava Slovakia	49	28	58	80	59	39	82	22
232	Red Deer Canada	49	33	63	67	69	36	64	16
233	Liberec Czech Republic	49	20	46	128	45	46	74	10
234	Taipei Taiwan	49	21	71	100	32	32	76	31
235	Middlesbrough United Kingdom	49	27	46	83	77	46	72	35
236	Moscow Russia	49	31	40	101	46	30	100	25
237	Peterborough United Kingdom	49	33	46	73	77	42	62	39
238	Rouen France	49	19	56	99	69	41	75	19
239	Athens Greece	49	22	56	80	71	41	95	20
240	Brno Czech Republic	49	30	52	79	52	40	89	26
241	Vilnius Lithuania	49	25	45	96	63	34	94	16
242	Al Ain United Arab Emirates	49	25	47	122	39	40	64	10
243	Seoul South Korea	48	24	81	69	39	38	65	36
244	Tirana Albania	48	22	50	96	62	38	88	10
245	Murcia Spain	48	22	48	96	74	29	82	17
246	Novara Italy	48	19	54	78	73	47	95	18
247	Pordenone Italy	48	21	56	80	78	38	77	14
248	Jonkoping Sweden	48	24	63	69	67	41	87	1
249	Krakow (Cracow) Poland	47	29	42	91	57	30	83	22
250	Ankara Turkey	47	19	33	132	45	35	75	24
251	HsinChu Taiwan	47	14	63	110	24	39	84	26
252	Setubal Portugal	47	27	45	99	56	25	69	14
253	Wroclaw Poland	47	29	42	93	54	30	81	16
254	Riga Latvia	47	20	48	84	67	39	88	29
255	Reggio Di Calabria Italy	47	16	55	93	65	42	76	19
256	Caen France	46	22	54	72	73	35	96	1
257	Douala Cameroon	46	27	52	86	39	20	113	7
258	Thessaloniki Greece	46	19	53	83	74	36	83	14
259	Leiria Portugal	46	24	44	98	56	30	83	12
260	Corfu Greece	46	19	49	90	64	39	87	10
261	Gdansk Poland	46	28	41	90	58	32	75	14
262	Yerevan Armenia	46	21	37	92	45	54	111	12
263	Buenos Aires Argentina	46	19	50	69	77	32	117	10
264	Tokyo Japan	45	28	69	61	34	46	62	26
265	Plzen Czech Republic	45	23	52	79	50	44	84	16
266	Daegu South Korea	45	12	78	73	33	34	87	46
267	Siem Reap Cambodia	45	10	40	179	24	22	34	9
268	Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago	45	17	60	97	46	35	63	12
269	Tivat Montenegro	45	29	43	74	56	32	82	18
270	Sofia Bulgaria	44	21	48	85	56	32	83	16
271	Maribor Slovenia	44	18	52	72	62	33	99	15
272	Playa del Carmen Mexico	44	24	46	85	59	38	62	9
273	Budapest Hungary	44	22	47	74	55	44	86	22
274	Punta Cana Dominican Republic	44	23	38	108	39	38	65	12
275	Chiba Japan	43	23	59	82	31	37	55	31
276	Tehran Iran	43	12	18	186	22	14	61	4
277	Santiago de Compostela Spain	43	21	44	80	65	35	73	14
278	Saint-Etienne France	43	17	61	58	79	30	76	15
279	Novi Sad Serbia	43	18	41	85	59	26	104	13
280	Tainan Taiwan	43	9	69	100	31	29	75	11
281	Bucharest Romania	43	18	43	79	60	37	82	25
282	Daejeon South Korea	43	12	74	73	32	24	69	56
283	Mexico City Mexico	43	27	50	55	52	38	81	19
284	Bar Montenegro	42	19	41	90	58	27	78	11
285	Saint Petersburg Russia	42	20	37	98	39	26	96	15
286	Bielsko-biala Poland	42	22	41	91	51	26	77	5
287	Cluj-napoca Romania	42	22	42	78	56	33	80	16
288	Palmerston North New Zealand	42	23	53	61	66	29	69	10
289	Zilina Slovakia	42	19	52	80	48	29	69	12
290	Angeles Philippines	41	9	44	144	15	20	54	12
291	Bangkok Thailand	41	16	44	102	24	34	73	23
292	Incheon South Korea	41	16	71	69	34	26	64	18
293	Bialystok Poland	41	19	37	91	49	31	76	8
294	Kuala Lumpur Malaysia	41	15	43	110	25	31	67	15
295	Podgorica Montenegro	41	19	42	74	56	31	84	13
296	Jeddah (Jiddah) Saudi Arabia	40	17	39	87	36	55	73	12
297	Kavala Greece	40	13	48	71	57	41	87	10
298	Chisinau Moldova	40	19	35	86	42	27	89	12
299	Nitra Slovakia	40	22	46	71	43	36	64	13
300	Antigua Guatemala Guatemala	40	22	50	72	31	29	71	10
301	Taoyuan Taiwan	39	12	50	96	30	27	63	26
302	Casablanca Morocco	39	15	36	103	35	24	76	9
303	Skopje Macedonia	39	13	37	94	40	27	87	9
304	Nagoya Japan	38	16	62	61	32	37	53	19
305	Selangor Malaysia	38	13	41	110	18	27	63	7
306	Kyoto Japan	37	15	58	61	39	39	53	10
307	Bishkek Kyrgyzstan	37	14	29	103	31	28	70	9
308	Koh Samui Thailand	37	16	43	77	30	25	69	23
309	Ruse Bulgaria	36	11	41	85	49	23	62	16
310	Kiev Ukraine	36	16	33	83	36	24	77	14
311	Shanghai China	36	23	39	54	24	36	66	51
312	Sandton South Africa	36	16	34	84	36	29	68	10
313	Cape Town South Africa	36	23	36	60	43	29	73	9
314	Taguig City Philippines	36	15	40	92	21	28	51	23
315	Tbilisi Georgia	36	19	37	51	48	39	89	8
316	Tunis Tunisia	36	8	35	113	24	23	69	6
317	Amman Jordan	35	13	33	77	34	42	77	10
318	Sao Paulo Brazil	35	17	41	61	40	23	65	27
319	Johor Bahru Malaysia	35	14	38	97	22	25	44	11
320	Beijing China	35	22	37	50	23	37	71	40
321	Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam	35	14	32	102	15	14	61	23
322	Baia Mare Romania	34	9	36	78	48	34	63	12
323	Santiago Chile	34	16	44	53	49	25	60	15
324	Shah Alam Malaysia	34	10	41	93	20	27	49	11
325	Almaty Kazakhstan	33	17	30	63	35	29	78	17
326	Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina	33	10	39	66	37	23	83	6
327	Johannesburg South Africa	33	14	36	63	42	25	67	10
328	Kenitra Morocco	32	7	32	103	27	21	44	3
329	Lima Peru	32	16	38	55	30	24	63	14
330	Jakarta Indonesia	32	10	36	82	17	19	63	19
331	Ningbo China	31	10	39	77	19	19	51	26
332	Tashkent Uzbekistan	31	17	28	55	23	31	83	17
333	Tetouan Morocco	31	7	28	103	27	14	48	10
334	Colombo Sri Lanka	31	9	50	72	31	16	37	1
335	Rio De Janeiro Brazil	31	14	35	57	37	20	58	22
336	Baku Azerbaijan	31	12	28	56	41	28	82	11
337	Vinnytsya Ukraine	30	10	28	83	30	17	53	13
338	Stellenbosch South Africa	30	17	29	60	32	24	59	3
339	Batumi (Ajara) Georgia	30	14	30	41	41	31	88	6
340	Hua Hin Thailand	30	13	34	60	30	33	42	18
341	Bogota Colombia	30	13	34	48	33	19	75	16
342	Nairobi Kenya	30	11	37	60	32	30	43	15
343	Cairo Egypt	29	6	20	102	23	13	64	4
344	Astana Kazakhstan	29	12	29	55	34	29	63	8
345	Curitiba Brazil	29	11	31	57	34	20	65	12
346	Balneario Camboriu Brazil	28	12	28	56	33	23	64	8
347	Minsk Belarus	28	13	26	49	37	19	71	17
348	Sorocaba Brazil	28	7	32	64	30	18	63	9
349	Xiamen China	27	9	34	46	21	30	59	38
350	Jinan China	27	8	28	53	19	53	51	29
351	Fuzhou China	27	8	35	53	19	29	60	16
352	Tianjin China	26	10	34	50	23	14	52	32
353	Kathmandu Nepal	26	5	25	87	20	16	36	5
354	Santiago Dominican Republic	25	10	32	42	29	18	57	5
355	Cagayan de Oro City Philippines	24	10	34	55	19	16	36	4
356	Natal Brazil	24	8	28	46	30	17	57	8
357	Dhaka Bangladesh	24	3	27	79	19	17	31	3
358	Mumbai India	24	15	23	46	25	18	36	7
359	Yogyakarta Indonesia	22	7	28	54	11	12	55	6
360	Islamabad Pakistan	22	6	21	58	19	16	45	6
361	Gurgaon India	21	8	23	43	23	20	38	8
362	Pune India	20	7	25	40	23	16	42	4
363	Hyderabad India	20	6	22	46	22	16	35	4
364	Delhi India	19	6	20	42	23	17	39	3
365	Bangalore India	19	8	23	37	19	15	37	6
366	Chennai India	18	5	23	46	16	13	33	3
367	Karachi Pakistan	18	5	20	47	15	13	36	2
368	Lahore Pakistan	18	4	19	48	16	13	34	2
369	Ahmedabad India	17	5	22	37	19	14	33	2
370	Ernakulam India	17	4	19	49	13	12	27	4
371	Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine	17	8	30	0	24	15	56	6
372	Salem India	16	3	20	45	16	14	27	2
373	Kolkata India	16	4	20	36	17	13	30	3
374	Jamshedpur India	16	3	19	36	17	18	29	3
375	Pondicherry India	15	5	17	35	13	9	31	3
376	Udaipur India	14	2	17	32	16	13	33	2
377	Jabalpur India	13	3	16	31	14	13	28	2

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Source: User-contributed price data. Rankings are based on the weighted average of category indices.

Last updated: January 2026

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