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

24% more expensive

New York City

Same as NYC

Baden

2% cheaper

4 Palo Alto

5 Zurich

Singapore

24% more expensive

New York City

Same as NYC

Baden

2% cheaper

4 Palo Alto 2% cheaper

5 Zurich 3% cheaper

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	124	67	70	443	49	84	97	46
2	New York City (NY) United States	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
3	Baden Switzerland	98	50	106	154	133	114	152	56
4	Palo Alto (CA) United States	98	89	87	139	91	118	88	71
5	Zurich Switzerland	97	70	108	111	133	80	162	71
6	Reykjavik Iceland	97	60	100	142	134	87	169	42
7	Tel Aviv-Yafo Israel	91	53	83	159	112	89	152	51
8	Nyon Switzerland	90	63	101	111	118	86	142	60
9	Geneva Switzerland	90	65	102	109	120	71	147	58
10	San Francisco (CA) United States	90	83	90	104	100	93	95	71
11	Vevey Switzerland	88	40	101	160	119	75	140	52
12	Mountain View (CA) United States	88	79	84	139	78	64	118	41
13	Boston (MA) United States	88	79	94	103	99	72	108	61
14	San Rafael (CA) United States	88	83	108	92	90	88	85	42
15	San Mateo (CA) United States	88	82	99	104	81	86	95	50
16	Lausanne Switzerland	88	55	100	120	119	69	150	61
17	Santa Cruz (CA) United States	87	74	108	104	96	67	95	51
18	Key West (FL) United States	87	89	78	138	80	63	60	34
19	Walnut Creek (CA) United States	86	59	96	139	84	71	116	61
20	Cambridge (MA) United States	85	83	90	103	77	65	97	61
21	Santa Monica (CA) United States	85	82	81	104	98	66	96	53
22	Sarasota (FL) United States	84	50	72	207	91	49	100	27
23	Princeton (NJ) United States	84	64	98	104	83	119	76	65
24	Tustin (CA) United States	84	77	81	104	95	79	96	49
25	Washington (DC) United States	83	66	91	103	96	91	90	70
26	San Diego (CA) United States	83	75	84	104	92	66	99	59
27	Thousand Oaks (CA) United States	83	67	88	139	80	58	73	69
28	Hoboken (NJ) United States	83	86	77	100	72	66	101	57
29	Los Angeles (CA) United States	82	67	83	104	100	69	125	53
30	Huntington Beach (CA) United States	81	64	87	139	76	47	84	68
31	Redmond (WA) United States	81	73	84	104	89	70	89	53
32	Santa Clara (CA) United States	81	74	86	104	88	77	60	62
33	Miami (FL) United States	81	65	86	104	108	67	89	65
34	Anaheim (CA) United States	81	59	88	139	98	69	91	4
35	Seattle (WA) United States	81	60	94	102	97	69	110	53
36	Chur Switzerland	80	41	99	116	116	71	112	72
37	Bellevue (WA) United States	80	64	84	102	91	99	86	53
38	Fremont (CA) United States	80	74	88	104	77	45	84	65
39	Carlsbad (CA) United States	80	66	68	139	95	89	76	4
40	Hampton (VA) United States	79	44	131	102	79	85	95	25
41	Neuchatel Switzerland	79	42	99	111	109	82	122	44
42	Ramat Gan Israel	79	38	75	162	102	65	126	47
43	Stamford (CT) United States	79	69	69	123	73	86	79	65
44	White Plains (NY) United States	79	63	97	73	77	125	96	50
45	Aarau Switzerland	79	31	106	120	120	80	114	55
46	Surrey United Kingdom	79	51	48	214	75	56	71	49
47	Delray Beach (FL) United States	79	57	73	138	104	53	89	58
48	Charlottesville (VA) United States	78	47	104	136	78	61	81	49
49	Hayward (CA) United States	78	53	92	140	75	52	83	57
50	Bergen County (NJ) United States	78	71	75	103	84	80	85	40
51	Staten Island (NY) United States	78	44	95	133	86	96	83	28
52	Oslo Norway	78	50	81	135	92	65	117	24
53	Sunnyvale (CA) United States	78	82	57	104	86	50	105	42
54	Jacksonville (NC) United States	78	33	102	200	63	38	89	2
55	Jupiter (FL) United States	78	57	72	138	94	67	84	34
56	London United Kingdom	77	69	58	108	88	66	119	60
57	Copenhagen Denmark	77	46	81	141	90	62	128	15
58	Pleasanton (CA) United States	77	67	83	104	84	65	64	59
59	Alexandria (VA) United States	77	56	88	102	77	62	92	104
60	Torrance (CA) United States	77	61	81	104	97	58	112	26
61	Luxembourg Luxembourg	76	57	73	115	105	63	106	31
62	Puyallup (WA) United States	76	50	93	102	97	65	103	53
63	Oxnard (CA) United States	76	53	88	139	76	55	57	68
64	Newark (NJ) United States	75	55	91	100	85	40	89	98
65	Coral Springs (FL) United States	75	57	81	104	97	74	80	35
66	Fairfax (VA) United States	75	58	87	102	77	67	82	57
67	Pasadena (CA) United States	75	80	79	94	68	39	72	29
68	Amsterdam Netherlands	74	61	67	117	92	58	96	31
69	Harrow United Kingdom	74	54	52	151	71	72	105	40
70	Santa Ana (CA) United States	74	62	82	104	94	54	93	4
71	Reston (VA) United States	74	52	88	85	91	80	91	70
72	Ashburn (VA) United States	74	51	88	102	97	58	84	53
73	Portland (ME) United States	74	53	85	102	89	57	96	53
74	Netanya Israel	74	38	66	162	99	68	76	40
75	Dublin Ireland	73	63	62	110	88	67	105	24
76	Portland (OR) United States	73	49	100	95	91	56	93	40
77	Boca Raton (FL) United States	73	71	74	104	87	39	60	34
78	Fullerton (CA) United States	73	61	73	104	86	44	85	69
79	Roseville (CA) United States	73	53	93	90	71	77	101	40
80	Corona (CA) United States	73	55	82	104	95	55	83	33
81	Bellingham (WA) United States	73	45	91	102	91	63	96	50
82	Ealing United Kingdom	72	53	48	143	80	90	87	24
83	Monterey (CA) United States	72	62	63	104	77	67	113	20
84	Morristown (NJ) United States	72	69	72	97	73	69	67	28
85	Chapel Hill (NC) United States	72	42	94	133	69	62	81	18
86	Herndon (VA) United States	72	52	85	97	85	54	89	59
87	Columbia (MD) United States	72	53	87	102	75	52	85	57
88	Bozeman (MT) United States	72	60	73	119	79	57	62	32
89	Chicago (IL) United States	72	54	77	103	82	56	95	51
90	Hollywood (FL) United States	72	55	82	104	101	45	86	17
91	San Luis Obispo (CA) United States	72	63	64	104	88	45	84	56
92	Beersheba Israel	72	20	73	162	101	66	142	5
93	Long Island (NY) United States	71	68	62	103	83	40	86	40
94	Oceanside (CA) United States	71	66	65	100	84	45	88	33
95	Denver (CO) United States	71	49	85	100	77	56	91	56
96	Santa Clarita (CA) United States	70	70	80	65	87	43	74	60
97	Concord (CA) United States	70	52	87	84	96	77	59	41
98	Traverse City (MI) United States	70	45	82	134	79	50	76	19
99	Boulder (CO) United States	70	56	69	100	79	67	86	50
100	Riverside (CA) United States	70	52	73	104	92	49	83	58
101	Lakeland (FL) United States	70	47	77	138	74	40	67	40
102	Cherry Hill (NJ) United States	70	49	83	100	82	52	83	57
103	College Park (MD) United States	70	59	63	136	64	42	87	6
104	Ventura (CA) United States	69	60	62	104	86	50	61	68
105	Long Beach (CA) United States	69	52	74	104	81	45	88	59
106	Providence (RI) United States	69	59	75	102	76	53	71	29
107	Vero Beach (FL) United States	69	47	61	138	82	54	74	36
108	Arendal Norway	69	31	76	135	88	49	129	22
109	Drammen Norway	69	32	78	126	79	73	115	24
110	Hong Kong Hong Kong	69	52	74	126	36	75	81	37
111	Sydney Australia	69	57	66	82	72	84	103	48
112	Herning Denmark	69	18	68	188	82	48	111	12
113	Cork Ireland	69	53	67	110	84	55	95	10
114	Manassas (VA) United States	69	45	92	102	87	47	79	22
115	Sandnes Norway	68	32	75	122	97	56	128	15
116	Clearwater (FL) United States	68	49	82	104	68	43	99	41
117	Portsmouth (NH) United States	68	50	70	137	70	35	51	53
118	Fredericksburg (VA) United States	68	41	61	136	94	32	85	70
119	Wigan United Kingdom	68	26	41	212	70	60	101	2
120	Kingston Upon Thames United Kingdom	68	53	50	107	77	90	92	39
121	Wageningen Netherlands	68	36	64	155	87	44	91	16
122	Bethesda (MD) United States	68	53	78	65	81	80	95	59
123	Rotterdam Netherlands	68	48	63	117	86	51	100	24
124	Annapolis (MD) United States	68	54	75	87	93	57	74	33
125	Haugesund Norway	68	37	73	126	95	56	102	5
126	Phoenix (AZ) United States	68	44	78	102	84	58	92	39
127	Williamsburg (VA) United States	68	50	68	102	77	71	81	40
128	Danbury (CT) United States	67	51	69	112	86	45	76	28
129	Milan Italy	67	39	76	102	86	63	113	31
130	Maidenhead United Kingdom	67	47	53	113	77	66	116	39
131	Tampa (FL) United States	67	54	67	105	78	49	81	37
132	Minneapolis (MN) United States	67	41	79	102	82	61	80	58
133	Santa Fe (NM) United States	67	53	62	115	67	68	77	26
134	Poughkeepsie (NY) United States	67	45	79	116	82	34	82	29
135	Marietta (GA) United States	67	41	76	104	77	83	80	37
136	Queens (NY) United States	67	55	73	100	77	47	73	28
137	Scottsdale (AZ) United States	67	53	69	102	80	39	87	33
138	Everett (WA) United States	67	48	70	102	88	40	80	53
139	Amherst (MA) United States	66	43	78	102	70	85	74	29
140	Kongsberg Norway	66	30	68	135	92	56	113	6
141	Orlando (FL) United States	66	48	72	104	85	44	83	36
142	West Palm Beach (FL) United States	66	54	65	104	78	44	81	36
143	Carlow Ireland	66	37	58	146	83	68	81	3
144	Frederick (MD) United States	66	42	74	122	69	44	70	59
145	Palm Coast (FL) United States	66	39	76	138	63	36	74	40
146	Concord (NH) United States	66	42	77	103	76	51	82	54
147	Dallas (TX) United States	66	43	70	102	80	55	98	41
148	Tuscaloosa (AL) United States	66	30	89	140	64	53	53	41
149	Burlington (VT) United States	66	49	76	101	82	60	59	21
150	Merced (CA) United States	66	38	85	104	70	43	87	65
151	The Hague (Den Haag) Netherlands	66	40	60	117	96	53	100	22
152	Flagstaff (AZ) United States	65	50	57	102	84	59	89	39
153	Lancaster (PA) United States	65	36	73	103	80	49	81	102
154	Fort Myers (FL) United States	65	47	70	93	88	46	72	68
155	Springfield (MA) United States	65	47	72	102	87	39	81	29
156	Longmont (CO) United States	65	45	79	100	75	44	78	41
157	Athlone Ireland	65	39	53	146	84	55	78	10
158	Sandefjord Norway	65	31	65	135	89	55	98	8
159	Vallejo (CA) United States	65	41	87	103	89	41	65	13
160	Savannah (GA) United States	65	48	68	103	77	55	75	30
161	Prescott (AZ) United States	65	39	66	136	70	48	77	25
162	Vejle Denmark	65	24	66	142	89	50	120	10
163	Panama City (FL) United States	65	43	61	137	74	41	70	23
164	Chico (CA) United States	64	36	74	104	87	62	66	60
165	Watford United Kingdom	64	47	53	107	76	51	94	59
166	Perth Australia	64	48	64	77	75	73	112	40
167	Croydon United Kingdom	64	48	49	108	87	47	96	48
168	Tempe (AZ) United States	64	45	75	102	80	37	83	26
169	Paris France	64	38	72	97	81	46	115	43
170	Austin (TX) United States	64	44	71	102	81	53	75	35
171	Cannes France	64	33	87	97	89	51	97	17
172	Beaverton (OR) United States	64	44	70	102	78	73	70	22
173	Brussels Belgium	64	35	70	100	93	41	106	60
174	Drogheda Ireland	64	46	59	110	73	68	95	5
175	California (MD) United States	64	40	80	93	84	44	77	53
176	Ithaca (NY) United States	64	51	66	102	80	37	72	29
177	Redding (CA) United States	64	34	79	103	66	46	102	62
178	Astoria (NY) United States	64	58	61	100	68	50	33	58
179	Arnhem Netherlands	63	36	67	117	88	45	101	11
180	Overland Park (KS) United States	63	44	61	105	81	52	85	35
181	Farnborough United Kingdom	63	39	45	140	70	56	92	33
182	Newport News (VA) United States	63	37	65	102	90	42	86	70
183	Lafayette (LA) United States	63	29	71	131	83	52	80	18
184	Alesund Norway	63	27	66	135	80	61	101	4
185	Gainesville (GA) United States	63	41	57	120	59	40	81	89
186	Las Vegas (NV) United States	63	42	65	105	96	39	68	41
187	Fayetteville (AR) United States	63	35	57	133	62	57	89	39
188	Stockholm Sweden	63	38	68	93	76	49	128	26
189	Modesto (CA) United States	63	38	79	103	59	42	79	65
190	Moss Norway	63	30	70	120	84	48	106	6
191	Melbourne Australia	62	43	65	81	74	70	100	50
192	Kilkenny Ireland	62	38	45	146	67	67	89	3
193	Bremerton (WA) United States	62	44	63	104	75	56	62	53
194	McKinney (TX) United States	62	42	63	136	72	36	60	4
195	Waterford Ireland	62	41	61	110	83	55	92	3
196	Silver Spring (MD) United States	62	40	81	97	55	42	80	59
197	Temecula (CA) United States	62	53	71	94	72	32	69	14
198	Bethlehem (PA) United States	62	40	75	86	75	40	61	103
199	Saint George (UT) United States	62	39	59	139	59	37	68	40
200	Slough United Kingdom	62	41	53	108	84	52	94	27
201	St Albans United Kingdom	62	47	50	107	73	60	88	20
202	Edison (NJ) United States	62	52	67	100	61	31	73	28
203	Durham (NC) United States	62	40	84	100	64	44	80	5
204	Mankato (MN) United States	62	26	80	134	70	42	67	21
205	Svendborg Denmark	61	22	60	134	88	45	131	3
206	Mesa (AZ) United States	61	36	76	102	80	44	81	26
207	Bath United Kingdom	61	43	54	108	75	54	77	41
208	Middlesbrough United Kingdom	61	25	44	142	80	54	99	63
209	Antibes France	61	27	80	97	84	43	121	22
210	Fayetteville (NC) United States	61	34	62	133	71	37	72	40
211	Buford (GA) United States	61	36	58	120	65	43	70	87
212	Munich Germany	61	41	66	93	81	50	90	27
213	Limassol Cyprus	61	41	60	92	73	73	98	17
214	Winchester United Kingdom	61	38	51	108	86	54	101	30
215	Eastbourne United Kingdom	61	37	50	105	87	60	101	30
216	Appleton (WI) United States	61	34	61	135	71	33	59	51
217	Aix-en-provence France	61	28	76	97	83	44	118	26
218	Esbjerg Denmark	61	28	54	142	85	44	90	14
219	Dothan (AL) United States	61	25	80	138	60	23	80	38
220	Plano (TX) United States	61	38	63	102	73	73	66	40
221	New Haven (CT) United States	61	41	65	103	77	37	75	40
222	Frisco (TX) United States	61	43	66	100	65	44	81	39
223	Canterbury United Kingdom	61	39	48	106	82	62	97	32
224	Houston (TX) United States	60	42	62	102	74	43	78	38
225	Venlo Netherlands	60	31	64	117	86	32	100	21
226	Rochester (MI) United States	60	32	67	127	70	29	80	32
227	Manchester United Kingdom	60	42	50	108	72	59	84	33
228	Crawley United Kingdom	60	45	47	108	71	57	92	15
229	Myrtle Beach (SC) United States	60	38	68	105	71	45	68	41
230	Adelaide Australia	60	40	66	76	71	77	99	25
231	Nashua (NH) United States	60	46	60	101	73	51	62	20
232	Wollongong Australia	60	32	59	101	68	84	92	35
233	Arlington (TX) United States	60	36	68	102	73	43	78	46
234	Murfreesboro (TN) United States	60	34	61	124	68	33	81	40
235	Wilmington (DE) United States	60	47	57	98	71	37	68	46
236	Dundalk Ireland	60	41	59	110	67	52	81	10
237	Allentown (PA) United States	60	41	67	100	76	37	78	21
238	Rochester (MN) United States	60	39	65	101	76	49	74	21
239	Cumming (GA) United States	60	41	63	121	65	43	53	17
240	Macon (GA) United States	60	34	50	138	71	24	95	30
241	Bologna Italy	60	28	65	102	86	50	106	27
242	Chesapeake (VA) United States	60	43	63	101	74	45	63	32
243	Port St Lucie (FL) United States	60	42	58	104	79	41	70	36
244	La Rochelle France	60	25	56	136	85	39	95	18
245	Brisbane Australia	60	44	62	76	71	73	91	23
246	Maidstone United Kingdom	59	41	45	104	75	68	81	34
247	Gzira Malta	59	34	59	105	84	60	85	20
248	Berlin Germany	59	37	65	93	77	43	101	25
249	Horsham United Kingdom	59	45	47	101	74	51	84	33
250	Barcelona Spain	59	40	58	99	76	44	92	27
251	Oxford (MS) United States	59	35	56	130	66	30	97	15
252	Chelmsford United Kingdom	59	38	49	107	84	58	85	23
253	Yakima (WA) United States	59	30	58	138	66	49	77	14
254	Coeur d'Alene (ID) United States	59	45	65	92	70	47	63	24
255	Palmdale (CA) United States	59	40	75	80	85	39	76	13
256	Victoria Canada	59	38	80	78	72	44	77	37
257	Fethiye Turkey	59	17	37	186	50	46	113	13
258	Barnsley United Kingdom	59	23	49	143	80	63	71	27
259	Boone (NC) United States	59	28	61	133	53	56	72	40
260	Dayton (OH) United States	59	29	93	102	60	38	73	11
261	Tyler (TX) United States	59	33	74	101	61	36	106	17
262	Sligo Ireland	59	30	47	146	64	59	75	10
263	Royal Leamington Spa United Kingdom	59	37	51	105	74	56	88	37
264	Zwolle Netherlands	59	28	60	117	81	45	94	15
265	Harrogate United Kingdom	58	32	49	106	78	74	93	27
266	Idaho Falls (ID) United States	58	35	47	137	66	39	66	34
267	Dubai United Arab Emirates	58	53	47	77	52	80	85	29
268	Cedar Rapids (IA) United States	58	27	64	103	64	75	106	21
269	Bentonville (AR) United States	58	40	54	116	78	32	60	35
270	Bournemouth United Kingdom	58	35	44	108	78	51	93	56
271	Monza Italy	58	25	69	102	80	42	107	31
272	Norfolk (VA) United States	58	32	72	101	73	41	82	27
273	Glasgow United Kingdom	58	34	50	108	74	53	98	35
274	Aberdeen (WA) United States	58	26	65	122	89	32	51	50
275	Terre Haute (IN) United States	58	25	63	137	73	30	56	51
276	Frankfurt Germany	58	35	59	93	79	58	81	37
277	Bedford United Kingdom	58	30	48	143	70	49	56	34
278	Shreveport (LA) United States	58	35	59	112	66	40	85	31
279	Salisbury United Kingdom	58	33	47	105	93	77	73	10
280	Binghamton (NY) United States	58	32	77	87	70	49	76	40
281	Stuttgart Germany	58	30	62	93	87	49	97	29
282	Kissimmee (FL) United States	58	42	69	94	75	35	66	2
283	Warwick United Kingdom	58	32	51	108	71	58	88	40
284	Kenosha (WI) United States	58	36	59	101	72	45	75	38
285	Basildon United Kingdom	58	40	45	107	73	51	60	59
286	Troy (MI) United States	58	35	55	127	65	36	64	26
287	Bradenton (FL) United States	57	42	60	94	76	36	68	28
288	Billings (MT) United States	57	30	59	95	91	46	91	32
289	Gulfport (MS) United States	57	29	59	137	72	29	61	23
290	Madrid Spain	57	36	56	99	72	42	92	29
291	Helsinki Finland	57	28	58	103	78	53	102	20
292	North Vancouver Canada	57	44	69	78	71	37	76	18
293	Aosta Italy	57	24	64	102	71	58	108	30
294	Vancouver Canada	57	43	67	78	66	45	73	33
295	East Lansing (MI) United States	57	31	83	96	69	38	65	18
296	Bolton United Kingdom	57	31	51	107	72	71	79	33
297	New Braunfels (TX) United States	57	39	61	102	66	34	75	29
298	Geelong Australia	57	36	58	81	68	70	85	50
299	Basingstoke United Kingdom	57	33	51	108	72	60	93	10
300	Lucca Italy	57	22	68	102	77	52	107	19
301	Ajax (ON) Canada	57	38	60	104	65	36	72	28
302	Whitby (ON) Canada	57	45	64	78	54	45	90	28
303	Medford (OR) United States	57	34	74	94	71	33	82	14
304	State College (PA) United States	57	40	57	99	60	36	78	45
305	Letterkenny Ireland	57	25	65	110	78	53	81	16
306	Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago	57	15	67	172	30	44	81	1
307	Clarksville (TN) United States	57	34	74	84	73	35	77	40
308	Newport United Kingdom	57	34	48	105	72	48	82	53
309	Hagerstown (MD) United States	57	36	63	97	64	47	88	18
310	Mosta Malta	57	31	57	105	67	55	96	20
311	Offenbach Am Main Germany	57	26	58	93	82	39	107	70
312	Msida Malta	57	26	55	142	53	45	80	18
313	Cheltenham United Kingdom	57	30	49	105	77	53	92	42
314	Stockton (CA) United States	57	40	73	71	82	43	63	24
315	Kalamazoo (MI) United States	57	29	70	101	83	39	73	20
316	Annecy France	57	27	69	97	73	59	86	11
317	Chester United Kingdom	56	34	49	107	72	55	83	27
318	Estepona Spain	56	28	53	132	71	39	77	13
319	Des Moines (IA) United States	56	28	60	99	78	55	92	20
320	Whistler Canada	56	45	61	78	74	48	63	18
321	Naperville (IL) United States	56	49	63	69	65	59	58	22
322	Chandler (AZ) United States	56	41	62	89	64	35	77	26
323	Hamburg Germany	56	32	62	93	79	46	87	22
324	Friedrichshafen Germany	56	37	56	93	73	40	90	27
325	Tours France	56	17	61	136	67	41	106	6
326	Richmond Hill Canada	56	47	61	78	65	44	72	17
327	Taunton United Kingdom	56	36	50	105	55	58	85	34
328	Manhattan (KS) United States	56	26	71	101	64	62	76	19
329	Vienna Austria	56	31	65	84	80	40	91	44
330	Lancaster United Kingdom	56	27	52	105	72	55	56	94
331	Dornbirn Austria	56	32	72	83	77	48	54	53
332	Evansville (IN) United States	56	30	56	104	76	40	85	38
333	Brugge Belgium	56	25	53	100	82	45	132	9
334	Harrisburg (PA) United States	56	37	83	76	61	33	66	34
335	Lecco Italy	56	20	66	102	86	31	110	30
336	Eau Claire (WI) United States	56	27	68	101	68	48	70	38
337	Blackpool United Kingdom	56	24	56	105	69	42	84	84
338	Ames (IA) United States	56	26	78	70	73	60	78	58
339	Warrington United Kingdom	56	32	50	108	72	49	81	32
340	Pavia Italy	55	19	72	103	79	44	100	12
341	Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates	55	46	47	84	40	76	87	24
342	Hasselt Belgium	55	25	50	100	89	37	104	55
343	Walla Walla (WA) United States	55	36	67	84	74	40	64	36
344	Cologne Germany	55	30	57	93	74	45	96	36
345	Halifax Canada	55	36	69	78	67	44	80	25
346	Squamish (BC) Canada	55	41	71	73	62	48	70	15
347	Truro United Kingdom	55	31	50	108	74	50	68	40
348	Inverness United Kingdom	55	34	42	107	73	49	83	35
349	Lincoln United Kingdom	55	28	47	108	81	43	93	34
350	Fort Wayne (IN) United States	55	29	62	104	61	45	78	33
351	Coquitlam Canada	55	48	63	73	63	32	73	20
352	Bloomington (IN) United States	55	37	57	102	60	41	64	33
353	Lawrenceville (GA) United States	55	40	76	45	66	66	83	30
354	Toronto Canada	55	40	59	78	66	42	81	38
355	Tunbridge Wells United Kingdom	55	37	39	108	68	46	75	48
356	Oldenburg Germany	55	24	59	115	63	39	114	3
357	Iowa City (IA) United States	55	32	56	100	58	46	86	38
358	Rome Italy	55	29	59	100	68	51	82	27
359	Ipswich United Kingdom	55	30	52	108	73	49	71	32
360	Lisbon Portugal	55	37	48	95	67	39	97	27
361	Luton United Kingdom	55	38	46	103	56	48	67	48
362	Swindon United Kingdom	55	33	51	105	74	47	79	10
363	Airdrie Canada	55	33	64	78	72	68	73	16
364	Jackson (MS) United States	55	30	59	101	63	53	70	40
365	Carlisle United Kingdom	55	22	46	142	68	29	101	2
366	Kuala Belait Brunei	55	20	65	117	35	66	106	15
367	Lahti Finland	55	20	60	95	63	47	124	-
368	Metz France	55	20	72	97	72	30	97	43
369	Rockford (IL) United States	55	31	67	101	63	43	75	7
370	Stockport United Kingdom	54	29	48	106	68	48	97	27
371	San Sebastian Spain	54	32	58	102	66	35	82	22
372	Blacksburg (VA) United States	54	32	69	94	63	42	52	39
373	Columbus (GA) United States	54	35	50	104	78	31	72	23
374	Chesterfield United Kingdom	54	24	49	107	75	50	89	40
375	Waco (TX) United States	54	35	58	102	63	31	69	29
376	Bendigo Australia	54	27	63	76	74	50	100	50
377	Corpus Christi (TX) United States	54	26	55	112	78	30	75	35
378	Paducah (KY) United States	54	27	73	99	64	36	59	39
379	Southend-on-sea United Kingdom	54	36	43	107	70	26	86	34
380	Crewe United Kingdom	54	25	44	107	84	58	83	33
381	Huddersfield United Kingdom	54	27	49	107	73	52	79	36
382	Ottawa Canada	54	36	61	78	68	46	79	26
383	Moscow Russia	54	31	42	109	44	36	130	42
384	Nantes France	54	21	71	97	68	38	93	31
385	West Lafayette (IN) United States	54	36	65	104	46	37	72	3
386	Clermont-Ferrand France	54	18	62	97	81	43	91	-
387	Toowoomba Australia	54	31	50	101	65	57	86	14
388	Hillsboro (OR) United States	54	47	63	52	74	48	66	21
389	Shrewsbury (Shropshire) United Kingdom	54	27	44	108	71	70	75	31
390	Lansing (MI) United States	54	28	60	96	69	33	78	51
391	Oeiras Portugal	54	35	47	95	65	44	102	18
392	Ogden (UT) United States	54	35	52	103	58	30	80	34
393	Ludvika Sweden	54	13	67	124	60	36	120	1
394	Gloucester United Kingdom	54	31	51	105	74	54	66	4
395	Naples Italy	53	23	61	102	66	46	96	13
396	Burgos Spain	53	20	50	136	66	27	87	22
397	Valencia Spain	53	33	46	99	75	37	91	16
398	Vitoria-gasteiz Spain	53	27	49	105	75	44	92	13
399	Burnley United Kingdom	53	20	43	143	67	25	81	37
400	Dijon France	53	18	59	97	75	35	115	43
401	Giessen Germany	53	25	55	86	81	38	86	71
402	Bielefeld Germany	53	20	59	93	66	39	118	44
403	Johnson City (TN) United States	53	28	72	90	60	43	65	24
404	Lawrence (KS) United States	53	30	68	84	63	42	71	31
405	Lecce Italy	53	16	52	136	63	58	77	9
406	Bradford United Kingdom	53	24	49	107	75	45	83	36
407	Queenstown New Zealand	53	37	63	71	57	58	86	13
408	Augusta (GA) United States	53	36	55	94	68	35	62	30
409	Benidorm Spain	53	25	45	132	69	16	91	16
410	Algarve Portugal	53	26	46	126	62	34	77	25
411	Reims France	53	19	68	97	82	41	83	17
412	Killeen (TX) United States	53	27	63	102	77	29	48	41
413	Pullman (WA) United States	53	30	85	56	61	36	88	35
414	Mons Belgium	53	20	62	100	65	31	107	34
415	Wakefield United Kingdom	53	25	47	106	70	46	84	40
416	Istanbul Turkey	53	22	34	143	50	54	75	42
417	Calgary Canada	53	30	64	78	67	50	78	26
418	Pesaro Italy	53	19	65	102	75	52	65	27
419	Prato Italy	53	20	67	82	84	39	100	27
420	Montego Bay Jamaica	53	9	62	165	43	39	59	13
421	San Gwann Malta	53	29	61	79	79	45	85	18
422	Albufeira Portugal	53	34	50	95	55	41	99	18
423	Turin Italy	53	21	61	99	74	42	92	18
424	Forli' Italy	52	19	66	102	63	51	81	24
425	Oldham United Kingdom	52	22	50	107	71	52	81	33
426	Stirling United Kingdom	52	28	44	107	72	41	73	38
427	Ballarat Australia	52	23	62	80	68	51	92	50
428	New Westminster Canada	52	38	65	67	69	39	70	14
429	Jonesboro (AR) United States	52	29	54	89	88	39	75	14
430	L'hospitalet De Llobregat Spain	52	31	48	99	72	32	89	16
431	Tauranga New Zealand	52	31	55	94	55	53	79	19
432	Auckland New Zealand	52	34	60	71	56	53	84	32
433	Dunfermline United Kingdom	52	26	45	106	69	54	77	32
434	Gozo Malta	52	23	44	105	95	41	79	20
435	South Bend (IN) United States	52	33	47	101	55	40	77	34
436	Ljubljana Slovenia	52	28	54	82	67	44	108	23
437	Charleroi Belgium	52	23	60	85	84	37	89	29
438	Marsascala Malta	52	25	44	117	77	44	74	7
439	Nancy France	52	18	63	97	72	38	100	26
440	Olbia Italy	52	22	56	102	78	33	91	13
441	Cuneo Italy	52	12	69	79	65	89	109	15
442	Angers France	52	19	63	102	69	43	87	16
443	Galveston (TX) United States	52	31	58	84	81	38	61	29
444	Marburg Germany	52	19	58	93	61	39	97	71
445	Biloxi (MS) United States	52	29	55	103	67	28	70	23
446	Ostend Belgium	52	21	55	98	82	39	87	26
447	Rennes France	52	19	62	97	68	45	94	17
448	Wellington New Zealand	52	32	62	71	56	48	94	22
449	Foggia Italy	52	16	73	94	67	45	98	2
450	Javea (Xabia) Spain	52	19	40	132	80	39	77	12
451	Anzio (Rome) Italy	51	19	59	102	70	40	104	2
452	Duncan BC Canada	51	30	66	73	66	54	73	17
453	Vaughan Canada	51	41	55	68	63	36	76	28
454	Montgomery (AL) United States	51	34	52	90	65	38	69	24
455	Ravenna Italy	51	18	64	92	74	45	98	11
456	Jyvaskyla Finland	51	20	56	103	67	57	80	12
457	Nelson BC Canada	51	33	61	78	55	52	71	27
458	Gothenburg Sweden	51	26	60	93	64	41	89	7
459	Belluno Italy	51	18	57	88	71	69	102	11
460	Bochum Germany	51	20	59	93	74	37	95	35
461	Chilliwack Canada	51	29	72	78	56	42	70	19
462	Ferrara Italy	51	16	67	102	69	34	87	16
463	Sunderland United Kingdom	51	20	50	106	65	46	89	29
464	Joensuu Finland	51	20	55	101	64	52	107	1
465	Laval Canada	51	32	60	78	70	34	81	15
466	Bugibba Malta	51	26	47	92	67	55	96	20
467	L'Aquila Italy	51	15	60	98	83	44	91	19
468	Siena Italy	51	26	59	77	70	54	85	24
469	Toulon France	51	20	55	97	73	39	97	27
470	Alcala de Henares Spain	51	26	58	99	69	36	74	10
471	Tralee Ireland	51	31	53	63	85	64	73	24
472	Nicosia Cyprus	51	21	56	93	60	56	98	15
473	Erie (PA) United States	51	24	60	85	77	35	64	48
474	Prague Czech Republic	51	29	46	87	51	54	99	30
475	Temple (TX) United States	51	37	55	70	70	27	62	47
476	Cambridge Canada	50	36	60	73	64	34	69	26
477	Kaiserslautern Germany	50	21	53	93	65	45	93	37
478	Vila Nova De Gaia Portugal	50	22	46	95	59	76	90	18
479	Lagos Portugal	50	30	52	95	51	41	82	19
480	Peoria (IL) United States	50	26	64	103	55	40	47	21
481	Mantova Italy	50	21	63	93	56	48	91	10
482	Fort Walton Beach (FL) United States	50	36	53	75	63	45	66	23
483	Montreal Canada	50	29	59	78	69	34	78	26
484	Caen France	50	19	56	97	74	37	104	3
485	San Pedro Garza Garcia Mexico	50	45	51	55	43	59	83	28
486	Seoul South Korea	50	21	82	83	39	45	64	38
487	Girona Spain	50	28	46	99	65	41	82	16
488	Belgrade Serbia	50	20	40	114	66	34	112	18
489	Karlstad Sweden	50	20	65	93	62	45	94	0
490	Besancon France	50	18	63	97	67	35	92	12
491	Salerno Italy	50	23	58	95	61	46	91	1
492	Banff Canada	50	28	62	74	73	46	76	7
493	Niagara Falls Canada	50	32	62	73	62	34	74	30
494	Poitiers France	50	15	65	97	72	45	76	18
495	Kortrijk Belgium	50	22	46	97	82	49	71	26
496	Mecca Saudi Arabia	50	12	37	180	26	58	43	27
497	Preston United Kingdom	50	27	48	105	60	49	61	16
498	Avignon France	50	21	56	97	70	40	85	12
499	Edmonton Canada	50	28	60	78	70	46	71	16
500	Limoges France	50	14	60	97	74	45	91	17

Index value of 100 = New York City. Lower values indicate cheaper cost of living.

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

Last updated: October 2026

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