Expatistan's Cost of Living World Map

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This map shows only the top cities in the world. We also have a list of all the cities available in Expatistan.

The color of each marker corresponds with the cost of living in the city red markers show more expensive cities green ones show cheaper cities
Moving the mouse on top of a city will show its name and the Cost of Living Index of that city.

What is the Cost of Living Index? To calculate each city's Price Index value, we start by assigning a value of 100 to a central reference city (that happens to be Prague). Once the reference point has been established, the Price Index value of every other city in the database is calculated by comparing their cost of living to the cost of living in Prague.
Therefore, if a city has a Price Index of 134, that means that living there is 34% more expensive than living in Prague.

Expatistan Cost of Living Index

Ranking City Price Index: *
1st New York City (United States) 219
2nd Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands) 218
3rd Zurich (Switzerland) 209
4th Geneva (Switzerland) 203
5th San Francisco, California (United States) 202
6th Singapore 202
7th Miami, Florida (United States) 196
8th Basel (Switzerland) 190
9th Lausanne (Switzerland) 189
10th Boston, Massachusetts (United States) 186
11th Los Angeles, California (United States) 186
12th Oakland, California (United States) 184
13th London (United Kingdom) 183
14th Lugano (Switzerland) 183
15th Denver, Colorado (United States) 180
16th Washington D.C. (United States) 180
17th San Jose, California (United States) 177
18th Chicago, Illinois (United States) 172
19th Portland, Oregon (United States) 170
20th Seattle, Washington (United States) 170
21st Dallas, Texas (United States) 166
22nd Houston, Texas (United States) 164
23rd Toronto (Canada) 162
24th Nassau (Bahamas) 162
25th Dublin (Ireland) 161
26th Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota (United States) 157
27th Hong Kong 156
28th Sydney (Australia) 156
29th Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) 156
30th Copenhagen (Denmark) 153
31st Austin, Texas (United States) 153
32nd Sacramento, California (United States) 153
33rd Phoenix, Arizona (United States) 149
34th Paris (France) 149
35th Anchorage, Alaska (United States) 148
36th Vancouver (Canada) 148
37th Amsterdam (Netherlands) 147
38th Irvine, California (United States) 147
39th Perth (Australia) 147
40th Auckland (New Zealand) 146
41st Melbourne (Australia) 145
42nd Oslo (Norway) 145
43rd St. Petersburg, Florida (United States) 144
44th Walnut Creek, California (United States) 142
45th Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States) 140
46th Baltimore, Maryland (United States) 139
47th Trondheim (Norway) 138
48th Wellington (New Zealand) 135
49th Newark, New Jersey (United States) 135
50th Tel Aviv (Israel) 134
51st Luxembourg 134
52nd Brisbane (Australia) 134
53rd Calgary (Canada) 133
54th Berlin (Germany) 132
55th Cleveland, Ohio (United States) 132
56th Bristol (United Kingdom) 131
57th The Hague (Netherlands) 131
58th Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 130
59th Doha (Qatar) 130
60th Manchester (United Kingdom) 130
61st Helsinki (Finland) 129
62nd Frankfurt am Main (Germany) 128
63rd Milan (Italy) 126
64th Munich (Germany) 125
65th Rotterdam (Netherlands) 125
66th Ottawa (Canada) 125
67th Hamburg (Germany) 124
68th San Antonio, Texas (United States) 124
69th Montreal (Canada) 124
70th Edinburgh (United Kingdom) 123
71st Edmonton (Canada) 122
72nd Brussels (Belgium) 121
73rd Jerusalem (Israel) 120
74th Aberdeen (United Kingdom) 120
75th Tucson, Arizona (United States) 119
76th Santa Fe, New Mexico (United States) 118
77th Plymouth (United Kingdom) 117
78th Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) 117
79th Nice (France) 116
80th Cairns (Australia) 116
81st Barrie (Canada) 116
82nd Vienna (Austria) 114
83rd Glasgow (United Kingdom) 114
84th Hamilton, New Zealand (New Zealand) 113
85th Montevideo (Uruguay) 113
86th Lyon (France) 112
87th Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) 111
88th Marseille (France) 111
89th Haifa (Israel) 110
90th Tallahassee, Florida (United States) 110
91st Winnipeg (Canada) 110
92nd San Sebastian (Spain) 109
93rd Newcastle, Australia (Australia) 109
94th Tokyo (Japan) 109
95th Seoul (South Korea) 109
96th Macao 108
97th Valletta (Malta) 108
98th Antwerp (Belgium) 108
99th Lisbon (Portugal) 106
100th Grenoble (France) 105
101st Wollongong (Australia) 105
102nd Darwin (Australia) 105
103rd Rome (Italy) 104
104th Madrid (Spain) 104
105th Innsbruck (Austria) 103
106th Barcelona, Spain (Spain) 103
107th Ramallah (Palestinian Territory) 103
108th Nantes (France) 102
109th Lille (France) 102
110th Florence (Italy) 101
111th Tijuana (Mexico) 101
112th Ghent (Belgium) 100
113th Dortmund (Germany) 100
114th Prague (Czech Republic) 100
115th Bilbao (Spain) 99
116th Essen (Germany) 99
117th Bergamo (Italy) 99
118th Abbotsford (Canada) 98
119th Athens (Greece) 98
120th Freiburg (Germany) 98
121st Osaka (Japan) 98
122nd Youngstown, Ohio (United States) 97
123rd Varese (Italy) 97
124th Panama City (Panama) 96
125th Bologna (Italy) 95
126th Manama (Bahrain) 95
127th San Antonio, California (United States) 94
128th Ljubljana (Slovenia) 94
129th San Jose, Costa Rica (Costa Rica) 93
130th Monterrey (Mexico) 93
131st Pamplona (Spain) 92
132nd Oporto (Portugal) 92
133rd Valencia, Spain (Spain) 92
134th Dresden (Germany) 91
135th Perugia (Italy) 91
136th Amman (Jordan) 90
137th Shanghai (China) 90
138th Cedar Rapids, Iowa (United States) 89
139th Turin (Italy) 88
140th Mexico City (Mexico) 88
141st Zagreb (Croatia) 88
142nd Naples (Italy) 88
143rd Pescara (Italy) 88
144th Pisa (Italy) 87
145th Taipei (Taiwan) 87
146th Zaragoza (Spain) 87
147th Caracas (Venezuela) 86
148th Valladolid (Spain) 86
149th Seville (Spain) 84
150th Gijón (Spain) 84
151st Santiago, Chile (Chile) 84
152nd Oviedo (Spain) 84
153rd Corunna (Spain) 83
154th Santos, Sao Paulo (Brazil) 83
155th São Paulo (Brazil) 82
156th Alicante (Spain) 82
157th Funchal, Madeira (Portugal) 82
158th San Salvador (El Salvador) 80
159th Warsaw (Poland) 80
160th Cordova (Spain) 79
161st Bratislava (Slovakia) 79
162nd Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) 79
163rd Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 79
164th Guatemala City (Guatemala) 78
165th Quito (Ecuador) 77
166th Johannesburg (South Africa) 77
167th Budapest (Hungary) 77
168th Salamanca (Spain) 76
169th Guadalajara (Mexico) 76
170th Port Louis (Mauritius) 76
171st Almería (Spain) 76
172nd Bangkok (Thailand) 75
173rd Florianopolis (Brazil) 75
174th Belo Horizonte (Brazil) 75
175th Barquisimeto (Venezuela) 74
176th Brasília (Brazil) 74
177th Campinas (Brazil) 73
178th São José dos Campos (Brazil) 73
179th Queretaro (Mexico) 73
180th Porto Alegre (Brazil) 72
181st Recife (Brazil) 70
182nd Guayaquil (Ecuador) 70
183rd Pula (Croatia) 70
184th Moscow (Russia) 69
185th Lima (Peru) 69
186th Suva (Fiji) 69
187th Bucharest (Romania) 67
188th Fortaleza (Brazil) 66
189th Manila (Philippines) 64
190th Bogotá (Colombia) 64
191st Pretoria (South Africa) 63
192nd Medellín (Colombia) 62
193rd Jakarta (Indonesia) 61
194th Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 61
195th Chengdu (China) 60
196th La Paz, Bolivia (Bolivia) 60
197th Asunción (Paraguay) 59
198th Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) 56
199th Saint Petersburg (Russia) 56
200th Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) 56
201st Mumbai (India) 54
202nd Plovdiv (Bulgaria) 53
203rd Santiago de Cali (Colombia) 52
204th Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 52
205th Bangalore (India) 51
206th Burgas (Bulgaria) 50
207th Bandung (Indonesia) 49
208th Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 48
209th Pune (India) 46
210th Yogyakarta (Indonesia) 38

Price Index:

To calculate each city's Price Index value, we start by assigning a value of 100 to a central reference city (that happens to be Prague). Once the reference point has been established, the Price Index value of every other city in the database is calculated by comparing their cost of living to the cost of living in Prague.
Therefore, if a city has a Price Index of 134, that means that living there is 34% more expensive than living in Prague.

What is Expatistan?

Expatistan is a cost of living calculator that allows you to compare the cost of living between cities around the world. The comparisons allow you to get a better understanding of the cost of living of any city before you move there.

What makes us unique is that we collect the prices that we use to calculate our cost of living index from visitors like you. Naturally, the more data entered, the more accurate the index and the calculations will be.

That's why we need your help to keep prices accurate and up to date. You can help by entering the prices that you know in Athens, Georgia.

Prices recently added

  • Sport shoes (nike, adidas, or equivalent brands) in Dubai costs Dirham 875 (8 minutes ago)
  • Utilities, monthly for 2 people in 85 m2 in Ilmenau costs €50 (37 minutes ago)
  • 1 pack of marlboro cigarettes in Helsinki costs €10 (about 1 hour ago)
  • 1 liter of gasoline in Hobart costs AU$2.23 (about 1 hour ago)
  • Basic lunchtime menu (including a drink) in the business district in Lima costs S/. 15 (about 2 hours ago)
  • 1 bottle of red table wine, good quality in Jhansi costs ₨680 (about 2 hours ago)

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