Expatistan's Cost of Living Map of North America

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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 in North America

Ranking City Price Index: *
1st New York City (United States) 223
2nd Miami, Florida (United States) 204
3rd Boston, Massachusetts (United States) 201
4th San Jose, California (United States) 199
5th Washington D.C. (United States) 185
6th Denver, Colorado (United States) 182
7th Los Angeles, California (United States) 181
8th Atlanta, Georgia (United States) 179
9th Seattle, Washington (United States) 173
10th Chicago, Illinois (United States) 169
11th Dallas, Texas (United States) 167
12th Portland, Oregon (United States) 164
13th Toronto (Canada) 161
14th Sacramento, California (United States) 160
15th Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota (United States) 160
16th Austin, Texas (United States) 159
17th Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) 157
18th Orlando, Florida (United States) 155
19th Vancouver (Canada) 154
20th Houston, Texas (United States) 151
21st Tampa, Florida (United States) 148
22nd Boise, Idaho (United States) 147
23rd Walnut Creek, California (United States) 143
24th Calgary (Canada) 140
25th St. Petersburg, Florida (United States) 139
26th Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States) 139
27th Baltimore, Maryland (United States) 138
28th Newark, New Jersey (United States) 136
29th Cleveland, Ohio (United States) 132
30th Montreal (Canada) 130
31st Edmonton (Canada) 126
32nd San Antonio, Texas (United States) 123
33rd Santa Fe, New Mexico (United States) 122
34th Tallahassee, Florida (United States) 113
35th Tucson, Arizona (United States) 109
36th Abbotsford (Canada) 101
37th Youngstown, Ohio (United States) 98
38th San Antonio, California (United States) 95
39th Cedar Rapids, Iowa (United States) 91

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 Prince George.

Prices recently added

  • Public transport in New York City costs $134 (20 minutes ago)
  • Basic lunchtime menu (including a drink) in the business district in Windsor costs C$15 (about 1 hour ago)
  • Standard men's haircut in expat area of the city in Eugene, Oregon costs $40 (about 1 hour ago)
  • Monthly rent - 85 m2 furnished accommodation in expensive area in San Jose, Costa Rica costs ₡ 500,000 (about 2 hours ago)
  • 1 kg of rice in Governador Valadares costs R$ 35 (about 3 hours ago)
  • Basic lunchtime menu (including a drink) in the business district in Saipan costs $10 (about 3 hours ago)

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