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Compare Cost of Living: Pick 2 Cities, See Real Prices

Side-by-side cost of living comparison for up to 3 cities

Free comparison tool with 2026 data for 160+ cities. Compare rent, food, transport, and lifestyle costs side by side.

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❓Frequently Asked Questions

How do I compare cost of living between cities?

Use our free comparison tool above to select up to 3 cities. You'll see side-by-side breakdowns of rent, food, transportation, and lifestyle costs. Our Anchor Cost Index uses standardized items like Big Mac prices and 1BR apartment rent for accurate comparisons.

What factors affect cost of living?

The main factors are housing (30-40% of expenses), food and groceries, transportation, utilities, healthcare, and lifestyle. Our tool compares all these categories using real data from 160+ cities.

Which cities have the lowest cost of living?

Southeast Asian cities (Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Chiang Mai) and Eastern European cities (Sofia, Bucharest, Krakow) consistently rank most affordable. Use the comparison tool to see exact price differences for your specific needs.

What's the best way to do a cost of living comparison before relocating?

Start with the Anchor Cost Index for a quick read, then check the extended cost breakdown and budget scenarios for your situation — a digital nomad and a family of four have very different cost profiles in the same city.

How accurate is this cost of living data?

Our data is a snapshot compiled from Numbeo, official statistics, and crowdsourced reports — as of Feb 7, 2026, not live pricing. All prices are converted to USD. We use 5 anchor items (Big Mac, rent, Uber, Starbucks, YouTube Premium) for consistent cross-city comparisons.

📚All 85 City Comparisons

Every city-pair comparison on World Cost of Living, grouped by region.

🏆City Cost of Living Ranking

All 160 cities ranked by Anchor Cost Index, most expensive first. Snapshot as of Feb 7, 2026.

#	City	Region	Index	Level
1	ZurichSwitzerland	Western Europe	99	Very Expensive
2	GenevaSwitzerland	Western Europe	98	Very Expensive
3	San FranciscoUnited States	North America	95	Very Expensive
4	Los AngelesUnited States	North America	94	Very Expensive
5	VancouverCanada	North America	94	Very Expensive
6	OsloNorway	Western Europe	93	Very Expensive
7	MiamiUnited States	North America	93	Very Expensive
8	TorontoCanada	North America	93	Very Expensive
9	New YorkUnited States	North America	92	Very Expensive
10	SeattleUnited States	North America	92	Very Expensive
11	ChicagoUnited States	North America	90	Very Expensive
12	SydneyAustralia	Oceania	90	Very Expensive
13	LondonUnited Kingdom	Western Europe	89	Very Expensive
14	DublinIreland	Western Europe	89	Very Expensive
15	AustinUnited States	North America	88	Very Expensive
16	DenverUnited States	North America	88	Very Expensive
17	MelbourneAustralia	Oceania	87	Very Expensive
18	AmsterdamNetherlands	Western Europe	86	Very Expensive
19	CopenhagenDenmark	Western Europe	86	Very Expensive
20	BrisbaneAustralia	Oceania	86	Very Expensive
21	MontrealCanada	North America	85	Very Expensive
22	ParisFrance	Western Europe	84	Very Expensive
23	PerthAustralia	Oceania	83	Very Expensive
24	MunichGermany	Western Europe	82	Very Expensive
25	AucklandNew Zealand	Oceania	82	Very Expensive
26	Tel AvivIsrael	Middle East	80	Very Expensive
27	EdinburghUnited Kingdom	Western Europe	79	Expensive
28	WellingtonNew Zealand	Oceania	79	Expensive
29	BrusselsBelgium	Western Europe	78	Expensive
30	MilanItaly	Southern Europe	77	Expensive
31	BostonUnited States	North America	77	Expensive
32	SingaporeSingapore	Southeast Asia	76	Expensive
33	ManchesterUnited Kingdom	Western Europe	76	Expensive
34	AdelaideAustralia	Oceania	75	Expensive
35	StockholmSweden	Europe	75	Expensive
36	ViennaAustria	Western Europe	74	Expensive
37	ManamaBahrain	Middle East	73	Expensive
38	RomeItaly	Southern Europe	73	Expensive
39	BarcelonaSpain	Southern Europe	73	Expensive
40	LyonFrance	Western Europe	72	Expensive
41	HelsinkiFinland	Europe	72	Expensive
42	MadridSpain	Southern Europe	70	Expensive
43	CalgaryCanada	North America	70	Expensive
44	BerlinGermany	Western Europe	69	Expensive
45	DubaiUAE	Middle East	68	Expensive
46	DohaQatar	Middle East	67	Expensive
47	FlorenceItaly	Europe	67	Expensive
48	NiceFrance	Europe	67	Expensive
49	LisbonPortugal	Southern Europe	66	Expensive
50	VilniusLithuania	Europe	66	Expensive
51	Abu DhabiUAE	Middle East	65	Expensive
52	SevilleSpain	Europe	65	Expensive
53	Hong KongHong Kong	East Asia	64	Expensive
54	TokyoJapan	East Asia	63	Expensive
55	FukuokaJapan	East Asia	62	Expensive
56	PortoPortugal	Europe	61	Expensive
57	SeoulSouth Korea	East Asia	60	Expensive
58	Kuwait CityKuwait	Middle East	60	Expensive
59	AnkaraTurkey	Middle East	60	Expensive
60	RigaLatvia	Europe	60	Expensive
61	MacauMacau	East Asia	59	Moderate
62	MuscatOman	Middle East	58	Moderate
63	PragueCzech Republic	Eastern Europe	57	Moderate
64	OsakaJapan	East Asia	56	Moderate
65	AthensGreece	Southern Europe	55	Moderate
66	TallinnEstonia	Eastern Europe	55	Moderate
67	AlmatyKazakhstan	Central Asia	55	Moderate
68	KyotoJapan	East Asia	53	Moderate
69	Panama CityPanama	Central America	53	Moderate
70	RiyadhSaudi Arabia	Middle East	52	Moderate
71	ZagrebCroatia	Southern Europe	52	Moderate
72	WarsawPoland	Eastern Europe	52	Moderate
73	MontevideoUruguay	South America	51	Moderate
74	BusanSouth Korea	East Asia	50	Moderate
75	ShanghaiChina	East Asia	50	Moderate
76	Mexico CityMexico	North America	50	Moderate
77	BelgradeSerbia	Europe	50	Moderate
78	San JoséCosta Rica	Central America	49	Moderate
79	BeijingChina	East Asia	46	Moderate
80	KrakowPoland	Eastern Europe	46	Moderate
81	Rio de JaneiroBrazil	South America	46	Moderate
82	SantiagoChile	South America	46	Moderate
83	TbilisiGeorgia	Central Asia	46	Moderate
84	ShenzhenChina	East Asia	45	Moderate
85	BudapestHungary	Eastern Europe	44	Moderate
86	TaipeiTaiwan	East Asia	43	Moderate
87	São PauloBrazil	South America	43	Moderate
88	ChengduChina	East Asia	42	Moderate
89	GuangzhouChina	East Asia	40	Moderate
90	BangkokThailand	Southeast Asia	39	Affordable
91	Santo DomingoDominican Republic	Central America	39	Affordable
92	BeirutLebanon	Middle East	38	Affordable
93	CuritibaBrazil	South America	38	Affordable
94	CartagenaColombia	South America	38	Affordable
95	KingstonJamaica	Central America	38	Affordable
96	AsuncionParaguay	South America	37	Affordable
97	AmmanJordan	Middle East	36	Affordable
98	BucharestRomania	Eastern Europe	36	Affordable
99	KaohsiungTaiwan	East Asia	34	Affordable
100	Cape TownSouth Africa	Africa	34	Affordable
101	AccraGhana	Africa	34	Affordable
102	AlgiersAlgeria	Africa	34	Affordable
103	MoscowRussia	Eastern Europe	32	Affordable
104	QuitoEcuador	South America	32	Affordable
105	CaracasVenezuela	South America	32	Affordable
106	Guatemala CityGuatemala	Central America	31	Affordable
107	LimaPeru	South America	30	Affordable
108	SuvaFiji	Oceania	30	Affordable
109	JohannesburgSouth Africa	Africa	30	Affordable
110	SofiaBulgaria	Eastern Europe	29	Affordable
111	UlaanbaatarMongolia	East Asia	28	Affordable
112	SurabayaIndonesia	Southeast Asia	28	Affordable
113	La PazBolivia	South America	28	Affordable
114	Kuala LumpurMalaysia	Southeast Asia	27	Affordable
115	Da NangVietnam	Southeast Asia	27	Affordable
116	CasablancaMorocco	Africa	27	Affordable
117	BogotáColombia	South America	26	Affordable
118	Saint PetersburgRussia	Eastern Europe	25	Affordable
119	San SalvadorEl Salvador	Central America	25	Affordable
120	Chiang MaiThailand	Southeast Asia	24	Affordable
121	ManilaPhilippines	Southeast Asia	24	Affordable
122	MedellínColombia	South America	24	Affordable
123	TashkentUzbekistan	Central Asia	23	Affordable
124	BaliIndonesia	Southeast Asia	22	Affordable
125	NairobiKenya	Africa	22	Affordable
126	CebuPhilippines	Southeast Asia	20	Affordable
127	Phnom PenhCambodia	Southeast Asia	20	Affordable
128	Buenos AiresArgentina	South America	19	Very Affordable
129	JakartaIndonesia	Southeast Asia	18	Very Affordable
130	Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam	Southeast Asia	17	Very Affordable
131	HanoiVietnam	Southeast Asia	17	Very Affordable
132	MumbaiIndia	South Asia	17	Very Affordable
133	KyivUkraine	Eastern Europe	17	Very Affordable
134	LuandaAngola	Africa	17	Very Affordable
135	IstanbulTurkey	Southern Europe	16	Very Affordable
136	BangaloreIndia	South Asia	15	Very Affordable
137	HyderabadIndia	South Asia	15	Very Affordable
138	LagosNigeria	Africa	14	Very Affordable
139	Dar es SalaamTanzania	Africa	14	Very Affordable
140	VientianeLaos	Southeast Asia	12	Very Affordable
141	New DelhiIndia	South Asia	11	Very Affordable
142	TegucigalpaHonduras	Central America	11	Very Affordable
143	ColomboSri Lanka	South Asia	10	Very Affordable
144	TunisTunisia	Africa	10	Very Affordable
145	Addis AbabaEthiopia	Africa	10	Very Affordable
146	ChennaiIndia	South Asia	9	Very Affordable
147	IslamabadPakistan	South Asia	9	Very Affordable
148	AbidjanIvory Coast	Africa	9	Very Affordable
149	YangonMyanmar	Southeast Asia	7	Very Affordable
150	CairoEgypt	Africa	7	Very Affordable
151	DhakaBangladesh	South Asia	6	Very Affordable
152	DakarSenegal	Africa	6	Very Affordable
153	KathmanduNepal	South Asia	5	Very Affordable
154	LusakaZambia	Africa	4	Very Affordable
155	KarachiPakistan	South Asia	3	Very Affordable
156	HavanaCuba	Central America	3	Very Affordable
157	KigaliRwanda	Africa	2	Very Affordable
158	PyongyangNorth Korea	East Asia	1	Very Affordable
159	KampalaUganda	Africa	1	Very Affordable
160	MaputoMozambique	Africa	1	Very Affordable

How to Compare Cost of Living Between Cities

Our free cost of living comparison tool lets you compare up to 3 cities side by side using real 2026 price data. We track 5 anchor prices — 1-bedroom rent, Big Mac, Uber 5km ride, Starbucks latte, and YouTube Premium — across 160+ cities worldwide, then calculate a weighted Anchor Cost Index (0-100) for easy comparison.

Beyond anchor prices, each city comparison includes 60+ extended cost items across 9 categories (housing, food, groceries, transport, utilities, leisure, clothing, childcare, healthcare) and 4 monthly budget scenarios from backpacker ($800/mo) to expat professional ($4,000+/mo).

Whether you're a digital nomad comparing Chiang Mai vs Bali, an expat weighing London vs Berlin, or a family considering Seoul vs Tokyo — our data helps you make informed decisions about where to live.

Compare Cost of Living: Pick 2 Cities, See Real Prices

Select at least 2 cities

❓Frequently Asked Questions

How do I compare cost of living between cities?

What factors affect cost of living?

Which cities have the lowest cost of living?

What's the best way to do a cost of living comparison before relocating?

How accurate is this cost of living data?

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📚All 85 City Comparisons

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Middle East (5)

Western Europe (16)

Southern Europe (7)

Eastern Europe (8)

Africa (3)

North America (14)

South America (4)

Oceania (4)

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