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Cost of Living Index 2026

160 cities ranked 0 (cheapest) to 100 (most expensive) on a weighted, 5-anchor index. Snapshot as of Feb 7, 2026.

Methodology

Instead of a broad, opaque basket, the Cost of Living Index scores every city on five real-world “anchor” prices — items you can check yourself. For each anchor, a city gets a percentile rank against all 160 cities (0 = cheapest, 100 = most expensive), and the five percentiles are combined into one weighted average:

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If a city is missing an anchor price (shown as unavailable in our data), that anchor is dropped and the remaining weights are redistributed proportionally — a city is never penalized for a gap in our data. 40 of 160 cities (25%) use GDP-PPP-based estimates rather than directly observed prices; those are marked “Estimated” below and throughout the site. See the full write-up on our About & Methodology page.

Full Ranking — 160 Cities

Most expensive (100) to cheapest (0). Snapshot as of Feb 7, 2026.

#	City	Region	Index	Level
1	Zurich · Switzerland	Western Europe	99	Very Expensive
2	Geneva · Switzerland	Western Europe	98	Very Expensive
3	San Francisco · United States	North America	95	Very Expensive
4	Los Angeles · United States	North America	94	Very Expensive
5	Vancouver · Canada	North America	94	Very Expensive
6	Oslo · Norway	Western Europe	93	Very Expensive
7	Miami · United States	North America	93	Very Expensive
8	Toronto · Canada	North America	93	Very Expensive
9	New York · United States	North America	92	Very Expensive
10	Seattle · United States	North America	92	Very Expensive
11	Chicago · United States	North America	90	Very Expensive
12	Sydney · Australia	Oceania	90	Very Expensive
13	London · United Kingdom	Western Europe	89	Very Expensive
14	Dublin · Ireland	Western Europe	89	Very Expensive
15	Austin · United States	North America	88	Very Expensive
16	Denver · United States	North America	88	Very Expensive
17	Melbourne · Australia	Oceania	87	Very Expensive
18	Amsterdam · Netherlands	Western Europe	86	Very Expensive
19	Copenhagen · Denmark	Western Europe	86	Very Expensive
20	Brisbane · Australia	Oceania	86	Very Expensive
21	Montreal · Canada	North America	85	Very Expensive
22	Paris · France	Western Europe	84	Very Expensive
23	Perth · Australia	Oceania	83	Very Expensive
24	Munich · Germany	Western Europe	82	Very Expensive
25	Auckland · New Zealand	Oceania	82	Very Expensive
26	Tel Aviv · Israel	Middle East	80	Very Expensive
27	Edinburgh · United Kingdom	Western Europe	79	Expensive
28	Wellington · New Zealand	Oceania	79	Expensive
29	Brussels · Belgium	Western Europe	78	Expensive
30	Milan · Italy	Southern Europe	77	Expensive
31	Boston · United StatesEstimated	North America	77	Expensive
32	Singapore · Singapore	Southeast Asia	76	Expensive
33	Manchester · United Kingdom	Western Europe	76	Expensive
34	Adelaide · AustraliaEstimated	Oceania	75	Expensive
35	Stockholm · SwedenEstimated	Europe	75	Expensive
36	Vienna · Austria	Western Europe	74	Expensive
37	Manama · BahrainEstimated	Middle East	73	Expensive
38	Rome · Italy	Southern Europe	73	Expensive
39	Barcelona · Spain	Southern Europe	73	Expensive
40	Lyon · France	Western Europe	72	Expensive
41	Helsinki · FinlandEstimated	Europe	72	Expensive
42	Madrid · Spain	Southern Europe	70	Expensive
43	Calgary · CanadaEstimated	North America	70	Expensive
44	Berlin · Germany	Western Europe	69	Expensive
45	Dubai · UAE	Middle East	68	Expensive
46	Doha · Qatar	Middle East	67	Expensive
47	Florence · ItalyEstimated	Europe	67	Expensive
48	Nice · FranceEstimated	Europe	67	Expensive
49	Lisbon · Portugal	Southern Europe	66	Expensive
50	Vilnius · LithuaniaEstimated	Europe	66	Expensive
51	Abu Dhabi · UAE	Middle East	65	Expensive
52	Seville · SpainEstimated	Europe	65	Expensive
53	Hong Kong · Hong Kong	East Asia	64	Expensive
54	Tokyo · Japan	East Asia	63	Expensive
55	Fukuoka · JapanEstimated	East Asia	62	Expensive
56	Porto · PortugalEstimated	Europe	61	Expensive
57	Seoul · South Korea	East Asia	60	Expensive
58	Kuwait City · Kuwait	Middle East	60	Expensive
59	Ankara · TurkeyEstimated	Middle East	60	Expensive
60	Riga · LatviaEstimated	Europe	60	Expensive
61	Macau · Macau	East Asia	59	Moderate
62	Muscat · OmanEstimated	Middle East	58	Moderate
63	Prague · Czech Republic	Eastern Europe	57	Moderate
64	Osaka · Japan	East Asia	56	Moderate
65	Athens · Greece	Southern Europe	55	Moderate
66	Tallinn · Estonia	Eastern Europe	55	Moderate
67	Almaty · KazakhstanEstimated	Central Asia	55	Moderate
68	Kyoto · Japan	East Asia	53	Moderate
69	Panama City · Panama	Central America	53	Moderate
70	Riyadh · Saudi Arabia	Middle East	52	Moderate
71	Zagreb · Croatia	Southern Europe	52	Moderate
72	Warsaw · Poland	Eastern Europe	52	Moderate
73	Montevideo · Uruguay	South America	51	Moderate
74	Busan · South Korea	East Asia	50	Moderate
75	Shanghai · China	East Asia	50	Moderate
76	Mexico City · Mexico	North America	50	Moderate
77	Belgrade · SerbiaEstimated	Europe	50	Moderate
78	San José · Costa Rica	Central America	49	Moderate
79	Beijing · China	East Asia	46	Moderate
80	Krakow · Poland	Eastern Europe	46	Moderate
81	Rio de Janeiro · Brazil	South America	46	Moderate
82	Santiago · Chile	South America	46	Moderate
83	Tbilisi · GeorgiaEstimated	Central Asia	46	Moderate
84	Shenzhen · China	East Asia	45	Moderate
85	Budapest · Hungary	Eastern Europe	44	Moderate
86	Taipei · Taiwan	East Asia	43	Moderate
87	São Paulo · Brazil	South America	43	Moderate
88	Chengdu · ChinaEstimated	East Asia	42	Moderate
89	Guangzhou · China	East Asia	40	Moderate
90	Bangkok · Thailand	Southeast Asia	39	Affordable
91	Santo Domingo · Dominican Republic	Central America	39	Affordable
92	Beirut · Lebanon	Middle East	38	Affordable
93	Curitiba · BrazilEstimated	South America	38	Affordable
94	Cartagena · ColombiaEstimated	South America	38	Affordable
95	Kingston · Jamaica	Central America	38	Affordable
96	Asuncion · ParaguayEstimated	South America	37	Affordable
97	Amman · Jordan	Middle East	36	Affordable
98	Bucharest · Romania	Eastern Europe	36	Affordable
99	Kaohsiung · Taiwan	East Asia	34	Affordable
100	Cape Town · South Africa	Africa	34	Affordable
101	Accra · Ghana	Africa	34	Affordable
102	Algiers · AlgeriaEstimated	Africa	34	Affordable
103	Moscow · Russia	Eastern Europe	32	Affordable
104	Quito · Ecuador	South America	32	Affordable
105	Caracas · Venezuela	South America	32	Affordable
106	Guatemala City · Guatemala	Central America	31	Affordable
107	Lima · Peru	South America	30	Affordable
108	Suva · FijiEstimated	Oceania	30	Affordable
109	Johannesburg · South Africa	Africa	30	Affordable
110	Sofia · Bulgaria	Eastern Europe	29	Affordable
111	Ulaanbaatar · Mongolia	East Asia	28	Affordable
112	Surabaya · IndonesiaEstimated	Southeast Asia	28	Affordable
113	La Paz · BoliviaEstimated	South America	28	Affordable
114	Kuala Lumpur · Malaysia	Southeast Asia	27	Affordable
115	Da Nang · VietnamEstimated	Southeast Asia	27	Affordable
116	Casablanca · Morocco	Africa	27	Affordable
117	Bogotá · Colombia	South America	26	Affordable
118	Saint Petersburg · Russia	Eastern Europe	25	Affordable
119	San Salvador · El SalvadorEstimated	Central America	25	Affordable
120	Chiang Mai · Thailand	Southeast Asia	24	Affordable
121	Manila · Philippines	Southeast Asia	24	Affordable
122	Medellín · Colombia	South America	24	Affordable
123	Tashkent · UzbekistanEstimated	Central Asia	23	Affordable
124	Bali · Indonesia	Southeast Asia	22	Affordable
125	Nairobi · Kenya	Africa	22	Affordable
126	Cebu · Philippines	Southeast Asia	20	Affordable
127	Phnom Penh · Cambodia	Southeast Asia	20	Affordable
128	Buenos Aires · Argentina	South America	19	Very Affordable
129	Jakarta · Indonesia	Southeast Asia	18	Very Affordable
130	Ho Chi Minh City · Vietnam	Southeast Asia	17	Very Affordable
131	Hanoi · Vietnam	Southeast Asia	17	Very Affordable
132	Mumbai · India	South Asia	17	Very Affordable
133	Kyiv · Ukraine	Eastern Europe	17	Very Affordable
134	Luanda · AngolaEstimated	Africa	17	Very Affordable
135	Istanbul · Turkey	Southern Europe	16	Very Affordable
136	Bangalore · India	South Asia	15	Very Affordable
137	Hyderabad · IndiaEstimated	South Asia	15	Very Affordable
138	Lagos · Nigeria	Africa	14	Very Affordable
139	Dar es Salaam · Tanzania	Africa	14	Very Affordable
140	Vientiane · Laos	Southeast Asia	12	Very Affordable
141	New Delhi · India	South Asia	11	Very Affordable
142	Tegucigalpa · HondurasEstimated	Central America	11	Very Affordable
143	Colombo · Sri Lanka	South Asia	10	Very Affordable
144	Tunis · Tunisia	Africa	10	Very Affordable
145	Addis Ababa · Ethiopia	Africa	10	Very Affordable
146	Chennai · India	South Asia	9	Very Affordable
147	Islamabad · PakistanEstimated	South Asia	9	Very Affordable
148	Abidjan · Ivory CoastEstimated	Africa	9	Very Affordable
149	Yangon · MyanmarEstimated	Southeast Asia	7	Very Affordable
150	Cairo · Egypt	Africa	7	Very Affordable
151	Dhaka · Bangladesh	South Asia	6	Very Affordable
152	Dakar · SenegalEstimated	Africa	6	Very Affordable
153	Kathmandu · Nepal	South Asia	5	Very Affordable
154	Lusaka · ZambiaEstimated	Africa	4	Very Affordable
155	Karachi · Pakistan	South Asia	3	Very Affordable
156	Havana · Cuba	Central America	3	Very Affordable
157	Kigali · RwandaEstimated	Africa	2	Very Affordable
158	Pyongyang · North Korea	East Asia	1	Very Affordable
159	Kampala · UgandaEstimated	Africa	1	Very Affordable
160	Maputo · MozambiqueEstimated	Africa	1	Very Affordable

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Prices are a dated snapshot (Feb 7, 2026), not live pricing.