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World Cost of Living

Name: Global Cost of Living Index
Creator: World Cost of Living

Compare living costs across 120 cities using real-world anchor prices. Find your next affordable destination.

Total Cities

120

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Global Average

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Most Expensive

Zurich

98 index

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Most Affordable

Pyongyang

0 index

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📐Anchor Cost Index— weighted average of

🍔Big Mac(20%)

🏠1BR Rent(30%)

🚗Uber 5km(20%)

☕Starbucks(15%)

📺YouTube(15%)

120 cities

#	City	Region	Index↓	🍔Big Mac↓	🏠1BR Rent↓	🚗Uber 5km↓	☕Starbucks↓	📺YouTube↓
1	Zurich Switzerland	Western Europe	98	$7.73	$2,800.00	$15.00	$6.50	$15.90
2	Geneva Switzerland	Western Europe	98	$7.73	$2,600.00	$14.00	$6.50	$15.90
3	New York United States	North America	93	$5.69	$3,500.00	$12.00	$5.75	$13.99
4	San Francisco United States	North America	93	$5.69	$3,200.00	$12.00	$5.75	$13.99
5	Oslo Norway	Western Europe	92	$6.26	$1,800.00	$12.00	$6.00	$14.99
6	Los Angeles United States	North America	91	$5.69	$2,500.00	$10.00	$5.75	$13.99
7	Miami United States	North America	90	$5.69	$2,400.00	$9.50	$5.50	$13.99
8	Seattle United States	North America	89	$5.69	$2,200.00	$9.00	$5.50	$13.99
9	Vancouver Canada	North America	88	$5.85	$2,300.00	$10.00	$4.75	$13.99
10	Chicago United States	North America	87	$5.69	$1,900.00	$9.00	$5.50	$13.99
11	Toronto Canada	North America	86	$5.85	$2,100.00	$9.50	$4.75	$13.99
12	London United Kingdom	Western Europe	85	$5.49	$2,200.00	$9.00	$5.50	$12.99
13	Dublin Ireland	Western Europe	85	$5.60	$2,100.00	$9.00	$5.40	$12.99
14	Copenhagen Denmark	Western Europe	85	$5.18	$1,700.00	$10.00	$5.80	$13.99
15	Austin United States	North America	83	$5.69	$1,800.00	$8.00	$5.30	$13.99
16	Denver United States	North America	83	$5.69	$1,700.00	$8.50	$5.30	$13.99
17	Sydney Australia	Oceania	82	$5.21	$2,000.00	$10.00	$4.50	$14.99
18	Paris France	Western Europe	79	$5.29	$1,800.00	$7.50	$5.20	$12.99
19	Amsterdam Netherlands	Western Europe	79	$5.45	$1,900.00	$8.00	$5.00	$12.99
20	Melbourne Australia	Oceania	79	$5.21	$1,700.00	$9.00	$4.50	$14.99
21	Tel Aviv Israel	Middle East	78	$5.60	$1,800.00	$7.00	$5.50	$8.99
22	Montreal Canada	North America	77	$5.85	$1,300.00	$8.00	$4.50	$13.99
23	Brisbane Australia	Oceania	77	$5.21	$1,500.00	$8.50	$4.50	$14.99
24	Singapore Singapore	Southeast Asia	76	$4.80	$2,500.00	$5.50	$5.00	$11.98
25	Edinburgh United Kingdom	Western Europe	75	$5.49	$1,200.00	$7.50	$5.30	$12.99
26	Munich Germany	Western Europe	75	$5.19	$1,600.00	$8.00	$5.00	$12.99
27	Perth Australia	Oceania	75	$5.21	$1,400.00	$8.00	$4.50	$14.99
28	Manchester United Kingdom	Western Europe	73	$5.49	$1,100.00	$7.00	$5.30	$12.99
29	Brussels Belgium	Western Europe	73	$5.30	$1,200.00	$7.50	$5.00	$12.99
30	Milan Italy	Southern Europe	71	$5.07	$1,400.00	$7.00	$4.80	$12.99
31	Auckland New Zealand	Oceania	71	$4.88	$1,600.00	$8.50	$4.20	$12.99
32	Berlin Germany	Western Europe	70	$5.19	$1,200.00	$6.50	$4.90	$12.99
33	Lyon France	Western Europe	68	$5.29	$950.00	$6.00	$5.00	$12.99
34	Vienna Austria	Western Europe	68	$5.10	$1,100.00	$7.00	$4.80	$12.99
35	Barcelona Spain	Southern Europe	68	$5.12	$1,200.00	$5.80	$4.60	$12.99
36	Wellington New Zealand	Oceania	68	$4.88	$1,400.00	$7.50	$4.20	$12.99
37	Doha Qatar	Middle East	67	$4.20	$1,400.00	$4.50	$5.50	$9.99
38	Dubai UAE	Middle East	66	$4.09	$1,900.00	$4.00	$5.10	$8.99
39	Rome Italy	Southern Europe	66	$5.07	$1,200.00	$6.50	$4.50	$12.99
40	Madrid Spain	Southern Europe	65	$5.12	$1,100.00	$5.50	$4.50	$12.99
41	Hong Kong Hong Kong	East Asia	63	$3.10	$2,100.00	$4.00	$5.30	$9.99
42	Abu Dhabi UAE	Middle East	63	$4.09	$1,500.00	$3.80	$5.10	$8.99
43	Kuwait City Kuwait	Middle East	61	$4.30	$1,100.00	$4.00	$5.20	$7.99
44	Lisbon Portugal	Southern Europe	60	$4.70	$1,100.00	$4.50	$4.20	$10.99
45	Seoul South Korea	East Asia	59	$4.15	$850.00	$4.50	$4.80	$10.99
46	Macau Macau	East Asia	58	$3.20	$1,200.00	$5.00	$5.00	$9.99
47	Prague Czech Republic	Eastern Europe	58	$4.34	$900.00	$4.50	$4.50	$8.99
48	Tokyo Japan	East Asia	56	$3.15	$1,100.00	$8.50	$4.10	$11.99
49	Tallinn Estonia	Eastern Europe	56	$4.50	$700.00	$4.50	$4.30	$9.99
50	Montevideo Uruguay	South America	54	$5.50	$550.00	$3.50	$5.00	$6.99
51	Riyadh Saudi Arabia	Middle East	53	$4.00	$800.00	$3.50	$5.00	$7.49
52	Panama City Panama	Central America	53	$4.30	$900.00	$3.50	$4.50	$7.99
53	Athens Greece	Southern Europe	52	$4.50	$650.00	$4.00	$4.20	$9.99
54	Osaka Japan	East Asia	51	$3.15	$750.00	$7.00	$4.10	$11.99
55	Warsaw Poland	Eastern Europe	51	$4.15	$750.00	$4.00	$4.20	$7.99
56	Busan South Korea	East Asia	50	$4.10	$550.00	$3.80	$4.70	$10.99
57	Shanghai China	East Asia	50	$3.84	$1,100.00	$4.00	$5.10	$1.88
58	Kyoto Japan	East Asia	49	$3.15	$680.00	$6.50	$4.10	$11.99
59	San José Costa Rica	Central America	49	$4.65	$650.00	$3.00	$4.50	$6.99
60	Beijing China	East Asia	47	$3.84	$950.00	$3.50	$5.10	$1.88
61	Zagreb Croatia	Southern Europe	47	$4.20	$600.00	$4.00	$4.00	$9.99
62	Shenzhen China	East Asia	46	$3.84	$900.00	$3.20	$5.10	$1.88
63	Rio de Janeiro Brazil	South America	46	$4.05	$650.00	$3.80	$4.20	$5.99
64	Krakow Poland	Eastern Europe	44	$4.15	$600.00	$3.50	$4.00	$7.99
65	Santiago Chile	South America	44	$4.65	$550.00	$3.50	$4.00	$6.49
66	Guangzhou China	East Asia	43	$3.84	$700.00	$2.80	$5.10	$1.88
67	São Paulo Brazil	South America	43	$4.05	$600.00	$3.50	$4.20	$5.99
68	Taipei Taiwan	East Asia	41	$2.68	$700.00	$4.00	$4.20	$6.99
69	Budapest Hungary	Eastern Europe	41	$3.85	$600.00	$3.50	$4.00	$6.99
70	Mexico City Mexico	North America	41	$3.79	$700.00	$3.00	$3.80	$6.99
71	Kingston Jamaica	Central America	38	$4.00	$500.00	$2.80	$4.20	$5.99
72	Santo Domingo Dominican Republic	Central America	37	$4.20	$550.00	$2.50	$4.00	$5.99
73	Caracas Venezuela	South America	36	$4.50	$400.00	$2.50	$4.50	—
74	Amman Jordan	Middle East	35	$3.60	$500.00	$2.50	$4.50	$5.99
75	Beirut Lebanon	Middle East	34	$3.20	$600.00	$2.80	$4.00	$4.99
76	Bucharest Romania	Eastern Europe	34	$3.50	$500.00	$3.00	$3.80	$6.49
77	Accra Ghana	Africa	34	$4.50	$500.00	$2.50	$4.00	$2.99
78	Bangkok Thailand	Southeast Asia	33	$4.25	$450.00	$2.50	$4.00	$4.19
79	Kaohsiung Taiwan	East Asia	32	$2.68	$450.00	$3.50	$4.20	$6.99
80	Quito Ecuador	South America	31	$4.20	$400.00	$2.00	$4.00	$7.99
81	Cape Town South Africa	Africa	30	$2.81	$650.00	$3.00	$3.20	$4.99
82	Guatemala City Guatemala	Central America	30	$3.60	$450.00	$2.50	$3.80	$5.99
83	Lima Peru	South America	29	$3.50	$450.00	$2.50	$3.80	$5.49
84	Kuala Lumpur Malaysia	Southeast Asia	27	$2.83	$500.00	$2.50	$4.00	$4.49
85	Moscow Russia	Eastern Europe	27	$2.20	$700.00	$3.00	$3.50	$2.99
86	Johannesburg South Africa	Africa	27	$2.81	$550.00	$2.80	$3.20	$4.99
87	Casablanca Morocco	Africa	27	$3.80	$400.00	$2.50	$3.80	$4.99
88	Chiang Mai Thailand	Southeast Asia	26	$4.25	$300.00	$2.00	$4.00	$4.19
89	Sofia Bulgaria	Eastern Europe	26	$3.30	$450.00	$2.50	$3.50	$5.99
90	Ulaanbaatar Mongolia	East Asia	23	$3.50	$400.00	$2.00	$3.80	$4.99
91	Manila Philippines	Southeast Asia	23	$3.66	$400.00	$2.00	$3.70	$4.29
92	Bogotá Colombia	South America	22	$3.45	$400.00	$2.30	$3.50	$4.49
93	Bali Indonesia	Southeast Asia	20	$2.54	$550.00	$1.80	$3.50	$3.29
94	Cebu Philippines	Southeast Asia	20	$3.66	$320.00	$1.80	$3.70	$4.29
95	Phnom Penh Cambodia	Southeast Asia	20	$3.50	$400.00	$1.50	$4.00	$3.99
96	Saint Petersburg Russia	Eastern Europe	20	$2.20	$550.00	$2.50	$3.30	$2.99
97	Medellín Colombia	South America	20	$3.45	$380.00	$2.00	$3.50	$4.49
98	Nairobi Kenya	Africa	20	$3.50	$400.00	$2.00	$3.50	$3.99
99	Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam	Southeast Asia	18	$3.20	$400.00	$1.80	$3.80	$2.99
100	Hanoi Vietnam	Southeast Asia	17	$3.20	$380.00	$1.70	$3.80	$2.99
101	Mumbai India	South Asia	17	$2.49	$500.00	$2.00	$3.50	$1.99
102	Buenos Aires Argentina	South America	16	$3.75	$350.00	$2.00	$3.50	$1.15
103	Jakarta Indonesia	Southeast Asia	15	$2.54	$450.00	$1.50	$3.50	$3.29
104	Bangalore India	South Asia	15	$2.49	$420.00	$1.90	$3.50	$1.99
105	Kyiv Ukraine	Eastern Europe	13	$2.45	$400.00	$2.00	$3.20	$2.99
106	Vientiane Laos	Southeast Asia	12	$3.00	$300.00	$1.20	$3.50	$3.49
107	Dar es Salaam Tanzania	Africa	12	$3.00	$350.00	$1.80	$3.20	$2.49
108	New Delhi India	South Asia	11	$2.49	$400.00	$1.80	$3.50	$1.99
109	Lagos Nigeria	Africa	11	$3.00	$350.00	$1.80	$3.00	$2.29
110	Chennai India	South Asia	9	$2.49	$350.00	$1.70	$3.50	$1.99
111	Colombo Sri Lanka	South Asia	9	$2.90	$280.00	$1.50	$3.20	$2.49
112	Istanbul Turkey	Southern Europe	8	$2.30	$350.00	$2.00	$2.80	$1.65
113	Tunis Tunisia	Africa	8	$2.60	$250.00	$1.50	$3.00	$3.49
114	Addis Ababa Ethiopia	Africa	7	$2.80	$300.00	$1.50	$2.50	$1.99
115	Dhaka Bangladesh	South Asia	5	$2.80	$250.00	$1.20	$3.00	$1.49
116	Kathmandu Nepal	South Asia	4	$2.70	$200.00	$1.00	$3.00	$1.79
117	Cairo Egypt	Africa	4	$2.10	$250.00	$1.50	$2.80	$2.49
118	Karachi Pakistan	South Asia	3	$2.40	$220.00	$1.30	$3.00	$1.29
119	Havana Cuba	Central America	1	—	$200.00	$1.00	—	—
120	Pyongyang North Korea	East Asia	0	—	$50.00	$0.50	—	—