Rank |
City |
Cost of Living Index |
Rent Index |
Cost of Living Plus Rent Index |
Groceries Index |
Restaurant Price Index |
Local Purchasing Power Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwait City, Kuwait | 87.0 | 43.6 | 66.1 | 108.2 | 43.9 | 117.1 | |
| Tokyo, Japan | 85.1 | 49.6 | 68.0 | 91.1 | 53.3 | 113.5 | |
| Singapore, Singapore | 83.7 | 73.9 | 79.0 | 75.8 | 53.8 | 110.5 | |
| Kyoto, Japan | 82.7 | 25.5 | 55.2 | 96.4 | 43.2 | 96.2 | |
| Busan, South Korea | 81.7 | 17.7 | 51.0 | 87.9 | 52.6 | 122.1 | |
| Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) | 81.5 | 82.6 | 82.0 | 88.8 | 50.7 | 102.3 | |
| Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 81.1 | 38.3 | 60.5 | 70.1 | 89.2 | 92.2 | |
| Osaka, Japan | 80.6 | 21.8 | 52.3 | 85.7 | 50.8 | 109.9 | |
| Seoul, South Korea | 78.3 | 47.7 | 63.6 | 91.9 | 44.7 | 116.9 | |
| Rehovot, Israel | 77.8 | 22.1 | 51.0 | 62.3 | 82.2 | 109.2 | |
| Jerusalem, Israel | 73.3 | 29.0 | 52.0 | 61.5 | 77.0 | 104.8 | |
| Haifa, Israel | 73.0 | 20.4 | 47.7 | 62.4 | 74.5 | 112.9 | |
| Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 70.1 | 77.1 | 73.5 | 60.5 | 63.7 | 129.7 | |
| Doha, Qatar | 70.0 | 75.1 | 72.5 | 59.4 | 69.9 | 144.0 | |
| Ad Dammam, Saudi Arabia | 68.0 | 13.5 | 41.8 | 83.9 | 32.2 | 129.5 | |
| Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 66.5 | 35.4 | 51.5 | 68.0 | 36.0 | 20.6 | |
| Beirut, Lebanon | 66.4 | 42.8 | 55.1 | 49.1 | 68.7 | 65.4 | |
| Nicosia, Cyprus | 65.0 | 13.6 | 40.3 | 60.4 | 60.8 | 76.3 | |
| Erbil (Irbil), Iraq | 62.8 | 23.5 | 43.9 | 46.6 | 59.6 | 41.3 | |
| Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 61.5 | 69.3 | 65.3 | 56.4 | 58.6 | 158.2 | |
| Shanghai, China | 60.5 | 38.0 | 49.7 | 68.0 | 44.1 | 83.1 | |
| Paphos, Cyprus | 59.7 | 10.3 | 36.0 | 48.5 | 55.5 | 89.6 | |
| Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | 57.9 | 29.8 | 44.4 | 50.5 | 48.7 | 141.5 | |
| Male, Maldives | 57.0 | 29.7 | 43.9 | 60.5 | 35.9 | 35.9 | |
| Taipei, Taiwan | 56.7 | 18.4 | 38.3 | 64.4 | 26.8 | 126.1 | |
| Shenzhen, China | 56.4 | 36.1 | 46.7 | 62.7 | 35.4 | 102.8 | |
| Limassol, Cyprus | 56.0 | 14.9 | 36.2 | 44.6 | 67.4 | 111.7 | |
| Muscat, Oman | 55.6 | 28.3 | 42.5 | 51.1 | 47.0 | 157.5 | |
| Amman, Jordan | 55.1 | 13.4 | 35.1 | 44.7 | 53.4 | 50.3 | |
| Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei | 54.0 | 15.0 | 35.2 | 49.1 | 33.2 | 75.3 | |
| Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 53.3 | 18.4 | 36.5 | 58.2 | 25.8 | 20.0 | |
| Yangon, Myanmar | 53.0 | 20.2 | 37.2 | 51.3 | 26.5 | 28.3 | |
| Beijing, China | 51.4 | 43.6 | 47.7 | 53.7 | 32.9 | 85.7 | |
| Baghdad, Iraq | 51.0 | 16.7 | 34.5 | 39.6 | 38.7 | 59.9 | |
| Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 50.9 | 10.2 | 31.4 | 60.2 | 22.2 | 79.6 | |
| Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia | 50.6 | 14.1 | 33.1 | 42.8 | 31.4 | 133.6 | |
| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 50.1 | 16.6 | 34.0 | 43.6 | 31.9 | 184.1 | |
| Manama, Bahrain | 49.3 | 31.3 | 40.7 | 44.4 | 56.8 | 107.5 | |
| Phuket, Thailand | 48.8 | 14.6 | 32.4 | 53.1 | 29.8 | 45.3 | |
| Bangkok, Thailand | 48.7 | 24.0 | 36.8 | 54.7 | 24.5 | 50.3 | |
| Istanbul, Turkey | 48.7 | 14.9 | 32.5 | 43.5 | 33.3 | 60.2 | |
| Makati, Philippines | 48.7 | 29.2 | 39.3 | 52.2 | 26.9 | 44.7 | |
| Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 45.8 | 12.8 | 29.9 | 40.8 | 29.9 | 29.7 | |
| Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia | 44.3 | 7.7 | 26.7 | 44.9 | 22.7 | 70.4 | |
| Tehran, Iran | 44.3 | 24.0 | 34.5 | 43.0 | 37.6 | 47.1 | |
| Guangzhou, China | 44.3 | 23.7 | 34.4 | 51.5 | 23.3 | 113.0 | |
| Ankara, Turkey | 44.0 | 8.2 | 26.8 | 41.3 | 31.2 | 81.9 | |
| Jakarta, Indonesia | 43.9 | 23.3 | 34.0 | 48.1 | 25.7 | 37.5 | |
| Bursa, Turkey | 43.6 | 6.2 | 25.6 | 39.8 | 28.2 | 80.7 | |
| Pattaya, Thailand | 43.5 | 18.6 | 31.5 | 49.3 | 22.8 | 21.3 | |
| Izmir, Turkey | 43.5 | 9.6 | 27.2 | 39.7 | 31.2 | 66.7 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 42.5 | 16.6 | 30.0 | 44.1 | 20.4 | 25.0 | |
| Antalya, Turkey | 42.5 | 7.1 | 25.5 | 38.5 | 29.0 | 59.6 | |
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 42.3 | 17.1 | 30.2 | 44.6 | 22.9 | 96.6 | |
| Penang, Malaysia | 41.8 | 8.6 | 25.8 | 46.2 | 22.2 | 91.1 | |
| Hanoi, Vietnam | 41.5 | 12.8 | 27.7 | 38.6 | 19.8 | 31.0 | |
| Manila, Philippines | 41.5 | 14.8 | 28.7 | 39.7 | 25.5 | 46.5 | |
| Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia | 39.8 | 9.9 | 25.5 | 47.7 | 17.2 | 122.3 | |
| Petaling Jaya, Malaysia | 38.9 | 11.5 | 25.7 | 38.8 | 21.3 | 112.2 | |
| Dhaka, Bangladesh | 38.6 | 6.6 | 23.2 | 35.1 | 23.3 | 43.2 | |
| Johor Bahru, Malaysia | 38.2 | 11.5 | 25.4 | 41.5 | 19.0 | 72.4 | |
| Colombo, Sri Lanka | 38.1 | 11.9 | 25.5 | 42.0 | 24.7 | 27.0 | |
| Cebu, Philippines | 37.4 | 11.8 | 25.1 | 37.9 | 24.4 | 29.5 | |
| Yerevan, Armenia | 36.7 | 10.7 | 24.2 | 28.6 | 31.4 | 34.4 | |
| Surabaya, Indonesia | 36.0 | 14.6 | 25.7 | 39.3 | 22.4 | 32.2 | |
| Quezon City, Philippines | 35.5 | 7.4 | 22.0 | 31.1 | 21.5 | 58.1 | |
| Bali, Indonesia | 35.2 | 12.5 | 24.3 | 38.4 | 21.3 | 34.2 | |
| Davao, Philippines | 34.6 | 4.9 | 20.3 | 34.4 | 16.7 | 42.1 | |
| Bandung, Indonesia | 34.1 | 6.5 | 20.8 | 40.6 | 14.5 | 30.9 | |
| Islamabad, Pakistan | 33.3 | 8.4 | 21.3 | 30.6 | 25.0 | 39.2 | |
| Chiang Mai, Thailand | 32.9 | 13.0 | 23.3 | 35.8 | 17.8 | 55.9 | |
| Gurgaon, India | 31.5 | 9.6 | 21.0 | 30.6 | 24.8 | 116.7 | |
| Almaty, Kazakhstan | 31.3 | 11.1 | 21.6 | 25.2 | 33.6 | 61.8 | |
| Damascus, Syria | 31.1 | 9.2 | 20.6 | 27.7 | 28.9 | 26.1 | |
| Baku, Azerbaijan | 30.7 | 11.5 | 21.5 | 26.1 | 31.1 | 40.4 | |
| Kathmandu, Nepal | 30.7 | 4.6 | 18.2 | 28.5 | 16.2 | 27.9 | |
| Medan, Indonesia | 30.6 | 3.6 | 17.7 | 32.0 | 15.0 | 46.9 | |
| Valenzuela, Philippines | 30.2 | 3.5 | 17.4 | 32.4 | 14.3 | 44.0 | |
| Tbilisi, Georgia | 29.6 | 11.4 | 20.8 | 25.6 | 27.0 | 30.8 | |
| Thane, India | 29.3 | 9.9 | 20.0 | 28.9 | 19.9 | 56.6 | |
| Mumbai, India | 28.9 | 18.6 | 24.0 | 30.6 | 20.4 | 83.2 | |
| Delhi, India | 28.7 | 9.3 | 19.4 | 27.4 | 21.2 | 85.3 | |
| Lahore, Pakistan | 28.7 | 6.0 | 17.8 | 26.7 | 21.8 | 45.6 | |
| Karachi, Pakistan | 28.6 | 5.9 | 17.7 | 27.5 | 20.8 | 50.8 | |
| Pune, India | 26.6 | 7.2 | 17.3 | 28.5 | 17.2 | 109.1 | |
| Ludhiana, India | 26.4 | 4.7 | 16.0 | 25.3 | 18.7 | 60.4 | |
| Nasik, India | 26.3 | 4.8 | 16.0 | 28.7 | 16.3 | 56.7 | |
| Chandigarh, India | 26.2 | 6.3 | 16.6 | 27.6 | 17.2 | 65.6 | |
| Bhopal, India | 26.1 | 3.5 | 15.2 | 22.4 | 15.4 | 57.3 | |
| Vadodara, India | 26.0 | 4.4 | 15.6 | 28.7 | 15.8 | 72.1 | |
| Bangalore, India | 25.9 | 8.4 | 17.5 | 27.1 | 15.0 | 113.9 | |
| Noida, India | 25.7 | 7.0 | 16.7 | 24.6 | 20.1 | 85.3 | |
| Jalandhar, India | 25.6 | 3.6 | 15.0 | 24.2 | 24.5 | 50.1 | |
| Jaipur, India | 25.5 | 4.5 | 15.4 | 26.4 | 13.5 | 74.0 | |
| Navi Mumbai, India | 25.4 | 9.2 | 17.6 | 24.9 | 20.6 | 104.6 | |
| Goa, India | 25.2 | 6.9 | 16.4 | 25.2 | 18.3 | 81.7 | |
| Visakhapatnam, India | 25.2 | 4.7 | 15.3 | 26.9 | 12.0 | 46.4 | |
| Surat, India | 25.0 | 4.2 | 15.0 | 25.4 | 17.6 | 87.1 | |
| Chennai, India | 24.9 | 6.7 | 16.2 | 26.9 | 14.4 | 100.6 | |
| Lucknow (Lakhnau), India | 24.9 | 5.0 | 15.3 | 25.5 | 14.6 | 90.5 | |
| Kolkata, India | 24.8 | 6.0 | 15.8 | 25.6 | 16.7 | 80.6 | |
| Nagpur, India | 24.6 | 4.1 | 14.7 | 26.6 | 16.8 | 74.3 | |
| Mysore, India | 24.6 | 4.6 | 15.0 | 31.1 | 11.7 | 42.4 | |
| Hyderabad, India | 24.1 | 5.7 | 15.2 | 26.3 | 13.9 | 94.6 | |
| Indore, India | 24.0 | 4.1 | 14.5 | 23.7 | 17.1 | 49.2 | |
| Guwahati, India | 24.0 | 4.0 | 14.4 | 26.9 | 14.2 | 53.3 | |
| Vijayawada, India | 23.8 | 4.3 | 14.5 | 24.7 | 12.2 | 62.7 | |
| Ahmedabad, India | 22.7 | 4.9 | 14.1 | 23.8 | 14.5 | 79.1 | |
| Bhubaneswar, India | 22.4 | 4.1 | 13.6 | 23.2 | 13.2 | 78.0 | |
| Kochi, India | 22.1 | 5.3 | 14.0 | 23.3 | 11.9 | 91.0 | |
| Madurai, India | 21.8 | 4.3 | 13.4 | 22.1 | 11.7 | 89.9 | |
| Coimbatore, India | 21.1 | 4.4 | 13.0 | 21.9 | 14.1 | 67.7 | |
| Thiruvananthapuram, India | 20.6 | 3.6 | 12.4 | 21.5 | 12.7 | 86.9 |