Cost of Living Index by City 2011

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Local Purchasing Power Index
Oslo, Norway 149.3 55.3 115.5 141.8 149.4 91.3
Stavanger, Norway 145.7 73.8 119.9 154.8 159.3 81.5
Zurich, Switzerland 143.9 84.8 122.7 133.2 135.1 137.4
Geneva, Switzerland 143.7 87.6 123.5 146.5 132.7 132.6
Bergen, Norway 142.5 52.1 110.0 145.1 139.2 109.0
Basel, Switzerland 141.1 50.9 108.7 144.0 115.1 130.5
Lausanne, Switzerland 136.4 54.8 107.1 148.8 110.2 118.5
Lucerne, Switzerland 133.0 89.1 117.2 155.3 95.2 106.1
Perth, Australia 130.1 48.0 100.6 128.4 113.5 121.6
Copenhagen, Denmark 123.9 56.7 99.8 105.7 139.0 99.6
Dublin, Ireland 118.2 56.6 96.1 126.4 112.0 93.4
Darwin, Australia 115.5 61.8 96.2 98.6 119.6 110.3
Amsterdam, Netherlands 114.2 61.9 95.4 70.2 124.4 83.5
Sydney, Australia 113.1 80.4 101.4 124.9 88.8 105.2
Paris, France 112.0 67.5 96.0 95.7 105.8 68.5
Brussels, Belgium 111.5 48.7 88.9 87.6 125.8 85.4
Brugge, Belgium 110.3 33.1 82.5 85.3 104.7 79.8
Gothenburg, Sweden 110.1 29.1 81.0 98.2 92.0 71.5
Brisbane, Australia 109.3 48.8 87.6 113.4 90.1 119.2
Cambridge, United Kingdom 107.8 52.2 87.8 107.7 123.0 97.5
Rome, Italy 107.0 64.9 91.9 81.6 128.3 54.9
Poitiers, France 106.9 22.7 76.7 92.9 104.5 95.5
Auckland, New Zealand 106.9 31.7 79.9 101.1 96.1 85.1
Cagliari, Italy 106.1 25.6 77.2 67.6 136.8 66.4
Vienna, Austria 105.9 47.2 84.8 90.7 81.2 97.1
Canberra, Australia 105.9 37.1 81.2 103.7 80.6 117.5
Turin, Italy 105.5 40.2 82.0 84.1 104.8 52.1
Aarhus, Denmark 105.5 77.7 95.5 88.2 115.6 77.2
Melbourne, Australia 105.2 49.8 85.3 103.6 82.0 106.3
London, United Kingdom 105.1 84.5 97.7 90.2 102.7 94.7
Stockholm, Sweden 104.8 38.7 81.1 87.5 102.7 83.7
Milan, Italy 103.9 58.7 87.7 89.1 110.1 58.5
Hanover, Germany 103.7 31.3 77.7 81.9 73.8 89.6
Bologna, Italy 103.4 47.2 83.2 103.6 95.4 132.1
Vancouver, Canada 103.2 66.1 89.8 110.0 85.1 85.2
Hamburg, Germany 103.1 33.6 78.1 96.9 80.0 91.4
Fort McMurray, Canada 102.9 54.4 85.5 101.0 76.8 126.0
Calgary, Canada 102.8 46.2 82.4 107.5 80.3 127.0
Helsinki, Finland 102.7 54.3 85.3 91.2 93.3 106.2
Bath, United Kingdom 102.7 48.0 83.0 105.6 93.7 43.4
Tokyo, Japan 100.0 77.6 92.0 89.7 83.3 114.0
New York, NY, United States 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Lyon, France 99.4 43.7 79.4 77.5 116.3 86.6
Brighton, United Kingdom 98.4 60.5 84.8 88.4 105.0 133.2
Thunder Bay, Canada 97.7 46.7 79.4 105.2 54.6 101.6
San Juan, Puerto Rico 97.1 32.6 73.9 71.8 81.2 22.5
Leeds, United Kingdom 96.6 41.9 77.0 90.1 108.7 86.4
Edmonton, Canada 95.7 37.2 74.7 107.1 70.8 83.0
Halifax, Canada 95.6 37.1 74.6 106.1 79.0 89.1
Birmingham, United Kingdom 95.2 46.1 77.6 100.3 70.8 59.2
Ashdod, Israel 94.4 28.5 70.7 88.8 79.6 132.6
Seattle, WA, United States 93.7 45.8 76.5 94.1 85.6 124.9
Waterloo, Canada 93.4 30.4 70.8 88.7 79.2 99.0
Brasilia, Brazil 93.3 34.0 72.0 52.8 76.4 63.8
Reykjavik, Iceland 93.3 35.4 72.5 111.7 90.0 93.8
Madrid, Spain 93.2 49.1 77.4 71.5 83.5 62.8
Athens, Greece 93.1 22.7 67.8 77.1 83.9 46.5
Munich, Germany 93.0 49.8 77.5 89.4 84.6 123.8
Wellington, New Zealand 92.6 31.7 70.7 98.9 81.8 116.6
Phoenix, AZ, United States 91.6 36.3 71.8 75.6 67.8 112.9
Toronto, Canada 91.6 53.4 77.9 101.7 65.9 122.7
Sao Paulo, Brazil 91.4 38.1 72.2 59.8 63.3 68.6
Christchurch, New Zealand 91.1 30.9 69.5 98.5 73.9 74.4
Winnipeg, Canada 90.2 31.3 69.0 101.2 62.1 89.6
Hamilton, Canada 89.8 29.7 68.2 88.9 72.4 103.1
Boston, MA, United States 89.8 60.8 79.4 88.7 79.3 128.9
Oxford, United Kingdom 89.2 61.7 79.3 91.3 85.3 100.5
Los Angeles, CA, United States 89.2 63.1 79.8 80.8 68.2 130.4
Tampa, FL, United States 89.1 35.0 69.7 61.2 62.2 104.8
Montreal, Canada 89.1 40.7 71.7 95.4 74.8 107.3
Bradford, United Kingdom 88.9 41.2 71.8 93.3 60.4 46.6
Singapore, Singapore 88.8 84.9 87.4 88.2 52.7 82.5
San Francisco, CA, United States 88.1 95.8 90.8 82.8 72.7 107.1
Miami, FL, United States 87.9 62.0 78.6 68.6 79.0 85.6
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 87.7 93.9 89.9 68.4 118.2 80.5
Nicosia, Cyprus 87.2 30.2 66.7 76.8 90.8 92.1
San Diego, CA, United States 86.6 65.1 78.9 78.5 95.5 102.8
Boise, ID, United States 86.3 28.7 65.6 71.9 56.7 120.4
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 86.1 43.5 70.8 52.7 67.0 51.9
Dallas, TX, United States 85.9 38.3 68.8 77.6 59.0 127.6
Seixal, Portugal 85.4 46.6 71.5 63.7 59.9 42.0
Pamplona, Spain 84.6 43.0 69.7 44.4 78.8 55.2
Berlin, Germany 84.6 36.1 67.2 73.0 63.8 119.3
Minneapolis, MN, United States 83.5 45.0 69.7 87.8 78.2 123.2
Barcelona, Spain 83.1 40.4 67.8 59.5 67.0 60.8
Rabat, Morocco 82.8 29.4 63.6 65.7 43.3 10.4
Atlanta, GA, United States 82.5 37.8 66.5 68.3 66.2 103.0
San Jose, CA, United States 81.9 65.1 75.9 84.0 59.3 125.6
Regina, Canada 81.6 37.0 65.6 96.9 73.4 114.3
Frankfurt, Germany 81.3 40.6 66.7 69.1 72.1 136.2
Sliema, Malta 81.1 30.2 62.8 67.7 77.7 81.6
Ottawa, Canada 80.5 40.5 66.1 82.3 68.7 137.0
Porto, Portugal 79.9 34.3 63.5 48.1 54.5 47.6
New Orleans, LA, United States 79.6 47.3 68.0 59.8 54.7 70.9
Louisville, KY, United States 79.3 21.3 58.5 73.9 53.1 95.4
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) 79.3 81.9 80.2 72.5 57.4 76.6
Seville (Sevilla), Spain 79.3 37.5 64.3 61.1 66.8 66.8
Memphis, TN, United States 79.1 36.9 63.9 64.9 55.8 93.0
Philadelphia, PA, United States 78.6 61.1 72.3 73.5 66.8 112.2
Milwaukee, WI, United States 78.2 36.1 63.1 72.4 73.6 103.3
Pretoria, South Africa 77.6 49.2 67.4 71.0 65.3 52.9
Hartford, CT, United States 77.0 57.1 69.9 102.5 55.4 116.1
Preston, United Kingdom 76.6 39.5 63.3 86.7 75.8 106.9
San Jose, Costa Rica 76.4 24.4 57.7 84.6 66.8 37.5
Zagreb, Croatia 75.5 24.8 57.3 68.0 53.0 48.5
Lisbon, Portugal 74.6 30.2 58.7 52.8 55.6 56.8
San Antonio, TX, United States 74.4 30.4 58.6 67.3 76.5 117.7
Kansas City, MO, United States 74.4 42.9 63.1 67.5 58.0 96.8
Londrina, Brazil 74.3 26.6 57.2 53.3 44.7 34.6
Moscow, Russia 74.2 64.1 70.6 49.4 82.2 34.4
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 74.2 75.1 74.5 55.0 84.1 134.5
Cleveland, OH, United States 74.1 41.1 62.2 65.8 64.6 119.4
Istanbul, Turkey 73.8 31.0 58.4 61.2 47.0 65.6
Cape Town, South Africa 73.7 28.1 57.4 54.5 60.4 96.6
Austin, TX, United States 73.4 46.6 63.8 73.6 61.2 130.5
Riga, Latvia 73.2 21.0 54.5 48.9 77.1 29.6
Ljubljana, Slovenia 73.2 34.6 59.3 60.2 59.8 70.1
Detroit, MI, United States 72.4 32.9 58.2 67.7 59.1 98.9
Casablanca, Morocco 72.3 18.0 52.8 74.6 56.3 11.9
Montevideo, Uruguay 72.1 18.3 52.8 61.0 52.4 44.1
Fresno, CA, United States 71.6 30.9 57.0 70.2 56.6 99.6
Curitiba, Brazil 71.4 21.2 53.4 48.9 34.6 48.6
Balneario Camboriu, Brazil 70.8 21.1 53.0 40.6 43.4 81.2
Albuquerque, NM, United States 70.4 35.5 57.9 75.6 58.3 116.8
Johannesburg, South Africa 70.3 42.5 60.3 59.1 48.7 46.8
Valencia, Spain 68.3 23.6 52.2 42.6 64.7 79.5
Gaziantep, Turkey 68.0 10.1 47.2 47.9 46.2 56.3
Santander, Spain 68.0 36.8 56.8 56.1 62.3 64.5
Koper, Slovenia 67.5 22.1 51.2 74.1 40.9 57.2
Baku, Azerbaijan 67.3 59.5 64.5 47.0 57.8 33.0
Bratislava, Slovakia 66.8 28.9 53.2 58.0 46.6 63.7
Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom 66.8 27.3 52.6 60.0 46.5 96.2
Mugla, Turkey 66.8 17.2 49.0 47.0 47.1 28.2
Seoul, South Korea 66.7 32.7 54.5 81.3 58.0 124.1
Santiago, Chile 64.7 18.1 48.0 52.5 59.1 57.5
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 64.7 28.6 51.8 38.5 60.2 64.7
Vitoria, Brazil 64.3 15.9 46.9 48.5 39.0 32.7
Prague, Czech Republic 64.2 34.0 53.4 51.5 43.3 65.6
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 64.1 26.7 50.7 57.5 47.7 34.7
Vilnius, Lithuania 64.1 19.7 48.1 57.9 42.4 32.4
Cancun, Mexico 63.7 21.3 48.5 48.7 53.7 34.8
Amman, Jordan 63.3 19.9 47.7 60.2 45.2 34.2
Budapest, Hungary 63.1 26.6 50.0 62.1 47.4 37.3
Ankara, Turkey 62.5 24.2 48.8 54.4 49.7 68.6
Antalya, Turkey 62.3 11.9 44.2 48.1 44.9 42.4
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain 62.3 27.0 49.6 48.9 50.4 76.8
Tallinn, Estonia 62.0 17.4 46.0 45.6 66.9 65.8
Osijek, Croatia 61.6 14.5 44.7 60.7 39.9 35.1
Brno, Czech Republic 60.9 26.9 48.7 47.2 46.0 54.2
Belgrade, Serbia 59.9 21.3 46.0 39.9 47.1 30.8
Budva, Montenegro 59.5 22.9 46.4 44.8 48.9 27.6
Saint Petersburg, Russia 59.1 33.7 50.0 39.9 57.4 41.2
Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina 58.9 9.4 41.1 49.6 38.6 41.2
Yerevan, Armenia 58.7 25.9 46.9 27.6 47.4 17.4
Poznan, Poland 57.4 14.2 41.9 46.3 48.3 78.5
Warsaw, Poland 57.2 29.2 47.2 38.7 44.7 67.1
Medellin, Colombia 56.9 11.7 40.7 42.9 36.5 19.9
Buenos Aires, Argentina 56.8 19.5 43.4 51.3 44.3 49.1
Sofia, Bulgaria 56.7 20.8 43.8 47.8 38.6 36.2
Mexico City, Mexico 56.6 20.6 43.7 50.0 40.0 42.6
Taipei, Taiwan 56.3 24.1 44.8 58.6 33.2 89.7
Damascus, Syria 56.1 15.1 41.4 47.7 42.0 19.6
Bogota, Colombia 56.0 19.6 42.9 50.5 35.5 41.1
Shanghai, China 55.9 32.5 47.5 59.8 47.9 30.2
Caracas, Venezuela 55.8 34.9 48.3 48.3 57.0 45.1
Quito, Ecuador 55.0 19.3 42.2 56.7 39.3 38.5
Wroclaw, Poland 54.8 20.2 42.3 44.2 56.4 58.3
Jakarta, Indonesia 54.1 24.1 43.3 59.5 29.9 24.7
Krakow (Cracow), Poland 52.1 23.4 41.8 48.5 35.5 50.4
Guadalajara, Mexico 52.0 14.9 38.7 52.3 44.1 89.1
Cairo, Egypt 51.3 21.3 40.5 46.1 37.9 13.3
Cluj-Napoca, Romania 51.3 11.0 36.8 42.3 32.3 34.9
Banja Luka, Bosnia And Herzegovina 51.3 13.2 37.6 48.5 41.8 43.9
Beijing, China 51.2 28.3 43.0 55.1 27.2 32.5
Minsk, Belarus 50.6 19.1 39.3 40.5 58.4 20.6
Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine 50.4 26.3 41.8 31.9 49.5 39.3
Monterrey, Mexico 50.4 17.4 38.5 37.0 44.3 67.9
Panama City, Panama 50.3 21.7 40.1 39.2 38.4 69.7
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 50.1 15.0 37.5 45.1 25.6 86.9
Bucharest, Romania 49.9 16.7 38.0 40.4 38.8 34.7
Constanta, Romania 49.6 11.6 36.0 38.9 38.3 40.4
'afrin, Syria 48.9 5.4 33.3 34.5 53.6 24.3
Lima, Peru 48.8 18.1 37.8 50.1 39.8 48.3
Iasi, Romania 47.0 16.8 36.1 40.2 27.6 34.1
Skopje, North Macedonia 45.2 14.5 34.1 36.3 30.5 37.5
Isfahan (Esfahan), Iran 45.0 15.7 34.5 37.1 29.5 58.8
Hanoi, Vietnam 44.4 38.0 42.1 40.3 31.2 51.3
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 44.4 18.5 35.1 56.0 27.6 34.6
Bangkok, Thailand 44.3 24.0 37.0 47.0 25.2 22.0
Tarnow, Poland 44.0 7.9 31.0 33.7 22.5 49.6
Nairobi, Kenya 44.0 20.5 35.5 39.0 32.4 34.2
Manila, Philippines 43.3 10.7 31.6 32.4 18.5 31.4
Cebu, Philippines 41.2 7.7 29.2 39.3 16.0 54.9
Quezon City, Philippines 41.2 13.7 31.3 35.5 23.9 31.8
Gurgaon, India 39.0 11.3 29.1 31.0 19.6 71.2
La Paz, Bolivia 39.0 16.6 31.0 25.9 28.0 58.9
Ahmedabad, India 37.0 5.5 25.7 44.1 21.8 38.6
Lahore, Pakistan 37.0 7.7 26.5 32.8 24.9 26.0
Delhi, India 36.8 12.1 28.0 32.6 22.3 64.7
Changchun, China 34.0 5.2 23.7 37.9 15.2 36.8
Davao, Philippines 33.2 10.9 25.2 31.9 18.0 50.3
Bangalore, India 33.0 11.1 25.1 30.3 18.6 63.1
Karachi, Pakistan 32.9 5.4 23.0 22.6 22.2 41.9
Kolkata, India 32.4 13.2 25.5 31.2 22.0 43.5
Islamabad, Pakistan 32.1 10.4 24.3 34.1 15.7 16.1
Hyderabad, India 32.0 8.0 23.4 29.0 17.5 60.2
Mumbai, India 31.7 19.5 27.3 29.5 23.5 61.8
Chennai, India 31.3 9.4 23.4 28.7 19.3 65.0
Pune, India 29.0 10.1 22.2 28.1 17.7 71.0
Coimbatore, India 28.5 6.3 20.5 27.0 15.2 58.9