Cost of Living Index by City 2012

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Trondheim, Norway 188.9 59.2 142.2 193.9 160.2 67.0
Stavanger, Norway 171.3 78.1 137.8 147.7 201.2 78.5
Zurich, Switzerland 152.8 74.6 124.7 143.7 138.8 142.8
Oslo, Norway 152.0 57.4 118.0 139.2 155.8 99.3
Geneva, Switzerland 146.2 79.1 122.1 139.0 135.3 115.5
Bern, Switzerland 142.4 57.4 111.8 126.8 103.6 149.3
Lucerne, Switzerland 139.9 72.5 115.6 146.5 95.7 105.6
Perth, Australia 139.6 43.8 105.1 113.1 131.6 125.1
Bergen, Norway 138.8 56.0 109.0 135.5 130.2 97.0
Tokyo, Japan 135.2 95.4 120.9 120.4 91.7 90.1
Sydney, Australia 132.4 86.2 115.8 121.1 111.0 97.2
Adelaide, Australia 129.6 47.3 100.0 120.7 121.4 112.2
Monaco, Monaco 128.2 173.1 144.3 89.8 138.1 62.3
Copenhagen, Denmark 123.8 48.7 96.8 104.2 139.1 97.4
Edinburgh, United Kingdom 122.5 38.2 92.2 92.9 143.0 95.1
Melbourne, Australia 121.5 64.4 101.0 112.5 102.4 87.8
Dublin, Ireland 119.6 48.3 93.9 110.0 113.2 93.5
London, United Kingdom 118.5 87.3 107.3 92.6 117.5 88.6
Aarhus, Denmark 116.0 65.9 97.9 94.7 132.1 74.0
Canberra, Australia 115.9 53.5 93.5 106.8 94.3 115.9
Brisbane, Australia 114.7 57.2 94.0 113.6 101.3 100.5
Paris, France 113.9 63.5 95.7 95.9 112.9 82.5
Malmo, Sweden 112.9 38.5 86.1 92.5 129.8 96.7
Toulouse, France 112.3 29.9 82.6 89.1 105.3 82.7
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 112.0 19.9 78.9 138.4 41.6 70.5
Amsterdam, Netherlands 110.8 64.6 94.2 69.9 114.9 88.8
Darwin, Australia 110.4 56.4 91.0 92.7 111.1 121.9
Auckland, New Zealand 110.4 36.8 83.9 98.7 88.8 97.7
Gent, Belgium 109.3 36.4 83.0 81.6 109.5 83.0
Stockholm, Sweden 109.1 37.7 83.4 87.4 117.7 85.7
Brussels, Belgium 109.1 40.6 84.5 91.4 109.8 85.8
Aberdeen, United Kingdom 109.1 42.0 85.0 103.8 110.6 119.2
Boston, MA, United States 106.8 69.7 93.4 113.2 86.1 109.9
Dusseldorf, Germany 106.5 25.8 77.5 77.0 119.7 157.9
Wellington, New Zealand 106.0 37.0 81.2 104.2 93.9 90.6
Turin, Italy 105.7 40.2 82.1 86.9 107.5 46.4
Rome, Italy 105.6 60.0 89.2 87.0 113.7 57.5
Vancouver, Canada 105.3 60.5 89.2 103.5 92.5 98.1
Edmonton, Canada 105.3 38.9 81.4 104.6 87.0 86.1
Brighton, United Kingdom 104.7 54.4 86.6 80.8 87.3 128.0
Birmingham, United Kingdom 104.6 42.9 82.4 94.2 90.6 71.9
Toronto, Canada 104.5 52.4 85.8 96.1 86.1 104.1
Helsinki, Finland 104.1 56.6 87.0 81.0 101.7 96.1
Venice, Italy 103.6 31.3 77.6 70.2 89.9 76.2
Honolulu, HI, United States 103.5 59.0 87.5 103.7 78.3 90.6
Calgary, Canada 103.4 40.9 80.9 100.0 81.1 124.2
Sao Paulo, Brazil 103.0 35.6 78.7 62.9 73.6 46.3
Tampere, Finland 102.7 30.4 76.7 100.7 98.3 93.8
San Francisco, CA, United States 102.5 90.0 98.0 97.8 83.2 89.3
Cagliari, Italy 101.9 29.3 75.8 72.9 114.9 66.5
Hanover, Germany 101.8 28.1 75.3 82.6 79.9 90.8
Belfast, United Kingdom 101.7 22.6 73.2 89.0 113.3 69.2
Vienna, Austria 101.5 46.9 81.8 82.5 81.0 99.2
Seattle, WA, United States 101.0 48.2 82.0 100.9 82.9 107.2
Strasbourg, France 100.9 32.0 76.1 76.0 126.4 79.5
Florence, Italy 100.4 41.4 79.2 72.2 94.3 66.7
Thessaloniki, Greece 100.4 19.0 71.1 69.8 95.9 42.3
Erlangen, Germany 100.4 33.1 76.2 92.9 80.3 28.7
Hamburg, Germany 100.2 37.4 77.6 92.6 76.5 90.4
Haifa, Israel 100.1 26.5 73.6 78.8 94.2 74.6
Reykjavik, Iceland 100.1 31.8 75.5 95.5 90.6 81.2
New York, NY, United States 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Leeds, United Kingdom 98.8 34.9 75.8 81.9 107.5 85.7
Phoenix, AZ, United States 98.6 32.8 74.9 85.1 72.8 97.5
Washington, DC, United States 98.2 69.4 87.8 89.4 81.3 97.4
Linkoping, Sweden 98.1 26.9 72.5 90.5 102.4 114.8
Montreal, Canada 97.9 37.6 76.2 94.9 92.2 109.4
Bologna, Italy 97.8 38.0 76.3 92.0 89.5 84.8
Nice, France 96.9 34.9 74.6 81.6 85.9 85.6
Milan, Italy 96.9 49.2 79.7 74.3 106.4 74.1
Winnipeg, Canada 96.6 32.7 73.6 96.9 74.5 98.0
Athens, Greece 96.5 20.8 69.3 71.9 97.6 48.4
Singapore, Singapore 96.1 90.7 94.1 82.8 65.1 93.3
Munich, Germany 96.0 46.1 78.0 82.2 87.0 112.6
Bordeaux, France 95.9 27.6 71.3 78.5 93.9 67.4
Genoa, Italy 95.1 35.0 73.5 82.9 98.3 115.8
Manchester, United Kingdom 95.0 36.4 73.9 79.5 90.5 96.0
Christchurch, New Zealand 94.3 28.0 70.5 88.5 77.6 82.6
Halifax, Canada 94.3 34.1 72.6 95.0 79.0 119.9
San Jose, CA, United States 94.1 73.4 86.6 82.3 82.0 113.1
Columbus, OH, United States 94.0 20.4 67.5 86.7 75.1 112.7
Stuttgart, Germany 94.0 33.2 72.1 68.1 81.1 119.7
Marbella, Spain 94.0 30.7 71.2 69.7 99.7 107.6
Chania, Greece 93.8 18.0 66.5 69.5 89.0 46.9
Ottawa, Canada 93.8 36.9 73.3 96.8 83.3 116.0
Brasilia, Brazil 93.1 34.0 71.8 65.9 69.4 32.7
Hartford, CT, United States 92.9 47.6 76.6 108.4 72.1 109.1
Indianapolis, IN, United States 92.5 32.0 70.7 72.0 69.9 281.8
Marseille, France 92.1 31.4 70.3 88.7 83.0 102.3
Frankfurt, Germany 92.0 34.7 71.4 66.0 80.0 115.2
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 91.8 39.6 73.0 59.8 69.9 42.8
Nicosia, Cyprus 91.8 25.7 68.0 76.4 100.1 65.2
London, Canada 91.5 34.4 71.0 79.0 80.4 94.7
Lyon, France 91.1 34.4 70.7 82.2 92.0 83.9
San Diego, CA, United States 91.0 57.9 79.1 81.1 84.3 109.8
Los Angeles, CA, United States 90.9 64.0 81.2 73.6 70.5 122.3
San Juan, Puerto Rico 90.8 31.2 69.3 69.3 73.7 30.5
Cologne, Germany 90.7 29.6 68.7 74.6 82.8 114.5
Minneapolis, MN, United States 90.3 34.8 70.3 72.8 77.2 108.2
Tampa, FL, United States 90.0 32.4 69.2 64.0 62.2 90.9
Sliema, Malta 89.9 26.3 67.0 70.5 89.0 80.5
Berlin, Germany 89.1 35.8 69.9 75.4 71.7 133.2
Waterloo, Canada 89.0 29.7 67.7 87.1 67.8 101.7
Baltimore, MD, United States 89.0 54.1 76.4 101.9 78.1 118.8
Seville (Sevilla), Spain 89.0 18.8 63.7 64.7 81.8 73.4
Beirut, Lebanon 88.9 37.0 70.3 44.5 76.2 25.7
Barcelona, Spain 88.8 33.9 69.1 65.3 88.1 86.6
Philadelphia, PA, United States 88.4 58.8 77.7 83.4 78.5 99.0
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) 88.1 106.2 94.6 85.2 79.1 91.8
Madrid, Spain 87.9 39.6 70.5 60.8 88.3 94.0
Graz, Austria 87.8 35.1 68.8 77.8 72.9 101.9
Dallas, TX, United States 87.6 38.5 69.9 67.9 72.9 113.9
Jerusalem, Israel 87.5 36.0 69.0 70.1 77.8 68.1
Nuremberg, Germany 87.5 30.0 66.8 69.6 78.8 107.6
Houston, TX, United States 87.0 39.7 70.0 75.0 68.9 137.3
Bilbao, Spain 86.6 37.7 69.0 60.5 93.4 94.5
Leicester, United Kingdom 86.2 27.8 65.2 82.1 67.8 103.1
Campinas, Brazil 86.0 23.7 63.6 54.8 66.2 75.3
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 85.8 80.8 84.0 72.6 92.4 134.6
Chicago, IL, United States 85.4 50.0 72.7 72.3 74.8 119.9
Doha, Qatar 84.7 63.5 77.1 81.6 70.8 153.0
Florianopolis, Brazil 83.9 27.5 63.6 69.3 48.8 37.9
Pittsburgh, PA, United States 83.7 22.6 61.7 69.8 56.6 135.2
Montevideo, Uruguay 83.6 26.2 62.9 66.7 68.8 30.2
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 83.4 67.9 77.8 66.3 78.6 149.9
Bremen, Germany 82.9 22.8 61.2 70.6 65.6 88.1
Porto Alegre, Brazil 82.3 23.8 61.2 50.0 51.0 50.4
Cincinnati, OH, United States 82.2 29.1 63.1 72.1 62.0 103.6
Valencia, Spain 81.9 19.6 59.5 57.2 73.7 84.5
Patras, Greece 81.8 17.6 58.7 63.7 76.6 45.6
Curitiba, Brazil 81.1 22.6 60.0 57.2 45.9 48.9
Detroit, MI, United States 79.7 30.5 62.0 75.8 67.2 92.6
Denver, CO, United States 79.4 48.4 68.2 69.2 64.6 126.1
Austin, TX, United States 78.9 45.6 66.9 80.4 65.0 131.9
Portland, OR, United States 77.2 33.8 61.6 67.3 68.4 123.0
Londrina, Brazil 76.7 23.4 57.5 49.3 54.5 30.9
Lisbon, Portugal 76.3 29.5 59.5 58.6 62.7 62.8
Coimbra, Portugal 75.7 15.8 54.2 68.5 48.9 53.7
Split, Croatia 75.6 15.7 54.1 60.0 59.7 51.1
Salvador, Brazil 75.5 19.7 55.4 49.9 46.0 34.0
Casablanca, Morocco 75.5 36.5 61.5 74.5 54.8 15.0
Des Moines, IA, United States 75.4 29.2 58.8 68.6 54.5 104.0
Ljubljana, Slovenia 75.4 28.6 58.6 62.7 62.0 56.9
Maribor, Slovenia 75.2 28.1 58.2 55.9 56.9 52.2
Istanbul, Turkey 74.9 23.2 56.3 55.9 55.3 57.6
Astana (Nur-Sultan), Kazakhstan 74.6 36.3 60.8 50.6 38.8 32.0
Johannesburg, South Africa 74.2 38.3 61.3 59.7 55.4 89.4
Balneario Camboriu, Brazil 74.0 19.0 54.2 48.3 52.1 25.2
Las Vegas, NV, United States 74.0 36.0 60.3 66.8 70.8 138.3
Manama, Bahrain 71.9 47.2 63.0 63.6 81.0 64.7
Zagreb, Croatia 71.5 21.1 53.4 57.9 60.1 54.6
Baku, Azerbaijan 71.2 41.0 60.4 53.2 68.2 26.4
San Jose, Costa Rica 71.2 26.0 54.9 78.6 52.9 38.8
Riga, Latvia 70.8 15.2 50.7 52.6 66.6 34.7
Seoul, South Korea 70.5 37.1 58.5 71.0 50.6 121.5
Fortaleza, Brazil 70.3 20.9 52.5 51.9 47.8 59.9
Bratislava, Slovakia 69.9 29.2 55.3 55.2 50.6 48.6
Santiago, Chile 69.9 20.6 52.2 53.5 58.7 45.0
Bogota, Colombia 69.5 21.9 52.4 65.0 41.9 26.2
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 69.1 21.7 52.0 46.7 60.1 56.0
Porto, Portugal 69.0 20.3 51.5 52.7 47.1 52.6
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain 69.0 22.7 52.3 54.0 56.8 71.4
Novosibirsk, Russia 68.0 26.9 53.2 46.0 77.3 38.3
Saint Petersburg, Russia 67.6 31.2 54.5 49.1 73.4 41.0
Kaunas, Lithuania 67.4 16.9 49.3 52.7 65.2 31.7
Tallinn, Estonia 67.0 15.8 48.5 52.2 60.7 49.7
Perm, Russia 66.6 18.0 49.2 59.0 56.5 30.5
Budva, Montenegro 66.2 19.3 49.3 53.4 57.4 33.6
Amman, Jordan 66.0 14.5 47.4 60.7 51.7 37.8
Buenos Aires, Argentina 65.9 21.6 50.0 55.7 57.3 40.3
Taipei, Taiwan 65.7 23.2 50.4 82.4 33.9 76.0
Jakarta, Indonesia 64.1 28.3 51.2 69.9 39.7 25.6
Vilnius, Lithuania 63.8 15.6 46.5 52.1 40.2 34.6
Budapest, Hungary 63.4 14.0 45.6 46.9 46.8 37.4
Yerevan, Armenia 63.4 25.9 49.9 37.7 57.6 19.6
Yekaterinburg, Russia 63.2 21.3 48.1 51.1 72.5 45.6
Prague, Czech Republic 62.9 27.6 50.2 49.5 43.3 58.4
Debrecen, Hungary 62.5 12.5 44.5 51.1 48.9 43.1
Tehran, Iran 62.4 31.0 51.1 56.6 49.0 45.7
Brno, Czech Republic 62.3 20.5 47.3 48.5 43.5 68.4
Izmir, Turkey 62.1 14.5 45.0 51.1 42.4 46.2
Podgorica, Montenegro 61.7 17.5 45.8 44.7 62.7 42.0
Medellin, Colombia 61.4 15.3 44.8 45.5 42.0 18.6
Antalya, Turkey 61.0 10.3 42.7 44.9 42.7 39.8
Kosice, Slovakia 60.9 21.2 46.6 47.9 42.6 54.8
Ankara, Turkey 60.7 15.0 44.3 43.7 46.3 58.1
Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine 59.9 31.7 49.7 41.8 61.9 27.8
Mexico City, Mexico 59.7 23.2 46.6 53.9 47.8 42.7
Lima, Peru 59.5 19.9 45.3 51.4 43.3 34.8
Osijek, Croatia 59.5 13.1 42.8 52.0 39.8 45.8
Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina 58.6 13.0 42.2 43.9 44.1 35.8
Cordoba, Argentina 57.8 19.3 43.9 52.4 51.8 42.2
Tula, Russia 57.7 15.5 42.5 49.0 44.9 51.9
Guadalajara, Mexico 57.7 10.3 40.6 47.5 44.8 69.1
Tbilisi, Georgia 57.3 15.8 42.4 40.9 52.5 28.7
Monterrey, Mexico 56.6 23.5 44.7 49.9 53.1 65.3
Belgrade, Serbia 56.2 17.1 42.1 39.7 45.4 30.7
Sofia, Bulgaria 55.6 16.2 41.4 45.8 37.8 36.5
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 55.6 17.7 41.9 55.1 32.1 77.7
Damascus, Syria 55.5 14.2 40.6 41.9 41.1 20.5
Johor Bahru, Malaysia 55.3 7.6 38.1 47.5 33.0 38.8
Wroclaw, Poland 54.9 19.3 42.1 42.0 43.0 58.3
Guayaquil, Ecuador 54.8 10.1 38.7 44.9 40.1 25.9
Beijing, China 54.4 28.7 45.1 61.7 37.5 36.4
Shanghai, China 54.2 29.9 45.4 51.6 42.6 47.0
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 53.9 24.0 43.1 57.9 37.8 22.6
Quito, Ecuador 53.7 11.7 38.6 47.4 39.3 23.9
Warsaw, Poland 53.6 22.8 42.5 42.1 45.7 64.8
Cairo, Egypt 53.4 17.3 40.4 45.4 49.0 20.6
Poznan, Poland 53.2 13.9 39.1 42.5 41.1 58.5
Novi Sad, Serbia 52.7 10.5 37.5 36.6 51.0 35.9
Iasi, Romania 52.7 13.3 38.5 43.5 34.3 31.4
Bangkok, Thailand 52.6 26.4 43.2 63.5 29.7 29.5
Guangzhou, China 52.4 17.2 39.8 70.4 30.8 25.6
Varna, Bulgaria 52.1 11.5 37.5 45.2 38.8 34.1
Katowice, Poland 51.9 19.5 40.2 43.1 41.4 58.0
Gdansk, Poland 51.6 20.3 40.4 40.9 43.6 65.0
Cluj-Napoca, Romania 51.3 10.9 36.8 45.0 36.2 38.8
Bucharest, Romania 51.0 15.3 38.1 39.8 41.8 36.1
Banja Luka, Bosnia And Herzegovina 50.1 11.4 36.2 40.9 45.8 43.6
Brasov, Romania 50.0 9.0 35.3 39.8 35.4 33.5
Constanta, Romania 50.0 14.3 37.1 36.5 36.5 37.5
Timisoara, Romania 49.9 10.7 35.8 44.8 32.8 38.6
Plovdiv, Bulgaria 49.0 10.4 35.1 39.4 32.7 31.2
Quezon City, Philippines 48.8 13.9 36.2 50.0 28.1 28.3
Krakow (Cracow), Poland 48.6 19.5 38.1 38.0 34.9 61.4
Szczecin, Poland 48.6 12.9 35.7 38.9 41.2 53.6
Hanoi, Vietnam 47.8 40.9 45.3 50.1 31.5 20.8
Chisinau, Moldova 47.8 12.3 35.0 38.6 40.3 27.6
Cebu, Philippines 47.6 8.2 33.4 47.3 21.6 35.3
Minsk, Belarus 47.4 15.4 35.9 35.3 53.7 22.2
Manila, Philippines 47.3 13.5 35.2 48.2 23.0 27.0
Makati, Philippines 47.2 28.4 40.4 40.2 34.7 20.1
Managua, Nicaragua 46.6 11.1 33.8 45.1 31.3 41.1
Skopje, North Macedonia 46.5 11.7 34.0 35.2 35.8 34.4
Isfahan (Esfahan), Iran 45.6 19.6 36.2 47.5 34.5 49.9
Nis, Serbia 44.9 11.0 32.7 31.9 37.2 28.6
Lublin, Poland 42.4 14.0 32.2 34.5 32.7 60.5
Gurgaon, India 41.6 12.3 31.1 36.1 26.1 63.9
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 41.1 29.7 37.0 48.7 24.4 45.2
Algiers, Algeria 40.6 13.2 30.7 42.5 31.3 23.7
Lahore, Pakistan 40.1 7.7 28.4 37.3 31.7 23.5
Delhi, India 37.9 12.1 28.6 35.2 26.6 62.7
Davao, Philippines 37.6 11.4 28.2 39.8 21.6 44.2
Mumbai, India 36.6 21.5 31.2 36.0 26.9 57.9
Bangalore, India 34.9 9.8 25.9 35.3 19.8 65.6
Indore, India 34.8 5.8 24.4 32.9 16.1 89.9
Chandigarh, India 33.9 7.0 24.2 31.6 21.7 52.4
Ahmedabad, India 33.1 6.5 23.5 29.3 24.0 50.7
Hyderabad, India 32.7 7.3 23.5 32.6 20.1 72.3
Madurai, India 32.1 5.7 22.6 30.0 13.1 25.0
Kolkata, India 32.0 8.8 23.6 35.1 21.0 49.3
Pune, India 31.9 9.3 23.8 32.7 20.6 55.5
Chennai, India 31.1 9.2 23.2 32.6 17.2 59.1
Kochi, India 31.1 5.3 21.8 34.4 16.5 44.8
Thiruvananthapuram, India 30.3 5.1 21.2 35.6 17.2 56.1
Ludhiana, India 30.2 7.9 22.2 31.3 21.9 55.7