Asia: Cost of Living Index by City 2015 Mid-Year

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City
Cost of Living Index
Rent Index
Cost of Living Plus Rent Index
Groceries Index
Restaurant Price Index
Local Purchasing Power Index
Busan, South Korea 88.7 22.9 55.2 94.4 64.3 121.5
Singapore, Singapore 88.1 71.3 79.5 74.3 59.5 117.7
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel 83.4 37.5 60.0 68.1 95.6 101.8
Netanya, Israel 82.7 24.9 53.2 65.2 98.7 116.2
Seoul, South Korea 82.5 44.7 63.2 94.7 51.4 148.8
Ramat Gan, Israel 80.7 27.3 53.5 67.6 88.8 118.7
Rehovot, Israel 79.7 20.4 49.5 63.2 88.6 124.6
Kyoto, Japan 79.1 32.1 55.1 90.7 46.1 147.1
Petah Tikva, Israel 78.8 23.3 50.5 64.0 91.5 119.0
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) 78.8 88.6 83.8 79.6 66.4 111.1
Tokyo, Japan 76.3 52.5 64.2 74.8 57.2 124.0
Jerusalem, Israel 75.7 28.4 51.6 62.1 89.0 128.3
Haifa, Israel 74.5 19.9 46.6 60.8 90.2 148.6
Doha, Qatar 71.3 75.9 73.6 61.3 72.7 139.8
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 70.4 72.1 71.2 61.5 70.6 134.5
Osaka, Japan 69.9 22.1 45.6 64.8 53.4 131.5
Ad Dammam, Saudi Arabia 67.9 12.9 39.8 86.4 38.6 134.5
Limassol, Cyprus 67.4 13.1 39.7 58.7 77.0 118.7
Beirut, Lebanon 66.7 34.8 50.5 48.1 69.9 72.7
Larnaca, Cyprus 66.3 12.8 39.0 57.0 73.5 98.9
Paphos, Cyprus 65.1 11.6 37.8 51.2 71.5 126.1
Shanghai, China 63.9 35.4 49.4 69.6 52.8 97.1
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 63.5 16.0 39.3 59.2 41.0 69.8
Erbil (Irbil), Iraq 62.7 25.5 43.7 44.7 68.5 47.8
Taichung, Taiwan 62.6 9.2 35.3 75.4 30.9 89.7
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 59.9 66.4 63.2 53.0 65.9 157.9
Male, Maldives 59.3 26.3 42.5 57.6 44.0 39.7
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 59.3 28.9 43.8 54.4 53.7 157.0
Muscat, Oman 58.8 29.3 43.7 52.5 54.3 180.4
Amman, Jordan 58.1 13.6 35.4 45.6 59.9 56.6
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 57.4 34.9 45.9 57.4 37.6 24.1
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 57.1 16.1 36.2 65.2 31.4 26.0
Yangon, Myanmar 56.6 19.8 37.8 64.8 28.1 29.7
Taipei, Taiwan 56.5 18.7 37.2 60.3 32.1 131.8
Almaty, Kazakhstan 53.4 17.0 34.8 40.5 65.7 80.0
Shenzhen, China 53.2 31.7 42.3 53.1 42.4 119.2
Bangkok, Thailand 52.1 23.9 37.7 58.7 27.2 63.2
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 51.9 15.9 33.6 44.7 35.7 196.3
Phuket, Thailand 51.9 15.5 33.4 56.2 33.4 52.3
Tashkent, Uzbekistan 51.6 13.6 32.2 44.3 42.1 27.3
Beijing, China 51.2 39.0 45.0 51.8 40.5 99.3
Manama, Bahrain 51.2 24.9 37.8 47.0 58.1 103.9
Kaohsiung, Taiwan 50.4 9.6 29.6 57.0 24.8 100.5
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia 50.4 9.9 29.8 50.1 29.0 84.6
Nanjing, China 49.7 16.6 32.8 50.5 37.1 75.2
Istanbul, Turkey 48.8 14.8 31.5 38.3 40.7 75.6
Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia 47.7 14.9 31.0 39.9 34.5 169.1
Baghdad, Iraq 47.1 15.4 30.9 36.9 42.8 60.9
Makati, Philippines 46.3 27.1 36.5 44.6 31.1 52.6
Tehran, Iran 46.0 24.3 35.0 41.9 45.4 49.0
Baku, Azerbaijan 45.8 19.6 32.5 37.4 49.0 43.2
Dalian, China 45.7 16.2 30.7 41.5 38.7 52.7
Jakarta, Indonesia 45.4 24.1 34.5 48.8 30.0 37.4
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 45.4 20.4 32.6 45.9 28.4 104.9
Pattaya, Thailand 44.7 20.8 32.5 47.7 26.3 35.9
Angeles, Philippines 44.6 6.9 25.4 44.5 22.9 42.8
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia 44.4 13.3 28.5 44.9 25.9 126.7
Guangzhou, China 44.3 23.4 33.6 47.6 25.1 122.3
Ankara, Turkey 44.2 7.8 25.6 35.9 36.8 94.9
Colombo, Sri Lanka 44.0 13.6 28.5 50.3 31.1 26.4
Izmir, Turkey 43.9 9.1 26.2 36.3 36.7 82.5
Johor Bahru, Malaysia 43.1 13.6 28.1 45.6 25.0 67.6
Manila, Philippines 42.9 16.5 29.4 41.8 27.7 66.4
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 42.7 14.0 28.0 39.4 22.0 26.5
Bursa, Turkey 42.0 6.6 24.0 34.5 32.1 93.9
Penang, Malaysia 41.3 9.5 25.1 38.9 28.8 108.5
Tianjin, China 41.2 12.0 26.3 38.3 30.1 70.5
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 40.5 14.4 27.2 35.7 35.9 41.3
Hanoi, Vietnam 40.4 11.3 25.6 35.5 20.6 38.8
Quezon City, Philippines 39.7 7.8 23.4 38.4 24.4 69.2
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 39.5 17.1 28.1 35.8 56.9 72.4
Dhaka, Bangladesh 39.4 6.1 22.4 38.9 26.6 46.5
Xi'an, China 39.1 12.9 25.7 42.9 26.6 57.6
Yerevan, Armenia 38.7 8.8 23.4 30.3 35.9 40.4
Cebu, Philippines 37.6 11.3 24.2 37.8 24.0 36.9
Chiang Mai, Thailand 37.5 11.3 24.1 38.6 22.7 64.7
Dumaguete, Philippines 36.3 6.6 21.2 37.8 23.9 23.6
Bandung, Indonesia 36.2 9.3 22.5 40.4 15.5 30.1
Damascus, Syria 36.0 9.4 22.4 32.1 34.7 30.2
Islamabad, Pakistan 35.4 9.1 22.0 34.5 29.6 39.8
Davao, Philippines 35.2 5.3 19.9 37.6 18.2 44.8
Gurgaon, India 34.0 10.5 22.0 31.9 27.8 160.3
Surabaya, Indonesia 31.6 11.2 21.2 30.6 23.6 41.4
Valenzuela, Philippines 31.4 3.0 16.9 34.5 16.8 50.3
Kathmandu, Nepal 31.2 3.7 17.2 30.3 18.4 27.6
Tbilisi, Georgia 31.0 11.7 21.2 23.9 31.2 37.2
Mumbai, India 30.3 17.3 23.7 31.4 23.8 101.1
Delhi, India 30.2 9.1 19.5 29.0 24.7 93.7
Thane, India 30.1 7.6 18.6 26.2 19.9 65.4
Karachi, Pakistan 30.0 5.6 17.5 27.7 25.5 51.7
Medan, Indonesia 29.7 3.3 16.3 28.5 14.7 53.8
Bhopal, India 28.6 3.2 15.7 26.0 17.1 62.2
Lahore, Pakistan 28.5 5.1 16.5 25.6 24.0 50.1
Noida, India 28.4 6.7 17.3 26.7 25.5 93.9
Pune, India 28.1 7.1 17.4 31.0 20.4 107.0
Goa, India 27.9 6.7 17.1 27.3 22.3 70.4
Chandigarh, India 27.8 5.3 16.3 29.2 20.0 72.5
Navi Mumbai, India 27.5 7.4 17.2 28.5 23.2 94.9
Visakhapatnam, India 27.4 4.0 15.4 28.5 14.4 54.6
Vijayawada, India 27.2 3.9 15.4 24.0 13.7 68.9
Vadodara, India 26.9 3.6 15.0 29.3 16.9 83.3
Bangalore, India 26.8 7.9 17.2 28.2 17.3 121.9
Nasik, India 26.4 3.7 14.8 28.8 16.8 63.1
Indore, India 26.2 4.1 15.0 27.3 19.1 51.5
Jalandhar, India 26.1 3.5 14.6 25.0 25.3 52.7
Jaipur, India 26.1 4.2 14.9 27.3 16.9 80.5
Amritsar, India 26.0 2.8 14.2 25.0 21.7 54.2
Lucknow (Lakhnau), India 26.0 5.5 15.5 25.9 18.2 130.4
Chennai, India 26.0 6.3 16.0 28.3 16.4 114.0
Ludhiana, India 25.7 5.1 15.2 24.4 16.7 60.0
Guwahati, India 25.7 4.0 14.6 25.6 15.8 62.5
Rawalpindi, Pakistan 25.4 5.0 15.0 24.0 23.3 50.6
Hyderabad, India 25.4 5.6 15.3 27.8 16.4 98.6
Surat, India 25.3 3.6 14.2 27.1 17.3 107.7
Kolkata, India 25.1 6.3 15.5 25.6 17.7 86.9
Nagpur, India 25.0 3.9 14.2 26.5 17.6 98.1
Ahmedabad, India 24.2 5.0 14.4 26.6 15.6 90.7
Kochi, India 23.9 5.6 14.5 25.5 12.9 84.6
Bhubaneswar, India 23.5 4.7 13.9 24.2 16.6 84.3
Mangalore, India 23.4 4.6 13.8 22.2 14.9 78.5
Madurai, India 22.6 4.0 13.1 24.5 13.6 106.5
Tiruchirapalli (Trichy), India 22.0 3.2 12.4 23.7 11.1 106.6
Coimbatore, India 21.6 4.3 12.8 23.8 13.6 82.9
Thiruvananthapuram, India 21.1 3.6 12.2 22.7 13.1 106.9