Asia: Cost of Living Index by City 2018 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
Tokyo, Japan 84.8 36.4 61.9 81.7 54.4 113.1
Seoul, South Korea 82.0 33.0 58.8 93.6 50.3 102.6
Singapore, Singapore 80.4 60.4 70.9 66.8 59.4 99.2
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel 77.4 40.6 60.0 62.3 85.9 93.7
Jerusalem, Israel 76.6 34.3 56.6 60.6 85.4 85.4
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) 74.7 78.3 76.4 74.9 54.0 76.5
Osaka, Japan 74.5 22.4 49.8 68.3 46.4 102.1
Haifa, Israel 73.4 19.5 47.9 55.2 86.2 100.6
Ramat Gan, Israel 72.2 33.4 53.8 54.3 79.8 112.7
Male, Maldives 70.5 32.0 52.2 71.8 39.4 28.3
Taipei, Taiwan 65.8 22.7 45.4 73.8 32.9 95.6
Doha, Qatar 62.8 56.4 59.8 51.3 61.2 139.8
Taichung, Taiwan 62.2 13.0 38.9 72.9 28.2 65.4
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 61.9 58.4 60.3 50.1 63.2 116.4
Nicosia, Cyprus 61.0 17.7 40.5 46.7 70.8 74.1
Beirut, Lebanon 60.8 32.3 47.3 42.0 64.4 54.4
Limassol, Cyprus 57.7 25.1 42.3 44.6 61.4 77.6
Kaohsiung, Taiwan 56.4 9.7 34.3 63.9 25.3 110.2
Manama, Bahrain 55.2 28.6 42.6 47.9 54.8 72.6
Amman, Jordan 54.7 12.3 34.6 43.2 53.3 45.4
Larnaca, Cyprus 54.3 11.5 34.1 41.2 62.0 80.8
Bangkok, Thailand 53.6 25.7 40.4 52.7 29.9 44.5
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 53.4 27.9 41.3 42.3 40.5 102.1
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 53.3 49.3 51.4 37.5 54.6 153.7
Makati, Philippines 51.1 23.0 37.8 53.5 26.4 45.0
Muscat, Oman 51.0 24.7 38.6 41.5 53.5 94.4
Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia 51.0 14.2 33.6 43.3 35.3 118.4
Shanghai, China 50.4 34.1 42.7 51.7 38.6 72.2
Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia 50.0 12.2 32.1 37.5 35.0 117.3
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 48.7 14.1 32.3 38.4 34.2 125.4
Ad Dammam, Saudi Arabia 48.4 12.5 31.4 40.4 32.0 133.3
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 48.0 24.0 36.6 46.0 33.4 105.2
Baghdad, Iraq 47.2 14.1 31.5 37.2 40.6 44.1
Phuket, Thailand 47.0 15.3 32.0 47.7 28.6 58.7
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 45.7 17.6 32.4 45.1 25.7 22.5
Selangor, Malaysia 44.5 8.9 27.6 40.3 25.8 91.1
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia 44.3 12.1 29.1 48.9 22.2 73.5
Penang, Malaysia 44.0 10.1 28.0 45.3 24.7 76.0
Beijing, China 43.9 31.5 38.0 37.6 35.7 79.5
Johor Bahru, Malaysia 42.6 9.8 27.1 50.2 23.8 59.5
Pattaya, Thailand 42.5 19.2 31.5 43.1 27.6 28.4
Erbil (Irbil), Iraq 42.5 11.7 27.9 36.7 30.8 51.8
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 42.4 16.7 30.3 41.6 25.0 82.8
Shenzhen, China 42.2 25.6 34.4 39.7 29.2 86.0
Kuching, Malaysia 42.2 5.7 24.9 43.0 18.9 40.8
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia 42.1 12.1 27.9 42.9 22.3 41.4
Jakarta, Indonesia 41.6 15.8 29.4 41.1 24.8 29.0
Bali, Indonesia 41.5 8.4 25.8 44.5 24.1 27.2
Chiang Mai, Thailand 40.5 11.0 26.6 46.1 20.2 33.1
Guangzhou, China 40.3 19.0 30.2 37.6 27.1 82.9
Hanoi, Vietnam 38.3 13.1 26.4 35.9 21.1 44.1
Suzhou, China 38.0 15.8 27.5 36.0 30.2 94.0
Manila, Philippines 37.9 15.8 27.5 31.7 24.1 40.0
Istanbul, Turkey 37.9 11.2 25.2 31.3 27.8 50.1
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 37.8 16.4 27.7 36.2 19.6 30.4
Cebu, Philippines 36.4 10.5 24.2 34.3 21.5 24.4
Chengdu, China 36.2 11.6 24.5 33.4 28.2 82.6
Colombo, Sri Lanka 36.0 10.9 24.1 37.8 21.2 27.5
Surabaya, Indonesia 35.7 7.0 22.1 38.1 17.0 37.8
Bandung, Indonesia 35.6 7.4 22.2 37.8 15.1 28.8
Yogyakarta, Indonesia 34.9 7.3 21.8 38.3 13.4 30.8
Astana (Nur-Sultan), Kazakhstan 34.9 12.0 24.1 27.8 37.0 41.2
Ankara, Turkey 34.8 6.6 21.4 29.6 25.1 64.6
Tehran, Iran 34.2 18.5 26.8 28.3 29.5 40.9
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 34.2 9.5 22.5 31.3 24.3 33.6
Izmir, Turkey 34.0 7.9 21.7 28.4 23.6 56.9
Antalya, Turkey 33.8 6.0 20.6 31.3 27.4 61.8
Bursa, Turkey 33.7 5.7 20.5 27.0 21.4 57.9
Davao, Philippines 33.6 7.3 21.1 30.3 20.5 26.4
Dumaguete, Philippines 33.2 7.3 21.0 35.4 16.6 15.1
Yerevan, Armenia 33.2 9.7 22.0 25.4 33.3 33.4
Almaty, Kazakhstan 32.5 11.7 22.6 24.5 31.7 43.4
Kathmandu, Nepal 31.9 5.1 19.2 27.1 20.7 26.5
Quezon City, Philippines 31.7 8.3 20.6 26.1 18.0 27.9
Dhaka, Bangladesh 31.6 6.0 19.5 28.1 20.7 41.2
Gurgaon, India 30.7 10.0 20.9 26.6 27.5 113.9
Tbilisi, Georgia 30.2 10.5 20.9 23.4 29.2 39.6
Tashkent, Uzbekistan 29.9 9.4 20.2 25.0 21.7 25.2
Baku, Azerbaijan 29.4 9.3 19.9 24.3 31.2 34.3
Mumbai, India 29.0 20.3 24.9 26.6 26.4 67.7
Delhi, India 28.7 8.7 19.2 25.8 25.3 77.8
Noida, India 28.6 6.2 18.0 25.1 24.5 89.5
Pune, India 27.4 7.4 17.9 26.8 22.7 86.5
Ludhiana, India 27.2 4.4 16.4 25.5 21.2 68.4
Bangalore, India 26.8 8.6 18.2 26.5 18.7 96.5
Chandigarh, India 26.0 5.7 16.4 25.5 19.2 64.4
Islamabad, Pakistan 25.9 7.5 17.2 23.4 19.2 50.1
Lahore, Pakistan 25.8 5.3 16.1 22.8 23.1 39.8
Jaipur, India 25.5 5.0 15.8 23.9 18.3 77.1
Indore, India 25.4 4.4 15.5 25.7 16.0 50.7
Thane, India 25.3 9.9 18.0 24.2 21.0 81.0
Chennai, India 25.2 6.9 16.5 25.9 16.0 67.9
Kolkata, India 24.8 6.0 15.9 23.4 21.1 60.4
Lucknow (Lakhnau), India 24.8 4.4 15.1 23.2 19.8 76.5
Goa, India 24.3 6.2 15.8 24.6 20.1 55.0
Ahmedabad, India 24.2 5.2 15.2 24.9 17.4 70.2
Karachi, Pakistan 23.9 6.2 15.5 20.9 18.6 36.7
Surat, India 23.8 3.8 14.3 23.8 17.7 66.4
Hyderabad, India 23.6 6.0 15.3 23.0 17.4 78.0
Nagpur, India 22.8 4.5 14.1 21.6 17.0 98.4
Guwahati, India 22.7 4.0 13.9 22.9 13.7 71.3
Mysore, India 22.4 4.3 13.9 23.9 13.4 45.8
Bhubaneswar, India 22.4 4.4 13.9 23.7 13.4 67.0
Mangalore, India 22.4 5.1 14.2 22.2 15.9 79.6
Coimbatore, India 22.4 5.2 14.3 22.4 14.4 56.5
Bhopal, India 22.4 3.4 13.4 20.1 15.6 68.2
Vadodara, India 22.3 3.8 13.5 22.3 14.4 74.6
Kochi, India 21.7 5.4 14.0 21.9 12.2 73.4
Visakhapatnam, India 21.5 4.3 13.3 21.1 17.1 55.5
Navi Mumbai, India 19.3 4.7 12.4 19.2 12.5 138.1
Thiruvananthapuram, India 19.3 4.7 12.4 18.1 11.9 68.2