America: Cost of Living Index by City 2026

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Cost of Living Index
Rent Index
Cost of Living Plus Rent Index
Groceries Index
Restaurant Price Index
Local Purchasing Power Index
New York, NY, United States 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Honolulu, HI, United States 98.2 63.9 82.9 114.8 99.9 96.0
San Francisco, CA, United States 97.6 80.5 90.0 103.2 109.2 151.0
Seattle, WA, United States 90.3 60.2 76.9 98.0 95.8 165.0
Washington, DC, United States 87.3 69.0 79.1 88.8 95.4 152.1
San Jose, CA, United States 86.4 73.1 80.5 90.2 86.0 136.0
Boston, MA, United States 86.2 77.7 82.4 91.4 91.3 143.9
Charleston, SC, United States 86.0 58.2 73.6 96.3 101.8 118.0
Oakland, CA, United States 85.2 59.5 73.7 93.9 100.3 138.1
Berkeley, CA, United States 83.5 67.4 76.3 97.8 77.4 166.0
San Diego, CA, United States 82.0 74.5 78.7 80.9 89.8 131.6
Anchorage, AK, United States 81.5 36.9 61.6 87.9 85.4 145.1
Los Angeles, CA, United States 81.5 64.6 74.0 87.1 88.2 117.0
Irvine, CA, United States 79.6 69.9 75.2 84.2 85.9 145.5
Miami, FL, United States 79.5 69.0 74.8 80.3 99.1 105.5
Sacramento, CA, United States 79.2 47.3 65.0 87.1 73.1 133.5
Philadelphia, PA, United States 78.8 44.7 63.6 84.2 78.6 134.5
Arlington, VA, United States 77.5 62.6 70.8 89.1 80.8 177.6
New Orleans, LA, United States 77.1 40.5 60.8 77.9 97.2 122.0
Jersey City, NJ, United States 76.2 72.6 74.6 81.4 77.9 148.0
Chicago, IL, United States 76.0 55.2 66.7 82.6 81.6 157.6
Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States 75.5 61.2 69.2 78.6 91.6 122.4
Atlanta, GA, United States 75.3 44.2 61.4 84.0 84.1 160.6
Portland, OR, United States 75.2 48.4 63.3 81.2 74.3 149.0
Denver, CO, United States 75.1 50.2 64.0 81.2 74.5 150.9
Colorado Springs, CO, United States 73.0 40.1 58.3 76.5 77.2 137.9
Dallas, TX, United States 72.9 45.8 60.8 75.6 72.5 149.5
Baltimore, MD, United States 71.8 36.3 56.0 79.8 72.7 139.3
Phoenix, AZ, United States 71.6 39.7 57.3 75.0 77.9 139.0
Minneapolis, MN, United States 71.5 38.2 56.7 83.5 72.1 153.5
Buffalo, NY, United States 71.5 31.5 53.6 73.9 79.0 125.4
Spokane, WA, United States 71.2 38.6 56.7 79.8 74.5 140.4
Saint Louis, MO, United States 70.7 29.5 52.3 85.3 67.9 156.8
Nashville, TN, United States 70.3 51.8 62.1 75.3 69.3 136.2
Pittsburgh, PA, United States 70.2 35.2 54.5 79.5 66.1 146.4
Tampa, FL, United States 70.0 51.1 61.6 74.5 75.8 139.2
Charlotte, NC, United States 69.8 45.2 58.8 79.3 67.2 139.5
Columbus, OH, United States 69.4 35.6 54.3 77.1 71.5 139.0
Richmond, VA, United States 69.0 36.3 54.4 71.9 78.8 149.9
Orlando, FL, United States 69.0 43.1 57.5 77.0 73.1 141.5
Indianapolis, IN, United States 69.0 37.5 55.0 71.7 74.2 145.9
Madison, WI, United States 69.0 42.0 56.9 76.3 70.2 145.8
Victoria, Canada 68.7 39.8 55.8 82.1 64.9 101.0
San Juan, Puerto Rico 68.4 31.5 51.9 72.3 66.2 104.4
Raleigh, NC, United States 67.8 41.5 56.1 75.5 71.0 150.4
Las Vegas, NV, United States 67.7 37.7 54.3 66.1 80.5 138.7
Oklahoma City, OK, United States 67.5 28.0 49.9 67.8 74.7 141.9
Vancouver, Canada 67.5 48.0 58.8 76.1 69.0 111.8
Toronto, Canada 67.5 40.6 55.5 71.1 69.2 121.2
Vancouver, WA, United States 67.3 37.5 54.0 64.8 79.9 157.1
Fort Worth, TX, United States 66.9 37.5 53.8 70.5 65.6 152.0
Salt Lake City, UT, United States 66.7 39.9 54.8 70.3 69.8 145.9
Boise, ID, United States 66.7 36.5 53.2 70.2 71.7 151.9
Kansas City, MO, United States 66.6 32.0 51.1 72.8 76.9 148.2
Austin, TX, United States 66.4 50.3 59.2 68.6 73.5 158.8
Lethbridge, AB, Canada 66.1 21.5 46.2 69.3 68.4 128.3
Milwaukee, WI, United States 65.7 35.4 52.2 73.2 66.8 140.0
Cleveland, OH, United States 65.2 37.5 52.9 74.8 62.7 123.0
Tulsa, OK, United States 65.0 26.2 47.7 71.6 64.0 137.1
Knoxville, TN, United States 64.9 40.2 53.8 66.4 69.6 124.2
Saskatoon, Canada 64.6 25.0 47.0 72.5 67.2 109.8
Jacksonville, FL, United States 64.5 34.5 51.1 69.0 74.4 145.5
Rochester, NY, United States 64.5 33.8 50.8 69.7 74.1 145.4
Calgary, Canada 64.5 30.8 49.5 71.4 64.4 121.7
Kitchener, Canada 64.3 30.9 49.4 71.4 68.6 112.2
Tucson, AZ, United States 64.0 31.3 49.4 68.6 71.7 143.6
Houston, TX, United States 63.9 42.5 54.3 65.8 72.2 159.8
Guelph, Canada 63.8 35.5 51.2 69.0 67.5 121.7
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 63.8 22.8 45.5 72.2 63.7 120.4
Halifax, Canada 63.3 34.8 50.6 74.9 62.3 106.7
Albuquerque, NM, United States 63.2 33.1 49.8 74.1 64.7 150.7
Kelowna, Canada 63.1 33.8 50.0 72.2 61.8 117.0
San Antonio, TX, United States 63.1 36.2 51.1 66.9 63.4 158.2
Regina, Canada 63.0 24.9 46.0 71.4 69.4 117.3
Ann Arbor, MI, United States 62.6 48.2 56.2 67.3 67.2 168.5
Cincinnati, OH, United States 62.5 37.7 51.4 67.7 59.5 149.7
Mississauga, Canada 62.4 40.0 52.4 64.1 61.0 112.9
Columbia, SC, United States 62.2 29.2 47.5 72.6 61.4 133.8
Edmonton, Canada 62.1 27.7 46.7 69.7 63.9 121.6
Ottawa, Canada 61.7 33.5 49.1 67.6 62.4 156.7
Quebec City, Canada 60.6 22.2 43.5 69.0 61.7 130.8
Montreal, Canada 59.9 28.7 46.0 66.6 63.9 126.7
Winnipeg, Canada 59.8 24.7 44.1 67.7 59.0 117.0
London, Canada 59.8 31.1 47.0 64.3 63.9 124.5
Hamilton, Canada 58.9 32.5 47.1 63.6 64.7 116.9
Huntsville, AL, United States 58.5 30.9 46.2 63.8 62.3 169.8
Montevideo, Uruguay 57.2 15.2 38.5 57.2 59.9 58.6
Kingston, Canada 56.8 31.6 45.6 62.1 62.6 130.4
San Jose, Costa Rica 53.5 21.7 39.3 60.7 49.3 45.4
Monterrey, Mexico 49.3 23.7 37.9 53.8 49.9 53.2
Buenos Aires, Argentina 48.8 16.3 34.3 46.6 63.1 45.4
Panama City, Panama 47.0 27.6 38.4 53.7 43.5 45.8
Mexico City, Mexico 45.9 28.1 37.9 49.9 48.6 48.6
Queretaro (Santiago de Querétaro), Mexico 44.6 18.3 32.9 50.7 42.9 57.1
Caracas, Venezuela 43.5 14.0 30.3 49.0 45.8 19.0
Cordoba, Argentina 43.5 10.5 28.7 42.1 43.7 40.0
Merida, Mexico 42.2 15.2 30.1 45.7 43.9 36.0
Santiago, Chile 41.9 14.1 29.5 43.6 44.7 57.7
Guadalajara, Mexico 41.0 20.1 31.7 45.8 42.0 45.7
San Salvador, El Salvador 40.3 21.7 32.0 43.9 34.3 23.5
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 39.4 15.4 28.7 38.6 37.6 40.4
Sao Paulo, Brazil 36.8 16.4 27.7 37.3 33.6 53.4
Guayaquil, Ecuador 36.6 11.6 25.4 35.1 35.9 41.0
Lima, Peru 35.5 14.3 26.1 40.2 29.0 47.3
Medellin, Colombia 34.4 14.5 25.5 34.2 30.2 39.4
Florianopolis, Brazil 33.7 13.7 24.8 30.6 32.7 56.5
Quito, Ecuador 33.6 10.7 23.4 36.8 33.3 52.9
Campinas, Brazil 33.2 10.6 23.1 34.3 30.0 49.3
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 32.9 11.9 23.5 31.7 30.1 37.8
Joao Pessoa, Brazil 32.9 7.7 21.7 29.7 26.6 40.4
Bogota, Colombia 32.8 12.5 23.7 34.0 28.5 39.5
Porto Alegre, Brazil 32.2 9.1 21.9 32.2 29.8 41.9
Brasilia, Brazil 32.0 11.2 22.7 30.9 31.1 58.7
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 31.6 9.5 21.8 29.7 27.6 40.4
Fortaleza, Brazil 31.5 7.1 20.6 29.5 28.8 43.4
Salvador, Brazil 31.1 9.4 21.4 29.0 29.9 34.4
Curitiba, Brazil 31.0 9.3 21.3 29.0 28.1 50.3
Cali, Colombia 30.9 11.2 22.1 32.8 25.9 40.5
Cuenca, Ecuador 30.5 9.6 21.2 33.9 27.2 49.7
Asuncion, Paraguay 29.8 11.5 21.7 29.7 28.6 47.9
Recife, Brazil 29.1 9.6 20.4 27.8 25.7 42.9