Asia: Cost of Living Index by City 2026

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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
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel 91.4 46.2 71.2 81.9 98.2 109.5
Singapore, Singapore 87.7 73.1 81.2 77.3 55.5 105.5
Ramat Gan, Israel 83.7 33.2 61.2 82.6 90.4 132.8
Jerusalem, Israel 83.0 40.2 63.9 74.5 90.2 110.7
Haifa, Israel 80.0 23.6 54.9 77.2 91.6 128.9
Petah Tikva, Israel 76.3 29.1 55.3 71.5 91.0 127.3
Beersheba, Israel 75.9 16.1 49.2 74.6 83.8 126.2
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) 75.2 63.1 69.8 75.1 51.1 91.6
Seoul, South Korea 68.2 23.0 48.0 81.4 42.6 130.0
Limassol, Cyprus 63.9 38.0 52.3 56.7 71.0 109.3
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 61.8 56.9 59.6 46.7 66.8 131.3
Nicosia, Cyprus 58.0 21.0 41.5 54.5 59.6 85.3
Paphos, Cyprus 56.6 27.6 43.7 52.3 58.9 96.7
Larnaca, Cyprus 54.7 24.1 41.1 52.0 52.3 87.9
Taipei, Taiwan 54.7 19.6 39.0 67.6 36.1 81.5
Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates 54.4 21.9 39.9 49.5 50.9 95.7
Tokyo, Japan 54.2 25.8 41.5 62.9 35.4 117.8
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 54.1 42.3 48.8 45.6 60.1 119.0
New Taipei City, Taiwan 51.1 17.4 36.1 62.5 25.5 75.0
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 50.7 22.8 38.3 41.6 38.3 132.2
Doha, Qatar 49.7 43.2 46.8 42.2 52.9 123.7
Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia 48.5 15.9 34.0 42.8 42.7 110.6
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 48.4 25.5 38.2 45.7 39.2 119.5
Beirut, Lebanon 48.0 20.0 35.5 40.1 48.2 33.3
Taichung, Taiwan 47.6 12.5 32.0 62.3 27.2 88.4
Ajman, United Arab Emirates 46.1 56.6 50.8 35.3 38.8 81.1
Manama, Bahrain 45.3 22.3 35.0 41.8 46.5 121.2
Kuwait City, Kuwait 44.7 23.3 35.1 34.8 57.5 123.6
Muscat, Oman 44.3 14.8 31.2 42.3 40.8 111.3
Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia 43.9 13.9 30.5 39.0 35.9 134.5
Istanbul, Turkey 43.8 21.8 34.0 41.7 46.8 59.8
Phuket, Thailand 43.7 23.7 34.8 48.8 38.0 29.7
Osaka, Japan 43.5 18.1 32.1 50.4 29.9 125.9
Amman, Jordan 42.5 9.8 27.9 37.7 45.4 48.5
Yerevan, Armenia 42.4 16.8 31.0 37.0 42.5 35.4
Bangkok, Thailand 41.4 19.6 31.6 45.2 29.2 50.9
Ad Dammam, Saudi Arabia 41.3 12.8 28.6 41.0 29.8 132.4
Makati, Philippines 41.2 23.6 33.4 41.4 32.2 42.7
Izmir, Turkey 40.6 14.4 28.9 41.8 36.6 61.4
Bursa, Turkey 40.2 10.6 27.0 40.2 35.5 85.7
Antalya, Turkey 40.1 12.9 28.0 38.4 40.7 67.4
Ankara, Turkey 38.9 14.9 28.2 39.2 39.3 63.9
Shanghai, China 38.8 23.2 31.8 38.1 26.0 96.0
Mersin, Turkey 38.0 9.2 25.2 39.0 30.5 76.9
Beijing, China 38.0 23.5 31.5 37.3 24.7 93.7
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 37.9 13.7 27.1 44.6 31.1 25.1
Pattaya, Thailand 37.9 15.9 28.1 42.5 26.7 32.9
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 37.4 13.8 26.9 44.7 29.6 103.6
Bali, Indonesia 37.3 32.8 35.3 49.1 22.9 12.3
Eskisehir, Turkey 37.2 10.5 25.3 39.8 32.7 87.7
Shenzhen, China 37.0 18.9 28.9 39.4 24.2 109.1
Tbilisi, Georgia 36.6 16.8 27.8 35.5 40.2 40.6
Suzhou, China 36.6 10.7 25.0 40.0 31.4 104.0
Guangzhou, China 36.2 13.3 26.0 42.5 22.9 106.1
Manila, Philippines 35.4 16.8 27.1 40.9 26.8 35.3
Colombo, Sri Lanka 35.1 10.0 23.9 50.0 26.6 18.7
Hangzhou, China 35.1 13.3 25.4 38.6 24.8 102.5
Chiang Mai, Thailand 34.8 10.6 24.0 43.3 21.2 55.5
Kuching, Malaysia 34.4 8.1 22.7 42.3 25.8 51.4
Erbil (Irbil), Iraq 34.2 9.8 23.3 32.5 36.2 46.2
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 34.1 18.6 27.2 37.8 26.1 42.1
Baghdad, Iraq 33.8 10.9 23.6 29.7 31.4 50.4
Penang, Malaysia 33.5 8.4 22.3 42.2 23.8 88.4
Cebu, Philippines 33.5 12.2 24.0 41.1 23.1 30.2
Almaty, Kazakhstan 33.0 15.7 25.3 31.9 35.5 55.7
Quezon City, Philippines 32.4 8.8 21.9 38.8 20.9 44.7
Baku, Azerbaijan 32.3 11.0 22.8 30.9 36.4 45.1
Changsha, China 31.6 6.6 20.5 38.4 21.2 106.6
Nanjing, China 30.6 11.0 21.9 33.8 21.7 107.2
Batumi, Ajara, Georgia 30.5 12.2 22.4 30.8 32.2 47.3
Wuhan, China 30.0 8.3 20.3 34.0 20.5 110.7
Davao, Philippines 30.0 7.3 19.9 32.7 20.8 31.0
Jakarta, Indonesia 29.8 12.5 22.1 36.5 18.2 40.6
Astana (Nur-Sultan), Kazakhstan 29.7 12.1 21.8 29.9 31.6 62.5
Tashkent, Uzbekistan 29.4 14.1 22.6 31.5 26.4 51.7
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 28.8 12.5 21.5 28.3 26.2 39.3
Dushanbe, Tajikistan 28.6 11.3 20.9 36.2 20.6 36.2
Hanoi, Vietnam 28.4 9.8 20.1 34.1 18.5 46.1
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 28.2 12.9 21.4 32.4 16.7 42.5
Chengdu, China 28.0 9.2 19.6 33.7 20.9 108.7
Surabaya, Indonesia 27.8 12.1 20.8 35.9 14.5 30.1
Chongqing, China 27.2 7.7 18.5 33.7 20.0 107.2
Mumbai, India 26.3 18.5 22.9 25.8 24.6 61.2
Da Nang, Vietnam 26.3 10.8 19.4 31.6 16.0 36.5
Dhaka, Bangladesh 25.3 3.8 15.7 29.4 19.9 39.3
Bandung, Indonesia 24.9 5.6 16.3 34.3 13.8 31.9
Gurgaon, India 24.7 8.9 17.6 26.9 23.3 94.1
Kathmandu, Nepal 23.8 3.9 14.9 24.6 18.2 31.2
Tehran, Iran 23.1 11.4 17.9 22.3 16.6 24.0
Delhi, India 23.0 7.0 15.9 23.0 22.9 72.2
Pune, India 22.8 7.3 15.9 25.9 21.2 128.7
Islamabad, Pakistan 22.8 5.8 15.2 19.2 19.9 37.0
Bangalore, India 21.9 9.4 16.4 25.4 19.0 116.6
Noida, India 21.9 5.8 14.7 24.7 17.4 113.0
Hyderabad, India 21.7 6.3 14.9 23.8 19.7 154.4
Ahmedabad, India 21.2 4.4 13.7 24.0 20.3 67.4
Chandigarh, India 20.9 4.8 13.7 22.6 17.6 70.7
Karachi, Pakistan 20.8 3.6 13.1 19.7 17.6 26.7
Chennai, India 20.7 5.0 13.7 24.6 15.5 110.7
Thane, India 20.7 7.7 14.9 21.5 19.7 48.8
Rawalpindi, Pakistan 20.6 4.3 13.3 21.4 16.8 24.8
Vadodara, India 20.6 3.7 13.0 23.6 15.1 77.7
Lahore, Pakistan 20.3 3.6 12.8 17.9 19.7 26.0
Bhubaneswar, India 19.4 3.9 12.5 22.5 14.7 60.7
Patna, India 19.4 2.6 11.9 20.4 16.1 60.3
Bhopal, India 19.2 3.4 12.2 23.2 16.4 63.9
Kolkata, India 19.2 4.0 12.4 23.3 14.7 69.9
Kochi, India 19.0 4.5 12.6 23.0 13.0 74.1
Jaipur, India 19.0 4.0 12.3 21.2 15.4 75.5
Surat, India 18.7 7.2 13.6 22.1 16.4 55.8
Indore, India 18.4 4.3 12.1 21.2 13.2 69.1
Lucknow (Lakhnau), India 17.8 3.9 11.6 20.1 13.3 68.0
Coimbatore, India 17.6 3.9 11.5 22.1 13.2 65.1