Cost of Living Index by City2024

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Rank	City	Cost of Living Index
	The Hague (Den Haag), Netherlands	59.6
	Eindhoven, Netherlands	64.4
	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	65.2
	Rotterdam, Netherlands	61.9
	Valencia, Spain	45.1
	Helsinki, Finland	69.4
	Vienna, Austria	66.2
	Copenhagen, Denmark	79.0
	Munich, Germany	66.7
	Amsterdam, Netherlands	69.9
	Zurich, Switzerland	118.3
	Stuttgart, Germany	61.7
	Reykjavik, Iceland	88.5
	Madrid, Spain	52.7
	Frankfurt, Germany	63.9
	Porto, Portugal	45.6
	Geneva, Switzerland	109.8
	Gothenburg, Sweden	62.0
	Tallinn, Estonia	55.6
	Oslo, Norway	80.0
	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	69.7
	Seattle, WA, United States	87.7
	Cologne, Germany	61.2
	Muscat, Oman	45.6
	Split, Croatia	45.1
	Cork, Ireland	68.7
	Dallas, TX, United States	72.6
	Glasgow, United Kingdom	66.2
	Austin, TX, United States	73.3
	Charlotte, NC, United States	77.7
	Hamburg, Germany	69.8
	Indianapolis, IN, United States	71.3
	Orlando, FL, United States	72.1
	Tampa, FL, United States	82.0
	Tokyo, Japan	57.4
	Ljubljana, Slovenia	53.2
	Raleigh, NC, United States	77.3
	Brisbane, Australia	70.9
	Columbus, OH, United States	71.0
	Tucson, AZ, United States	78.2
	Salt Lake City, UT, United States	70.3
	Vilnius, Lithuania	50.2
	Edmonton, Canada	64.6
	Stockholm, Sweden	68.8
	Brno, Czech Republic	44.8
	San Antonio, TX, United States	67.5
	Calgary, Canada	72.3
	Minneapolis, MN, United States	75.0
	Perth, Australia	75.6
	Sacramento, CA, United States	83.7
	Atlanta, GA, United States	80.3
	Portland, OR, United States	82.3
	Melbourne, Australia	70.2
	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	59.3
	Berlin, Germany	65.7
	Singapore, Singapore	81.9
	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	63.0
	San Diego, CA, United States	86.4
	Zagreb, Croatia	49.7
	Boston, MA, United States	89.2
	San Jose, CA, United States	90.5
	Denver, CO, United States	78.8
	Adelaide, Australia	81.7
	Prague, Czech Republic	51.5
	Houston, TX, United States	68.3
	Pittsburgh, PA, United States	76.1
	Auckland, New Zealand	73.2
	Sydney, Australia	75.9
	Doha, Qatar	55.6
	Vancouver, Canada	74.4
	Mississauga, Canada	67.1
	Phoenix, AZ, United States	69.0
	Wellington, New Zealand	73.3
	Albuquerque, NM, United States	69.8
	Washington, DC, United States	84.8
	Honolulu, HI, United States	92.4
	Canberra, Australia	87.5
	Miami, FL, United States	77.7
	Halifax, Canada	69.6
	Birmingham, United Kingdom	61.6
	San Francisco, CA, United States	92.5
	Victoria, Canada	76.7
	Cape Town, South Africa	34.6
	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	41.6
	Timisoara, Romania	38.7
	Taipei, Taiwan	52.0
	Lisbon, Portugal	51.1
	Montreal, Canada	65.5
	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	72.5
	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	51.2
	Philadelphia, PA, United States	76.6
	Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia	47.6
	Ottawa, Canada	73.3
	Quebec City, Canada	70.4
	Bratislava, Slovakia	52.0
	Los Angeles, CA, United States	85.1
	Riga, Latvia	52.5
	Las Vegas, NV, United States	70.8
	Toronto, Canada	71.6
	Chicago, IL, United States	80.0
	Brussels, Belgium	67.3
	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	29.0
	Manchester, United Kingdom	67.0
	Pretoria, South Africa	34.2
	Gdansk, Poland	42.8
	Limassol, Cyprus	59.2
	Barcelona, Spain	53.7
	Pune, India	25.1
	Dublin, Ireland	73.4
	Bursa, Turkey	32.6
	Varna, Bulgaria	38.4
	Warsaw, Poland	46.0
	Seoul, South Korea	70.3
	Montevideo, Uruguay	54.4
	Durban, South Africa	32.8
	Izmir, Turkey	34.6
	New York, NY, United States	100.0
	Curitiba, Brazil	34.4
	Wroclaw, Poland	43.1
	Winnipeg, Canada	66.0
	Poznan, Poland	42.1
	Brasilia, Brazil	36.2
	Hyderabad, India	24.2
	Islamabad, Pakistan	20.3
	Krakow (Cracow), Poland	44.8
	Turin, Italy	59.6
	Johannesburg, South Africa	36.1
	Sofia, Bulgaria	41.6
	Ankara, Turkey	33.5
	Novi Sad, Serbia	40.0
	London, United Kingdom	80.1
	Kuwait City, Kuwait	44.6
	Rome, Italy	57.9
	Budapest, Hungary	46.8
	Lviv, Ukraine	28.6
	Paris, France	75.4
	Bangalore, India	29.4
	Chennai, India	22.7
	Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina	36.8
	Minsk, Belarus	28.2
	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)	71.5
	Bucharest, Romania	41.3
	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	34.6
	Monterrey, Mexico	51.8
	Guadalajara, Mexico	45.0
	Gurgaon, India	26.6
	Moscow, Russia	35.7
	Amman, Jordan	44.5
	Yerevan, Armenia	40.2
	Ahmedabad, India	24.2
	Athens, Greece	55.9
	Porto Alegre, Brazil	35.9
	Panama City, Panama	49.1
	Medellin, Colombia	32.7
	Tbilisi, Georgia	39.2
	Thessaloniki, Greece	55.5
	Quito, Ecuador	35.5
	Milan, Italy	69.7
	Baku, Azerbaijan	33.5
	Istanbul, Turkey	36.9
	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	34.6
	Saint Petersburg, Russia	31.3
	Belgrade, Serbia	42.7
	Odessa (Odesa), Ukraine	29.3
	Kharkiv, Ukraine	28.7
	Beijing, China	37.1
	Lahore, Pakistan	19.7
	Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine	32.3
	Delhi, India	24.4
	Skopje, North Macedonia	36.3
	Santiago, Chile	43.1
	Buenos Aires, Argentina	27.5
	Kolkata, India	21.6
	Hanoi, Vietnam	31.7
	Nairobi, Kenya	25.9
	Dnipro, Ukraine	28.4
	Yekaterinburg, Russia	29.8
	Tirana, Albania	44.6
	Almaty, Kazakhstan	35.9
	Shanghai, China	42.1
	Bogota, Colombia	31.7
	Mexico City, Mexico	47.3
	Novosibirsk, Russia	29.6
	Bangkok, Thailand	42.4
	Karachi, Pakistan	19.3
	Lima, Peru	34.4
	Jakarta, Indonesia	32.0
	Sao Paulo, Brazil	40.0
	Mumbai, India	25.2
	Colombo, Sri Lanka	35.2
	Cairo, Egypt	29.6
	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	38.7
	Caracas, Venezuela	42.1
	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	32.1
	Beirut, Lebanon	48.0
	Dhaka, Bangladesh	27.9
	Tehran, Iran	29.7
	Manila, Philippines	37.6
	Lagos, Nigeria	21.9