Cost of Living Rankings

Index base: New York = 100 · As of 2026-07-01

ContinentCountry

#	City	Country	Index
101	Shenzhen	China	42.7
102	Busan	South Korea	42.6
103	Incheon	South Korea	42.6
104	Sapporo	Japan	41.6
105	Montevideo	Uruguay	41.5
106	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	41.4
107	Ulsan	South Korea	41.3
108	Brno	Czechia	41.1
109	Riga	Latvia	41.0
110	Moscow	Russia	41.0
111	Budapest	Hungary	40.9
112	San José	Costa Rica	40.6
113	Kraków	Poland	40.1
114	Thessaloniki	Greece	40.1
115	Guangzhou	China	40.1
116	Daegu	South Korea	40.1
117	Panama City	Panama	40.0
118	Sejong	South Korea	40.0
119	Daejeon	South Korea	39.7
120	Muscat	Oman	39.5
121	Jeju	South Korea	39.3
122	Gwangju	South Korea	38.8
123	Belgrade	Serbia	38.7
124	Cheonan	South Korea	38.3
125	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	38.1
126	Changwon	South Korea	38.1
127	Bucharest	Romania	38.0
128	Istanbul	Türkiye	38.0
129	Mexico City	Mexico	37.8
130	Buenos Aires	Argentina	37.3
131	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	37.3
132	Pohang	South Korea	37.1
133	Hangzhou	China	37.0
134	Cheongju	South Korea	36.8
135	Jeonju	South Korea	36.5
136	Chuncheon	South Korea	36.4
137	Bangkok	Thailand	36.1
138	Monterrey	Mexico	36.0
139	Sofia	Bulgaria	36.0
140	São Paulo	Brazil	35.9
141	Yeosu	South Korea	35.9
142	Saint Petersburg	Russia	35.2
143	Guadalajara	Mexico	35.1
144	Cancún	Mexico	35.1
145	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	34.8
146	Lima	Peru	34.8
147	Amman	Jordan	34.0
148	Cape Town	South Africa	33.8
149	Chengdu	China	33.6
150	Guatemala City	Guatemala	33.1