CityCostLab

City cost of living rankings

Compare cost-of-living, rent, grocery and transport indexes across cities. Indexes are relative to the base city (Seoul = 100).

Base: Seoul = 100

City cost of living rankings
RankCityIndexMonthly cost (single)1BR rent, centreData confidenceLast updated
1New YorkUnited States459.8$6,068No dataInsufficientNo data
2San FranciscoUnited States374.2$5,222No dataInsufficientNo data
3LondonUnited Kingdom304.5$4,476No dataInsufficientNo data
4SingaporeSingapore269.3$3,635No dataInsufficientNo data
5ParisFrance166.7$2,709No dataInsufficientNo data
6SeoulSouth Korea100.0$1,825No dataInsufficientNo data
7TokyoJapan98.8$1,788No dataInsufficientNo data
8OsakaJapan64.7$1,394No dataInsufficientNo data
9BangkokThailand56.1$987No dataInsufficientNo data
10BusanSouth Korea53.8$1,308No dataInsufficientNo data