Cost of Living Comparison 2026
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Europe
- Austria: Vienna
- Czechia: Prague
- Denmark: Copenhagen
- France: Lyon, Nice, Paris
- Germany: Berlin, Munich
- Ireland: Dublin
- Netherlands: Amsterdam
- Norway: Oslo
- Poland: Krakow, Warsaw
- Portugal: Lisbon
- Spain: Madrid
- Sweden: Stockholm
- Switzerland: Basel, Geneva, Zurich
- United Kingdom: Birmingham, Edinburgh, London, Manchester
North America
- United States: Austin, New York, San Francisco
How we calculate and where the data comes from
Educational model, not financial, tax or relocation advice. Figures are estimates for 2026 and are rounded to ranges, never exact values. Our cost index is built from open data and adapted by CrawlJobs (aggregated and reweighted); it is not endorsed by the sources.
Sources: Eurostat (free reuse, Commission Decision 2011/833/EU), World Bank Open Data ICP (CC-BY-4.0), US BEA / HUD / Census (public domain), GeoNames (CC-BY-4.0). Source and product names are used for attribution only; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.