Cost of Living Comparison 2026
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Europe
32Austria: Vienna
Belgium: Brussels
Czechia: Prague
Denmark: Copenhagen
Finland: Helsinki
Greece: Athens
Hungary: Budapest
Ireland: Dublin
Italy: Milan
Netherlands: Amsterdam
Norway: Oslo
Portugal: Lisbon
Romania: Bucharest
Serbia: Belgrade
Sweden: Stockholm
Switzerland: Basel, Geneva, Zurich
Ukraine: Kyiv
United Kingdom: Birmingham, Edinburgh, London, Manchester
North America
7Mexico: Mexico City
United States: Austin, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco
South America
6Asia
31Bahrain: Manama
Bangladesh: Chattogram, Dhaka
China: Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen
Hong Kong: Hong Kong
India: Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai
Indonesia: Jakarta
Israel: Tel Aviv
Japan: Tokyo
Jordan: Amman
Kuwait: Kuwait City
Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur
Oman: Muscat
Pakistan: Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore
Philippines: Manila
Qatar: Doha
Saudi Arabia: Riyadh
Singapore: Singapore
South Korea: Seoul
Sri Lanka: Colombo
Taiwan: Taipei
Thailand: Bangkok
Turkey: Istanbul
United Arab Emirates: Dubai
Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City
Africa
7Egypt: Cairo
Ghana: Accra
Kenya: Nairobi
Morocco: Casablanca
Nigeria: Lagos
South Africa: Cape Town, Johannesburg
Oceania
3How 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.