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Global Cost of Living & Salary Index 2026

Name: Mundevo Global Cost of Living & Salary Index
Creator: Mundevo
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104 cities ranked by cost of living (New York = 100), with rent index, effective payroll-tax burden and a 0–100 quality-of-life score (safety, healthcare, air). Unlike most calculators, every city links through to a tax-adjusted "salary you actually need" breakdown and country-to-country relocation corridors.

The most affordable city we track is Alexandria (index 22); the most expensive is Zurich (index 144) — a 7× spread across the catalog.

Cite this index. Free to reference with attribution to “Mundevo Cost of Living & Salary Index” linking to this page. Data as of 2026-06-10. Methodology: /methodology · Sources: /sources.

The ranking

All 104 cities by cost of living

#	City	Country	Cost index	Rent index	Tax burden	Quality /100
1	Alexandria	Egypt	22	6	21%	46
2	Cairo	Egypt	24	8	21%	43
3	Delhi	India	26	10	25%	38
4	Bangalore	India	28	22	25%	57
5	Mumbai	India	28	18	25%	48
6	Buenos Aires	Argentina	28.5	18	26%	51
7	Cordoba	Argentina	30	10	26%	59
8	Cebu	Philippines	31	11	16%	49
9	Marrakech	Morocco	31	12	18%	55
10	Ankara	Turkey	32	12	29%	58
11	Arequipa	Peru	32	10	12%	55
12	Bali	Indonesia	32	22	13%	60
13	Bogota	Colombia	32	14	22%	46
14	Hanoi	Vietnam	33	14	22%	45
15	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	33	22	17%	61
16	Casablanca	Morocco	34	14	18%	49
17	Manila	Philippines	34	15	16%	43
18	Chiang Mai	Thailand	35	12	10%	57
19	Jakarta	Indonesia	35	16	13%	41
20	Medellin	Colombia	35	25	22%	53
21	Penang	Malaysia	35	11	17%	63
22	Guadalajara	Mexico	36	18	12%	50
23	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	36	28	22%	55
24	Lima	Peru	36	16	12%	43
25	Bangkok	Thailand	38	28	10%	55
26	Istanbul	Turkey	38	20	29%	55
27	Mexico City	Mexico	38	28	12%	46
28	Johannesburg	South Africa	39	16	19%	44
29	Bucharest	Romania	40	16	45%	55
30	Valparaiso	Chile	40	16	25%	53
31	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	41	22	33%	46
32	Beijing	China	42	28	21%	61
33	Cape Town	South Africa	42	24	19%	57
34	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	42	18	45%	64
35	São Paulo	Brazil	42	35	33%	52
36	Shanghai	China	44	32	21%	65
37	Debrecen	Hungary	46	15	34%	62
38	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	48	24	10%	63
39	Santiago	Chile	48	22	25%	45
40	Krakow	Poland	50	29	31%	61
41	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	52	30	10%	60
42	Brno	Czech Republic	53	25	22%	72
43	Warsaw	Poland	54	42	31%	67
44	Budapest	Hungary	55	39	34%	69
45	Porto	Portugal	58	40	31%	73
46	Valencia	Spain	58	38	24%	72
47	Thessaloniki	Greece	61	20	36%	54
48	Athens	Greece	62	42	36%	59
49	Taipei	Taiwan	62	48	19%	80
50	Busan	South Korea	65	18	21%	71
51	Madrid	Spain	65	42	24%	70
52	Florence	Italy	66	38	35%	64
53	Prague	Czech Republic	66	48	22%	72
54	Lisbon	Portugal	67	51	31%	71
55	Montreal	Canada	68	60	28%	72
56	Barcelona	Spain	70	50	24%	64
57	Osaka	Japan	70	50	27%	73
58	Antwerp	Belgium	71	34	38%	66
59	Tallinn	Estonia	71	52	22%	79
60	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	72	54	5%	69
61	Brisbane	Australia	72	62	23%	74
62	Toronto	Canada	72	66	28%	69
63	Brussels	Belgium	74	40	38%	62
64	Wellington	New Zealand	74	44	17%	77
65	Berlin	Germany	75	55	42%	73
66	Hamburg	Germany	75	60	42%	72
67	Melbourne	Australia	75	68	23%	74
68	Rome	Italy	75	52	35%	62
69	Seoul	South Korea	75	60	21%	73
70	Auckland	New Zealand	76	46	17%	72
71	Lyon	France	77	55	36%	68
72	Austin	United States	78	75	25%	68
73	Chicago	United States	78	70	25%	61
74	Milan	Italy	80	65	35%	60
75	Sydney	Australia	80	75	23%	72
76	Vancouver	Canada	80	78	28%	73
77	Miami	United States	82	85	25%	66
78	Rotterdam	Netherlands	82	63	33%	72
79	Tokyo	Japan	82	55	27%	78
80	Paris	France	83	60	36%	59
81	Los Angeles	United States	84	75	25%	53
82	Manchester	United Kingdom	84	72	26%	62
83	Vienna	Austria	84	71	42%	78
84	Frankfurt	Germany	85	70	42%	73
85	Gothenburg	Sweden	85	40	35%	67
86	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	88	95	20%	72
87	Munich	Germany	88	75	42%	81
88	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	90	85	5%	72
89	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	90	78	26%	72
90	Seattle	United States	92	88	25%	68
91	Singapore	Singapore	92	80	6%	76
92	Tel Aviv	Israel	92	88	34%	70
93	Salzburg	Austria	93	49	42%	78
94	Oslo	Norway	95	85	38%	81
95	Cork	Ireland	96	67	29%	63
96	Amsterdam	Netherlands	97	89	33%	79
97	Stockholm	Sweden	97	77	35%	77
98	New York	United States	100	100	25%	62
99	Copenhagen	Denmark	106	86	45%	79
100	Dublin	Ireland	113	110	29%	69
101	London	United Kingdom	113	107	26%	63
102	San Francisco	United States	120	115	25%	62
103	Geneva	Switzerland	129	90	21%	76
104	Zurich	Switzerland	144	126	21%	82

How to read the index

Cost index normalises a six-basket monthly budget so New York = 100.
Rent index is median central one-bedroom asking rent, NY = 100.
Tax burden is the effective income tax + employee social security for a single filer at the country median wage.
Quality averages safety, healthcare and air-quality indices (0–100).
Some cities are AI-estimated (flagged on their detail page); treat those figures as ±15–25%.

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