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Cheapest cities by cost of living
Ranked by the Numbeo Cost of Living Index (New York City = 100, excluding rent), lowest first — across 453 cities with cost-of-living data. A lower index means day-to-day costs are cheaper than New York.
| # | City | Country | Cost of living | Purchasing power | 3-bed median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tripoli | Libya | 18.6 | — | $60k |
| 2 | Alexandria | Egypt | 21.1 | 20.7 | $114k |
| 3 | New Delhi | India | 23.0 | 73.5 | $220k |
| 4 | Tehran | Iran | 23.0 | 22.3 | $130k |
| 5 | Kathmandu | Nepal | 23.8 | 35.2 | $100k |
| 6 | Thimphu | Bhutan | 24.0 | 71.3 | $64k |
| 7 | Cairo | Egypt | 24.4 | 32.6 | $136k |
| 8 | Kabul | Afghanistan | 24.6 | 22.9 | $70k |
| 9 | South Tangerang | Indonesia | 24.9 | 29.5 | $142k |
| 10 | Banjul | Gambia | 25.0 | 9.7 | $112k |
| 11 | Fukuoka | Japan | 25.0 | — | $223k |
| 12 | Islamabad | Pakistan | 25.2 | 43.4 | $117k |
| 13 | Karaganda | Kazakhstan | 25.4 | 28.4 | $63k |
| 14 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 25.7 | 33.3 | $150k |
| 15 | Ust-Kamenogorsk | Kazakhstan | 26.0 | 31.3 | $86k |
| 16 | Pavlodar | Kazakhstan | 26.6 | 50.8 | $77k |
| 17 | Antananarivo | Madagascar | 26.7 | 15.8 | $66k |
| 18 | Kharkiv | Ukraine | 26.7 | 55.4 | $87k |
| 19 | Bamako | Mali | 26.8 | 19.7 | $52k |
| 20 | Ciudad de la Paz | Equatorial Guinea | 27.0 | 48.6 | $225k |
| 21 | Kigali | Rwanda | 27.0 | 25.7 | $262k |
| 22 | Dodoma | Tanzania | 27.0 | 33.8 | $45k |
| 23 | Asmara | Eritrea | 27.3 | 11.7 | $133k |
| 24 | Surabaya | Indonesia | 27.8 | 30.1 | $142k |
| 25 | Kampala | Uganda | 27.8 | 17.8 | $129k |
| 26 | Shah Alam | Malaysia | 28.2 | 62.3 | $141k |
| 27 | Ha Noi | Vietnam | 28.3 | 47.2 | $264k |
| 28 | Hanoi | Vietnam | 28.3 | 47.2 | $264k |
| 29 | Jakarta | Indonesia | 28.7 | 40.4 | $173k |
| 30 | Dushanbe | Tajikistan | 28.7 | 41.7 | $111k |
| 31 | Algiers | Algeria | 28.8 | 35.3 | $260k |
| 32 | Pristina | Kosovo | 28.8 | 66.4 | $123k |
| 33 | Sucre | Bolivia | 29.3 | 26.5 | $104k |
| 34 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 29.6 | 42.7 | $306k |
| 35 | Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | 29.9 | 39.6 | $90k |
| 36 | Vina del Mar | Chile | 30.0 | 35.3 | $248k |
| 37 | Odesa | Ukraine | 30.1 | 45.7 | $102k |
| 38 | Kayseri | Turkey | 30.3 | 27.0 | $75k |
| 39 | Dnipro | Ukraine | 30.6 | 45.5 | $81k |
| 40 | Kostanay | Kazakhstan | 30.7 | 57.7 | $83k |
| 41 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 30.7 | 52.8 | $115k |
| 42 | Tunis | Tunisia | 31.5 | 33.7 | $130k |
| 43 | Lviv | Ukraine | 31.5 | 52.5 | $148k |
| 44 | Recife | Brazil | 32.0 | 34.9 | $135k |
| 45 | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | Sri Lanka | 32.0 | 21.9 | $130k |
| 46 | Agadir | Morocco | 32.3 | 48.1 | $212k |
| 47 | Cebu City | Philippines | 32.3 | 30.0 | $497k |
| 48 | Nairobi | Kenya | 32.6 | 34.7 | $145k |
| 49 | Marrakesh | Morocco | 32.7 | 43.0 | $250k |
| 50 | Kyiv | Ukraine | 32.7 | 59.6 | $289k |
| 51 | Astana | Kazakhstan | 32.8 | 62.5 | $209k |
| 52 | Batumi | Georgia | 33.0 | 46.0 | $127k |
| 53 | Baku | Azerbaijan | 33.5 | 44.6 | $236k |
| 54 | Moroni | Comoros | 33.7 | 32.3 | $147k |
| 55 | Johor Bahru | Malaysia | 33.7 | 46.5 | $158k |
| 56 | Fortaleza | Brazil | 33.9 | 40.4 | $144k |
| 57 | Cambodia (combined) | Cambodia | 33.9 | 18.0 | $285k |
| 58 | Chroy Changvar | Cambodia | 33.9 | 18.0 | $276k |
| 59 | Nyiregyhaza | Hungary | 34.0 | — | $222k |
| 60 | Cali | Colombia | 34.1 | 40.9 | $103k |
| 61 | Asunción | Paraguay | 34.1 | 48.3 | $150k |
| 62 | Damascus | Syria | 34.1 | 4.9 | $110k |
| 63 | Rabat | Morocco | 34.2 | 54.9 | $543k |
| 64 | Sana'a | Yemen | 34.2 | 9.9 | $125k |
| 65 | Puebla | Mexico | 34.3 | 50.4 | $202k |
| 66 | Manila | Philippines | 34.3 | 35.1 | $753k |
| 67 | Minsk | Belarus | 34.5 | 71.6 | $180k |
| 68 | Stara Zagora | Bulgaria | 34.5 | 90.0 | $206k |
| 69 | Bali (Villas) | Indonesia | 34.5 | 12.5 | $231k |
| 70 | Niamey | Niger | 34.5 | 24.6 | $94k |
| 71 | Abuja | Nigeria | 34.5 | 13.2 | $180k |
| 72 | Bello | Colombia | 34.6 | 39.4 | $94k |
| 73 | Metro Manila | Philippines | 34.6 | 35.7 | $753k |
| 74 | Baghdad | Iraq | 34.7 | 50.0 | $155k |
| 75 | Casablanca | Morocco | 34.7 | 46.3 | $250k |
| 76 | Quito | Ecuador | 34.9 | 47.8 | $145k |
| 77 | Ipoh | Malaysia | 34.9 | — | $105k |
| 78 | Juba | South Sudan | 35.0 | — | $130k |
| 79 | Port Louis | Mauritius | 35.2 | 38.4 | $195k |
| 80 | Tangerang | Indonesia | 35.3 | 23.8 | $117k |
| 81 | Lima | Peru | 35.4 | 45.4 | $207k |
| 82 | Brasília | Brazil | 35.5 | 67.5 | $260k |
| 83 | Kep and Kampot | Cambodia | 35.5 | 24.2 | $278k |
| 84 | Petaling Jaya | Malaysia | 35.5 | 51.5 | $140k |
| 85 | Adana | Turkey | 35.5 | 63.3 | $95k |
| 86 | Lilongwe | Malawi | 36.0 | — | $75k |
| 87 | Lusaka | Zambia | 36.0 | 37.2 | $130k |
| 88 | Ostend | Belgium | 36.1 | 75.3 | $449k |
| 89 | Yaoundé | Cameroon | 36.2 | 17.2 | $130k |
| 90 | Konya | Turkey | 36.2 | 26.8 | $99k |
| 91 | Tangier | Morocco | 36.3 | 39.0 | $282k |
| 92 | Ufa | Russia | 36.3 | 61.0 | $128k |
| 93 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 36.8 | 38.5 | $268k |
| 94 | Santa Marta | Colombia | 36.8 | 37.3 | $273k |
| 95 | Durban | South Africa | 36.9 | 98.5 | $99k |
| 96 | Kinshasa | DR Congo | 37.0 | 33.1 | $482k |
| 97 | Aktau | Kazakhstan | 37.1 | 23.7 | $80k |
| 98 | Pyongyang | North Korea | 37.2 | 18.6 | $170k |
| 99 | Dolphin Coast | South Africa | 37.3 | 99.1 | $180k |
| 100 | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 37.4 | 22.4 | $354k |
Indices are Numbeo-style, New York City = 100. Cost of living excludes rent. “—” = not yet covered for that city.
How this is ranked. Cities sorted by the Numbeo Cost of Living Index (NYC = 100, excl. rent), ascending. Each city page shows the same figure with its source and “last updated” date. Methodology →