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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 263 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 | Alexandria | Egypt | 21.6 | 19.0 | $114k |
| 2 | Cairo | Egypt | 23.2 | 23.4 | $136k |
| 3 | South Tangerang | Indonesia | 24.9 | 29.5 | $142k |
| 4 | Karaganda | Kazakhstan | 25.4 | 28.4 | $63k |
| 5 | Pavlodar | Kazakhstan | 26.6 | 50.8 | $77k |
| 6 | Kharkiv | Ukraine | 26.9 | 51.7 | $87k |
| 7 | Surabaya | Indonesia | 27.8 | 30.1 | $142k |
| 8 | Shah Alam | Malaysia | 28.2 | 62.3 | $141k |
| 9 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 28.2 | 42.5 | $306k |
| 10 | Ha Noi | Vietnam | 28.4 | 46.1 | $264k |
| 11 | Hanoi | Vietnam | 28.4 | 46.1 | $264k |
| 12 | Recife | Brazil | 29.1 | 42.9 | $135k |
| 13 | Lviv | Ukraine | 29.5 | 53.9 | $148k |
| 14 | Astana | Kazakhstan | 29.7 | 62.5 | $209k |
| 15 | Odesa | Ukraine | 29.7 | 46.2 | $102k |
| 16 | Jakarta | Indonesia | 29.8 | 40.6 | $173k |
| 17 | Vina del Mar | Chile | 30.0 | 35.3 | $248k |
| 18 | Batumi | Georgia | 30.5 | 47.3 | $127k |
| 19 | Cali | Colombia | 30.9 | 40.5 | $103k |
| 20 | Dnipro | Ukraine | 31.0 | 44.3 | $81k |
| 21 | Fortaleza | Brazil | 31.5 | 43.4 | $144k |
| 22 | Agadir | Morocco | 31.9 | 51.9 | $212k |
| 23 | Kyiv | Ukraine | 31.9 | 58.7 | $289k |
| 24 | Marrakesh | Morocco | 32.7 | 49.6 | $250k |
| 25 | Bogota | Colombia | 32.8 | 39.5 | $201k |
| 26 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 32.9 | 37.8 | $268k |
| 27 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | 33.0 | 55.7 | $209k |
| 28 | Cebu City | Philippines | 33.5 | 30.2 | $497k |
| 29 | Stara Zagora | Bulgaria | 33.6 | 105.6 | $206k |
| 30 | Cambodia (combined) | Cambodia | 33.9 | 18.0 | $285k |
| 31 | Puebla | Mexico | 34.3 | 50.4 | $202k |
| 32 | Medellin | Colombia | 34.4 | 39.4 | $218k |
| 33 | Rabat | Morocco | 34.4 | 56.1 | $543k |
| 34 | Adana | Turkey | 34.4 | 53.3 | $95k |
| 35 | Metro Manila | Philippines | 34.6 | 35.7 | $753k |
| 36 | Casablanca | Morocco | 35.2 | 43.0 | $250k |
| 37 | Tangerang | Indonesia | 35.3 | 23.8 | $117k |
| 38 | Durban | South Africa | 35.3 | 101.6 | $99k |
| 39 | Barranquilla | Colombia | 35.4 | 41.3 | $126k |
| 40 | Manila | Philippines | 35.4 | 35.3 | $753k |
| 41 | Lima | Peru | 35.5 | 47.3 | $207k |
| 42 | Banja Luka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.7 | — | $126k |
| 43 | Tangier | Morocco | 36.1 | 37.8 | $282k |
| 44 | Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | 36.1 | 58.7 | $139k |
| 45 | Ufa | Russia | 36.3 | 61.0 | $128k |
| 46 | Chisinau | Moldova | 36.5 | 56.2 | $173k |
| 47 | Tbilisi | Georgia | 36.6 | 40.6 | $144k |
| 48 | Sao Paulo | Brazil | 36.8 | 53.4 | $371k |
| 49 | Santa Marta | Colombia | 36.8 | 37.3 | $273k |
| 50 | Novosibirsk | Russia | 36.8 | 60.8 | $131k |
| 51 | Bali (Villas) | Indonesia | 37.3 | 12.3 | $231k |
| 52 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 37.4 | 103.6 | $191k |
| 53 | Cartagena | Colombia | 37.8 | — | $193k |
| 54 | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 37.9 | 25.1 | $354k |
| 55 | Chon Buri (Pattaya) | Thailand | 37.9 | 32.9 | $510k |
| 56 | Skopje | North Macedonia | 38.1 | 65.5 | $106k |
| 57 | Galati | Romania | 38.1 | 70.6 | $128k |
| 58 | Mauritius | Mauritius | 38.3 | 34.7 | $613k |
| 59 | Concepcion | Chile | 38.6 | — | $151k |
| 60 | Naucalpan de Juárez | Mexico | 38.6 | 39.9 | $501k |
| 61 | Bitola | North Macedonia | 38.8 | 48.1 | $40k |
| 62 | Ankara | Turkey | 38.9 | 63.9 | $89k |
| 63 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 39.4 | 40.4 | $345k |
| 64 | Cape Town | South Africa | 39.6 | 103.3 | $335k |
| 65 | Craiova | Romania | 39.9 | 78.6 | $207k |
| 66 | Plovdiv | Bulgaria | 40.1 | 79.3 | $256k |
| 67 | Antalya | Turkey | 40.1 | 67.4 | $196k |
| 68 | Bursa | Turkey | 40.2 | 85.7 | $104k |
| 69 | Saint Petersburg | Russia | 40.3 | 74.5 | $287k |
| 70 | Johannesburg | South Africa | 40.4 | 108.9 | $97k |
| 71 | Iași | Romania | 40.5 | 75.7 | $189k |
| 72 | Burgas | Bulgaria | 40.6 | 72.0 | $299k |
| 73 | Izmir | Turkey | 40.6 | 61.4 | $127k |
| 74 | Yekaterinburg | Russia | 40.7 | 58.5 | $139k |
| 75 | Guadalajara | Mexico | 41.0 | 45.7 | $426k |
| 76 | Timisoara | Romania | 41.3 | 90.8 | $194k |
| 77 | Bangkok | Thailand | 41.4 | 50.9 | $960k |
| 78 | Santiago | Chile | 41.9 | 57.7 | $140k |
| 79 | Merida | Mexico | 42.2 | 36.0 | $557k |
| 80 | Podgorica | Montenegro | 42.3 | 72.1 | $242k |
| 81 | Centurion | South Africa | 42.7 | 109.0 | $76k |
| 82 | Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.8 | 66.4 | $225k |
| 83 | Andorra | Andorra | 43.0 | 63.8 | $870k |
| 84 | Constanta | Romania | 43.4 | 62.9 | $213k |
| 85 | Cordoba | Spain | 43.5 | 40.0 | $180k |
| 86 | Brasov | Romania | 43.7 | 67.9 | $225k |
| 87 | Phuket | Thailand | 43.7 | 29.7 | $670k |
| 88 | Istanbul | Turkey | 43.8 | 59.8 | $150k |
| 89 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 43.9 | 134.5 | $168k |
| 90 | Tenerife | Spain | 44.4 | 87.7 | $320k |
| 91 | Cluj-Napoca | Romania | 44.6 | 83.6 | $285k |
| 92 | Novi Sad | Serbia | 45.0 | 62.9 | $188k |
| 93 | Varna | Bulgaria | 45.5 | 72.5 | $250k |
| 94 | Debrecen | Hungary | 45.7 | 71.1 | $224k |
| 95 | Mexico City | Mexico | 45.9 | 48.6 | $596k |
| 96 | Budva | Montenegro | 45.9 | 26.4 | $330k |
| 97 | Ajman | United Arab Emirates | 46.1 | 81.1 | $286k |
| 98 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 46.2 | 96.1 | $530k |
| 99 | Nitra | Slovakia | 46.2 | 71.1 | $250k |
| 100 | Bucharest | Romania | 46.3 | 85.4 | $280k |
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 →