Comparative Analysis of Cost of Living Including Rent - Jan. 31, 2023

Our comparative analysis of the cost of living, including rent, allows you to compare and assess the affordability of different locations. We delve into data to provide an in-depth examination of how rental prices impact the overall cost of living, helping you make informed choices about where to live.

As of January 2021, Hamilton ranked first in the Cost of Living Index, considering both rent and other expenses. Zurich and Geneva secured the second and third positions respectively. On the other hand, Bhubaneswar, Thiruvananthapuram, and Peshawar ranked lower on the index, indicating relatively lower overall costs of living in those cities.

In January 2022, Hamilton maintained its position as the city with the highest cost of living, including rent. Zurich and Zug followed closely in the second and third positions respectively. Kanpur, Multan, and Peshawar ranked lower on the index, suggesting comparatively lower overall costs of living in those cities.

By January 2023, Hamilton remained at the top of the Cost of Living Index, taking into account rent and other expenses. Santa Barbara and New York secured the second and third positions respectively. Faisalabad, Multan, and Peshawar ranked lower, indicating relatively lower overall costs of living, including rent, in those cities.

Analyzing the comparative cost of living, including rent, provides valuable insights for individuals and families looking to relocate or make informed decisions about where to live. It helps you understand how rental prices contribute to the overall cost of living and allows for better financial planning and budgeting.

Jan 31, 2023 Index
1st
  Hamilton
120.1
2nd
  Santa Barbara
103
3rd
  New York
100
4th
  San Francisco
96.1
5th
  Zug
93.1
6th
  Zurich
92.5
7th
  George Town
91.4
8th
  Basel
88.1
9th
  Lausanne
88
9th
  Geneva
88
10th
  Singapore
85.6
11th
  Honolulu
83
11th
  Oakland
83
12th
  Seattle
81
13th
  Boston
80.3
14th
  San Diego
79.7
15th
  San Jose
78.7
16th
  Irvine
78.6
17th
  Bern
78.5
18th
  Miami
77.1
19th
  Washington
76.7
20th
  Los Angeles
76.5
21st
  Hong Kong
71.2
21st
  Nashville
71.2
22nd
  Nassau
70.7
23rd
  Saint Helier
70.4
24th
  Raleigh
70.2
25th
  Austin
69.9
26th
  Sacramento
69.3
27th
  London
69.2
27th
  Dublin
69.2
28th
  Chicago
69.1
29th
  Denver
69
30th
  Charlotte
68.8
31st
  Fort Lauderdale
68.2
32nd
  Tampa
68.1
33rd
  Sydney
67.9
34th
  Oslo
67.3
35th
  Portland
66.6
36th
  Anchorage
65.5
36th
  Dallas
65.5
37th
  Philadelphia
64.9
38th
  Canberra
64.8
38th
  Copenhagen
64.8
39th
  Tel Aviv-Yafo
64.6
40th
  New Orleans
63.5
41st
  Luxembourg
63.4
41st
  Reykjavik
63.4
42nd
  Atlanta
62.9
42nd
  Baltimore
62.9
43rd
  Brisbane
62.8
44th
  Wellington
62.5
45th
  Sharjah
62.1
45th
  Vancouver
62.1
46th
  Minneapolis
61.9
47th
  Stavanger
61.8
48th
  Bergen
61.7
48th
  Phoenix
61.7
49th
  Orlando
61.5
50th
  Adelaide
61.2
51st
  Perth
60.8
52nd
  Toronto
60.7
53rd
  Paris
60.6
53rd
  San Juan
60.6
54th
  Amsterdam
60.5
55th
  Haarlem
60.1
55th
  Victoria
60.1
56th
  Tromso
59.9
56th
  Trondheim
59.9
57th
  Auckland
59.8
58th
  Fort Worth
59.7
59th
  Reno
59.4
60th
  Ramat Gan
59.2
61st
  Cleveland
59
62nd
  Fresno
58.9
63rd
  Melbourne
58.8
63rd
  Pittsburgh
58.8
64th
  Markham
58.6
65th
  Madison
58.5
66th
  Guildford
58.4
67th
  Columbus
58.1
68th
  Boise
57.9
68th
  Munich
57.9
69th
  Indianapolis
57.8
69th
  Houston
57.8
70th
  Nagoya
57.5
70th
  Spokane
57.5
71st
  Milan
57.4
72nd
  Seoul
57.3
73rd
  Las Vegas
57.2
74th
  Odense
57.1
74th
  Birmingham
57.1
74th
  Buffalo
57.1
75th
  Cambridge
57
76th
  Arhus
56.9
77th
  Chattanooga
56.6
77th
  Detroit
56.6
78th
  Dubai
56.5
79th
  Utrecht
56.4
80th
  Colorado Springs
56.1
81st
  Salt Lake City
55.9
81st
  Netanya
55.9
82nd
  Doha
55.7
82nd
  Brighton
55.7
83rd
  Nanaimo
55.6
84th
  Albuquerque
55.5
85th
  Cork
55.3
86th
  San Antonio
55.1
86th
  Milwaukee
55.1
86th
  Espoo
55.1
87th
  Kansas City
55
87th
  Oklahoma City
55
88th
  Oxford
54.8
89th
  Jacksonville
54.7
90th
  Jerusalem
54.6
90th
  Berlin
54.6
91st
  Tokyo
54.5
92nd
  Galway
54.4
92nd
  Stockholm
54.4
93rd
  Mississauga
54.3
94th
  Omaha
54
95th
  Nice
53.6
95th
  Gold Coast
53.6
95th
  Valletta
53.6
96th
  Frankfurt
53.2
97th
  Nijmegen
52.9
98th
  Breda
52.8
99th
  Cincinnati
52.7
100th
  Hamburg
52.6
100th
  Calgary
52.6
101st
  Petah Tikva
52.4
102nd
  London
52.2
102nd
  Surrey
52.2
102nd
  Macao
52.2
103rd
  Ottawa
52
104th
  Beirut
51.8
104th
  Saint Louis
51.8
104th
  Hamilton
51.8
105th
  Tucson
51.7
106th
  Rotterdam
51.6
106th
  Kamloops
51.6
107th
  Maastricht
51.2
107th
  Bristol
51.2
108th
  Kelowna
51.1
109th
  Memphis
51
109th
  Limassol
51
109th
  Eindhoven
51
110th
  Limerick
50.9
110th
  Halifax
50.9
111th
  Helsinki
50.8
112th
  Reading
50.7
113th
  Aalborg
50.1
114th
  Lyon
50
114th
  Brussels
50
114th
  Dusseldorf
50
114th
  Kingston
50
115th
  Rome
49.9
115th
  Abu Dhabi
49.9
115th
  Brampton
49.9
116th
  Kitchener
49.7
117th
  Louisville
49.6
117th
  Bonn
49.6
117th
  Innsbruck
49.6
118th
  Christchurch
49.2
119th
  Haifa
48.6
119th
  Heidelberg
48.6
120th
  Freiburg im Breisgau
48.2
120th
  Hamilton
48.2
121st
  Bournemouth
48.1
121st
  Manchester
48.1
121st
  Edmonton
48.1
122nd
  Montreal
48
123rd
  Knoxville
47.9
123rd
  Salzburg
47.9
123rd
  Sliema
47.9
124th
  Stuttgart
47.7
124th
  Delft
47.7
125th
  Cologne
47.6
126th
  Edinburgh
47.5
127th
  Antwerp
47.4
128th
  Hobart
47.3
129th
  The Hague (Den Haag)
47.2
130th
  Florence
47
130th
  Groningen
47
130th
  Lagos
47
130th
  Fredericton
47
131st
  Toulouse
46.6
132nd
  Leuven
46.4
133rd
  Gent
46.3
134th
  Bologna
46.2
134th
  Turku
46.2
134th
  Windsor
46.2
135th
  Red Deer
46.1
136th
  Winnipeg
46
137th
  Saskatoon
45.9
138th
  Enschede
45.8
138th
  Glasgow
45.8
138th
  Nantes
45.8
139th
  Norwich
45.6
140th
  Linz
45.5
141st
  Cardiff
45.4
141st
  Leeds
45.4
142nd
  Liverpool
45.3
142nd
  Graz
45.3
142nd
  Karlsruhe
45.3
142nd
  Quebec City
45.3
143rd
  Larnaca
45.2
143rd
  Newcastle upon Tyne
45.2
144th
  Southampton
45
144th
  Osaka
45
145th
  Barcelona
44.9
145th
  Vienna
44.9
146th
  Exeter
44.8
147th
  Birmingham
44.7
148th
  Nottingham
44.6
148th
  Brescia
44.6
149th
  Gothenburg
44.5
149th
  Marseille
44.5
150th
  Mannheim
44.4
150th
  Lund
44.4
150th
  Trento
44.4
151st
  Portsmouth
44.3
151st
  Belfast
44.3
151st
  Bergamo
44.3
151st
  Grenoble
44.3
152nd
  Plymouth
44.2
153rd
  Treviso
44
154th
  Uppsala
43.8
155th
  Suzhou
43.7
156th
  Dortmund
43.6
157th
  Lille
43.5
157th
  Tampere
43.5
158th
  Sheffield
43.4
159th
  Hanover
42.8
160th
  Malmo
42.7
160th
  Regina
42.7
161st
  Bremen
42.6
162nd
  Madrid
42.5
162nd
  Lisbon
42.5
162nd
  Verona
42.5
163rd
  Trieste
42.4
164th
  Padova
42.3
164th
  Bilbao
42.3
164th
  Shanghai
42.3
164th
  Genoa
42.3
165th
  Derby
41.9
166th
  Coventry
41.7
167th
  Bari
41.6
167th
  Male
41.6
167th
  Parma
41.6
168th
  Nuremberg
41.4
168th
  Prague
41.4
169th
  Essen
41.2
170th
  Leicester
41
171st
  Beijing
40.9
172nd
  Cagliari
40.8
172nd
  Leipzig
40.8
172nd
  Turin
40.8
173rd
  Aberdeen
40.6
174th
  Tallinn
40.5
175th
  Dundee
40.4
176th
  Shiraz
40.2
177th
  Aachen
40.1
177th
  Palma de Mallorca
40.1
178th
  Cascais
39.9
179th
  Taipei
39.8
180th
  Manama
39.5
180th
  Montevideo
39.5
181st
  Dresden
39.1
182nd
  Athens
39
183rd
  Naples
38.5
184th
  New Taipei City
38.4
185th
  Kingston
38.3
186th
  Kuwait City
38.2
186th
  Nicosia
38.2
187th
  Ljubljana
38.1
188th
  Panama City
37.9
189th
  Valencia
37.6
190th
  Port of Spain
37.5
191st
  Al Khobar
37.2
192nd
  Havana
37.1
193rd
  Bangkok
36.9
193rd
  Pamplona
36.9
193rd
  Vilnius
36.9
194th
  Makati
36.6
195th
  Moscow
36.5
196th
  Riyadh
36.3
197th
  Malaga
36.2
197th
  Murcia
36.2
198th
  Porto
36.1
199th
  Paphos
35.9
200th
  Palermo
35.8
201st
  Ramallah
35.6
201st
  Bratislava
35.6
202nd
  Santo Domingo
35.4
203rd
  Thessaloniki
35.2
203rd
  Dakar
35.2
204th
  Alicante
35.1
205th
  Riga
34.9
206th
  San Jose
34.8
207th
  Muscat
34.7
208th
  Brno
34.6
209th
  Warsaw
34.5
209th
  Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
34.5
209th
  Funchal
34.5
210th
  Seville (Sevilla)
34.4
210th
  Zadar
34.4
211th
  Phnom Penh
34.3
211th
  Vladivostok
34.3
212th
  Tartu
34.2
213th
  Granada
34.1
213th
  Zagreb
34.1
214th
  Catania
34
215th
  Yerevan
33.9
216th
  Jeddah (Jiddah)
33.7
216th
  Heraklion
33.7
216th
  Shenzhen
33.7
217th
  Santa Cruz de Tenerife
33.3
218th
  Oviedo
33.1
219th
  Dubrovnik
32.9
220th
  Budva
32.5
220th
  Tbilisi
32.5
221st
  Olomouc
32.3
222nd
  Larissa
32.2
222nd
  Zaragoza (Saragossa)
32.2
223rd
  Santiago
32
224th
  San Salvador
31.7
225th
  Addis Ababa
31.6
225th
  Ostrava
31.6
226th
  Kosice
31.5
226th
  Kaunas
31.5
227th
  Saint Petersburg
31.4
228th
  Plzen
31.2
228th
  Mexico City
31.2
229th
  Leiria
31.1
229th
  Kaohsiung
31.1
229th
  Maribor
31.1
230th
  Vigo
31
231st
  Ad Dammam
30.7
231st
  Belgrade
30.7
231st
  Yangon
30.7
231st
  Braga
30.7
232nd
  Abidjan
30.6
232nd
  Budapest
30.6
233rd
  Aveiro
30.3
234th
  Sofia
30.2
234th
  Monterrey
30.2
234th
  Guatemala City
30.2
235th
  Amman
30.1
236th
  Rijeka
30
237th
  Split
29.9
238th
  Puerto Vallarta
29.8
239th
  Tijuana
29.7
239th
  Wroclaw
29.7
240th
  Coimbra
29.6
240th
  Krakow (Cracow)
29.6
241st
  Phuket
29.2
241st
  Cape Town
29.2
242nd
  Georgetown
29
242nd
  Klaipeda
29
243rd
  Gdansk
28.9
244th
  Hangzhou
28.8
244th
  Bucharest
28.8
244th
  Gdynia
28.8
245th
  Manila
28.7
246th
  Sao Paulo
28.6
247th
  Caracas
28.1
248th
  Harare
28
249th
  Guangzhou
27.9
250th
  Cancun
27.8
251st
  Cluj-Napoca
27.6
251st
  Johannesburg
27.6
252nd
  Suva
27.3
253rd
  Yekaterinburg
27.2
254th
  Tirana
27.1
255th
  Guadalajara
26.9
255th
  Ho Chi Minh City
26.9
256th
  Constanta
26.8
256th
  Novosibirsk
26.8
257th
  Szczecin
26.7
258th
  Quezon City
26.4
258th
  Poznan
26.4
258th
  Kuala Lumpur
26.4
259th
  Pattaya
26.3
259th
  Katowice
26.3
260th
  Merida
26.2
261st
  Tehran
26.1
261st
  Kazan
26.1
261st
  Kuching
26.1
261st
  Bialystok
26.1
262nd
  Chengdu
25.9
262nd
  Osijek
25.9
263rd
  Lima
25.7
264th
  Istanbul
25.6
264th
  Pretoria
25.6
265th
  Nanjing
25.5
265th
  Varna
25.5
266th
  Lodz
25.4
266th
  Jakarta
25.4
266th
  Brasov
25.4
266th
  Batumi
25.4
266th
  Queretaro (Santiago de Querétaro)
25.4
267th
  Rio de Janeiro
25.3
267th
  Puebla
25.3
267th
  Guayaquil
25.3
267th
  Cuenca
25.3
268th
  Durban
25
269th
  Novi Sad
24.9
269th
  Krasnodar
24.9
269th
  Khartoum
24.9
269th
  Brasilia
24.9
269th
  Minsk
24.9
270th
  Podgorica
24.8
270th
  Chiang Mai
24.8
271st
  Cebu
24.7
271st
  Kaliningrad
24.7
271st
  Rostov-na-donu
24.7
272nd
  Nizhny Novgorod
24.6
273rd
  Samara
24.5
273rd
  Szeged
24.5
274th
  Hanoi
24.4
274th