About
AverageCostOfLiving aggregates cost-of-living data for 1,003 cities across 174 countries, all normalized to USD.
AverageCostOfLiving is a reference site for cost-of-living data across 1,003 cities in 174 countries. All prices are normalized to USD, aggregated from public price databases, and refreshed periodically.
What you'll find here
- Per-city pages with rent, food, transport, utilities, and salary breakdowns
- Side-by-side comparisons between any two cities
- Rankings: cheapest cities, most expensive, best for expats
- A salary calculator that translates pay between cities
What you won't find here
- Real-time price tickers — data is refreshed on a schedule, not per request
- User reviews or accounts
- Affiliate links
Imagery & thumbnails
The city, country, and region thumbnails used across the site (Open Graph share images and on-page header banners) were generated with BulkTemplates (bulktemplates.com), a bulk image-templating service.
See the sources page for how data is aggregated and for full attribution.
Sponsors
Sponsors help keep AverageCostOfLiving online — they cover hosting, domain renewals, and the ongoing work of refreshing data. We link to each sponsor below; without them, this resource wouldn't exist.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is behind AverageCostOfLiving?
- A small independent project that aggregates public price databases and publishes them as a free, ad-light reference.
- How does AverageCostOfLiving differ from other cost-of-living sites?
- Everything is normalized to USD up front. 1,003 cities, no accounts, no ads on rankings, and the underlying data is downloadable.
- How can I contact you?
- Use the contact link from this page, or open an issue on our public repo if you spot a data problem.