Terms and Conditions

1. Acceptance of terms

By accessing AverageCostOfLiving you agree to be bound by these terms and our privacy policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the site.

2. What we provide

We publish cost-of-living reference data for cities worldwide, aggregated from public price databases and normalized to US Dollars. We also expose interactive tools (currency switcher, salary calculator, city comparison) that compute derived figures from the underlying basket. All output is informational only.

3. Accuracy and no warranty

The data, prices, indices, and salary translations on this site are estimates. They are provided "as is" and "as available," without any warranty — express, implied, statutory, or otherwise — including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, completeness, or non-infringement.

Currency fluctuations, sample size, sparse data, and timing can produce variance. Always verify locally before making relocation, hiring, or financial decisions.

4. Acceptable use

• Don't scrape the site at a rate that affects availability for other users.
• Don't reproduce derived metrics without crediting AverageCostOfLiving.
• Don't misrepresent our output as guaranteed-accurate, especially in tax, legal, or financial contexts.
• Don't attempt to bypass rate limits, security controls, or modify the dataset and re-publish as ours.

5. Data licensing

Our compiled dataset and derived metrics are released under CC BY-NC 4.0. You may reuse non-commercially with a link back to AverageCostOfLiving. For commercial use, reach out via the contact page.

6. Third-party links and tooling

We may link to external sites for context. We don't control or endorse those sites and aren't responsible for their content, accuracy, or policies. Use them at your own risk.

The city, country, and region thumbnails (Open Graph share images and on-page header banners) were generated using BulkTemplates (bulktemplates.com). The generator is third-party tooling we use to render those images at build time; we are not affiliated with BulkTemplates and make no warranty about its service.

7. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, AverageCostOfLiving and its operators are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or exemplary damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, the site — including but not limited to financial loss, missed opportunity, or decisions made in reliance on the published data.

8. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. Material changes will be announced via a revised effective date at the top of this page. Continued use after a change constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

9. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the operator resides, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Any disputes will be resolved in the courts of that jurisdiction.

10. Contact

Questions about these terms? Reach us via the contact page.