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What does life cost in another city?

Look up a city, build a personal budget and compare the items you care about side by side. Every number shows where it came from, when, and whether it was measured locally or estimated for the wider region.

11,634 cities in 244 countries and territories · 0 with cost data so far · coverage report

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Rent, commuting, unemployment and the economy, side by side.

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    How we handle missing data

    We publish a large directory before every city has local prices. A city page always shows three coverage counts: city facts, expenses, and career and study. A province or country figure keeps its label, so a regional grocery average never looks like a measured local basket. Empty cells say No data yet and are never filled in by guesswork.

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