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Official 2026 Data • Real-time Calculations
Cost of Living Ranking 2026
Top 20 cities by cost of living index (100 = base). Data from geo-db.
| # | City | Country | Index | Avg salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco | US | 194.3 | 112,000 |
| 2 | New York City | US | 187.2 | 85,000 |
| 3 | London | UK | 173.6 | 45,000 |
| 4 | Paris | FR | 168.4 | 42,000 |
| 5 | Boston | US | 162.4 | 78,000 |
| 6 | Seattle | US | 159.8 | 95,000 |
| 7 | Washington DC | US | 152.1 | 82,000 |
| 8 | Los Angeles | US | 149.6 | 68,000 |
| 9 | Boulogne-Billancourt | FR | 145.8 | 40,000 |
| 10 | Nanterre | FR | 142.3 | 38,000 |
| 11 | Munich | DE | 128.6 | 58,000 |
| 12 | Denver | US | 128.4 | 72,000 |
| 13 | Miami | US | 125.8 | 58,000 |
| 14 | Chicago | US | 123.5 | 70,000 |
| 15 | Oxford | UK | 122.6 | 40,000 |
| 16 | Austin | US | 119.7 | 75,000 |
| 17 | Frankfurt | DE | 118.6 | 62,000 |
| 18 | Cambridge | UK | 118.4 | 42,000 |
| 19 | Philadelphia | US | 118.3 | 62,000 |
| 20 | Hamburg | DE | 115.8 | 50,000 |