Global City Cost of Living Comparison
How sorting works
Recommended order weights relative ranks across all cities: cost 60%, safety 20%, healthcare 15%, and quality of life 5%. Lower costs and higher indices score better. A missing value scores zero for that factor.
Value is the quality of life index divided by monthly living costs in KRW for your selected household, housing, and lifestyle. Both the index and monthly cost must be positive to be compared.
Metric, value and cost sorts place cities without the relevant comparison value last. Ties are ordered by lower living costs.
Applied conditions Solo · Monthly budget ₩3M · Lifestyle Balanced
Chiang Mai Thailand
At a glance
Quality of life 73/97
Safety 14/102
Climate 72/100
Air quality 96/100
Internet speed 82/97
100%
Chiang Mai
₩1M / mo
Da Nang Vietnam
At a glance
Quality of life 87/97
Safety 17/102
Climate 76/100
Air quality 62/100
Internet speed 86/97
100%
Da Nang
₩1M / mo
Naha, Okinawa Japan
At a glance
Quality of life 20/97
Safety 8/102
Climate 63/100
Air quality 12/100
Internet speed 64/97
100%
Naha, Okinawa
₩2M / mo
Sapporo Japan
At a glance
Quality of life 2/97
Safety 1/102
Climate 75/100
Air quality 17/100
Internet speed 33/97
100%
Sapporo
₩2M / mo
Penang Malaysia
At a glance
Quality of life 61/97
Safety 34/102
Climate 90/100
Air quality 64/100
100%
Penang
₩1M / mo
Fukuoka Japan
At a glance
Quality of life 34/97
Safety 4/102
Climate 41/100
Air quality 58/100
Internet speed 42/97
100%
Fukuoka
₩2M / mo
Kyoto Japan
At a glance
Safety 3/102
Climate 45/100
Air quality 51/100
Internet speed 34/97
100%
Kyoto
₩2M / mo
Pokhara Nepal
At a glance
Quality of life 78/97
Safety 39/102
Climate 34/100
Air quality 49/100
Internet speed 94/97
100%
Pokhara
₩595K / mo
Taipei Taiwan
At a glance
Quality of life 60/97
Safety 6/102
Climate 46/100
Air quality 67/100
Internet speed 22/97
100%
Taipei
₩2M / mo
Jaipur India
At a glance
Quality of life 80/97
Safety 56/102
Climate 93/100
Air quality 75/100
Internet speed 87/97
100%
Jaipur
₩593K / mo
Coimbra Portugal
At a glance
Quality of life 25/97
Safety 16/102
Climate 12/100
Air quality 21/100
Internet speed 68/97
100%
Coimbra
₩2M / mo
Timisoara Romania
At a glance
Quality of life 55/97
Safety 26/102
Climate 58/100
Air quality 77/100
Internet speed 79/97
100%
Timisoara
₩2M / mo
Osaka Japan
At a glance
Quality of life 32/97
Safety 46/102
Climate 47/100
Air quality 61/100
Internet speed 59/97
100%
Osaka
₩2M / mo
Bangkok Thailand
At a glance
Quality of life 94/97
Safety 63/102
Climate 92/100
Air quality 89/100
Internet speed 95/97
100%
Bangkok
₩2M / mo
Hanoi Vietnam
At a glance
Quality of life 93/97
Safety 52/102
Climate 66/100
Air quality 98/100
Internet speed 91/97
100%
Hanoi
₩1M / mo
Phuket Thailand
At a glance
Quality of life 91/97
Safety 65/102
Climate 79/100
Air quality 55/100
Internet speed 62/97
100%
Phuket
₩2M / mo
Aveiro Portugal
At a glance
Quality of life 36/97
Safety 31/102
Climate 11/100
Air quality 41/100
Internet speed 35/97
100%
Aveiro
₩2M / mo
Kota Kinabalu Malaysia
At a glance
Safety 70/102
Climate 91/100
Internet speed 96/97
100%
Kota Kinabalu
₩1M / mo
Busan South Korea
At a glance
Quality of life 56/97
Safety 45/102
Climate 65/100
Air quality 70/100
Internet speed 14/97
100%
Busan
₩2M / mo
Tallinn Estonia
At a glance
Quality of life 23/97
Safety 10/102
Climate 84/100
Air quality 4/100
Internet speed 71/97
100%
Tallinn
₩3M / mo
Las Palmas Spain
At a glance
Quality of life 19/97
Safety 32/102
Climate 4/100
Air quality 44/100
Internet speed 63/97
100%
Las Palmas
₩2M / mo
Shanghai China
At a glance
Quality of life 77/97
Safety 28/102
Climate 51/100
Air quality 84/100
Internet speed 90/97
100%
Shanghai
₩2M / mo
Tbilisi Georgia
At a glance
Quality of life 88/97
Safety 27/102
Climate 48/100
Air quality 93/100
Internet speed 89/97
100%
Tbilisi
₩2M / mo
Seoul South Korea
At a glance
Quality of life 59/97
Safety 25/102
Climate 80/100
Air quality 72/100
Internet speed 18/97
100%
Seoul
₩3M / mo
Amman Jordan
At a glance
Quality of life 84/97
Safety 59/102
Climate 35/100
Air quality 85/100
Internet speed 76/97
100%
Amman
₩2M / mo
Bansko Bulgaria
At a glance
Safety 57/102
100%
Bansko
₩1M / mo
Johor Bahru Malaysia
At a glance
Quality of life 68/97
Safety 81/102
Climate 83/100
Air quality 71/100
Internet speed 28/97
100%
Johor Bahru
₩1M / mo
Florianopolis Brazil
At a glance
Quality of life 64/97
Safety 73/102
Climate 15/100
Air quality 16/100
Internet speed 25/97
100%
Florianopolis
₩2M / mo
Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
At a glance
Quality of life 96/97
Safety 82/102
Climate 86/100
Air quality 100/100
Internet speed 83/97
100%
Ho Chi Minh City
₩1M / mo
Cebu Philippines
At a glance
Quality of life 95/97
Safety 84/102
Climate 88/100
Air quality 91/100
Internet speed 93/97
100%
Cebu
₩1M / mo
Prague Czech Republic
At a glance
Quality of life 37/97
Safety 20/102
Climate 62/100
Air quality 52/100
Internet speed 65/97
100%
Prague
₩3M / mo
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
At a glance
Quality of life 76/97
Safety 97/102
Climate 95/100
Air quality 78/100
Internet speed 85/97
100%
Kuala Lumpur
₩2M / mo
Alicante Spain
At a glance
Quality of life 28/97
Safety 58/102
Climate 23/100
Air quality 22/100
Internet speed 30/97
100%
Alicante
₩2M / mo
Tokyo Japan
At a glance
Quality of life 50/97
Safety 18/102
Climate 43/100
Air quality 57/100
Internet speed 61/97
100%
Tokyo
₩3M / mo
Playa del Carmen Mexico
At a glance
Safety 77/102
Climate 57/100
Air quality 1/100
Internet speed 17/97
100%
Playa del Carmen
₩2M / mo
Helsinki Finland
At a glance
Quality of life 7/97
Safety 23/102
Climate 87/100
Air quality 2/100
Internet speed 70/97
96%
Helsinki
₩3M / mo
Porto Portugal
At a glance
Quality of life 42/97
Safety 53/102
Climate 17/100
Air quality 25/100
Internet speed 11/97
100%
Porto
₩3M / mo
Ericeira Portugal
At a glance
Safety 40/102
Internet speed 23/97
100%
Ericeira
₩2M / mo
Sofia Bulgaria
At a glance
Quality of life 69/97
Safety 64/102
Climate 70/100
Air quality 94/100
Internet speed 57/97
100%
Sofia
₩2M / mo
The Hague Netherlands
At a glance
Quality of life 1/97
Safety 9/102
Climate 32/100
Air quality 11/100
Internet speed 2/97
78%
The Hague
₩4M / mo
Ljubljana Slovenia
At a glance
Quality of life 45/97
Safety 13/102
Climate 69/100
Air quality 39/100
Internet speed 43/97
100%
Ljubljana
₩3M / mo
Krakow Poland
At a glance
Quality of life 67/97
Safety 22/102
Climate 74/100
Air quality 99/100
Internet speed 54/97
100%
Krakow
₩2M / mo
Medellin Colombia
At a glance
Quality of life 90/97
Safety 90/102
Climate 2/100
Air quality 92/100
Internet speed 80/97
100%
Medellin
₩2M / mo
Vienna Austria
At a glance
Quality of life 9/97
Safety 36/102
Climate 60/100
Air quality 7/100
90%
Vienna
₩3M / mo
Budapest Hungary
At a glance
Quality of life 71/97
Safety 51/102
Climate 67/100
Air quality 76/100
Internet speed 72/97
100%
Budapest
₩2M / mo
Split Croatia
At a glance
Quality of life 48/97
Safety 42/102
Climate 18/100
Air quality 20/100
Internet speed 88/97
100%
Split
₩3M / mo
Madrid Spain
At a glance
Quality of life 41/97
Safety 35/102
Climate 42/100
Air quality 65/100
Internet speed 45/97
93%
Madrid
₩3M / mo
Valencia Spain
At a glance
Quality of life 35/97
Safety 60/102
Climate 27/100
Air quality 35/100
Internet speed 36/97
100%
Valencia
₩3M / mo
Istanbul Turkey
At a glance
Quality of life 82/97
Safety 80/102
Climate 28/100
Air quality 80/100
Internet speed 84/97
100%
Istanbul
₩2M / mo
Uluwatu, Bali Indonesia
At a glance
Quality of life 97/97
Safety 86/102
Climate 84/100
Air quality 87/100
100%
Uluwatu, Bali
₩2M / mo
Munich Germany
At a glance
Quality of life 16/97
Safety 11/102
Climate 71/100
Air quality 33/100
Internet speed 69/97
77%
Munich
₩4M / mo
Warsaw Poland
At a glance
Quality of life 58/97
Safety 24/102
Climate 73/100
Air quality 88/100
Internet speed 58/97
100%
Warsaw
₩3M / mo
Funchal Portugal
At a glance
Quality of life 54/97
Safety 7/102
Climate 3/100
Air quality 13/100
Internet speed 13/97
100%
Funchal
₩3M / mo
Yeosu South Korea
At a glance
Air quality 90/100
Internet speed 3/97
100%
Yeosu
₩2M / mo
Gothenburg Sweden
At a glance
Quality of life 5/97
Safety 75/102
Climate 68/100
Air quality 8/100
Internet speed 27/97
100%
Gothenburg
₩3M / mo
Buenos Aires Argentina
At a glance
Quality of life 89/97
Safety 99/102
Climate 6/100
Air quality 63/100
Internet speed 81/97
100%
Buenos Aires
₩2M / mo
Montevideo Uruguay
At a glance
Quality of life 74/97
Safety 95/102
Climate 9/100
Air quality 45/100
Internet speed 1/97
100%
Montevideo
₩2M / mo
Malaga Spain
At a glance
Quality of life 40/97
Safety 44/102
Climate 16/100
Air quality 29/100
Internet speed 55/97
99%
Malaga
₩3M / mo
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
At a glance
Quality of life 38/97
Safety 2/102
Climate 99/100
Air quality 66/100
Internet speed 78/97
77%
Abu Dhabi
₩4M / mo
Athens Greece
At a glance
Quality of life 81/97
Safety 92/102
Climate 24/100
Air quality 74/100
Internet speed 73/97
100%
Athens
₩2M / mo
Calgary Canada
At a glance
Quality of life 30/97
Safety 61/102
Climate 100/100
Air quality 19/100
Internet speed 9/97
95%
Calgary
₩3M / mo
Lisbon Portugal
At a glance
Quality of life 62/97
Safety 48/102
Climate 5/100
Air quality 54/100
Internet speed 37/97
94%
Lisbon
₩3M / mo
Hamburg Germany
At a glance
Quality of life 15/97
Safety 66/102
Climate 54/100
Air quality 37/100
Internet speed 75/97
91%
Hamburg
₩3M / mo
Montreal Canada
At a glance
Quality of life 49/97
Safety 47/102
Climate 96/100
Air quality 40/100
Internet speed 48/97
100%
Montreal
₩3M / mo
Utrecht Netherlands
At a glance
Quality of life 3/97
Safety 30/102
Climate 40/100
Air quality 46/100
Internet speed 4/97
73%
Utrecht
₩4M / mo
Cape Town South Africa
At a glance
Quality of life 63/97
Safety 102/102
Climate 7/100
Air quality 42/100
Internet speed 92/97
100%
Cape Town
₩2M / mo
Frankfurt Germany
At a glance
Quality of life 8/97
Safety 74/102
Climate 44/100
Air quality 47/100
Internet speed 77/97
88%
Frankfurt
₩3M / mo
Wellington New Zealand
At a glance
Quality of life 24/97
Safety 50/102
Climate 10/100
Air quality 3/100
Internet speed 10/97
100%
Wellington
₩3M / mo
Edinburgh United Kingdom
At a glance
Quality of life 11/97
Safety 41/102
Climate 49/100
Air quality 27/100
Internet speed 24/97
76%
Edinburgh
₩4M / mo
Ottawa Canada
At a glance
Quality of life 17/97
Safety 43/102
Climate 98/100
Air quality 10/100
Internet speed 26/97
87%
Ottawa
₩3M / mo
Mexico City Mexico
At a glance
Quality of life 92/97
Safety 101/102
Climate 29/100
Air quality 97/100
Internet speed 97/97
100%
Mexico City
₩2M / mo
Copenhagen Denmark
At a glance
Quality of life 10/97
Safety 29/102
Climate 50/100
Air quality 15/100
Internet speed 12/97
68%
Copenhagen
₩4M / mo
Auckland New Zealand
At a glance
Quality of life 43/97
Safety 83/102
Climate 1/100
Air quality 24/100
Internet speed 20/97
100%
Auckland
₩3M / mo
Adelaide Australia
At a glance
Quality of life 21/97
Safety 49/102
Climate 25/100
Air quality 9/100
Internet speed 50/97
77%
Adelaide
₩4M / mo
Toronto Canada
At a glance
Quality of life 46/97
Safety 69/102
Climate 82/100
Air quality 50/100
Internet speed 38/97
85%
Toronto
₩4M / mo
Panama City Panama
At a glance
Quality of life 86/97
Safety 79/102
Climate 81/100
Air quality 68/100
Internet speed 67/97
100%
Panama City
₩3M / mo
Barcelona Spain
At a glance
Quality of life 66/97
Safety 88/102
Climate 19/100
Air quality 79/100
Internet speed 40/97
90%
Barcelona
₩3M / mo
Vancouver Canada
At a glance
Quality of life 18/97
Safety 68/102
Climate 31/100
Air quality 18/100
Internet speed 29/97
80%
Vancouver
₩4M / mo
Dubai United Arab Emirates
At a glance
Quality of life 53/97
Safety 5/102
Climate 97/100
Air quality 69/100
Internet speed 60/97
63%
Dubai
₩5M / mo
Luxembourg Luxembourg
At a glance
Quality of life 4/97
Safety 33/102
Climate 55/100
Air quality 13/100
Internet speed 74/97
64%
Luxembourg
₩5M / mo
Brisbane Australia
At a glance
Quality of life 22/97
Safety 62/102
Climate 8/100
Air quality 36/100
Internet speed 46/97
76%
Brisbane
₩4M / mo
Amsterdam Netherlands
At a glance
Quality of life 6/97
Safety 37/102
Climate 39/100
Air quality 31/100
Internet speed 52/97
58%
Amsterdam
₩5M / mo
Hong Kong Hong Kong
At a glance
Quality of life 85/97
Safety 12/102
Climate 51/100
Air quality 86/100
68%
Hong Kong
₩4M / mo
Paris France
At a glance
Quality of life 70/97
Safety 96/102
Climate 36/100
Air quality 83/100
Internet speed 32/97
82%
Paris
₩4M / mo
Reykjavik Iceland
At a glance
Quality of life 13/97
Safety 21/102
Climate 78/100
Air quality 5/100
Internet speed 16/97
58%
Reykjavik
₩5M / mo
Oslo Norway
At a glance
Quality of life 27/97
Safety 55/102
Climate 89/100
Air quality 26/100
Internet speed 44/97
59%
Oslo
₩5M / mo
Berlin Germany
At a glance
Quality of life 51/97
Safety 72/102
Climate 53/100
Air quality 53/100
Internet speed 66/97
83%
Berlin
₩4M / mo
Singapore Singapore
At a glance
Quality of life 65/97
Safety 15/102
Climate 94/100
Air quality 48/100
55%
Singapore
₩5M / mo
Melbourne Australia
At a glance
Quality of life 29/97
Safety 71/102
Climate 26/100
Air quality 28/100
Internet speed 39/97
75%
Melbourne
₩4M / mo
Sydney Australia
At a glance
Quality of life 39/97
Safety 54/102
Climate 14/100
Air quality 32/100
Internet speed 41/97
60%
Sydney
₩5M / mo
Perth Australia
At a glance
Quality of life 26/97
Safety 67/102
Climate 20/100
Air quality 23/100
Internet speed 47/97
71%
Perth
₩4M / mo
Zurich Switzerland
At a glance
Quality of life 14/97
Safety 19/102
Climate 61/100
Air quality 30/100
Internet speed 49/97
47%
Zurich
₩6M / mo
Geneva Switzerland
At a glance
Quality of life 12/97
Safety 38/102
Climate 56/100
Air quality 38/100
Internet speed 19/97
51%
Geneva
₩6M / mo
Milan Italy
At a glance
Quality of life 83/97
Safety 91/102
Climate 38/100
Air quality 95/100
Internet speed 56/97
78%
Milan
₩4M / mo
Stockholm Sweden
At a glance
Quality of life 44/97
Safety 76/102
Climate 77/100
Air quality 6/100
Internet speed 21/97
73%
Stockholm
₩4M / mo
Dallas, TX United States
At a glance
Quality of life 47/97
Safety 87/102
Climate 59/100
Air quality 56/100
Internet speed 31/97
73%
Dallas, TX
₩4M / mo
Honolulu, HI United States
At a glance
Quality of life 57/97
Safety 78/102
Climate 22/100
Air quality 33/100
Internet speed 51/97
48%
Honolulu, HI
₩6M / mo
Atlanta, GA United States
At a glance
Quality of life 33/97
Safety 100/102
Climate 33/100
Air quality 60/100
Internet speed 5/97
65%
Atlanta, GA
₩5M / mo
Seattle, WA United States
At a glance
Quality of life 31/97
Safety 94/102
Climate 30/100
Air quality 43/100
Internet speed 6/97
55%
Seattle, WA
₩5M / mo
London United Kingdom
At a glance
Quality of life 75/97
Safety 93/102
Climate 37/100
Air quality 81/100
Internet speed 53/97
48%
London
₩6M / mo
Los Angeles, CA United States
At a glance
Quality of life 79/97
Safety 89/102
Climate 21/100
Air quality 82/100
Internet speed 15/97
54%
Los Angeles, CA
₩6M / mo
New York, NY United States
At a glance
Quality of life 72/97
Safety 85/102
Climate 64/100
Air quality 73/100
Internet speed 7/97
37%
New York, NY
₩8M / mo
San Francisco, CA United States
At a glance
Quality of life 52/97
Safety 98/102
Climate 13/100
Air quality 59/100
Internet speed 8/97
41%
San Francisco, CA
₩7M / mo
How living costs are calculated
How costs are estimated
We add rent, utilities, internet, food, transport, and leisure from city prices to estimate monthly living costs. Rent uses your selected housing price; utilities (for an 85 m² home) and internet are counted once per household. Food, transport, and leisure scale with household size and lifestyle. Costs are compared with your monthly budget to show comfortable, tight, or short.
Housing assumption
The one-person default is a 1-bedroom apartment in the city center. Automatic housing selects a city-center two-bedroom for two people and three-bedroom for three or four. Two-bedroom rent is the average of one- and three-bedroom rents in the same location. A housing choice made under Change conditions stays selected when household size changes.
Lifestyle multiplier
The selected lifestyle multiplier applies only to food, transport, and leisure. Rent, utilities, and internet are not multiplied again. The default is Balanced (×1.25).
Very lean ×0.75 · Lean ×1 · Balanced ×1.25 · Comfortable ×1.5 · Premium ×1.75
Data dates and sources
Prices are estimates converted to KRW from city cost-of-living data such as Numbeo, not real-time official statistics. Each city's check date and exchange rate appear in the calculation details on its city page.
Price check dates for the loaded cities: 2026-05-20 – 2026-10-27 Exchange rate as of 2026-11-02