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Pick a city. Set how you live. See the year’s cost, and what it becomes after inflation and interest.

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San Francisco — $64,674 a yearLos Angeles — $56,970 a yearSan Diego — $54,216 a yearTijuana — $15,342 a yearPortland — $44,574 a yearSeattle — $46,746 a yearVancouver — $44,352 a yearLas Vegas — $38,507 a yearPhoenix — $40,170 a yearGuadalajara — $12,890 a yearCalgary — $34,991 a yearQuerétaro — $13,885 a yearMexico City — $16,164 a yearEdmonton — $31,920 a yearMonterrey — $15,233 a yearDenver — $43,572 a yearPuebla — $12,012 a yearAustin — $38,934 a yearDallas — $38,381 a yearHouston — $36,342 a yearGuatemala City — $13,464 a yearSan Salvador — $13,529 a yearMérida — $12,846 a yearBelize City — $15,126 a yearTegucigalpa — $11,798 a yearManagua — $11,798 a yearCancún — $16,296 a yearMinneapolis — $37,374 a yearSan José — $17,759 a yearNashville — $39,252 a yearHavana — $10,378 a yearChicago — $35,760 a yearGuayaquil — $11,455 a yearAtlanta — $40,332 a yearPanama City — $19,866 a yearQuito — $12,251 a yearMiami — $45,918 a yearLima — $11,033 a yearCali — $10,280 a yearKingston — $16,883 a yearMedellín — $11,056 a yearCartagena — $11,663 a yearNassau — $32,502 a yearBarranquilla — $10,565 a yearBogotá — $11,632 a yearToronto — $41,868 a yearWashington, D.C. — $51,396 a yearCusco — $9,793 a yearPort-au-Prince — $11,990 a yearArequipa — $9,254 a yearPhiladelphia — $39,870 a yearSanto Domingo — $14,740 a yearConcepción — $14,245 a yearNew York — $61,764 a yearOttawa — $35,759 a yearValparaíso — $14,788 a yearLa Paz — $9,965 a yearSantiago — $16,901 a yearCaracas — $11,981 a yearMontréal — $31,176 a yearMendoza — $10,016 a yearSan Juan — $30,594 a yearBoston — $54,780 a yearPort of Spain — $17,581 a yearCórdoba — $10,572 a yearGeorgetown — $14,556 a yearRosario — $10,352 a yearAsunción — $12,324 a yearParamaribo — $12,780 a yearBuenos Aires — $12,386 a yearMontevideo — $18,983 a yearStanley — $27,084 a yearPorto Alegre — $13,598 a yearCuritiba — $13,538 a yearBrasília — $15,833 a yearSão Paulo — $15,286 a yearBelo Horizonte — $13,718 a yearRio de Janeiro — $16,008 a yearNuuk — $32,874 a yearFortaleza — $12,274 a yearSalvador — $12,790 a yearRecife — $12,790 a yearReykjavík — $42,240 a yearDakar — $16,058 a yearBanjul — $10,464 a yearFunchal — $23,774 a yearNouakchott — $11,659 a yearBissau — $9,775 a yearLas Palmas — $24,770 a yearConakry — $10,946 a yearFreetown — $10,550 a yearLaayoune — $11,725 a yearMonrovia — $11,850 a yearLisbon — $27,449 a yearBamako — $11,509 a yearPorto — $23,335 a yearBraga — $20,362 a yearMarrakesh — $13,727 a yearCork — $39,971 a yearCasablanca — $14,819 a yearRabat — $14,155 a yearSeville — $23,861 a yearTangier — $13,228 a yearDublin — $50,382 a yearFes — $11,765 a yearMálaga — $26,659 a yearAbidjan — $16,102 a yearGlasgow — $30,930 a yearMadrid — $29,766 a yearEdinburgh — $36,918 a yearBilbao — $27,641 a yearBristol — $36,540 a yearManchester — $33,972 a yearBirmingham — $31,669 a yearKumasi — $13,159 a yearOuagadougou — $10,903 a yearNantes — $29,634 a yearLeeds — $30,930 a yearZaragoza — $23,172 a yearBordeaux — $32,225 a yearValencia — $23,658 a yearAccra — $15,953 a yearLondon — $53,172 a yearLomé — $12,457 a yearToulouse — $30,186 a yearBarcelona — $30,770 a yearParis — $43,320 a yearNiamey — $10,373 a yearCotonou — $12,457 a yearPalma — $29,701 a yearAlgiers — $11,116 a yearGhent — $31,146 a yearLagos — $17,449 a yearThe Hague — $40,759 a yearBrussels — $35,064 a yearAntwerp — $32,058 a yearRotterdam — $39,760 a yearAmsterdam — $46,866 a yearBergen — $39,163 a yearLyon — $31,643 a yearUtrecht — $42,698 a yearMarseille — $29,766 a yearLuxembourg City — $50,928 a yearGeneva — $64,008 a yearDüsseldorf — $38,472 a yearLausanne — $57,874 a yearCologne — $36,960 a yearNice — $36,464 a yearBern — $53,995 a yearBasel — $56,047 a yearTurin — $27,416 a yearPort Harcourt — $15,348 a yearAbuja — $18,049 a yearFrankfurt — $41,567 a yearZürich — $63,240 a yearStuttgart — $39,475 a yearMilan — $34,266 a yearTrondheim — $36,946 a yearKano — $12,221 a yearHamburg — $38,472 a yearAarhus — $37,074 a yearMalabo — $15,642 a yearOslo — $43,644 a yearLibreville — $16,418 a yearTunis — $12,223 a yearDouala — $12,487 a yearGothenburg — $31,903 a yearInnsbruck — $32,057 a yearFlorence — $31,474 a yearMunich — $44,386 a yearBologna — $30,215 a yearCopenhagen — $42,942 a yearLeipzig — $30,101 a yearMalmö — $30,246 a yearVenice — $31,223 a yearRome — $29,617 a yearBerlin — $35,616 a yearSalzburg — $31,517 a yearPalermo — $21,768 a yearTripoli — $10,879 a yearPrague — $23,549 a yearLjubljana — $24,295 a yearRijeka — $17,915 a yearNaples — $23,485 a yearLuanda — $17,927 a yearGraz — $27,943 a yearZagreb — $18,767 a yearVienna — $31,896 a yearPoznań — $19,270 a yearBrno — $21,210 a yearWrocław — $19,975 a yearStockholm — $36,384 a yearSplit — $19,633 a yearN'Djamena — $11,716 a yearBratislava — $22,870 a yearKinshasa — $14,275 a yearBrazzaville — $13,411 a yearGdańsk — $19,975 a yearOstrava — $18,437 a yearSarajevo — $13,986 a yearWindhoek — $15,737 a yearBudapest — $19,002 a yearCape Town — $17,251 a yearKraków — $19,140 a yearPodgorica — $16,013 a yearNovi Sad — $14,195 a yearTurku — $29,224 a yearWarsaw — $20,995 a yearTirana — $14,005 a yearBelgrade — $15,408 a yearBangui — $10,670 a yearTimișoara — $15,209 a yearDebrecen — $15,956 a yearTampere — $29,723 a yearPristina — $12,010 a yearSkopje — $12,991 a yearRiga — $21,650 a yearKaunas — $19,997 a yearTallinn — $23,353 a yearHelsinki — $34,770 a yearLviv — $11,898 a yearCluj-Napoca — $15,888 a yearSofia — $14,981 a yearVilnius — $23,148 a yearAthens — $23,051 a yearTartu — $20,101 a yearPlovdiv — $12,847 a yearMinsk — $12,540 a yearBucharest — $16,615 a yearGqeberha — $13,931 a yearSaint Petersburg — $16,012 a yearGaborone — $15,011 a yearİzmir — $13,369 a yearVarna — $13,526 a yearChișinău — $13,526 a yearMaseru — $11,544 a yearIstanbul — $15,204 a yearKyiv — $13,141 a yearBursa — $11,356 a yearJohannesburg — $16,529 a yearPretoria — $15,502 a yearOdesa — $11,758 a yearLusaka — $13,159 a yearAlexandria — $8,695 a yearAntalya — $14,228 a yearBujumbura — $9,727 a yearDurban — $14,886 a yearCairo — $9,732 a yearGiza — $9,176 a yearKigali — $12,089 a yearMbabane — $11,974 a yearKonya — $9,919 a yearAnkara — $12,113 a yearHarare — $13,783 a yearNorth Nicosia — $15,532 a yearNicosia — $25,679 a yearJuba — $14,076 a yearMaputo — $14,263 a yearMoscow — $18,312 a yearKhartoum — $9,557 a yearKampala — $12,185 a yearHurghada — $9,342 a yearAdana — $10,440 a yearTel Aviv — $46,878 a yearHaifa — $40,128 a yearRamallah — $19,279 a yearLilongwe — $10,850 a yearBeirut — $21,312 a yearJerusalem — $41,029 a yearAmman — $19,585 a yearDamascus — $8,754 a yearGaziantep — $9,980 a yearArusha — $11,102 a yearNairobi — $14,634 a yearBatumi — $12,965 a yearJeddah — $23,801 a yearAsmara — $8,868 a yearAddis Ababa — $11,647 a yearZanzibar City — $12,278 a yearDar es Salaam — $13,027 a yearMombasa — $12,944 a yearTbilisi — $13,351 a yearYerevan — $14,161 a yearKazan — $12,516 a yearBaghdad — $12,749 a yearDjibouti City — $15,570 a yearSanaa — $7,405 a yearHargeisa — $9,382 a yearMogadishu — $10,358 a yearRiyadh — $25,494 a yearBaku — $13,649 a yearKuwait City — $30,017 a yearAntananarivo — $9,377 a yearTehran — $10,896 a yearDammam — $22,330 a yearManama — $30,757 a yearDoha — $36,732 a yearYekaterinburg — $12,822 a yearAbu Dhabi — $35,640 a yearDubai — $41,106 a yearSharjah — $30,329 a yearAshgabat — $10,104 a yearMuscat — $24,925 a yearSamarkand — $8,750 a yearAstana — $13,259 a yearTashkent — $9,869 a yearDushanbe — $8,878 a yearKarachi — $7,589 a yearKabul — $7,207 a yearBishkek — $9,912 a yearIslamabad — $8,616 a yearFaisalabad — $6,332 a yearAlmaty — $13,663 a yearNovosibirsk — $12,314 a yearAhmedabad — $8,820 a yearLahore — $7,369 a yearMumbai — $12,378 a yearPune — $10,213 a yearPanaji (Goa) — $10,439 a yearJaipur — $8,282 a yearChandigarh — $9,835 a yearDelhi — $9,871 a yearKochi — $8,876 a yearBengaluru — $10,327 a yearHyderabad — $9,793 a yearChennai — $9,797 a yearColombo — $9,576 a yearKandy — $8,080 a yearPokhara — $7,403 a yearKathmandu — $9,007 a yearKolkata — $8,860 a yearThimphu — $10,202 a yearDhaka — $8,909 a yearChittagong — $7,912 a yearUlaanbaatar — $13,246 a yearYangon — $11,081 a yearChiang Mai — $11,849 a yearPhuket — $15,217 a yearMedan — $10,373 a yearChengdu — $20,278 a yearBangkok — $16,243 a yearPattaya — $14,022 a yearPenang — $12,887 a yearVientiane — $12,134 a yearKhon Kaen — $10,364 a yearKuala Lumpur — $15,433 a yearChongqing — $19,358 a yearXi'an — $18,631 a yearHanoi — $12,497 a yearJohor Bahru — $12,628 a yearSingapore — $46,902 a yearPhnom Penh — $14,180 a yearHaiphong — $10,109 a yearCan Tho — $9,598 a yearHo Chi Minh City — $13,546 a yearJakarta — $12,938 a yearDa Nang — $11,326 a yearBandung — $10,439 a yearBeijing — $26,412 a yearTianjin — $20,834 a yearWuhan — $19,778 a yearYogyakarta — $9,595 a yearPerth — $37,674 a yearGuangzhou — $24,793 a yearShenzhen — $25,753 a yearHong Kong — $50,251 a yearSurabaya — $10,898 a yearQingdao — $20,264 a yearNanjing — $22,381 a yearBandar Seri Begawan — $19,097 a yearDenpasar (Bali) — $14,194 a yearHangzhou — $25,738 a yearShanghai — $28,247 a yearKota Kinabalu — $12,421 a yearPyongyang — $8,664 a yearTaichung — $19,675 a yearKaohsiung — $19,176 a yearTaipei — $23,141 a yearIncheon — $27,546 a yearSeoul — $32,425 a yearManila — $14,159 a yearDaegu — $23,363 a yearBusan — $25,494 a yearCebu — $12,278 a yearFukuoka — $25,488 a yearDili — $14,263 a yearDavao — $11,062 a yearKobe — $25,991 a yearOsaka — $27,263 a yearKyoto — $27,250 a yearSapporo — $23,825 a yearNagoya — $26,683 a yearAdelaide — $35,477 a yearTokyo — $33,318 a yearYokohama — $31,147 a yearHobart — $34,153 a yearMelbourne — $41,922 a yearCanberra — $39,316 a yearSydney — $48,012 a yearPort Moresby — $19,117 a yearBrisbane — $38,641 a yearGold Coast — $39,397 a yearQueenstown — $41,208 a yearChristchurch — $34,310 a yearHoniara — $16,031 a yearWellington — $38,213 a yearNouméa — $29,424 a yearAuckland — $41,730 a yearPort Vila — $17,186 a yearSuva — $14,980 a yearLondon$53,172 a year

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PricingLondonUnited Kingdom$53,172/yr
Price volatility · London2.2/10

Due to consumer inflation around 2.5% a year and a mature, diversified economy, we put London at 2.2/10 (steady). This is an assumption, not a forecast, and nothing about it is certain.

Lifestyle
A year there, at today's prices

$53,172

$4,431 a month · 400th cheapest of 410

Capital needed today for 10 years

$511,457

Funds the whole horizon with nothing coming in, at 4% returns

Year 10, at year 10 prices

$69,993

+$16,821 vs year 1

$56,045 in today's money

All 10 years, added up

$612,341

$545,919 in today's money — add savings or income below to see how long they last

Monthly spend

Where a month goes in London. Change any line to what you spend.

Total $4,431/mo $53,172 a year

Assumptions

Rates United Kingdom defaults
Everything but housing
Rent or mortgage
After fees, before tax
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After tax

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10 Year Trend

Consumer prices, 2014 = 1. Pick up to 8 countries.

×1×1.1×1.25×1.5201420162018202020222024WorldIndiaUnited Kingdom · youUnited StatesGermanyChinaJapan

Source: World Bank, Consumer price index (FP.CPI.TOTL). 171 countries, retrieved 2026-09-20.