Asia: Cost of Living Index by City 2014 Mid-Year

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City
Cost of Living Index
Rent Index
Cost of Living Plus Rent Index
Groceries Index
Restaurant Price Index
Local Purchasing Power Index
Tokyo, Japan 105.9 55.5 81.7 115.8 65.9 84.8
Singapore, Singapore 103.0 102.1 102.6 94.5 61.5 64.1
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel 98.5 46.3 73.4 88.1 102.2 64.7
Beersheba, Israel 98.1 21.8 61.4 77.9 95.8 74.7
Kuwait City, Kuwait 97.9 44.5 72.2 135.9 55.9 67.2
Rishon Leziyyon, Israel 96.5 34.9 66.9 85.7 100.5 73.0
Busan, South Korea 95.7 26.3 62.3 113.7 48.9 66.7
Seoul, South Korea 94.8 44.1 70.4 110.9 57.5 78.1
Nicosia, Cyprus 94.6 21.1 59.3 85.3 92.6 65.4
Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia 92.2 17.5 56.3 130.3 34.0 66.6
Osaka, Japan 91.6 34.6 64.2 90.8 61.4 98.6
Limassol, Cyprus 90.8 21.3 57.4 82.1 106.0 58.7
Rehovot, Israel 89.8 23.9 58.1 82.6 81.4 81.6
Jerusalem, Israel 89.0 37.2 64.1 79.1 93.7 61.3
Haifa, Israel 85.5 26.3 57.1 73.7 96.6 85.2
Paphos, Cyprus 84.4 15.5 51.3 74.2 78.9 70.9
Larnaca, Cyprus 84.2 17.6 52.2 81.6 69.5 68.2
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) 77.4 96.3 86.5 81.6 58.4 67.2
Beirut, Lebanon 72.4 37.4 55.6 55.4 75.4 39.9
Doha, Qatar 72.2 75.5 73.8 66.8 76.2 121.9
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 70.3 67.1 68.8 64.5 62.3 104.9
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 70.1 19.1 45.6 47.2 34.3 95.9
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 66.0 22.5 45.1 72.4 43.2 79.7
Shenzhen, China 65.4 31.4 49.1 71.7 47.2 40.9
Kaohsiung, Taiwan 64.9 11.4 39.2 85.2 24.2 51.3
Ad Dammam, Saudi Arabia 63.7 15.6 40.6 77.1 34.3 70.9
Amman, Jordan 63.5 16.7 41.0 55.5 59.2 35.3
Baku, Azerbaijan 63.5 33.9 49.3 56.3 65.1 24.6
Phuket, Thailand 62.1 16.7 40.3 60.7 33.7 31.4
Erbil (Irbil), Iraq 61.7 30.6 46.7 49.5 61.9 29.5
Shanghai, China 61.5 41.0 51.7 64.8 50.7 45.2
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 61.1 74.8 67.7 53.2 62.2 105.3
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 60.9 19.8 41.1 76.2 27.6 17.0
Taipei, Taiwan 59.4 25.1 42.9 67.0 30.2 71.3
Manama, Bahrain 59.2 37.6 48.8 57.9 60.1 68.2
Tashkent, Uzbekistan 58.9 14.3 37.5 54.6 51.4 23.7
Muscat, Oman 57.6 34.4 46.5 53.1 44.5 100.6
Istanbul, Turkey 57.3 18.4 38.6 47.1 43.7 49.7
Almaty, Kazakhstan 57.1 21.6 40.0 47.1 59.6 40.2
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia 56.6 19.0 38.5 60.9 29.7 66.4
Beijing, China 56.3 38.0 47.5 57.8 40.4 46.0
Bursa, Turkey 55.6 10.7 34.0 47.3 37.3 45.4
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 54.3 28.2 41.7 57.1 34.6 21.6
Izmir, Turkey 53.1 13.1 33.9 43.0 42.5 44.1
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 52.8 23.6 38.8 53.6 29.0 69.0
Baghdad, Iraq 52.3 17.5 35.6 45.2 45.1 35.4
Ankara, Turkey 52.1 11.4 32.5 42.8 39.2 60.8
Antalya, Turkey 51.8 9.7 31.6 43.0 41.7 44.4
Tehran, Iran 51.6 27.0 39.8 54.3 42.9 27.3
Yangon, Myanmar 51.5 30.2 41.2 62.3 22.2 13.6
Bangkok, Thailand 50.9 27.8 39.8 58.4 25.4 37.9
Guangzhou, China 50.1 18.4 34.9 56.1 26.8 38.7
Kuching, Malaysia 49.9 9.2 30.3 59.7 23.8 51.3
Bali, Indonesia 49.3 16.4 33.5 53.0 30.5 16.5
Hanoi, Vietnam 48.0 14.6 31.9 43.3 21.8 21.9
Penang, Malaysia 47.4 11.6 30.2 46.9 27.6 72.9
Manila, Philippines 46.9 20.1 34.0 47.0 26.8 28.7
Yerevan, Armenia 46.7 14.1 31.1 37.8 40.1 24.1
Quezon City, Philippines 46.7 8.7 28.4 51.1 25.1 46.4
Jakarta, Indonesia 46.5 20.2 33.8 52.8 26.4 22.7
Pattaya, Thailand 46.5 18.5 33.0 54.7 25.4 26.9
Johor Bahru, Malaysia 46.0 15.6 31.4 44.2 25.6 61.6
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 45.1 17.7 31.9 40.6 24.5 21.5
Colombo, Sri Lanka 44.6 13.9 29.9 54.1 24.4 25.3
Tbilisi, Georgia 44.0 13.8 29.5 35.8 42.0 24.3
Damascus, Syria 43.2 13.5 28.9 40.1 37.4 17.5
Cebu, Philippines 42.7 13.1 28.5 45.9 21.0 22.7
Chiang Mai, Thailand 42.4 12.1 27.8 45.9 21.1 27.0
Shiraz, Iran 42.2 11.7 27.5 42.8 30.4 37.7
Dhaka, Bangladesh 41.7 7.7 25.3 42.9 27.3 33.6
Xi'an, China 41.3 14.8 28.6 46.6 25.7 45.5
Davao, Philippines 40.8 6.4 24.3 47.6 18.8 23.0
Bandung, Indonesia 40.0 12.3 26.7 47.2 16.0 17.7
Isfahan (Esfahan), Iran 39.3 14.7 27.5 42.8 33.2 28.0
Surabaya, Indonesia 37.8 15.1 26.9 38.2 22.1 25.7
Lahore, Pakistan 36.3 6.3 21.9 34.5 27.2 27.2
Islamabad, Pakistan 35.3 7.8 22.1 34.4 27.5 35.3
Thane, India 34.2 10.5 22.8 35.0 17.4 41.1
Gurgaon, India 33.9 10.8 22.8 34.7 26.3 74.8
Karachi, Pakistan 32.4 5.0 19.3 34.4 22.2 27.7
Kathmandu, Nepal 32.4 4.6 19.0 32.4 21.8 18.2
Mumbai, India 32.0 19.6 26.0 33.7 24.0 46.9
Rawalpindi, Pakistan 31.9 3.8 18.4 28.9 26.2 35.8
Noida, India 31.3 8.5 20.3 33.0 25.0 72.5
Delhi, India 31.0 9.5 20.7 30.7 22.5 61.8
Goa, India 30.2 7.1 19.1 30.7 22.3 31.2
Nagpur, India 30.2 4.0 17.6 30.6 20.5 72.7
Navi Mumbai, India 30.1 10.2 20.5 33.4 20.6 78.1
Bangalore, India 29.7 9.8 20.1 32.1 15.9 71.5
Vadodara, India 29.5 4.0 17.3 34.3 16.7 54.5
Pune, India 29.5 8.4 19.4 33.2 17.8 72.6
Bhopal, India 28.3 3.7 16.5 28.8 18.9 44.2
Chennai, India 28.2 8.4 18.7 31.2 15.1 57.6
Jaipur, India 27.8 4.7 16.7 32.9 14.9 55.4
Ahmedabad, India 27.6 6.0 17.3 31.2 16.5 59.2
Visakhapatnam, India 27.3 4.4 16.3 31.4 15.7 47.6
Chandigarh, India 27.2 6.7 17.3 28.2 18.2 40.0
Kolkata, India 26.7 6.9 17.2 29.3 16.1 53.8
Hyderabad, India 26.5 6.3 16.8 30.3 15.1 66.3
Kochi, India 26.5 4.8 16.1 30.8 12.3 48.8
Surat, India 26.5 3.8 15.6 30.5 15.4 64.2
Bhubaneswar, India 25.9 4.9 15.8 27.7 17.1 44.8
Indore, India 25.9 4.8 15.8 28.6 13.3 43.1
Coimbatore, India 24.6 5.9 15.6 27.8 13.4 44.1
Thiruvananthapuram, India 22.3 4.4 13.7 26.0 12.5 55.5