America: Cost of Living Index by City 2013

Chart: Cost of Living Index

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Rank	City	Cost of Living Index	Rent Index	Cost of Living Plus Rent Index	Groceries Index	Restaurant Price Index	Local Purchasing Power Index
1	Caracas, Venezuela	115.7	55.3	86.7	124.8	102.0	20.2
2	Nassau, Bahamas	114.8	67.8	92.2	116.8	91.6	110.7
3	Calgary, Canada	110.1	44.9	78.8	112.8	98.6	115.0
4	Regina, Canada	108.3	40.5	75.8	107.4	97.6	109.4
5	Vancouver, Canada	107.7	58.0	83.9	113.7	91.6	86.5
6	Washington, DC, United States	105.6	78.5	92.6	104.4	94.8	101.9
7	Edmonton, Canada	105.2	46.6	77.1	105.9	90.7	120.9
8	Toronto, Canada	103.7	55.4	80.5	100.3	87.9	110.6
9	Saskatoon, Canada	103.1	37.9	71.8	106.4	80.2	72.2
10	Anchorage, AK, United States	102.9	51.3	78.1	109.5	83.2	115.8
11	Ottawa, Canada	101.8	39.9	72.1	104.0	93.4	165.3
12	Halifax, Canada	101.3	45.0	74.3	111.7	78.8	115.1
13	Boston, MA, United States	100.1	73.0	87.1	107.4	88.8	106.7
14	New York, NY, United States	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
15	Honolulu, HI, United States	99.6	64.3	82.7	118.9	76.6	105.4
16	Waterloo, Canada	97.9	38.3	69.3	103.1	69.3	95.3
17	Victoria, Canada	97.8	41.4	70.7	102.3	77.6	95.2
18	San Francisco, CA, United States	96.5	85.7	91.3	108.2	83.0	114.4
19	Hamilton, Canada	96.3	28.3	63.7	94.2	71.3	101.7
20	Quebec City, Canada	96.0	27.9	63.3	96.5	84.1	98.2
21	Richmond, VA, United States	95.1	33.7	65.6	93.0	84.6	123.8
22	Philadelphia, PA, United States	94.4	49.4	72.8	99.1	76.7	123.8
23	Winnipeg, Canada	93.8	35.7	66.0	98.2	81.0	100.2
24	Kitchener, Canada	93.4	34.2	65.0	101.3	73.0	119.6
25	Miami, FL, United States	93.4	56.1	75.5	101.0	83.0	104.0
26	London, Canada	93.1	40.1	67.7	89.6	89.0	95.7
27	Seattle, WA, United States	91.8	53.0	73.2	96.2	78.1	141.2
28	Minneapolis, MN, United States	91.6	40.0	66.8	84.9	72.7	125.8
29	Montreal, Canada	91.6	35.1	64.5	91.2	89.7	120.6
30	Akron, OH, United States	89.0	29.1	60.3	106.2	60.6	129.5
31	Cleveland, OH, United States	88.9	28.7	60.0	91.3	64.6	132.5
32	Buffalo, NY, United States	88.3	32.4	61.5	89.0	65.9	135.1
33	Las Vegas, NV, United States	88.0	27.4	58.9	89.5	80.4	144.8
34	San Jose, CA, United States	87.4	79.1	83.4	82.5	84.4	126.7
35	Madison, WI, United States	86.7	32.8	60.9	94.7	72.4	140.9
36	Spokane, WA, United States	86.1	26.9	57.7	92.8	75.2	141.3
37	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	86.1	42.9	65.4	62.0	67.7	39.8
38	Austin, TX, United States	85.5	46.5	66.8	90.8	67.3	124.6
39	Baltimore, MD, United States	84.4	41.1	63.6	87.5	72.5	141.8
40	Sacramento, CA, United States	84.3	36.5	61.4	87.4	68.8	134.7
41	Sao Paulo, Brazil	84.0	33.3	59.7	60.0	68.1	43.6
42	Omaha, NE, United States	83.8	34.8	60.3	82.7	75.2	128.6
43	San Diego, CA, United States	83.8	59.3	72.0	78.7	78.2	128.5
44	New Orleans, LA, United States	83.7	41.8	63.6	85.9	60.8	119.4
45	Detroit, MI, United States	83.4	27.2	56.4	80.5	69.9	132.9
46	Los Angeles, CA, United States	83.1	64.8	74.3	77.9	77.1	113.0
47	Cincinnati, OH, United States	82.9	24.9	55.1	70.8	57.5	147.6
48	Orlando, FL, United States	82.2	38.9	61.4	84.7	66.7	127.9
49	San Juan, Puerto Rico	82.1	25.9	55.1	80.3	72.3	89.1
50	Salt Lake City, UT, United States	82.0	31.3	57.6	82.4	68.9	137.9
51	Pittsburgh, PA, United States	81.8	30.2	57.0	72.4	68.9	146.7
52	Columbus, OH, United States	81.6	30.7	57.2	89.6	69.1	130.2
53	Chicago, IL, United States	81.4	56.5	69.4	71.2	72.0	120.2
54	Tampa, FL, United States	81.3	34.8	59.0	76.6	65.1	136.3
55	Denver, CO, United States	81.2	46.1	64.4	84.7	68.7	140.5
56	Montevideo, Uruguay	80.9	26.7	54.9	71.0	71.4	38.8
57	Newark, NJ, United States	80.5	43.0	62.5	76.0	77.5	151.9
58	Phoenix, AZ, United States	80.1	30.2	56.2	81.1	69.3	145.0
59	Charlotte, NC, United States	79.7	36.5	59.0	80.8	60.8	138.9
60	Asheville, NC, United States	79.6	37.0	59.1	94.0	58.6	126.9
61	Houston, TX, United States	79.6	48.9	64.8	75.8	67.9	129.5
62	Kansas City, MO, United States	79.5	24.6	53.2	76.5	71.1	153.8
63	Brasilia, Brazil	79.3	28.4	54.9	67.3	57.2	43.0
64	Indianapolis, IN, United States	78.9	30.7	55.8	77.1	70.5	145.3
65	Dallas, TX, United States	78.6	42.0	61.0	73.9	69.6	137.1
66	Raleigh, NC, United States	78.6	36.5	58.4	80.1	70.0	144.2
67	San Antonio, TX, United States	78.6	35.1	57.7	76.4	74.5	134.6
68	Portland, OR, United States	78.2	37.5	58.6	74.9	67.4	130.7
69	Atlanta, GA, United States	77.8	40.3	59.8	74.9	64.7	145.5
70	Albuquerque, NM, United States	76.6	27.2	52.9	82.3	57.6	150.9
71	Rochester, NY, United States	75.7	33.6	55.5	87.9	66.4	109.4
72	Des Moines, IA, United States	75.0	27.6	52.3	81.1	57.9	149.5
73	Milwaukee, WI, United States	74.8	29.3	53.0	73.0	63.0	159.6
74	Buenos Aires, Argentina	74.7	21.5	49.1	68.3	67.6	52.7
75	Campinas, Brazil	74.3	23.8	50.1	53.4	59.6	78.0
76	Porto Alegre, Brazil	72.8	19.0	47.0	51.6	52.4	34.3
77	San Jose, Costa Rica	70.5	22.4	47.4	77.3	56.0	38.1
78	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	70.3	22.4	47.3	57.8	55.1	39.2
79	Santiago, Chile	68.9	22.9	46.8	57.3	56.6	53.9
80	Florianopolis, Brazil	66.9	21.9	45.3	55.2	45.5	48.5
81	Cordoba, Argentina	66.2	15.1	41.7	59.5	61.0	49.6
82	Curitiba, Brazil	65.4	19.7	43.5	50.0	47.8	62.9
83	Salvador, Brazil	65.0	16.6	41.8	46.9	47.0	46.7
84	Bogota, Colombia	64.7	22.0	44.2	55.5	44.1	26.1
85	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	63.4	16.6	41.0	63.2	43.0	51.9
86	Fortaleza, Brazil	61.1	18.6	40.7	49.4	38.2	94.1
87	Monterrey, Mexico	60.4	16.7	39.4	58.6	47.9	77.8
88	Panama City, Panama	59.7	36.5	48.6	61.4	47.3	42.5
89	Mexico City, Mexico	58.0	23.4	41.4	56.5	42.2	43.7
90	Medellin, Colombia	57.2	12.0	35.5	51.1	35.9	34.6
91	Lima, Peru	55.6	23.5	40.2	49.5	40.2	41.8
92	Guadalajara, Mexico	54.6	11.1	33.7	47.4	41.1	62.2
93	Asuncion, Paraguay	52.5	11.1	32.6	49.5	36.3	39.3
94	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	49.1	15.9	33.1	47.9	33.4	93.6
95	Quito, Ecuador	47.5	11.5	30.2	47.9	27.8	25.6
96	Cuenca, Ecuador	44.2	16.3	30.8	48.5	22.9	24.0

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