America: Cost of Living Index by City 2020

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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
New York, NY, United States 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
San Francisco, CA, United States 91.5 115.6 103.0 86.9 94.4 135.9
Anchorage, AK, United States 91.4 38.9 66.3 88.4 78.9 118.4
Honolulu, HI, United States 89.7 63.0 76.9 89.8 83.6 88.3
Brooklyn, NY, United States 88.8 80.5 84.8 83.2 92.8 92.9
Washington, DC, United States 87.7 78.2 83.2 86.4 87.5 130.2
Oakland, CA, United States 86.5 79.6 83.2 89.3 74.6 113.6
Seattle, WA, United States 85.8 65.7 76.2 81.7 81.2 133.4
Boston, MA, United States 82.9 74.5 78.9 81.2 81.9 112.4
Bellevue, WA, United States 82.2 63.2 73.1 76.9 76.6 163.3
Chicago, IL, United States 80.2 58.6 69.9 76.5 76.7 113.5
Sarasota, FL, United States 79.3 46.4 63.6 89.3 71.7 81.8
Philadelphia, PA, United States 78.8 46.9 63.5 77.5 72.8 100.2
San Jose, CA, United States 78.6 83.3 80.9 71.4 83.2 143.5
Portland, OR, United States 78.6 49.4 64.7 76.0 69.0 112.8
Toronto, Canada 78.5 50.5 65.1 73.9 76.3 77.6
New Orleans, LA, United States 78.5 41.3 60.7 77.4 75.8 89.8
Sacramento, CA, United States 77.0 46.2 62.3 69.5 76.1 115.4
Minneapolis, MN, United States 76.7 45.3 61.7 67.9 78.5 127.2
Los Angeles, CA, United States 76.6 72.9 74.8 71.2 80.0 113.8
Albany, NY, United States 75.4 33.0 55.1 69.5 80.4 105.1
Jacksonville, FL, United States 74.6 33.6 55.0 76.9 78.8 120.9
Baltimore, MD, United States 74.3 42.6 59.1 68.0 76.7 125.2
San Diego, CA, United States 74.2 66.8 70.7 67.6 76.8 130.2
Miami, FL, United States 74.2 57.6 66.2 67.4 78.4 100.3
Buffalo, NY, United States 73.9 28.3 52.1 69.4 71.2 107.0
Vancouver, Canada 73.9 51.9 63.4 73.6 70.4 89.0
Atlanta, GA, United States 73.9 46.8 60.9 69.8 69.8 140.5
Reno, NV, United States 73.8 38.2 56.8 75.0 75.2 116.1
Pittsburgh, PA, United States 73.6 35.9 55.6 70.4 63.4 123.1
Denver, CO, United States 73.3 52.0 63.1 65.1 78.2 130.3
Nashville, TN, United States 73.2 46.8 60.5 65.3 80.8 122.7
Charlotte, NC, United States 72.4 42.4 58.0 62.2 79.7 144.3
Halifax, Canada 72.3 29.2 51.7 74.6 63.4 80.1
Tucson, AZ, United States 72.1 26.4 50.3 63.6 69.7 105.2
Olympia, WA, United States 71.9 41.3 57.2 67.5 70.8 129.2
Victoria, Canada 71.7 39.0 56.1 71.0 69.1 89.4
Colorado Springs, CO, United States 71.0 36.0 54.2 70.1 59.4 112.6
Tacoma, WA, United States 70.9 41.2 56.7 59.7 71.3 113.9
Saint Louis, MO, United States 70.8 29.0 50.8 70.3 64.5 126.3
Calgary, Canada 70.7 28.7 50.6 64.1 70.3 124.3
Columbus, OH, United States 70.5 31.4 51.8 66.3 67.4 142.2
San Juan, Puerto Rico 70.1 23.6 47.9 66.0 72.1 80.0
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 69.9 22.2 47.1 66.7 67.0 89.8
Raleigh, NC, United States 69.8 36.6 53.9 70.9 66.8 145.3
Edmonton, Canada 69.5 29.0 50.1 61.4 70.2 108.1
Saskatoon, Canada 69.2 24.4 47.8 64.2 64.4 93.1
Kansas City, MO, United States 69.2 30.5 50.7 61.1 74.2 134.6
Ottawa, Canada 68.6 34.1 52.1 61.8 68.5 119.7
Regina, Canada 68.2 29.5 49.7 66.9 61.1 95.1
Quebec City, Canada 68.1 17.2 43.7 69.5 59.2 110.5
Dallas, TX, United States 68.0 47.1 58.0 60.9 70.5 155.3
Austin, TX, United States 67.8 52.0 60.3 63.8 72.0 145.8
Las Vegas, NV, United States 67.5 36.3 52.5 55.7 76.3 127.9
Phoenix, AZ, United States 67.4 36.2 52.5 61.5 67.8 127.3
Montreal, Canada 67.4 28.5 48.8 67.7 62.7 96.6
Richmond, VA, United States 67.2 33.9 51.3 59.1 76.4 112.6
Tampa, FL, United States 67.1 40.8 54.5 64.8 63.5 126.2
Louisville, KY, United States 66.7 28.7 48.5 58.9 78.0 116.8
Indianapolis, IN, United States 66.3 29.2 48.6 62.0 62.6 110.0
Brampton, Canada 65.9 35.2 51.2 57.2 56.7 78.5
San Antonio, TX, United States 65.8 36.5 51.8 62.7 64.9 116.4
Orlando, FL, United States 65.7 41.5 54.1 58.3 72.0 102.1
Houston, TX, United States 65.1 42.7 54.4 56.7 77.1 141.3
Salt Lake City, UT, United States 64.8 36.8 51.4 58.3 67.2 129.4
Madison, WI, United States 64.7 38.1 52.0 56.3 69.3 124.3
Tulsa, OK, United States 64.3 26.4 46.1 63.6 59.3 118.0
Hamilton, Canada 64.2 28.1 47.0 57.7 63.8 103.2
Detroit, MI, United States 63.9 37.8 51.4 63.3 58.9 78.6
Winnipeg, Canada 63.7 24.2 44.8 58.8 60.7 100.7
Kitchener, Canada 63.6 28.1 46.6 55.3 68.3 96.7
Cincinnati, OH, United States 61.6 34.0 48.4 56.8 60.5 131.8
Boise, ID, United States 60.7 34.5 48.2 50.4 69.5 99.0
London, Canada 60.0 26.6 44.0 51.3 60.2 97.8
Little Rock, AR, United States 59.8 26.4 43.8 51.2 68.1 124.5
San Jose, Costa Rica 58.5 18.3 39.3 54.4 49.4 39.1
Kingston, Jamaica 58.0 16.0 37.9 55.3 44.0 30.1
Panama City, Panama 57.2 27.4 43.0 56.9 51.5 35.2
El Paso, TX, United States 52.4 22.7 38.2 52.6 39.9 127.7
Montevideo, Uruguay 51.6 15.3 34.2 40.9 47.1 40.4
San Salvador, El Salvador 47.9 14.5 31.9 48.1 33.2 24.0
Sao Paulo, Brazil 45.5 16.3 31.5 33.3 39.7 32.0
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 45.2 12.6 29.6 37.8 37.4 24.3
Santiago, Chile 45.2 15.2 30.8 37.9 44.9 43.0
Guatemala City, Guatemala 44.3 15.5 30.5 39.3 34.9 40.2
Quito, Ecuador 43.9 12.7 29.0 39.3 33.7 39.0
Guayaquil, Ecuador 43.7 14.3 29.7 38.2 29.2 33.1
Paramaribo, Suriname 43.1 7.8 26.2 45.8 35.0 22.9
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 42.7 14.2 29.1 31.3 32.9 33.0
Lima, Peru 42.6 15.7 29.7 38.0 28.6 31.7
Campinas, Brazil 41.1 9.9 26.2 28.3 34.2 41.3
Curitiba, Brazil 40.0 9.1 25.2 30.4 32.0 32.9
Porto Alegre, Brazil 39.5 10.3 25.5 29.6 30.5 34.3
Tijuana, Mexico 38.9 11.8 25.9 35.8 35.1 37.0
Monterrey, Mexico 38.7 13.1 26.5 35.3 34.9 56.3
Cancun, Mexico 38.7 13.1 26.5 34.3 33.8 37.9
Mexico City, Mexico 38.6 20.4 29.9 33.7 33.1 42.9
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 38.1 9.7 24.5 27.0 31.3 23.5
Queretaro (Santiago de Querétaro), Mexico 37.5 10.7 24.7 35.4 31.2 49.2
Guadalajara, Mexico 36.2 11.2 24.2 33.1 33.1 44.3
Cuenca, Ecuador 34.9 11.4 23.7 30.5 24.8 33.9
Buenos Aires, Argentina 34.6 9.1 22.4 26.9 33.1 46.7
Puebla, Mexico 34.5 8.2 21.9 31.6 25.4 38.2
Merida, Mexico 33.7 8.3 21.5 31.8 28.7 35.7
Bogota, Colombia 33.2 12.1 23.1 26.1 25.0 28.9
Asuncion, Paraguay 31.2 10.1 21.1 25.5 25.4 33.3
Medellin, Colombia 30.2 10.1 20.6 25.7 23.6 29.9
Cali, Colombia 28.6 7.3 18.4 22.7 20.5 36.2
Caracas, Venezuela 27.7 7.9 18.2 29.4 24.2 2.4