Western Asia: Cost of Living Index by City 2018

Chart: Cost of Living Index

Rank	City	Cost of Living Index	Rent Index	Cost of Living Plus Rent Index	Groceries Index	Restaurant Price Index	Local Purchasing Power Index
1	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	90.4	51.6	71.6	76.9	97.2	101.4
2	Jerusalem, Israel	89.6	38.4	64.9	74.2	96.3	84.2
3	Ramat Gan, Israel	82.8	36.9	60.7	67.3	89.4	112.3
4	Haifa, Israel	81.8	20.7	52.3	66.6	91.4	120.6
5	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	72.6	66.9	69.8	61.7	67.2	123.7
6	Nicosia, Cyprus	66.2	17.2	42.6	53.7	78.5	90.6
7	Doha, Qatar	66.1	66.8	66.5	58.0	65.8	120.9
8	Beirut, Lebanon	65.0	35.0	50.5	47.5	66.6	52.7
9	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	65.0	64.2	64.6	54.3	65.9	131.2
10	Limassol, Cyprus	63.5	24.2	44.6	52.2	66.5	93.1
11	Larnaca, Cyprus	60.0	11.4	36.5	49.7	66.8	83.2
12	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	59.4	29.9	45.1	50.4	44.0	123.3
13	Manama, Bahrain	59.0	30.7	45.3	57.6	54.8	67.6
14	Amman, Jordan	58.5	14.6	37.3	49.6	55.6	41.8
15	Muscat, Oman	51.2	25.4	38.8	46.8	51.6	103.5
16	Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia	51.0	14.4	33.4	43.2	34.1	113.2
17	Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia	50.2	15.7	33.5	44.9	33.7	124.3
18	Erbil (Irbil), Iraq	49.1	13.9	32.1	41.6	43.1	49.2
19	Ad Dammam, Saudi Arabia	48.9	12.7	31.4	42.3	32.2	141.4
20	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	48.2	16.5	32.9	41.5	35.4	129.2
21	Baghdad, Iraq	46.1	14.8	31.0	40.4	42.0	52.1
22	Istanbul, Turkey	44.7	14.4	30.1	39.3	33.0	54.6
23	Ankara, Turkey	41.2	8.0	25.2	36.7	31.4	56.9
24	Izmir, Turkey	41.0	8.9	25.5	37.5	29.2	54.6
25	Bursa, Turkey	40.3	6.7	24.1	34.5	27.6	55.6
26	Antalya, Turkey	38.8	7.2	23.5	33.5	29.4	54.5
27	Yerevan, Armenia	34.1	9.4	22.2	27.7	31.8	32.5
28	Baku, Azerbaijan	31.3	9.6	20.9	27.9	32.3	29.2
29	Tbilisi, Georgia	29.7	10.6	20.5	24.6	29.2	35.6