City Affordability Score Finder

Get a 0–100 composite affordability score for a city, based on your salary and its overall cost index.

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💡 Good to know
  • Score blends rent, groceries, dining, transport, and utilities into one index.
  • Scores are normalized against our full dataset, so 100 is the most affordable for your salary.
  • Use it to quickly shortlist cities before diving into a full comparison.
Not sure where to start? Read how are these cost figures calculated? for our full methodology.

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