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#CityCountryMonthly CostRent (Center)SafetyAvg Salary
1New YorkUnited States$4,587$3,20055$5,500
2San FranciscoUnited States$4,281$3,00050$6,500
3Los AngelesUnited States$3,735$2,50050$5,000
4MiamiUnited States$3,627$2,40048$4,200
5Hong KongHong Kong$3,125$2,30082$3,500
6SingaporeSingapore$3,025$2,20097$4,500
7LondonUnited Kingdom$3,395$2,20070$4,200
8ZurichSwitzerland$3,715$2,20095$6,500
9VancouverCanada$3,105$2,00078$3,600
10SydneyAustralia$3,200$2,00078$4,500
11TorontoCanada$2,925$1,80075$3,800
12DubaiUAE$2,740$1,80093$4,000
13DublinIreland$2,900$1,80072$3,800
14Tel AvivIsrael$2,795$1,80070$3,500
15ChicagoUnited States$2,850$1,80045$4,500
16AustinUnited States$2,726$1,70055$4,800
17AmsterdamNetherlands$2,670$1,60075$3,800
18CopenhagenDenmark$2,720$1,60088$4,500
19MelbourneAustralia$2,630$1,50080$4,000
20DohaQatar$2,260$1,50092$4,000
21StockholmSweden$2,350$1,40082$3,800
22ParisFrance$2,315$1,30065$3,500
23AucklandNew Zealand$2,350$1,30082$3,200
24MilanItaly$2,220$1,30068$2,800
25TokyoJapan$1,980$1,20091$3,200
26HelsinkiFinland$2,107$1,20093$3,500
27MontrealCanada$2,136$1,20078$3,200
28BarcelonaSpain$1,925$1,10068$2,400
29ShanghaiChina$1,575$1,10078$2,200
30RomeItaly$1,968$1,10065$2,200
31EdinburghUnited Kingdom$2,020$1,10078$3,200
32BerlinGermany$1,866$1,00072$3,200
33BrusselsBelgium$1,903$95060$2,800
34OsakaJapan$1,598$90088$2,800
35LisbonPortugal$1,575$90082$1,600
36ViennaAustria$1,786$90090$3,200
37SeoulSouth Korea$1,585$90085$2,800
38BeijingChina$1,325$90075$1,800
39Panama CityPanama$1,415$90048$1,200
40PragueCzech Republic$1,440$80085$2,000
41MoscowRussia$1,380$80065$1,800
42RiyadhSaudi Arabia$1,405$80080$3,000
43NagoyaJapan$1,437$75089$2,900
44TaipeiTaiwan$1,240$75090$1,800
45PortoPortugal$1,358$75084$1,400
46Cape TownSouth Africa$1,200$70030$1,500
47MumbaiIndia$925$70045$800
48WarsawPoland$1,305$70080$2,000
49TallinnEstonia$1,400$70085$2,200
50FukuokaJapan$1,280$65090$2,400
51BangkokThailand$1,020$65065$1,200
52BudapestHungary$1,215$65078$1,600
53SantiagoChile$1,095$60055$1,200
54Mexico CityMexico$955$60042$900
55AthensGreece$1,215$60070$1,200
56LagosNigeria$930$60030$500
57San JoseCosta Rica$1,075$60045$900
58KrakowPoland$1,143$60082$1,700
59ZagrebCroatia$1,183$60080$1,400
60SapporoJapan$1,195$55092$2,200
61Kuala LumpurMalaysia$890$55060$1,100
62Sao PauloBrazil$975$55040$900
63MontevideoUruguay$1,130$55055$1,100
64BucharestRomania$1,050$55072$1,500
65RigaLatvia$1,155$55075$1,500
66Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam$767$50058$800
67JakartaIndonesia$785$50050$600
68DelhiIndia$712$50038$700
69BaliIndonesia$825$50065$500
70NairobiKenya$880$50035$700
71AmmanJordan$940$50068$900
72CartagenaColombia$838$50042$600
73SofiaBulgaria$935$50075$1,200
74ManilaPhilippines$820$45045$700
75LimaPeru$812$45038$700
76BogotaColombia$795$45040$650
77MedellinColombia$778$45042$600
78AccraGhana$800$45055$500
79HanoiVietnam$699$45062$750
80BelgradeSerbia$882$45065$1,000
81Buenos AiresArgentina$753$40045$500
82TbilisiGeorgia$715$40078$700
83Phnom PenhCambodia$660$40050$500
84PenangMalaysia$667$40072$800
85QuitoEcuador$685$40040$550
86AsuncionParaguay$715$35042$600
87Chiang MaiThailand$595$35075$600
88MarrakechMorocco$610$35055$500
89YangonMyanmar$568$35040$350
90Da NangVietnam$575$35070$600
91ColomboSri Lanka$569$35055$450
92CebuPhilippines$630$35050$500
93CairoEgypt$490$30045$400
94KuchingMalaysia$535$30075$700
95VientianeLaos$515$30065$400
96DhakaBangladesh$446$30035$350
97La PazBolivia$497$30042$400
98Johor BahruMalaysia$545$30058$700
99KathmanduNepal$440$25055$350

Top 3

#1
New York
United States
$4,587
estimated monthly cost
Safety: 55/100
#2
San Francisco
United States
$4,281
estimated monthly cost
Safety: 50/100
#3
Los Angeles
United States
$3,735
estimated monthly cost
Safety: 50/100

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