One month, in local salaries

The same monthly basket divided by the average local net salary in that city. Koh Samui costs 1.95 local salaries; Ayutthaya costs 0.43.

Dumbbell chart of monthly cost against local net salary for six Thai cities, with a strip showing all cities on the same ratio

Green is the average local net wage, red the basket. The number is the basket divided by the wage.

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What the chart says

In 5 of 11 Thai cities the basket costs more than the average local net wage. 185 of all 554 cities carried are in the same position, so this is normal, not Thai.
Ayutthaya is the exception at 0.43. Same country, Koh Samui at 1.95 — the ratio tracks which city sells to visitors, not which is nicer.

All 554

Every city carrying both a cost and a local salary, cheapest relative to the wage first.

#	City	Market	Cost / mo	Local net salary / mo	Cost ÷ salary
1	Hyderabad	India	$311	$1,271	0.24×
2	Ahmadi	Kuwait	$926	$3,536	0.26×
3	Hsinchu City	Taiwan	$718	$2,446	0.29×
4	Rotorua	New Zealand	$1,182	$3,836	0.31×
5	Pune	India	$370	$1,100	0.34×
6	Chennai	India	$267	$762	0.35×
7	Yokohama	Japan	$988	$2,692	0.37×
8	Qingdao	China	$452	$1,199	0.38×
9	Chongqing	China	$425	$1,114	0.38×
10	Busan	South Korea	$982	$2,572	0.38×
11	Seoul	South Korea	$1,215	$3,180	0.38×
12	Incheon	South Korea	$870	$2,225	0.39×
13	Suwon	South Korea	$885	$2,255	0.39×
14	Wollongong	Australia	$1,753	$4,426	0.40×
15	Chengdu	China	$501	$1,264	0.40×
16	Basel	Switzerland	$2,911	$7,299	0.40×
17	Xi'an	China	$426	$1,067	0.40×
18	Bern	Switzerland	$2,797	$6,812	0.41×
19	Örebro	Sweden	$1,345	$3,273	0.41×
20	Nanjing	China	$566	$1,371	0.41×
21	Vaasa	Finland	$1,540	$3,688	0.42×
22	Shenzhen	China	$723	$1,721	0.42×
23	Lugano	Switzerland	$2,912	$6,844	0.43×
24	Gaziantep	Turkey	$487	$1,135	0.43×
25	Ayutthaya	Thailand	$421	$981	0.43×
26	Aalborg	Denmark	$1,783	$4,131	0.43×
27	Daegu	South Korea	$973	$2,225	0.44×
28	Wuhan	China	$487	$1,106	0.44×
29	Odense	Denmark	$1,759	$3,978	0.44×
30	Xiamen	China	$502	$1,132	0.44×
31	Nuremberg	Germany	$1,653	$3,711	0.45×
32	Hangzhou	China	$646	$1,449	0.45×
33	Guangzhou	China	$572	$1,281	0.45×
34	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	$698	$1,542	0.45×
35	Austin	United States of America	$2,302	$5,050	0.46×
36	Bengaluru	India	$368	$806	0.46×
37	Umeå	Sweden	$1,279	$2,789	0.46×
38	Göteborg	Sweden	$1,701	$3,690	0.46×
39	Kyoto	Japan	$879	$1,903	0.46×
40	Haifa	Israel	$2,072	$4,475	0.46×
41	Stuttgart	Germany	$1,906	$4,114	0.46×
42	Tianjin	China	$538	$1,159	0.46×
43	East London	South Africa	$762	$1,640	0.46×
44	San Antonio	United States of America	$1,985	$4,234	0.47×
45	Kaohsiung City	Taiwan	$696	$1,478	0.47×
46	Jönköping	Sweden	$1,400	$2,972	0.47×
47	Dalian	China	$519	$1,097	0.47×
48	Zürich	Switzerland	$3,949	$8,336	0.47×
49	Ålesund	Norway	$2,011	$4,214	0.48×
50	Lund	Sweden	$1,456	$3,051	0.48×
51	Washington	United States of America	$3,391	$7,053	0.48×
52	Hawalli	Kuwait	$896	$1,860	0.48×
53	Lausanne	Switzerland	$3,205	$6,651	0.48×
54	Saint-Louis	Senegal	$2,024	$4,190	0.48×
55	Taoyuan City	Taiwan	$728	$1,504	0.48×
56	Toowoomba	Australia	$1,908	$3,940	0.48×
57	Cairns	Australia	$2,143	$4,413	0.49×
58	Dresden	Germany	$1,541	$3,155	0.49×
59	Jyväskylä	Finland	$1,471	$3,008	0.49×
60	Helsingborg	Sweden	$1,472	$2,997	0.49×
61	Seattle	United States of America	$3,250	$6,597	0.49×
62	Al Ain	United Arab Emirates	$1,398	$2,836	0.49×
63	Nantes	France	$1,463	$2,964	0.49×
64	Zhuhai	China	$520	$1,052	0.49×
65	Taichung City	Taiwan	$689	$1,389	0.50×
66	Udon Thani	Thailand	$384	$769	0.50×
67	Nagoya	Japan	$940	$1,876	0.50×
68	Uppsala	Sweden	$1,582	$3,137	0.50×
69	Tainan City	Taiwan	$681	$1,345	0.51×
70	Stavanger	Norway	$2,548	$4,987	0.51×
71	Philadelphia	United States of America	$2,442	$4,768	0.51×
72	Bergen	Norway	$2,294	$4,451	0.52×
73	Kristiansand	Norway	$2,133	$4,133	0.52×
74	Kunming	China	$444	$859	0.52×
75	Duesseldorf	Germany	$1,944	$3,758	0.52×
76	Lyon	France	$1,639	$3,164	0.52×
77	Malmö	Sweden	$1,653	$3,191	0.52×
78	Shanghai	China	$892	$1,711	0.52×
79	Ashdod	Israel	$2,276	$4,366	0.52×
80	Atlanta	United States of America	$2,713	$5,195	0.52×
81	Sunshine Coast	Australia	$1,833	$3,498	0.52×
82	Dallas	United States of America	$2,526	$4,791	0.53×
83	Brisbane	Australia	$2,245	$4,251	0.53×
84	Osaka	Japan	$995	$1,883	0.53×
85	San Francisco	United States of America	$4,016	$7,600	0.53×
86	Lille	France	$1,604	$3,033	0.53×
87	Quebec City	Canada	$1,518	$2,869	0.53×
88	Nashville	United States of America	$2,409	$4,518	0.53×
89	Toulouse	France	$1,580	$2,960	0.53×
90	Kochi	India	$248	$464	0.53×
91	Linköping	Sweden	$1,482	$2,753	0.54×
92	Frankfurt am Main	Germany	$2,207	$4,098	0.54×
93	Kuopio	Finland	$1,447	$2,686	0.54×
94	Leipzig	Germany	$1,579	$2,928	0.54×
95	Melbourne	Australia	$2,404	$4,439	0.54×
96	Chicago	United States of America	$2,701	$4,984	0.54×
97	Ipoh	Malaysia	$517	$952	0.54×
98	Drammen	Norway	$1,964	$3,612	0.54×
99	Houston	United States of America	$2,393	$4,378	0.55×
100	Espoo	Finland	$1,786	$3,256	0.55×
101	Tampere	Finland	$1,583	$2,860	0.55×
102	Turku	Finland	$1,525	$2,753	0.55×
103	Hamburg	Germany	$1,973	$3,558	0.55×
104	Omaha	United States of America	$2,164	$3,902	0.55×
105	Cologne	Germany	$1,889	$3,389	0.56×
106	Minneapolis	United States of America	$2,319	$4,153	0.56×
107	Trondheim	Norway	$2,395	$4,272	0.56×
108	Sapporo	Japan	$968	$1,724	0.56×
109	Kuwait City	Kuwait	$1,164	$2,072	0.56×
110	Edmonton	Canada	$1,882	$3,350	0.56×
111	Copenhagen	Denmark	$2,589	$4,594	0.56×
112	Birmingham	United Kingdom	$2,216	$3,930	0.56×
113	Helsinki	Finland	$1,793	$3,180	0.56×
114	Tokyo	Japan	$1,306	$2,308	0.57×
115	Detroit	United States of America	$1,931	$3,409	0.57×
116	The Hague	Netherlands	$2,436	$4,297	0.57×
117	Graz	Austria	$1,791	$3,158	0.57×
118	Beijing	China	$891	$1,568	0.57×
119	Phoenix	United States of America	$2,526	$4,440	0.57×
120	Townsville	Australia	$2,338	$4,109	0.57×
121	Canberra	Australia	$2,492	$4,369	0.57×
122	Hobart	Australia	$2,379	$4,171	0.57×
123	Strasbourg	France	$1,754	$3,070	0.57×
124	George Town	Malaysia	$614	$1,074	0.57×
125	Tampa	United States of America	$2,674	$4,668	0.57×
126	Tauranga	New Zealand	$1,770	$3,090	0.57×
127	Taipei City	Taiwan	$977	$1,704	0.57×
128	Fintas	Kuwait	$367	$640	0.57×
129	Oulu	Finland	$1,482	$2,581	0.57×
130	Fukuoka	Japan	$883	$1,535	0.58×
131	Dunedin	New Zealand	$1,491	$2,589	0.58×
132	Perth	Australia	$2,507	$4,343	0.58×
133	Ottawa	Canada	$2,102	$3,626	0.58×
134	Montpellier	France	$1,649	$2,812	0.59×
135	Kisumu	Kenya	$455	$775	0.59×
136	Utrecht	Netherlands	$2,634	$4,465	0.59×
137	Bordeaux	France	$1,759	$2,976	0.59×
138	Gold Coast	Australia	$2,484	$4,199	0.59×
139	San Jose	United States of America	$3,837	$6,483	0.59×
140	Linz	Austria	$1,731	$2,923	0.59×
141	Vienna	Austria	$2,034	$3,429	0.59×
142	Slavonski Brod	Croatia	$906	$1,525	0.59×
143	Munich	Germany	$2,442	$4,110	0.59×
144	Jelgava	Latvia	$843	$1,418	0.59×
145	Adelaide	Australia	$2,315	$3,877	0.60×
146	Montreal	Canada	$1,756	$2,938	0.60×
147	Eindhoven	Netherlands	$2,448	$4,084	0.60×
148	Liverpool	United Kingdom	$1,977	$3,271	0.60×
149	Denver	United States of America	$2,713	$4,487	0.60×
150	Antwerp	Belgium	$1,857	$3,069	0.60×
151	Lahti	Finland	$1,580	$2,593	0.61×
152	New Orleans	United States of America	$2,455	$4,025	0.61×
153	Nelson	New Zealand	$1,484	$2,415	0.61×
154	Paris	France	$2,195	$3,565	0.62×
155	Portland	United States of America	$2,887	$4,682	0.62×
156	Glasgow	United Kingdom	$2,122	$3,433	0.62×
157	Jerusalem	Israel	$2,486	$4,019	0.62×
158	Liege	Belgium	$1,771	$2,862	0.62×
159	Groningen	Netherlands	$1,941	$3,131	0.62×
160	Leeds	United Kingdom	$1,983	$3,180	0.62×
161	Stockholm	Sweden	$2,268	$3,635	0.62×
162	Bloemfontein	South Africa	$813	$1,300	0.63×
163	Napier	New Zealand	$1,990	$3,155	0.63×
164	Johor Bahru	Malaysia	$678	$1,070	0.63×
165	Belfast	United Kingdom	$1,945	$3,067	0.63×
166	Delhi	India	$347	$546	0.64×
167	Boston	United States of America	$3,935	$6,184	0.64×
168	Marseille	France	$1,578	$2,466	0.64×
169	Kolkata	India	$250	$389	0.64×
170	Klaipeda	Lithuania	$1,023	$1,580	0.65×
171	Sydney	Australia	$2,738	$4,218	0.65×
172	Cardiff	United Kingdom	$2,124	$3,261	0.65×
173	Catania	Italy	$1,243	$1,904	0.65×
174	Amsterdam	Netherlands	$3,109	$4,731	0.66×
175	Kobe	Japan	$1,167	$1,776	0.66×
176	Berlin	Germany	$2,190	$3,331	0.66×
177	Netanya	Israel	$2,122	$3,215	0.66×
178	Chiang Rai	Thailand	$393	$595	0.66×
179	George	South Africa	$893	$1,340	0.67×
180	Oslo	Norway	$2,853	$4,279	0.67×
181	Johannesburg	South Africa	$1,130	$1,694	0.67×
182	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	$1,472	$2,205	0.67×
183	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	$1,957	$2,930	0.67×
184	Maribor	Slovenia	$1,288	$1,927	0.67×
185	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	$2,303	$3,441	0.67×
186	Tartu	Estonia	$1,329	$1,983	0.67×
187	Cochabamba	Bolivia	$259	$386	0.67×
188	Calgary	Canada	$2,006	$2,991	0.67×
189	Christchurch	New Zealand	$1,840	$2,743	0.67×
190	Rotterdam	Netherlands	$2,764	$4,080	0.68×
191	Las Vegas	United States of America	$2,555	$3,771	0.68×
192	Downtown Core	Singapore	$2,856	$4,212	0.68×
193	Orchard	Singapore	$2,856	$4,212	0.68×
194	Jurong East	Singapore	$2,856	$4,212	0.68×
195	Tampines	Singapore	$2,856	$4,212	0.68×
196	Woodlands	Singapore	$2,856	$4,212	0.68×
197	Punggol	Singapore	$2,856	$4,212	0.68×
198	Bukit Timah	Singapore	$2,856	$4,212	0.68×
199	Sentosa	Singapore	$2,856	$4,212	0.68×
200	Toronto	Canada	$2,327	$3,429	0.68×
201	Reykjavik	Iceland	$3,211	$4,705	0.68×
202	Bristol	United Kingdom	$2,592	$3,794	0.68×
203	Queenstown	New Zealand	$2,172	$3,178	0.68×
204	Salzburg	Austria	$2,298	$3,359	0.68×
205	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	$2,432	$3,542	0.69×
206	Sanya	China	$609	$887	0.69×
207	Auckland	New Zealand	$2,132	$3,100	0.69×
208	Tuzla	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$655	$952	0.69×
209	Ostrava	Czechia	$1,194	$1,731	0.69×
210	Tallinn	Estonia	$1,535	$2,224	0.69×
211	Kaunas	Lithuania	$1,175	$1,702	0.69×
212	Brussels	Belgium	$2,242	$3,236	0.69×
213	Hamilton	New Zealand	$2,029	$2,909	0.70×
214	Cork	Ireland	$2,944	$4,211	0.70×
215	Genoa	Italy	$1,514	$2,151	0.70×
216	Szeged	Hungary	$925	$1,313	0.70×
217	Manchester	United Kingdom	$2,293	$3,239	0.71×
218	Durban	South Africa	$856	$1,206	0.71×
219	Mogilev	Belarus	$565	$796	0.71×
220	Hradec Kralove	Czechia	$1,219	$1,712	0.71×
221	Winnipeg	Canada	$1,771	$2,486	0.71×
222	Wellington	New Zealand	$2,078	$2,911	0.71×
223	Vilnius	Lithuania	$1,412	$1,974	0.72×
224	Bursa	Turkey	$714	$998	0.72×
225	Victoria	Canada	$2,209	$3,082	0.72×
226	Plzen	Czechia	$1,384	$1,928	0.72×
227	Seville	Spain	$1,289	$1,790	0.72×
228	Larnaca	Cyprus	$1,419	$1,966	0.72×
229	Usti nad Labem	Czechia	$1,102	$1,524	0.72×
230	Nice	France	$1,901	$2,627	0.72×
231	Jaipur	India	$269	$371	0.73×
232	San Diego	United States of America	$3,878	$5,316	0.73×
233	Vancouver	Canada	$2,446	$3,343	0.73×
234	Gyor	Hungary	$1,028	$1,401	0.73×
235	Geelong	Australia	$2,290	$3,114	0.74×
236	Łódź	Poland	$1,230	$1,667	0.74×
237	Pretoria	South Africa	$1,075	$1,451	0.74×
238	Newcastle	Australia	$2,292	$3,082	0.74×
239	Tel Aviv-Yafo	Israel	$3,198	$4,294	0.74×
240	Innsbruck	Austria	$2,176	$2,920	0.75×
241	Poznań	Poland	$1,321	$1,771	0.75×
242	Nitra	Slovakia	$1,121	$1,502	0.75×
243	Prešov	Slovakia	$975	$1,306	0.75×
244	Adana	Turkey	$592	$792	0.75×
245	Arequipa	Peru	$490	$655	0.75×
246	Martin	Slovakia	$1,144	$1,528	0.75×
247	Zagreb	Croatia	$1,467	$1,956	0.75×
248	Timisoara	Romania	$918	$1,222	0.75×
249	Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	$460	$611	0.75×
250	Prague	Czechia	$1,767	$2,343	0.75×
251	Miskolc	Hungary	$936	$1,232	0.76×
252	Bitola	North Macedonia	$596	$782	0.76×
253	Sofia	Bulgaria	$1,301	$1,707	0.76×
254	Ruse	Bulgaria	$761	$998	0.76×
255	Turin	Italy	$1,533	$2,007	0.76×
256	Mumbai	India	$593	$776	0.76×
257	Sibiu	Romania	$886	$1,157	0.77×
258	Liberec	Czechia	$1,202	$1,570	0.77×
259	New York City	United States of America	$4,213	$5,486	0.77×
260	Miami	United States of America	$3,413	$4,432	0.77×
261	Budapest	Hungary	$1,345	$1,743	0.77×
262	Bucharest	Romania	$1,108	$1,427	0.78×
263	Izmir	Turkey	$883	$1,136	0.78×
264	Bilbao	Spain	$1,830	$2,351	0.78×
265	Viña del Mar	Chile	$850	$1,091	0.78×
266	Halifax	Canada	$2,158	$2,762	0.78×
267	Limerick	Ireland	$2,595	$3,316	0.78×
268	Alicante	Spain	$1,530	$1,945	0.79×
269	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	$901	$1,142	0.79×
270	Bari	Italy	$1,536	$1,943	0.79×
271	Tetovo	North Macedonia	$716	$903	0.79×
272	Wrocław	Poland	$1,455	$1,835	0.79×
273	Osijek	Croatia	$1,109	$1,395	0.79×
274	Cape Town	South Africa	$1,265	$1,591	0.79×
275	Warsaw	Poland	$1,749	$2,194	0.80×
276	Madrid	Spain	$1,993	$2,489	0.80×
277	Olomouc	Czechia	$1,253	$1,564	0.80×
278	Cascais	Portugal	$1,844	$2,296	0.80×
279	Kraków	Poland	$1,542	$1,919	0.80×
280	Brno	Czechia	$1,530	$1,904	0.80×
281	Gdańsk	Poland	$1,540	$1,914	0.80×
282	Nicosia	Cyprus	$1,551	$1,925	0.81×
283	Mostar	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$708	$878	0.81×
284	Palermo	Italy	$1,284	$1,589	0.81×
285	Los Angeles	United States of America	$3,629	$4,480	0.81×
286	Grodno	Belarus	$623	$767	0.81×
287	Rabat	Morocco	$599	$733	0.82×
288	Žilina	Slovakia	$1,148	$1,403	0.82×
289	Naples	Italy	$1,556	$1,897	0.82×
290	Daugavpils	Latvia	$936	$1,133	0.83×
291	Pardubice	Czechia	$1,234	$1,493	0.83×
292	Moscow	Russia	$1,425	$1,717	0.83×
293	Meknes	Morocco	$408	$490	0.83×
294	Honolulu	United States of America	$3,433	$4,124	0.83×
295	Niš	Serbia	$745	$892	0.84×
296	Fez	Morocco	$425	$507	0.84×
297	Pula	Croatia	$1,292	$1,540	0.84×
298	Ceske Budejovice	Czechia	$1,359	$1,610	0.84×
299	Oradea	Romania	$794	$938	0.85×
300	Birkirkara	Malta	$1,640	$1,936	0.85×
301	Prilep	North Macedonia	$525	$616	0.85×
302	Ankara	Turkey	$970	$1,132	0.86×
303	Dublin	Ireland	$3,358	$3,910	0.86×
304	Rijeka	Croatia	$1,324	$1,539	0.86×
305	Iasi	Romania	$1,004	$1,167	0.86×
306	Loja	Ecuador	$423	$491	0.86×
307	Barcelona	Venezuela	$2,062	$2,392	0.86×
308	Machala	Ecuador	$388	$450	0.86×
309	Saint Petersburg	Russia	$1,002	$1,162	0.86×
310	Barcelona	Spain	$2,036	$2,361	0.86×
311	Bologna	Italy	$1,899	$2,200	0.86×
312	Malaga	Spain	$1,680	$1,943	0.86×
313	London	United Kingdom	$3,799	$4,391	0.87×
314	Minsk	Belarus	$814	$939	0.87×
315	Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$928	$1,069	0.87×
316	Rome	Italy	$1,730	$1,982	0.87×
317	Kazan	Russia	$808	$923	0.87×
318	Riga	Latvia	$1,335	$1,521	0.88×
319	Ajman	United Arab Emirates	$1,980	$2,246	0.88×
320	Limassol	Cyprus	$2,383	$2,692	0.89×
321	Iquique	Chile	$860	$971	0.89×
322	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	$1,193	$1,348	0.89×
323	Hai Phong	Vietnam	$438	$494	0.89×
324	Debrecen	Hungary	$1,128	$1,273	0.89×
325	Agadir	Morocco	$484	$545	0.89×
326	Puntarenas	Costa Rica	$768	$865	0.89×
327	Barysaw	Belarus	$1,732	$1,950	0.89×
328	Varna	Bulgaria	$1,075	$1,208	0.89×
329	Ljubljana	Slovenia	$1,807	$2,026	0.89×
330	Kota Kinabalu	Malaysia	$523	$584	0.90×
331	Banská Bystrica	Slovakia	$998	$1,111	0.90×
332	Podgorica	Montenegro	$1,076	$1,186	0.91×
333	Valencia	Spain	$1,778	$1,959	0.91×
334	Valencia	Venezuela	$1,802	$1,985	0.91×
335	Patras	Greece	$1,071	$1,179	0.91×
336	Liepaja	Latvia	$1,016	$1,117	0.91×
337	Ventspils	Latvia	$924	$1,015	0.91×
338	Quetta	Pakistan	$248	$270	0.92×
339	Bratislava	Slovakia	$1,575	$1,712	0.92×
340	Istanbul	Turkey	$1,142	$1,240	0.92×
341	Antalya	Turkey	$878	$952	0.92×
342	Kragujevac	Serbia	$888	$961	0.92×
343	Hat Yai	Thailand	$429	$463	0.93×
344	Coimbra	Portugal	$1,263	$1,356	0.93×
345	Riobamba	Ecuador	$311	$334	0.93×
346	Skopje	North Macedonia	$833	$889	0.94×
347	Koper	Slovenia	$1,529	$1,628	0.94×
348	Subotica	Serbia	$854	$906	0.94×
349	Palma de Mallorca	Spain	$1,953	$2,069	0.94×
350	Kathmandu	Nepal	$259	$273	0.95×
351	Rosario	Argentina	$664	$700	0.95×
352	Chania	Greece	$1,274	$1,341	0.95×
353	Dhaka	Bangladesh	$263	$276	0.95×
354	Pristina	Kosovo	$673	$702	0.96×
355	Chiang Mai	Thailand	$565	$589	0.96×
356	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	$693	$721	0.96×
357	Split	Croatia	$1,588	$1,652	0.96×
358	Salta	Argentina	$823	$850	0.97×
359	Burgas	Bulgaria	$989	$1,016	0.97×
360	Brasov	Romania	$1,096	$1,120	0.98×
361	Florence	Italy	$2,028	$2,070	0.98×
362	Košice	Slovakia	$1,492	$1,510	0.99×
363	Galway	Ireland	$3,076	$3,113	0.99×
364	Rhodes	Greece	$1,354	$1,370	0.99×
365	Ndola	Zambia	$593	$600	0.99×
366	Pecs	Hungary	$1,086	$1,097	0.99×
367	Milan	Italy	$2,221	$2,235	0.99×
368	Ohrid	North Macedonia	$640	$642	1.00×
369	Florianópolis	Brazil	$931	$931	1.00×
370	Gomel	Belarus	$520	$517	1.01×
371	Banja Luka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$914	$909	1.01×
372	Liberia	Costa Rica	$886	$879	1.01×
373	Heredia	Costa Rica	$1,370	$1,354	1.01×
374	Sendai	Japan	$886	$875	1.01×
375	Marbella	Spain	$2,143	$2,116	1.01×
376	Antofagasta	Chile	$731	$722	1.01×
377	Novosibirsk	Russia	$826	$813	1.02×
378	Krasnodar	Russia	$851	$836	1.02×
379	Porto	Portugal	$1,640	$1,607	1.02×
380	Valletta	Malta	$2,135	$2,087	1.02×
381	Hanoi	Vietnam	$528	$512	1.03×
382	Novi Sad	Serbia	$1,100	$1,064	1.03×
383	Braga	Portugal	$1,319	$1,275	1.03×
384	São Paulo	Brazil	$891	$855	1.04×
385	Zadar	Croatia	$1,512	$1,430	1.06×
386	Cusco	Peru	$456	$431	1.06×
387	Kaliningrad	Russia	$873	$824	1.06×
388	Quito	Ecuador	$640	$603	1.06×
389	Athens	Greece	$1,432	$1,334	1.07×
390	Thessaloniki	Greece	$1,281	$1,185	1.08×
391	Jakarta	Indonesia	$464	$429	1.08×
392	Amman	Jordan	$767	$708	1.08×
393	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	$532	$489	1.09×
394	La Serena	Chile	$796	$729	1.09×
395	Batam	Indonesia	$375	$343	1.09×
396	Heraklion	Greece	$1,274	$1,147	1.11×
397	Manta	Ecuador	$534	$481	1.11×
398	Lima	Peru	$705	$634	1.11×
399	Islamabad	Pakistan	$427	$383	1.11×
400	Constanta	Romania	$1,099	$986	1.11×
401	Bangkok	Thailand	$690	$617	1.12×
402	Yekaterinburg	Russia	$1,032	$918	1.12×
403	Asunción	Paraguay	$741	$659	1.12×
404	Montevideo	Uruguay	$1,436	$1,275	1.13×
405	Faro	Portugal	$1,535	$1,356	1.13×
406	La Plata	Argentina	$760	$665	1.14×
407	Corfu	Greece	$1,344	$1,176	1.14×
408	Tirana	Albania	$1,007	$876	1.15×
409	Sliema	Malta	$2,168	$1,873	1.16×
410	Dubrovnik	Croatia	$1,751	$1,508	1.16×
411	Casablanca	Morocco	$702	$600	1.17×
412	Da Lat	Vietnam	$495	$422	1.17×
413	Valparaíso	Chile	$915	$771	1.19×
414	Monterrey	Mexico	$1,334	$1,120	1.19×
415	Mexico City	Mexico	$1,250	$1,048	1.19×
416	Marrakech	Morocco	$616	$513	1.20×
417	Guatemala City	Guatemala	$1,024	$852	1.20×
418	Gujranwala	Pakistan	$282	$234	1.20×
419	Chisinau	Moldova	$1,033	$855	1.21×
420	Brest	Belarus	$642	$531	1.21×
421	Tabriz	Iran	$283	$233	1.22×
422	Vladivostok	Russia	$1,050	$857	1.23×
423	Budva	Montenegro	$1,269	$1,035	1.23×
424	Shkodër	Albania	$708	$577	1.23×
425	Cuenca	Ecuador	$671	$546	1.23×
426	Mendoza	Argentina	$907	$733	1.24×
427	Almaty	Kazakhstan	$990	$799	1.24×
428	Cali	Colombia	$708	$571	1.24×
429	Santiago	Panama	$987	$793	1.24×
430	Santiago	Chile	$974	$782	1.24×
431	Bandung	Indonesia	$356	$283	1.26×
432	Baku	Azerbaijan	$721	$572	1.26×
433	Berat	Albania	$625	$490	1.27×
434	Santiago de los Caballeros	Dominican Republic	$723	$566	1.28×
435	Bogota	Colombia	$960	$741	1.30×
436	Jurmala	Latvia	$1,477	$1,139	1.30×
437	Batumi	Georgia	$748	$574	1.30×
438	La Paz	Bolivia	$324	$246	1.32×
439	Fortaleza	Brazil	$629	$474	1.33×
440	Zanzibar City	Tanzania	$418	$314	1.33×
441	Denpasar	Indonesia	$371	$279	1.33×
442	Nairobi	Kenya	$578	$433	1.34×
443	Tangier	Morocco	$690	$515	1.34×
444	Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia	$790	$590	1.34×
445	Butwal	Nepal	$164	$122	1.34×
446	Bariloche	Argentina	$1,294	$958	1.35×
447	Guayaquil	Ecuador	$800	$590	1.36×
448	Guadalajara	Mexico	$1,065	$785	1.36×
449	Punta del Este	Uruguay	$1,534	$1,131	1.36×
450	Manado	Indonesia	$290	$213	1.36×
451	Mombasa	Kenya	$435	$319	1.36×
452	Tbilisi	Georgia	$897	$655	1.37×
453	Bucaramanga	Colombia	$783	$570	1.37×
454	Santo Domingo	Ecuador	$857	$614	1.39×
455	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	$858	$615	1.40×
456	Surabaya	Indonesia	$383	$272	1.41×
457	Mbeya	Tanzania	$266	$189	1.41×
458	San Jose	Costa Rica	$1,476	$1,046	1.41×
459	Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	$695	$490	1.42×
460	Boquete	Panama	$1,143	$800	1.43×
461	Playa del Carmen	Mexico	$948	$662	1.43×
462	Funchal	Portugal	$1,923	$1,337	1.44×
463	Hua Hin	Thailand	$671	$464	1.45×
464	Metro Manila	Philippines	$689	$469	1.47×
465	Mar del Plata	Argentina	$900	$611	1.47×
466	Concepción	Chile	$837	$566	1.48×
467	Medan	Indonesia	$322	$216	1.49×
468	Panaji	India	$282	$188	1.50×
469	Córdoba	Argentina	$1,001	$667	1.50×
470	Pattaya	Thailand	$694	$461	1.50×
471	Pereira	Colombia	$859	$570	1.51×
472	Temuco	Chile	$827	$546	1.52×
473	Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	$1,395	$919	1.52×
474	Barranquilla	Colombia	$852	$561	1.52×
475	Santa Ana	El Salvador	$689	$450	1.53×
476	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	$936	$602	1.55×
477	Recife	Brazil	$659	$420	1.57×
478	Buenos Aires	Argentina	$1,325	$842	1.57×
479	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	$440	$279	1.58×
480	Gweru	Zimbabwe	$394	$250	1.58×
481	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	$942	$596	1.58×
482	Tegucigalpa	Honduras	$976	$616	1.59×
483	Panama City	Panama	$1,507	$931	1.62×
484	Hyderabad	Pakistan	$279	$172	1.63×
485	Yangon	Myanmar	$454	$279	1.63×
486	Da Nang	Vietnam	$583	$352	1.66×
487	Yerevan	Armenia	$1,110	$660	1.68×
488	Pokhara	Nepal	$304	$180	1.69×
489	Tripoli	Lebanon	$413	$244	1.69×
490	Karachi	Pakistan	$300	$175	1.71×
491	Yogyakarta	Indonesia	$366	$214	1.71×
492	Shiraz	Iran	$401	$233	1.72×
493	Phuket	Thailand	$856	$496	1.73×
494	Beirut	Lebanon	$1,221	$704	1.73×
495	León	Nicaragua	$974	$559	1.74×
496	Nha Trang	Vietnam	$511	$291	1.75×
497	Santa Marta	Colombia	$928	$527	1.76×
498	Alexandria	Egypt	$253	$144	1.76×
499	Merida	Venezuela	$1,105	$619	1.79×
500	Tamarindo	Costa Rica	$1,675	$938	1.79×
501	Merida	Mexico	$1,094	$612	1.79×
502	Cagayan de Oro	Philippines	$578	$317	1.82×
503	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe	$548	$300	1.83×
504	Salvador	Brazil	$708	$385	1.84×
505	Lahore	Pakistan	$345	$186	1.85×
506	Semarang	Indonesia	$357	$190	1.88×
507	Medellin	Colombia	$1,178	$619	1.90×
508	Rawalpindi	Pakistan	$333	$174	1.91×
509	Managua	Nicaragua	$676	$353	1.92×
510	Can Tho	Vietnam	$307	$160	1.92×
511	Angeles City	Philippines	$578	$299	1.93×
512	Tehran	Iran	$428	$221	1.94×
513	Koh Samui	Thailand	$774	$396	1.95×
514	Lusaka	Zambia	$643	$328	1.96×
515	Cebu City	Philippines	$682	$347	1.97×
516	Multan	Pakistan	$365	$183	1.99×
517	Antigua Guatemala	Guatemala	$1,095	$546	2.00×
518	Kwekwe	Zimbabwe	$603	$300	2.01×
519	Portoviejo	Ecuador	$660	$325	2.03×
520	Peshawar	Pakistan	$305	$149	2.05×
521	Essaouira	Morocco	$553	$267	2.07×
522	Harare	Zimbabwe	$832	$400	2.08×
523	Colombo	Sri Lanka	$497	$239	2.08×
524	Giza	Egypt	$279	$133	2.10×
525	Cairo	Egypt	$442	$210	2.11×
526	Siem Reap	Cambodia	$525	$236	2.22×
527	Mansoura	Egypt	$227	$99	2.29×
528	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	$742	$324	2.29×
529	Battambang	Cambodia	$460	$200	2.30×
530	Puerto Princesa	Philippines	$546	$231	2.37×
531	Iloilo City	Philippines	$495	$206	2.40×
532	Cartagena	Colombia	$1,110	$462	2.40×
533	San Miguel	El Salvador	$953	$390	2.44×
534	Bacolod City	Philippines	$536	$214	2.50×
535	Davao City	Philippines	$550	$217	2.54×
536	Kigali	Rwanda	$709	$278	2.55×
537	Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea	$1,157	$437	2.65×
538	Dakar	Senegal	$1,076	$403	2.67×
539	Kampala	Uganda	$512	$192	2.67×
540	Vientiane	Laos	$727	$265	2.75×
541	Mutare	Zimbabwe	$705	$250	2.82×
542	Baguio City	Philippines	$558	$185	3.01×
543	Caracas	Venezuela	$970	$304	3.20×
544	Jimma	Ethiopia	$740	$231	3.20×
545	San Salvador	El Salvador	$1,303	$380	3.43×
546	Abidjan	Côte d'Ivoire	$886	$223	3.97×
547	Accra	Ghana	$798	$175	4.56×
548	Abuja	Nigeria	$870	$167	5.21×
549	Granada	Nicaragua	$705	$135	5.22×
550	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	$1,075	$204	5.28×
551	Lagos	Nigeria	$797	$118	6.75×
552	Havana	Cuba	$691	$33	20.94×
553	Cienfuegos	Cuba	$982	$38	25.84×
554	Varadero	Cuba	$1,070	$19	55.56×

Salary is an average, not a median: a few high earners lift it, so the ratio understates the gap for a typical worker.

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Two populations in one number. The wage is what locals earn; the basket is what the basket costs. Nobody is claimed to be living on either.
Average, not median. Numbeo publishes a mean net salary, which sits above what most people earn.
Crowd-sourced both sides. Same Numbeo caveat as the cost chart, applied twice.

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Data updated 4 September 2026