Cheapest cities to live

Most affordable cities by World Bank price level. Top pick: Kotor, Montenegro.

Cheapest cities to live — top 12

#	City	Country	Affordability	Livability	Cost	Climate	Safety
1	Kotor	Montenegro	57	75	57	92	79
2	Playa del Carmen	Mexico	57	57	57	77	39
3	Tivat	Montenegro	56	76	56	98	78
4	Valletta	Malta	56	72	56	86	76
5	Boquete	Panama	56	70	56	100	59
6	Atenas	Costa Rica	56	66	56	100	47
7	Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	56	63	56	100	39
8	Quepos	Costa Rica	56	59	56	83	41
9	Tamarindo	Costa Rica	56	57	56	76	41
10	Punta del Este	Uruguay	55	74	55	100	72
11	Queenstown	New Zealand	55	72	55	87	77
12	Grand Baie	Mauritius	55	72	55	90	75
13	Las Vegas	United States	55	69	55	85	70
14	Portland	United States	55	68	55	83	69
15	Herceg Novi	Montenegro	54	77	54	100	79
16	Porto	Portugal	54	76	54	100	77
17	Budva	Montenegro	54	76	54	98	78
18	Cetinje	Montenegro	54	76	54	98	80
19	Albufeira	Portugal	54	75	54	100	75
20	Tavira	Portugal	54	75	54	98	75
21	Centre de Flacq	Mauritius	54	74	54	92	78
22	Bar	Montenegro	54	74	54	97	75
23	Ptuj	Slovenia	54	73	54	85	81
24	Goodlands	Mauritius	54	73	54	89	77
25	Telavi	Georgia	54	72	54	89	74
26	Qormi	Malta	54	71	54	86	76
27	Żabbar	Malta	54	71	54	86	76
28	Pljevlja	Montenegro	54	71	54	82	79
29	Bijelo Polje	Montenegro	54	71	54	81	79
30	Viljandi	Estonia	54	70	54	74	83
31	Maardu	Estonia	54	70	54	75	83
32	Penonomé	Panama	54	62	54	78	56
33	Al Khawr	Qatar	54	59	54	47	73
34	Tulum	Mexico	54	58	54	81	41
35	Cancún	Mexico	54	55	54	77	38
36	Dubrovnik	Croatia	53	75	53	100	76
37	Koper	Slovenia	53	74	53	96	76
38	Velenje	Slovenia	53	73	53	86	81
39	Novo Mesto	Slovenia	53	72	53	85	81
40	Triolet	Mauritius	53	72	53	90	77
41	San Pawl il-Baħar	Malta	53	71	53	88	75
42	Birkirkara	Malta	53	71	53	86	75
43	Mosta	Malta	53	71	53	86	75
44	Sliema	Malta	53	71	53	86	75
45	Sarandë	Albania	53	71	53	95	69
46	Utena	Lithuania	53	70	53	76	81
47	Ventspils	Latvia	53	70	53	80	79
48	Rēzekne	Latvia	53	69	53	73	81
49	Valmiera	Latvia	53	69	53	74	81
50	Cartago	Costa Rica	53	67	53	100	52

Climate real (WorldClim); cost real (World Bank); hazard tiers indicative. livability=0.35*cost+0.30*climate+0.35*safety; cost=country PPP index x city-size premium (real population); safety=0.55*disaster_safety+0.45*crime_safety - urban-crime penalty (city size); disaster_safety=100-sum(hazard_weight*tier)/5*100 over 8 hazards (real earthquake/heat/cold + modelled flood/storm/wildfire/drought/tsunami); crime_safety=100-homicide*3

FAQ

What is the #1 cheapest cities to live?

Kotor, Montenegro — see the full ranking of 1103 cities.

How is this ranked?

From open data: climate (WorldClim), cost (World Bank), disaster risk (USGS/FEMA/INFORM), combined into a livability score.

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