Compare the cost of living between cities
These are the moves we've worked out ahead of time, each at a salary typical for the city. Every one runs the full picture (taxes, childcare net of government help, healthcare, vacation, and parental leave), not just rent and groceries. Open one to read the answer, then change the salary and family to match your own situation.
Most people start from a US city and look at Europe, so that's how these are grouped. Don't see your exact pair? The calculator builds any two cities on the list.
From Seattle
- Seattle → Oslo
- Seattle → Stockholm
- Seattle → Amsterdam
- Seattle → Copenhagen
- Seattle → Zurich
- Seattle → Vancouver
- Seattle → Singapore
- Seattle → Berlin
- Seattle → Toronto
- Seattle → Tokyo
- Seattle → Auckland
- Seattle → Munich
- Seattle → Dublin
- Seattle → London
- Seattle → Barcelona
- Seattle → São Paulo
- Seattle → Lisbon
- Seattle → Madrid
- Seattle → Paris
- Seattle → Sydney
- Seattle → Melbourne
From San Francisco
- San Francisco → Amsterdam
- San Francisco → Berlin
- San Francisco → London
- San Francisco → Munich
- San Francisco → Zurich
- San Francisco → Vancouver
- San Francisco → Paris
- San Francisco → Singapore
- San Francisco → Sydney
- San Francisco → Dublin
- San Francisco → Copenhagen
- San Francisco → Oslo
- San Francisco → Milan
- San Francisco → Toronto
- San Francisco → Madrid
- San Francisco → Tokyo
- San Francisco → Geneva
- San Francisco → Melbourne
- San Francisco → Auckland
- San Francisco → Stockholm
- San Francisco → São Paulo
- San Francisco → Rio de Janeiro
- San Francisco → Ljubljana
- San Francisco → Lisbon
- San Francisco → Barcelona
- San Francisco → Rome
- San Francisco → Porto
From New York City
- New York City → London
- New York City → Lisbon
- New York City → Berlin
- New York City → Amsterdam
- New York City → Zurich
- New York City → Vancouver
- New York City → Paris
- New York City → Singapore
- New York City → Sydney
- New York City → Dublin
- New York City → Stockholm
- New York City → Munich
- New York City → Milan
- New York City → Rome
- New York City → Toronto
- New York City → Madrid
- New York City → Tokyo
- New York City → Geneva
- New York City → Melbourne
- New York City → Porto
- New York City → Copenhagen
- New York City → Barcelona
- New York City → São Paulo
- New York City → Rio de Janeiro
- New York City → Ljubljana
- New York City → Oslo
- New York City → Auckland
From elsewhere in the US
- Boston → Dublin
- Austin → Lisbon
- Los Angeles → Barcelona
- Boston → Berlin
- Chicago → Amsterdam
- Washington, DC → London
- Boston → Zurich
- Los Angeles → Vancouver
- Boston → Paris
- Austin → Amsterdam
- Boston → Rome
- Austin → Madrid
- Boston → Porto
- Denver → Amsterdam
- Denver → Berlin
- Denver → London
- Atlanta → London
- Miami → Barcelona
- Miami → Madrid
- San Diego → Barcelona
- Houston → London
- Austin → Berlin
- Austin → Dublin
- Boston → Amsterdam
- Boston → Stockholm
- Chicago → Berlin
- Chicago → Dublin
- Los Angeles → London
- Los Angeles → Tokyo
- Washington, DC → Amsterdam
- Washington, DC → Berlin
- Minneapolis → Stockholm
- Portland → Vancouver
- Miami → São Paulo
- Austin → São Paulo
- Los Angeles → São Paulo
- Miami → Rio de Janeiro
- Los Angeles → Rio de Janeiro
- Boston → Ljubljana
- Chicago → Ljubljana
- Boston → London
- Chicago → London
- Austin → London
- Miami → London
- San Diego → London
- Minneapolis → London
- Portland → London
- Los Angeles → Amsterdam
- Miami → Amsterdam
- Atlanta → Amsterdam
- Houston → Amsterdam
- San Diego → Amsterdam
- Minneapolis → Amsterdam
- Portland → Amsterdam
- Los Angeles → Berlin
- Miami → Berlin
- Atlanta → Berlin
- Houston → Berlin
- Minneapolis → Berlin
- San Diego → Berlin
- Boston → Lisbon
- Los Angeles → Lisbon
- Miami → Lisbon
- Chicago → Lisbon
- Washington, DC → Lisbon
- Denver → Lisbon
- Boston → Singapore
- Chicago → Singapore
- Washington, DC → Singapore
- Los Angeles → Singapore
- Austin → Singapore
- Boston → Barcelona
- Chicago → Barcelona
- Austin → Barcelona
- Washington, DC → Barcelona
- Denver → Barcelona
- Boston → Vancouver
- Chicago → Vancouver
- Denver → Vancouver
- San Diego → Vancouver
- Austin → Vancouver
- Chicago → Stockholm
- Washington, DC → Stockholm
- Los Angeles → Stockholm
- Austin → Stockholm
- Denver → Stockholm
- Los Angeles → Madrid
- Boston → Madrid
- Chicago → Madrid
- Washington, DC → Madrid
- Washington, DC → Dublin
- Los Angeles → Dublin
- Denver → Dublin
- Atlanta → Dublin
- Miami → Dublin
- Houston → Dublin
- Washington, DC → Paris
- Chicago → Paris
- Los Angeles → Paris
- Austin → Paris
- Boston → Munich
- Chicago → Munich
- Austin → Munich
- Los Angeles → Munich
- Washington, DC → Munich
- Boston → Tokyo
- Chicago → Tokyo
- Washington, DC → Tokyo
- Austin → Tokyo
- Boston → Toronto
- Chicago → Toronto
- Washington, DC → Toronto
- Los Angeles → Toronto
- Austin → Toronto
- Boston → Oslo
- Chicago → Oslo
- Minneapolis → Oslo
- Los Angeles → Sydney
- Boston → Sydney
- Chicago → Sydney
- Los Angeles → Melbourne
- Boston → Melbourne
- Los Angeles → Auckland
- Boston → Auckland
- Boston → Milan
- Los Angeles → Milan
- Chicago → Rome
- Los Angeles → Porto
- Chicago → Zurich
- Washington, DC → Zurich
- Los Angeles → Zurich
- Austin → Zurich
- Boston → Geneva
- Washington, DC → Geneva
- Chicago → Geneva
- Boston → Copenhagen
- Chicago → Copenhagen
- Washington, DC → Copenhagen
- Los Angeles → Copenhagen
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