Doesn’t really make sense if not normalised to income, no?
EDIT: The average salary in Zurich is likely more than double that of Madrid, Marseille, Cardiff, Tallinn, Lisbon, or Prague (making it a relatively “cheaper” place to live compared to all of those cities).
unicorn_the_slav on
What you’re showing here is basically “How expensive is it for the average Zurich person to live in different cities”. Not sure if it’s what you wanted to show. Maybe useful for a Zurich person, but for all other people, not so much
Ok_Bake_4761 on
Interesting Idea and important topic.
Did you normalize it to the resident-income, though?
Lmao1903 on
Never been there but I heard Stockholm was crazy expensive as well, near Zurich levels from someone who travelled there, don’t know if that’s true exactly
souvlakiviking on
That’s great. Now do one with the same metric against the median and the minimum wage for the country
weird_is_fun on
Cost of living? Does this mean (food + health + rent + bills + tax + mental health…) or more simlified metric?
The_39th_Step on
I live in Manchester. Salaries in my sector have broadly equalised across the country and I’d be materially so much poorer if I lived in London
Vedagi_ on
Stupid.
Czechs cant afford to rent a place in Prague bcs how expansive it is.
WalzartKokoz on
Prague 49% – avg. salary: 2500eur
Vienna 56% – avg. salary 4700eur
Lovely
Dracogame on
If you don’t normalize by income it’s kinda useless… Net income I might add.
manrata on
How can Copenhagen only by 70% of Zürich, we’re one of the most expensive cities in the world, with one of the highest incomes.
I’d hate to be a person with a lower income job in Zürich, like police, nurse, childcare or similar, guessing there is a lot of commute involved.
ispy-uspy-wespy on
Lol mean income should be your baseline, not a random city
klaxxxon on
Wouldn’t have expected the costs to be the same in Barcelona to as in Prague.
jugalator on
Hmm… I gotta move to Kyiv. Hopefully it doesn’t come with other disadvantages.
![[OC] Cost of Living (rent included) in European Cities in 2026 (Normalized by top city Zurich=100 as the baseline)](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/yg8mr9nj2ofg1-1315x1536.png "[OC] Cost of Living (rent included) in European Cities in 2026 (Normalized by top city Zurich=100 as the baseline)")
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Doesn’t really make sense if not normalised to income, no?
EDIT: The average salary in Zurich is likely more than double that of Madrid, Marseille, Cardiff, Tallinn, Lisbon, or Prague (making it a relatively “cheaper” place to live compared to all of those cities).
What you’re showing here is basically “How expensive is it for the average Zurich person to live in different cities”. Not sure if it’s what you wanted to show. Maybe useful for a Zurich person, but for all other people, not so much
Interesting Idea and important topic.
Did you normalize it to the resident-income, though?
Never been there but I heard Stockholm was crazy expensive as well, near Zurich levels from someone who travelled there, don’t know if that’s true exactly
That’s great. Now do one with the same metric against the median and the minimum wage for the country
Cost of living? Does this mean (food + health + rent + bills + tax + mental health…) or more simlified metric?
I live in Manchester. Salaries in my sector have broadly equalised across the country and I’d be materially so much poorer if I lived in London
Stupid.
Czechs cant afford to rent a place in Prague bcs how expansive it is.
Prague 49% – avg. salary: 2500eur
Vienna 56% – avg. salary 4700eur
Lovely
If you don’t normalize by income it’s kinda useless… Net income I might add.
How can Copenhagen only by 70% of Zürich, we’re one of the most expensive cities in the world, with one of the highest incomes.
I’d hate to be a person with a lower income job in Zürich, like police, nurse, childcare or similar, guessing there is a lot of commute involved.
Lol mean income should be your baseline, not a random city
Wouldn’t have expected the costs to be the same in Barcelona to as in Prague.
Hmm… I gotta move to Kyiv. Hopefully it doesn’t come with other disadvantages.
Istanbul incorrect for sure