Compare Cost of Living Between European Cities
Pick two cities and see their official figures side by side: monthly rent for a good-quality one-bedroom flat, the overall price level (Brussels = 100), disposable income per person and rent burden. Every number shows its source and year. Where a figure has not been verified, the page says so instead of guessing, and no overall “winner” is declared.
Compare published cities
Choose two cities. Placeivo will show only current numeric indicators both cities have in common.
Popular city comparisons
These comparisons have complete, sourced data for both cities.
Western Europe
- London vs Paris
- Dublin vs London
- Berlin vs London
- Berlin vs Paris
- Brussels vs Paris
- Brussels vs Luxembourg
Southern Europe
Central Europe
- Prague vs Vienna
- Budapest vs Vienna
- Bratislava vs Vienna
- Budapest vs Prague
- Prague vs Warsaw
- Berlin vs Vienna
- Berlin vs Prague
- Berlin vs Warsaw
- Ljubljana vs Zagreb
Nordic and Baltic capitals
- Copenhagen vs Stockholm
- Oslo vs Stockholm
- Helsinki vs Stockholm
- Helsinki vs Tallinn
- Riga vs Tallinn
- Riga vs Vilnius
- Berlin vs Copenhagen
What each comparison shows
- Monthly rent: the typical rent for a good-quality one-bedroom flat in the capital, from Eurostat’s city rent survey.
- Price level: Eurostat’s cost-of-living coefficient for each capital, on a scale where Brussels = 100 (higher means more expensive).
- Disposable income per person: household income after taxes and social contributions in the city’s region, averaged over every resident (including children and retired people), per year. It is lower than a typical worker’s take-home pay.
- Rent burden: rent as a share of that disposable income. Eurostat treats housing costs above 40% of disposable income as an overburden.
These are city-wide official averages. Your own costs depend on the neighbourhood, your job and your household. Read how to compare the cost of living between two cities, see the salary needed in each capital and the average salary after tax by country, read how residents rank their own capital, or check our methodology for exactly how each figure is collected.