Costo de la vida en las ciudades más importantes del mundo en comparación a NYC

La gente de Numbeo realiza todos los años un estudio acerca del costo de la vida en cerca de 500 ciudades del mundo, en la que se incluyen todas las capitales de Sudamérica. Lo interesante, es que para poner las cosas en perspectiva, utilizan a Nueva York como la ciudad cero, o con índice 100, a partir de la cual todas las otras ciudades se ponen en perspectiva. 

Esto significa que para la ciudad de Nueva York, cada índice debe ser de 100%. Si otra ciudad tiene, por ejemplo, alquiler de 120, significa que los alquileres en promedio en esa ciudad son 20% más caro que en Nueva York. Si una ciudad tiene un índice de 70 (como Santiago), significa que en el medio en que las rentas de la ciudad son 30% más baratos que en la ciudad de Nueva York.

¿En términos prácticos, de qué te sirve esta comparativa?.  No se trata de un tema pretencioso ni mucho menos. Es más bien una pequeña radiografía económica que te sirve para entender qué tan caro es tu próximo destino turístico o la ciudad donde te gustaría echar raíces. Estos son los puntos importantes a considerar antes de revisarlo.

• Consumer Price index es un indicador relativo del precio de los bienes de consumo, incluyendo las tiendas de comestibles, restaurantes, transporte y servicios públicos. No incluye gastos de alojamiento tales como el alquiler o hipotecas. Si una ciudad tiene un índice IPC de 120, significa Numbeo estima que es 20% más caro que el de Nueva York (con exclusión de alquiler).
• Rent, es la estimación de los precios de alquiler de apartamentos en la ciudad en comparación con la ciudad de Nueva York. Si índice de renta es 80, Numbeo estima que el precio para el alquiler en esa ciudad es del 80% del precio en Nueva York.
• Groceries, es una estimación de los precios de los alimentos en la ciudad, en comparación con la ciudad de Nueva York. Para el cálculo de esta sección, Numbeo utiliza la sección “Mercados” de cada ciudad.
• Restaurant Price, es una comparación de los precios de las comidas y bebidas en los restaurantes y bares en comparación con Nueva York. Índice de Precios al Consumidor Renta Plus es una estimación de los precios de bienes de consumo, incluyendo alquiler en la ciudad en comparación con la ciudad de Nueva York.
• Local Purchasing Power, muestra el poder adquisitivo relativo en la compra de bienes y servicios de una ciudad determinada por el salario medio en esa ciudad. Si el poder adquisitivo interno es 40, esto significa que los habitantes de esa ciudad con el salario promedio puede permitirse el lujo de comprar un 60% menos bienes y servicios típicos de residentes de la ciudad de Nueva York con un salario promedio.

Este es el resumen del ranking en general, aunque puedes encontrarlo completo aquí.

Rank	City	Consumer Price Index
1	Basel, Switzerland	133.45
2	Zurich, Switzerland	133.12
3	Geneva, Switzerland	130.50
4	Zug, Switzerland	129.06
5	Hamilton, Bermuda	127.45
6	Lugano, Switzerland	126.32
7	Lausanne, Switzerland	120.86
8	Bern, Switzerland	119.58
9	Caracas, Venezuela	119.18
10	Stavanger, Norway	112.33
11	Trondheim, Norway	110.19
12	St Thomas, Us Virgin Islands	109.65
13	Bergen, Norway	108.04
14	Drammen, Norway	104.43
15	San Francisco, CA, United States	103.96
16	Nassau, Bahamas	103.89
17	Arlington, VA, United States	102.52
18	New York, NY, United States	100.00
19	Aberdeen, United Kingdom	99.36
20	Oslo, Norway	99.16
21	Honolulu, HI, United States	98.54
22	Brighton, United Kingdom	98.03
23	Reykjavik, Iceland	97.79
24	Cambridge, United Kingdom	97.49
25	London, United Kingdom	97.37
26	Las Vegas, NV, United States	96.59
27	Salzburg, Austria	96.16
28	Anchorage, AK, United States	95.95
29	Washington, DC, United States	95.53
30	Liverpool, United Kingdom	92.14
31	Limerick, Ireland	91.96
32	Norwich, United Kingdom	90.95
33	Oxford, United Kingdom	90.47
34	Copenhagen, Denmark	90.36
35	Albany, NY, United States	90.21
36	Charlottesville, VA, United States	90.14
37	Manchester, United Kingdom	89.67
38	Leeds, United Kingdom	89.60
39	Southampton, United Kingdom	89.10
40	Milton Keynes, United Kingdom	89.00
41	Irvine, CA, United States	88.63
42	Bristol, United Kingdom	88.08
43	Odense, Denmark	87.79
44	Arhus, Denmark	87.76
45	Exeter, United Kingdom	87.71
46	Perth, Australia	87.45
47	Brooklyn, NY, United States	86.90
48	Singapore, Singapore	86.44
49	Boston, MA, United States	86.35
50	Reading, United Kingdom	85.85
51	Philadelphia, PA, United States	85.63
52	Leicester, United Kingdom	85.10
53	Busan, South Korea	85.04
54	Seattle, WA, United States	84.41
55	Fairfax, VA, United States	84.31
56	Strasbourg, France	83.92
57	Chicago, IL, United States	83.92
58	Turku, Finland	83.81
59	Glasgow, United Kingdom	83.75
60	Paris, France	83.54
61	Tel Aviv-yafo, Israel	83.12
62	Stockholm, Sweden	82.86
63	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	82.72
64	West Palm Beach, FL, United States	82.52
65	Dublin, Ireland	82.39
66	Pittsburgh, PA, United States	82.29
67	Wellington, New Zealand	82.19
68	Miami, FL, United States	82.14
69	Durham, NC, United States	82.03
70	Sydney, Australia	81.96
71	Fort Worth, TX, United States	81.76
72	Knoxville, TN, United States	81.40
73	Coventry, United Kingdom	81.21
74	Kyoto, Japan	81.18
75	St. John’s, NL, Canada	81.15
76	Jersey City, NJ, United States	81.13
77	Tokyo, Japan	81.06
78	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	81.04
79	Lyon, France	80.70
80	Ramat Gan, Israel	80.64
81	Helsinki, Finland	80.52
82	Seoul, South Korea	80.49
83	Osaka, Japan	80.39
84	Portland, OR, United States	80.27
85	Des Moines, IA, United States	80.26
86	Auckland, New Zealand	80.24
87	Cleveland, OH, United States	80.17
88	Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States	79.79
89	Aalborg, Denmark	79.75
90	Nottingham, United Kingdom	79.72
91	Wichita, KS, United States	79.56
92	Brussels, Belgium	79.38
93	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	79.32
94	New Orleans, LA, United States	79.22
95	Rehovot, Israel	79.10
96	Birmingham, United Kingdom	79.03
97	Burlington, Canada	79.01
98	Plymouth, United Kingdom	78.88
99	Harrisburg, PA, United States	78.65
100	Wollongong, Australia	78.58
101	Orlando, FL, United States	78.45
102	Adelaide, Australia	78.41
103	Canberra, Australia	78.32
104	Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom	78.21
105	Charleston, SC, United States	78.18
106	Denver, CO, United States	78.14
107	Sacramento, CA, United States	78.01
108	The Hague, Netherlands	77.88
109	Northampton, United Kingdom	77.75
110	Syracuse, NY, United States	77.73
111	Antwerp, Belgium	77.65
112	Minneapolis, MN, United States	77.63
113	Brisbane, Australia	77.59
114	Buffalo, NY, United States	77.49
115	Chattanooga, TN, United States	77.46
116	Leiden, Netherlands	77.43
117	Amsterdam, Netherlands	77.35
118	Atlanta, GA, United States	77.32
119	Cologne, Germany	77.13
120	Cairns, Australia	77.07
121	Los Angeles, CA, United States	76.92
122	Cincinnati, OH, United States	76.82
123	Baltimore, MD, United States	76.77
124	Bradford, United Kingdom	76.67
125	San Jose, CA, United States	76.55
126	Newcastle, Australia	76.51
127	Gold Coast, Australia	76.50
128	Hartford, CT, United States	76.46
129	Utrecht, Netherlands	76.43
130	Charlotte, NC, United States	76.39
131	San Diego, CA, United States	75.95
132	Lexington, KY, United States	75.86
133	Verona, Italy	75.78
134	Jyvaskyla, Finland	75.77
135	Houston, TX, United States	75.75
136	Cork, Ireland	75.70
137	Haifa, Israel	75.60
138	Hobart, Australia	75.53
139	Saint Louis, MO, United States	75.49
140	Oshawa, Canada	75.48
141	Uppsala, Sweden	75.42
142	Pisa, Italy	75.37
143	Jerusalem, Israel	75.22
144	Gent, Belgium	75.19
145	Raleigh, NC, United States	75.12
146	Madison, WI, United States	75.06
147	Jacksonville, FL, United States	75.00
148	Espoo, Finland	74.98
149	Melbourne, Australia	74.89
150	Dallas, TX, United States	74.89
151	Saskatoon, Canada	74.83
152	Spokane, WA, United States	74.77
153	Edmonton, Canada	74.76
154	Dundee, United Kingdom	74.57
155	Christchurch, New Zealand	74.56
156	Venice, Italy	74.47
157	Calgary, Canada	74.27
158	Victoria, Canada	74.26
159	Milan, Italy	74.05
160	Heidelberg, Germany	73.98
161	Halifax, Canada	73.71
162	Cagliari, Italy	73.67
163	Dunedin, New Zealand	73.66
164	Tampere, Finland	73.53
165	Galway, Ireland	73.52
166	Eindhoven, Netherlands	73.26
167	Linkoping, Sweden	73.25
168	Groningen, Netherlands	72.95
169	Munich, Germany	72.89
170	Vancouver, WA, United States	72.84
171	Regina, Canada	72.75
172	Hamburg, Germany	72.65
173	Columbus, OH, United States	72.40
174	Quebec City, Canada	72.30
175	Frankfurt, Germany	72.28
176	Phoenix, AZ, United States	72.25
177	Toulouse, France	72.25
178	Oulu, Finland	71.86
179	Mobile, AL, United States	71.84
180	Tampa, FL, United States	71.77
181	Huntsville, AL, United States	71.72
182	Louisville, KY, United States	71.69
183	Red Deer, Canada	71.68
184	Indianapolis, IN, United States	71.62
185	Bergamo, Italy	71.61
186	Abuja, Nigeria	71.58
187	Lille, France	71.50
188	Detroit, MI, United States	71.47
189	Doha, Qatar	71.45
190	Buenos Aires, Argentina	71.43
191	Rome, Italy	71.41
192	Greenville, SC, United States	71.38
193	Austin, TX, United States	71.33
194	Ann Arbor, MI, United States	71.04
195	Florence, Italy	70.95
196	Treviso, Italy	70.88
197	Turin, Italy	70.78
198	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	70.74
199	Dusseldorf, Germany	70.71
200	St.Catharines, Canada	70.68
201	Mannheim, Germany	70.57
202	Accra, Ghana	70.57
203	Gothenburg, Sweden	70.53
204	Vancouver, Canada	70.26
205	Milwaukee, WI, United States	70.26
206	London, Canada	70.20
207	Mississauga, Canada	70.09
208	Windsor, Canada	69.89
209	Stuttgart, Germany	69.82
210	Malmo, Sweden	69.81
211	Nantes, France	69.67
212	Padova, Italy	69.67
213	Kansas City, MO, United States	69.57
214	Naples, Italy	69.47
215	Toronto, Canada	69.45
216	Boise, ID, United States	69.44
217	Ad Dammam, Saudi Arabia	69.43
218	Surrey, Canada	69.22
219	Trieste, Italy	69.07
220	Rotterdam, Netherlands	68.34
221	San Juan, Puerto Rico	68.23
222	Ottawa, Canada	67.91
223	Gainesville, FL, United States	67.84
224	Innsbruck, Austria	67.39
225	Fort Myers, FL, United States	67.22
226	Nuremberg, Germany	67.14
227	Berlin, Germany	66.90
228	Eugene, OR, United States	66.81
229	Birmingham, AL, United States	66.51
230	Oklahoma City, OK, United States	66.44
231	Nashville, TN, United States	66.41
232	Vienna, Austria	66.33
233	Winnipeg, Canada	66.13
234	Kingston, Jamaica	66.09
235	Marseille, France	65.87
236	Sliema, Malta	65.85
237	Beirut, Lebanon	65.73
238	Nicosia, Cyprus	65.46
239	Salt Lake City, UT, United States	65.35
240	Iowa City, IA, United States	65.32
241	Montreal, Canada	65.01
242	San Antonio, TX, United States	65.01
243	Savannah, GA, United States	64.81
244	Bologna, Italy	64.75
245	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	64.73
246	Kitchener, Canada	64.67
247	Leipzig, Germany	64.27
248	Graz, Austria	64.24
249	Brescia, Italy	63.90
250	Manchester, NH, United States	63.76
251	Albuquerque, NM, United States	63.69
252	Irbil, Iraq	63.69
253	Barcelona, Spain	63.66
254	Tucson, AZ, United States	63.56
255	Omaha, NE, United States	63.44
256	Ramallah, Palestinian Territory	63.01
257	Bilbao, Spain	62.39
258	Catania, Italy	62.21
259	Paphos, Cyprus	61.84
260	Moncton, Canada	61.69
261	Madrid, Spain	61.48
262	Bari, Italy	61.26
263	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	61.09
264	Shanghai, China	61.06
265	San Jose, Costa Rica	60.80
266	Freiburg Im Breisgau, Germany	60.65
267	Dresden, Germany	60.51
268	Limassol, Cyprus	60.45
269	Hamilton, Canada	59.88
270	Bahrain, Bahrain	59.86
271	Panama City, Panama	59.29
272	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	59.13
273	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	58.89
274	Bremen, Germany	58.74
275	Palma De Mallorca, Spain	58.63
276	Montevideo, Uruguay	58.55
277	Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania	58.09
278	Taipei, Taiwan	57.72
279	Alicante, Spain	57.48
280	Male, Maldives	57.46
281	Reno, NV, United States	57.43
282	Yangon, Myanmar	57.42
283	Corunna, Spain	57.27
284	Harare, Zimbabwe	56.96
285	Athens, Greece	56.80
286	Amman, Jordan	56.48
287	Shenzhen, China	56.37
288	Lagos, Nigeria	56.13
289	Muscat, Oman	55.42
290	Heraklion, Greece	54.76
291	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	54.25
292	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	53.99
293	Ljubljana, Slovenia	53.86
294	Valencia, Spain	53.86
295	Thessaloniki, Greece	53.44
296	Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain	53.39
297	Malaga, Spain	53.13
298	Sevilla, Spain	53.11
299	Beijing, China	53.02
300	Tallinn, Estonia	53.01
301	Corfu, Greece	52.83
302	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	52.42
303	Rijeka, Croatia	52.23
304	Patras, Greece	52.05
305	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	51.07
306	Lisbon, Portugal	50.85
307	Cuenca, Ecuador	50.84
308	Bratislava, Slovakia	50.59
309	Zagreb, Croatia	50.25
310	Split, Croatia	50.17
311	Tartu, Estonia	50.12
312	Guayaquil, Ecuador	50.10
313	Istanbul, Turkey	50.09
314	Porto, Portugal	50.07
315	Coimbra, Portugal	49.97
316	Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia	49.67
317	Aveiro, Portugal	49.55
318	Manama, Bahrain	49.09
319	Vilnius, Lithuania	49.06
320	Phuket, Thailand	49.05
321	Riga, Latvia	48.94
322	Kosice, Slovakia	48.67
323	Bangkok, Thailand	48.08
324	Santiago, Chile	48.08
325	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	47.88
326	Guangzhou, China	47.41
327	Las Palmas, Spain	47.10
328	Rio De Janeiro, Brazil	47.02
329	Baku, Azerbaijan	46.86
330	Baghdad, Iraq	46.74
331	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	46.66
332	Braga, Portugal	46.59
333	Jakarta, Indonesia	46.32
334	Moscow, Russia	46.27
335	Guatemala City, Guatemala	46.17
336	Osijek, Croatia	46.10
337	Tehran, Iran	45.83
338	Ankara, Turkey	45.77
339	Bursa, Turkey	45.57
340	Sao Paulo, Brazil	45.43
341	Izmir, Turkey	45.39
342	Nairobi, Kenya	45.33
343	Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	45.07
344	Makati, Philippines	44.92
345	Antalya, Turkey	44.69
346	Kigali, Rwanda	44.62
347	San Salvador, El Salvador	44.29
348	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	44.11
349	Cancun, Mexico	43.87
350	Ostrava, Czech Republic	43.83
351	Tripoli, Libya	43.74
352	Prague, Czech Republic	43.64
353	Bydgoszcz, Poland	43.58
354	Minsk, Belarus	43.55
355	Pattaya, Thailand	43.44
356	Saint Petersburg, Russia	43.41
357	Manaus, Brazil	43.33
358	Debrecen, Hungary	43.24
359	Porto Alegre, Brazil	43.20
360	Budapest, Hungary	43.10
361	Brasilia, Brazil	42.91
362	Lima, Peru	42.91
363	Brno, Czech Republic	42.73
364	Johannesburg, South Africa	42.58
365	Penang, Malaysia	42.53
366	Monterrey, Mexico	41.99
367	Concepcion, Chile	41.60
368	Rabat, Morocco	41.53
369	Quito, Ecuador	41.52
370	Hanoi, Vietnam	41.50
371	Warsaw, Poland	41.42
372	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	41.21
373	Klaipeda, Lithuania	41.07
374	Mexico City, Mexico	40.94
375	Curitiba, Brazil	40.89
376	Olomouc, Czech Republic	40.75
377	Constanta, Romania	40.57
378	Gdynia, Poland	40.56
379	Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia	40.48
380	Gdansk, Poland	40.46
381	Szczecin, Poland	40.38
382	Krakow (Cracow), Poland	40.34
383	Campinas, Brazil	40.32
384	Pretoria, South Africa	40.15
385	Manila, Philippines	39.94
386	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	39.85
387	Merida, Mexico	39.60
388	Gaborone, Botswana	39.53
389	Petaling Jaya, Malaysia	39.45
390	Colombo, Sri Lanka	39.35
391	Podgorica, Montenegro	39.33
392	Poznan, Poland	39.31
393	Wroclaw, Poland	39.14
394	Tijuana, Mexico	39.14
395	Florianopolis, Brazil	38.97
396	Fortaleza, Brazil	38.97
397	Dhaka, Bangladesh	38.89
398	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	38.58
399	Durban, South Africa	38.55
400	Johor Baharu, Malaysia	38.53
401	Sofia, Bulgaria	38.46
402	Vitoria, Brazil	38.42
403	Casablanca, Morocco	38.39
404	Cape Town, South Africa	38.38
405	Queretaro, Mexico	38.38
406	Brasov, Romania	38.34
407	Bucharest, Romania	38.23
408	Yerevan, Armenia	38.22
409	Puebla, Mexico	38.01
410	Belgrade, Serbia	37.90
411	Lodz, Poland	37.80
412	Recife, Brazil	37.72
413	Bogota, Colombia	37.72
414	Lublin, Poland	37.54
415	Kampala, Uganda	37.27
416	Novosibirsk, Russia	37.18
417	Katowice, Poland	36.88
418	Cairo, Egypt	36.68
419	Iasi, Romania	36.58
420	Bali, Indonesia	36.57
421	Goiania, Brazil	36.56
422	Cebu, Philippines	36.51
423	Alexandria, Egypt	36.41
424	Tirana, Albania	36.39
425	Natal, Brazil	36.26
426	Arad, Romania	36.25
427	Varna, Bulgaria	36.22
428	Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina	35.96
429	Sibiu, Romania	35.86
430	Surabaya, Indonesia	35.77
431	Quezon City, Philippines	35.77
432	Almaty, Kazakhstan	35.55
433	Cluj-napoca, Romania	35.44
434	Skopje, Macedonia	35.34
435	Banja Luka, Bosnia And Herzegovina	35.24
436	Timisoara, Romania	34.89
437	Davao, Philippines	34.88
438	Tunis, Tunisia	34.71
439	Novi Sad, Serbia	34.63
440	Medellin, Colombia	34.46
441	Guadalajara, Mexico	34.16
442	Islamabad, Pakistan	34.15
443	Asuncion, Paraguay	34.09
444	Craiova, Romania	33.95
445	Kazan, Russia	33.82
446	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	33.01
447	Gurgaon, India	32.21
448	Chiang Mai, Thailand	31.77
449	Algiers, Algeria	31.67
450	Kiev, Ukraine	31.07
451	Cali, Colombia	30.79
452	Medan, Indonesia	30.67
453	Nis, Serbia	30.54
454	Odesa, Ukraine	30.11
455	Valenzuela, Philippines	30.06
456	Mumbai, India	29.75
457	Kharkiv, Ukraine	29.50
458	Tbilisi, Georgia	29.47
459	Thane, India	29.26
460	Delhi, India	29.17
461	Kathmandu, Nepal	29.06
462	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	29.00
463	Pristina, Kosovo (Disputed Territory)	28.27
464	Karachi, Pakistan	28.23
465	Lahore, Pakistan	28.14
466	Pune, India	27.49
467	Chandigarh, India	26.92
468	Bhopal, India	26.88
469	Noida, India	26.66
470	Lviv, Ukraine	26.54
471	Visakhapatnam, India	26.37
472	Navi Mumbai, India	26.24
473	Ludhiana, India	26.08
474	Goa, India	26.07
475	Chisinau, Moldova	26.04
476	Nasik, India	26.00
477	Jalandhar, India	25.98
478	Bangalore, India	25.77
479	Vijayawada, India	25.62
480	Kolkata, India	25.53
481	Vadodara, India	25.53
482	Chennai, India	25.05
483	Indore, India	25.03
484	Surat, India	25.01
485	Lucknow (Lakhnau), India	24.95
486	Hyderabad, India	24.64
487	Guwahati, India	24.59
488	Rawalpindi, Pakistan	24.13
489	Mangalore, India	23.21
490	Madurai, India	22.94
491	Ahmedabad, India	22.78
492	Bhubaneswar, India	22.72
493	Patna, India	22.40
494	Kochi, India	22.36
495	Coimbatore, India	21.38
496	Thiruvananthapuram, India	20.61