Same money, different lives

What's it cost there?

Pick two places. See what your money buys, side by side — Big Mac to subway ride to a month's rent. Twenty-three countries, weekly updated, sourced manually.

Cheapest Big Mac

$2.60

🇲🇾 Malaysia

Priciest Big Mac

$7.99

🇨🇭 Switzerland

Korea, in working hours

20m

for one Big Mac

Coverage

895

45× items · 23× markets

People often check

Popular comparisons

🇯🇵🇰🇷

Tokyo vs Seoul

$1,454.21 → $1,430.95 /mo

$929.16 → $864.33 /mo

$3,391.40 → $3,538.89 /mo

−4%

New York

🇸🇬🇭🇰

Singapore vs Hong Kong

$3,587.77 → $3,208.10 /mo

$2,327.24 → $2,423.61 /mo

$542.40 → $929.16 /mo

−42%

Mumbai

Browse

All twenty-three.

Each card shows four signal prices and the monthly basics for a local resident.

Full comparison table

🇯🇵

JapanJPY

Big Mac¥480
Starbucks Latte¥692
Subway (1 ride)¥276
Rent · 1BR central¥130,000

/ month$1,454.00

🇰🇷

South KoreaKRW

Big Mac6,500원
Starbucks Latte5,784원
Subway (1 ride)1,693원
Rent · 1BR central1,100,000원

/ month$1,431.00

🇨🇳

ChinaCNY

Big Mac25.00元
Starbucks Latte18.44元
Subway (1 ride)11.54元
Rent · 1BR central6,500.00元

/ month$1,251.00

🇸🇬

SingaporeSGD

Big MacS$6.40
Starbucks LatteS$7.71
Subway (1 ride)S$4.10
Rent · 1BR centralS$3,800.00

/ month$3,588.00

🇹🇭

ThailandTHB

Big Mac฿138
Starbucks Latte฿83
Subway (1 ride)฿44
Rent · 1BR central฿22,000

/ month$929.00

🇻🇳

VietnamVND

Big Mac₫75,000
Starbucks Latte₫44,718
Subway (1 ride)₫23,795
Rent · 1BR central₫11,000,000

/ month$746.00

🇮🇳

IndiaINR

Big Mac₹230
Starbucks Latte₹102
Subway (1 ride)₹7
Rent · 1BR central₹28,000

/ month$542.00

🇮🇩

IndonesiaIDR

Big MacRp 60,000
Starbucks LatteRp 31,392
Subway (1 ride)Rp 2,506
Rent · 1BR centralRp 9,000,000

/ month$864.00

🇭🇰

Hong KongHKD

Big MacHK$24.00
Starbucks LatteHK$49.00
Subway (1 ride)HK$26.08
Rent · 1BR centralHK$18,000.00

/ month$3,208.00

🇲🇾

MalaysiaMYR

Big MacRM 12.00
Starbucks LatteRM 11.31
Subway (1 ride)RM 6.02
Rent · 1BR centralRM 2,500.00

/ month$878.00

🇬🇧

United KingdomGBP

Big Mac£4.79
Starbucks Latte£4.50
Subway (1 ride)£3.35
Rent · 1BR central£1,900.00

/ month$3,539.00

🇩🇪

GermanyEUR

Big Mac€5.70
Starbucks Latte€4.73
Subway (1 ride)€2.51
Rent · 1BR central€1,300.00

/ month$2,424.00

🇫🇷

FranceEUR

Big Mac€5.50
Starbucks Latte€4.87
Subway (1 ride)€2.59
Rent · 1BR central€1,300.00

/ month$2,327.00

🇪🇸

SpainEUR

Big Mac€5.40
Starbucks Latte€4.08
Subway (1 ride)€2.17
Rent · 1BR central€1,100.00

/ month$1,879.00

🇨🇭

SwitzerlandCHF

Big MacCHF 7.10
Starbucks LatteCHF 7.02
Subway (1 ride)CHF 3.74
Rent · 1BR centralCHF 2,400.00

/ month$4,043.00

🇳🇴

NorwayNOK

Big Mackr 75.00
Starbucks Lattekr 77.09
Subway (1 ride)kr 41.02
Rent · 1BR centralkr 18,000.00

/ month$2,667.00

🇹🇷

TurkeyTRY

Big Mac₺250
Starbucks Latte₺58
Subway (1 ride)₺44
Rent · 1BR central₺24,000

/ month$1,073.00

🇲🇽

MexicoMXN

Big MacMX$90
Starbucks LatteMX$59
Subway (1 ride)MX$6
Rent · 1BR centralMX$14,000

/ month$1,105.00

🇧🇷

BrazilBRL

Big MacR$26.90
Starbucks LatteR$14.15
Subway (1 ride)R$7.53
Rent · 1BR centralR$3,200.00

/ month$1,040.00

🇦🇷

ArgentinaARS

Big MacAR$6,500
Starbucks LatteAR$2,913
Subway (1 ride)AR$310
Rent · 1BR centralAR$350,000

/ month$662.00

🇺🇸

United StatesUSD

Big Mac$5.69
Starbucks Latte$5.45
Subway (1 ride)$2.90
Rent · 1BR central$2,400.00

/ month$3,391.00

🇨🇦

CanadaCAD

Big MacC$7.10
Starbucks LatteC$6.89
Subway (1 ride)C$3.67
Rent · 1BR centralC$2,100.00

/ month$2,263.00

🇦🇺

AustraliaAUD

Big MacA$7.40
Starbucks LatteA$9.26
Subway (1 ride)A$4.93
Rent · 1BR centralA$2,400.00

/ month$2,419.00

Asia, by the hour

Asia, priced manually.

Onigiri in Tokyo. Massage in Bangkok. Karaoke in Seoul. Numbeo and the Big Mac Index ignore them; we keep them. Local rituals across nine markets, surveyed by hand.

1 piece