Cheapest cities to live

Most affordable cities by World Bank price level. Top pick: Kotor, Montenegro.

Cheapest cities to live — top 12

#	City	Country	Affordability	Livability	Cost	Climate	Safety
1	Kotor	Montenegro	57	71	57	92	67
2	Playa del Carmen	Mexico	57	64	57	77	60
3	Tivat	Montenegro	56	72	56	98	65
4	Boquete	Panama	56	71	56	100	62
5	Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	56	70	56	100	59
6	Atenas	Costa Rica	56	70	56	100	58
7	Valletta	Malta	56	68	56	86	64
8	Quepos	Costa Rica	56	62	56	83	51
9	Tamarindo	Costa Rica	56	61	56	76	52
10	Punta del Este	Uruguay	55	75	55	100	73
11	Grand Baie	Mauritius	55	69	55	90	64
12	Queenstown	New Zealand	55	68	55	87	66
13	Las Vegas	United States	55	67	55	85	64
14	Portland	United States	55	66	55	83	63
15	Porto	Portugal	54	72	54	100	65
16	Herceg Novi	Montenegro	54	72	54	100	66
17	Cetinje	Montenegro	54	72	54	98	67
18	Albufeira	Portugal	54	71	54	100	62
19	Budva	Montenegro	54	71	54	98	66
20	Tavira	Portugal	54	70	54	98	62
21	Centre de Flacq	Mauritius	54	70	54	92	67
22	Bar	Montenegro	54	70	54	97	62
23	Goodlands	Mauritius	54	69	54	89	67
24	Telavi	Georgia	54	68	54	89	63
25	Ptuj	Slovenia	54	68	54	85	68
26	Maardu	Estonia	54	67	54	75	72
27	Qormi	Malta	54	67	54	86	63
28	Żabbar	Malta	54	67	54	86	63
29	Pljevlja	Montenegro	54	67	54	82	66
30	Viljandi	Estonia	54	66	54	74	72
31	Bijelo Polje	Montenegro	54	66	54	81	66
32	Tulum	Mexico	54	65	54	81	62
33	Penonomé	Panama	54	63	54	78	59
34	Cancún	Mexico	54	62	54	77	58
35	Al Khawr	Qatar	54	54	54	47	59
36	Dubrovnik	Croatia	53	71	53	100	64
37	Cartago	Costa Rica	53	70	53	100	62
38	Koper	Slovenia	53	70	53	96	64
39	Heredia	Costa Rica	53	69	53	100	59
40	San Pedro	Costa Rica	53	69	53	100	59
41	Triolet	Mauritius	53	69	53	90	67
42	Novo Mesto	Slovenia	53	68	53	85	68
43	Velenje	Slovenia	53	68	53	86	68
44	San Pawl il-Baħar	Malta	53	67	53	88	62
45	Sarandë	Albania	53	67	53	95	58
46	Ventspils	Latvia	53	67	53	80	69
47	Birkirkara	Malta	53	66	53	86	63
48	Mosta	Malta	53	66	53	86	63
49	Sliema	Malta	53	66	53	86	63
50	Utena	Lithuania	53	66	53	76	71

Climate real (WorldClim); cost real (World Bank); hazard tiers indicative.

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From open data: climate (WorldClim), cost (World Bank), disaster risk (USGS/FEMA/INFORM), combined into a livability score.