The 20 cities with the lowest cost of living

Yahoo:

The city with the lowest relative cost of living in the world is Thiruvananthapuram, India.

That’s according to rankings published by data company Numbeo. The company continuously updates its data and just published its Cost of Living Index Rate for 2017. The list is calculated relative to New York City, which has an index of 100. If a city has a cost of living index of 130, it is 30 percent more expensive than New York; if a city has an index of 70, it is 30 percent less expensive.

Thiruvananthapuram has a rating of 19.83. A 1-bedroom apartment in the center of the coastal city costs as little as $89 per month to rent.

Interesting list. There aren’t many places in the bottom half I’d actually want to live in though.