Your budget, new possibilities
Where can I live on my budget?
Enter your monthly budget to explore cities, estimated living costs and the room left in your budget.
A starting point for imagining life somewhere new.
Start with your current budget. Compare destinations and adjust your criteria as often as you like.
How are these budgets calculated?
We use rent, utilities, internet prices and cost-of-living indices already in our catalogue. Some data is modelled from national benchmarks; cities without a convertible rent or usable index are excluded.
Everyday spending assumes €1,000 per month for one person at index 100, scaled to the city index. It covers food, local transport and everyday expenses. Missing utilities use a €150 baseline and internet €40, scaled to the same index.
For two adults, rent is multiplied by 1.15, everyday spending by 1.65 and utilities excluding internet by 1.2. For two adults and two children: 1.65, 2.4 and 1.5. Reference housing varies between cities; these factors do not replace a search for suitable housing.
The range is ±15% of the central estimate, not a statistical interval. A city fits when your budget covers the upper estimate. Conversions use the site’s fixed indicative exchange rates, not live rates.
Balanced ranking combines available safety, healthcare and walkability indicators (70%) with budget headroom (30%). Other priorities rank by the selected criterion. These scores do not verify current conditions on the ground.
Add costs relevant to you: moving, visas, childcare, private schooling, personal health insurance and exceptional expenses. Results do not determine residence eligibility.
Where could your monthly budget take you?
These examples use a euro budget for one person, including housing. You can then adjust the household and currency.