Skip to content

Numbeo API: Get cost of living

Gets a city's current Numbeo cost of living indices, monthly estimates without rent, and typical prices. Add a country or state to tell apart cities with the same name.

numbeo.com (opens in a new tab)Version 1ReadNo sign-inVerified Nov 2, 2026

Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Numbeo.

Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.

City, requiredcity

City name, with a country or state if needed, e.g. Lisbon or Portland, Oregon.

Lisbon

Currency optionalcurrency

Display currency name or 3-letter code, e.g. British pound or GBP. Defaults to the city's local currency.

(default)

Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "city": "Lisbon",  "prices": [    {      "item": "Meal at an Inexpensive Restaurant",      "category": "Restaurants",      "low_price": 11,      "high_price": 20,      "average_price": 15    },    {      "item": "Meal for Two at a Mid-Range Restaurant (Three Courses, Without Drinks)",      "category": "Restaurants",      "low_price": 40,      "high_price": 75,      "average_price": 55    },    {      "item": "Combo Meal at McDonald's (or Equivalent Fast-Food Meal)",      "category": "Restaurants",      "low_price": 8,      "high_price": 12,      "average_price": 10    }  ],  "country": "Portugal",  "currency": "EUR",  "rent_index": 34.7,  "numbeo_link": "https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Lisbon",  "cost_of_living_index": 54.4,  "data_last_updated_month": "2026-10",  "monthly_cost_one_person_without_rent": 756.3,  "monthly_cost_family_of_four_without_rent": 2733}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
numbeo.com/get_cost_of_living
Returns
city, country, currency, cost of living and rent indices, monthly estimates, last update month, link, prices

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method numbeo.com/get_cost_of_living with the inputs above.

Ask your agent

  • What's the current cost of living index for Lisbon, Portugal, and how much does a single person typically spend monthly without rent?
  • Need the Numbeo cost of living and rent indices for Portland, Oregon, shown in USD.
  • Look up typical prices and monthly expense estimates for Osaka, Japan, converted to GBP.
  • How expensive is it to live in Austin, Texas right now? Give me the indices and the last update month.
  • Find the cost of living data for Porto in Portugal, with figures in euros, plus a link to the source page.
  • Compares living costs in two Numbeo cities: six price and purchasing-power differences, plus the monthly take-home salary needed in the destination for a similar standard of living (rent assumed in both cities).

    numbeo.com/compare_cost_of_living
  • Gets Zumper's current median monthly rents for studio through three-bedroom homes in a city, with monthly and yearly percentage changes. National rank is included only when the same-month U.S. national report ranks the city.

    zumper.com/get_average_rents
  • Gets the current local time, time zone, and next daylight saving change for a city listed on Time and Date. Add a state or country to distinguish cities with the same name.

    timeanddate.com/get_time_in_city
  • Looks up Zillow housing market figures for a city and state or five-digit ZIP code: typical home value, one-year change, list and sale prices, inventory and listing activity.

    zillow.com/get_housing_market
  • Finds available hostels, hotels and guesthouses on Hostelworld in a city for given dates, with per-night dorm and private room prices, ratings, facilities and booking links.

    hostelworld.com/search_hostels
  • Gets GasBuddy's latest reported average regular gas price, its changes and the diesel benchmark for a US state or a listed metro area. Midgrade, premium and area low/high prices are not published with these averages; updates may lag the current day.

    gasbuddy.com/get_average_gas_prices
  • Gets a state's latest monthly electricity price for a customer type from EIA. It also returns the year-over-year change, the year-to-date average and the matching US average.

    eia.gov/get_electricity_prices
  • Looks up an official Eurostat statistic for an EU or EEA country and the EU27 figure for the same period. Quarterly and half-yearly series return the reporting period that contains a requested month.

    ec.europa.eu/get_statistic