Plan your move. Know the facts.

Built for Foreign Service families, useful to anyone who moves overseas. One honest profile per city, all from Navigator Data.

Browse all 307 cities
Cost index <35 · <50 · <65 · <80 · 80+New York = 100 Navigator DataCity without its own cost index
307city profiles
144countries
Navigator DataCompiled from public government publications, licensed datasets, and open data, then normalized and checked by Navigator.

How it works

From a city profile to your shortlist.

Start with any city. A free account opens the full post page, the schools, and your side-by-side comparisons.

  1. City profiles01

    Cost of living, safety, typical air quality, and climate for each city. Cost of living: New York = 100.

    Lisbon53
    Mexico City, D.F.47
    Singapore87
  2. Allowances and calculators02

    Cost-of-living, hardship, and danger pay, housing benchmarks, and per diem for each post, plus a Foreign Service pay calculator.

  3. Schools03

    International schools at each post, with curriculum and grade range where published.

  4. Compare and save04

    Put posts side by side and save the ones you are weighing.

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