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Cheapest cities to visit in Asia (2026)

115 cities in Asia, ranked by their mid-range daily cost estimate. Kabul is the cheapest at $40 a day and the median across the list is $110. Every amount is an estimate derived from the World Bank price level, not a quoted price.

Ordered by the mid-range daily cost estimate, cheapest first.estimate
#CityCountryBudgetMid-rangeLuxuryPrice level
1KabulAfghanistan$20$40$900.17×
2PeshawarPakistan$25$55$1200.24×
3ChennaiIndia$25$55$1150.23×
4KolkataIndia$25$55$1150.23×
5SuratIndia$25$55$1150.23×
6FaisalabadPakistan$25$55$1200.24×
7RawalpindiPakistan$25$55$1200.24×
8PuneIndia$25$55$1150.23×
9JaipurIndia$25$55$1150.23×
10KanpurIndia$25$55$1150.23×
11GujranwalaPakistan$25$55$1200.24×
12LucknowIndia$25$55$1150.23×
13NagpurIndia$25$55$1150.23×
14MultanPakistan$25$55$1200.24×
15CoimbatoreIndia$25$55$1150.23×
16IndoreIndia$25$55$1150.23×
17MumbaiIndia$25$60$1300.23×
18PhuketThailand$25$60$1250.31×
19DelhiIndia$25$60$1300.23×
20BengaluruIndia$25$60$1300.23×
21HyderabadIndia$25$60$1300.23×
22AhmedabadIndia$25$60$1300.23×
23ChattogramBangladesh$25$60$1250.25×
24GazipurBangladesh$25$60$1250.25×
25DenpasarIndonesia$25$60$1300.29×
26LahorePakistan$25$65$1350.24×
27KarachiPakistan$25$65$1350.24×
28SurabayaIndonesia$30$65$1400.29×
29BekasiIndonesia$30$65$1400.29×
30HaiphongVietnam$30$65$1450.29×
31BandungIndonesia$30$65$1400.29×
32MedanIndonesia$30$65$1400.29×
33DepokIndonesia$30$65$1400.29×
34TangerangIndonesia$30$65$1400.29×
35DhakaBangladesh$30$70$1500.25×
36Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam$35$75$1650.29×
37Kuala LumpurMalaysia$35$75$1650.32×
38Quezon CityPhilippines$35$75$1650.33×
39HanoiVietnam$35$80$1700.29×
40JakartaIndonesia$35$80$1700.29×
41BangkokThailand$35$85$1800.31×
42YangonMyanmar$35$85$1850.38×
43New Taipei CityTaiwan$45$100$2150.44×
44TaichungTaiwan$45$100$2150.44×
45KaohsiungTaiwan$45$100$2150.44×
46TainanTaiwan$45$100$2150.44×
47BaghdadIraq$45$105$2200.38×
48DalianChina$45$110$2350.47×
49ChangchunChina$45$110$2350.47×
50JeddahSaudi Arabia$45$110$2300.47×
51XiamenChina$45$110$2350.47×
52Bao'anChina$45$110$2350.47×
53WuxiChina$45$110$2350.47×
54JinanChina$45$110$2350.47×
55TaiyuanChina$45$110$2350.47×
56ZhengzhouChina$45$110$2350.47×
57ShijiazhuangChina$45$110$2350.47×
58KunmingChina$45$110$2350.47×
59ZhongshanChina$45$110$2350.47×
60NanningChina$45$110$2350.47×
61ShantouChina$45$110$2350.47×
62FuzhouChina$45$110$2350.47×
63NingboChina$45$110$2350.47×
64PuyangChina$45$110$2350.47×
65ShiyanChina$45$110$2350.47×
66TangshanChina$45$110$2350.47×
67LüliangChina$45$110$2350.47×
68ChangzhouChina$45$110$2350.47×
69ZiboChina$45$110$2350.47×
70ChangshaChina$45$110$2350.47×
71GuiyangChina$45$110$2350.47×
72ÜrümqiChina$45$110$2350.47×
73LanzhouChina$45$110$2350.47×
74HuizhouChina$45$110$2350.47×
75HaikouChina$45$110$2350.47×
76LinyiChina$45$110$2350.47×
77BaodingChina$45$110$2350.47×
78WenzhouChina$45$110$2350.47×
79RiyadhSaudi Arabia$50$115$2400.47×
80TaipeiTaiwan$50$120$2550.44×
81ShanghaiChina$55$125$2650.47×
82ShenzhenChina$55$125$2650.47×
83GuangzhouChina$55$125$2650.47×
84ChengduChina$55$125$2650.47×
85TianjinChina$55$125$2650.47×
86WuhanChina$55$125$2650.47×
87DongguanChina$55$125$2650.47×
88Xi’anChina$55$125$2650.47×
89NanjingChina$55$125$2650.47×
90HangzhouChina$55$125$2650.47×
91FoshanChina$55$125$2650.47×
92ChongqingChina$55$125$2650.47×
93QingdaoChina$55$125$2650.47×
94ShenyangChina$55$125$2650.47×
95SuzhouChina$55$125$2650.47×
96HarbinChina$55$125$2650.47×
97HefeiChina$55$125$2650.47×
98BeijingChina$55$130$2750.47×
99BusanSouth Korea$55$135$2850.57×
100IncheonSouth Korea$55$135$2850.57×
101DaeguSouth Korea$55$135$2850.57×
102DubaiUnited Arab Emirates$65$145$3150.63×
103KyotoJapan$65$150$3200.65×
104YokohamaJapan$65$150$3200.65×
105OsakaJapan$65$150$3200.65×
106NagoyaJapan$65$150$3200.65×
107SapporoJapan$65$150$3200.65×
108SeoulSouth Korea$65$155$3350.57×
109SingaporeSingapore$70$165$3550.60×
110New TerritoriesHong Kong$70$165$3500.71×
111TokyoJapan$75$175$3800.65×
112Hong KongHong Kong$85$195$4150.71×
113JerusalemIsrael$90$210$4551.01×
114MashhadIran$350$815$1,7453.52×
115TehranIran$410$960$2,0603.52×

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  • Cheapest cities to visit in Europe
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  • Safest cities in Asia

Cities on this list

  • Kabul
  • Peshawar
  • Chennai
  • Kolkata
  • Surat
  • Faisalabad
  • Rawalpindi
  • Pune

Sources

  • GeoNames city database — CC BY 4.0, fetched September 14, 2026
  • World Bank price level and exchange rate — CC BY 4.0, data year 2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook price level (Taiwan) — IMF copyright and usage terms, data year 2025

Dates are the most recent fetch across the cities on this page. Every sentence here is generated from the data by rule, with no AI writing; the formulas are public.