Price guides for 60 countries
Prices in 60 countries: what's fair and what's a tourist trap
For every country I check 29 everyday purchases, from street food to the airport taxi: what locals pay and what tourist spots charge. Open a country to see each price, where tourists overpay most and what a day really costs.
All 60 countries
Index: price level at fair prices, where 100 is the median. One day: two meals, a coffee, water, a beer and local transport, no hotel. How I count
60 countries
Asia
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Cambodia One day Fair ≈ $15 Trap ≈ $57 -
China One day Fair ≈ $22 Trap ≈ $71 -
India One day Fair ≈ $10 Trap ≈ $30 -
Indonesia One day Fair ≈ $13 Trap ≈ $54 -
Japan One day Fair ≈ $32 Trap ≈ $75 -
Laos One day Fair ≈ $12 Trap ≈ $34 -
Malaysia One day Fair ≈ $19 Trap ≈ $50 -
Maldives One day Fair ≈ $40 Trap ≈ $150 -
Myanmar One day Fair ≈ $12 Trap ≈ $34 -
Nepal One day Fair ≈ $14 Trap ≈ $31 -
Philippines One day Fair ≈ $16 Trap ≈ $43 -
Singapore One day Fair ≈ $37 Trap ≈ $95 -
South Korea One day Fair ≈ $28 Trap ≈ $71 -
Sri Lanka One day Fair ≈ $20 Trap ≈ $49 -
Thailand One day Fair ≈ $19 Trap ≈ $76 -
Vietnam One day Fair ≈ $13 Trap ≈ $39
Europe
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Albania One day Fair ≈ $32 Trap ≈ $105 -
Bosnia & Herzegovina One day Fair ≈ $17 Trap ≈ $39 -
Bulgaria One day Fair ≈ $24 Trap ≈ $48 -
Croatia One day Fair ≈ $38 Trap ≈ $105 -
Czech Republic One day Fair ≈ $39 Trap ≈ $97 -
France One day Fair ≈ $50 Trap ≈ $125 -
Germany One day Fair ≈ $44 Trap ≈ $90 -
Greece One day Fair ≈ $36 Trap ≈ $84 -
Hungary One day Fair ≈ $35 Trap ≈ $110 -
Italy One day Fair ≈ $43 Trap ≈ $115 -
Montenegro One day Fair ≈ $32 Trap ≈ $81 -
North Macedonia One day Fair ≈ $21 Trap ≈ $51 -
Poland One day Fair ≈ $31 Trap ≈ $66 -
Portugal One day Fair ≈ $39 Trap ≈ $105 -
Romania One day Fair ≈ $36 Trap ≈ $81 -
Serbia One day Fair ≈ $21 Trap ≈ $79 -
Spain One day Fair ≈ $51 Trap ≈ $120 -
Switzerland One day Fair ≈ $87 Trap ≈ $180 -
United Kingdom One day Fair ≈ $67 Trap ≈ $145
Middle East & Africa
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Egypt One day Fair ≈ $13 Trap ≈ $42 -
Ethiopia One day Fair ≈ $7.50 Trap ≈ $29 -
Jordan One day Fair ≈ $25 Trap ≈ $69 -
Kenya One day Fair ≈ $17 Trap ≈ $55 -
Morocco One day Fair ≈ $23 Trap ≈ $88 -
Oman One day Fair ≈ $44 Trap ≈ $120 -
Senegal One day Fair ≈ $19 Trap ≈ $85 -
South Africa One day Fair ≈ $29 Trap ≈ $110 -
Tanzania One day Fair ≈ $15 Trap ≈ $37 -
Tunisia One day Fair ≈ $13 Trap ≈ $41 -
Turkey One day Fair ≈ $30 Trap ≈ $59 -
UAE One day Fair ≈ $46 Trap ≈ $110
Americas
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Argentina One day Fair ≈ $39 Trap ≈ $82 -
Bolivia One day Fair ≈ $12 Trap ≈ $24 -
Brazil One day Fair ≈ $28 Trap ≈ $76 -
Chile One day Fair ≈ $32 Trap ≈ $94 -
Colombia One day Fair ≈ $31 Trap ≈ $73 -
Costa Rica One day Fair ≈ $42 Trap ≈ $145 -
Cuba One day Fair ≈ $15 Trap ≈ $55 -
Dominican Republic One day Fair ≈ $25 Trap ≈ $85 -
Ecuador One day Fair $27 Trap $73 -
Guatemala One day Fair ≈ $23 Trap ≈ $61 -
Mexico One day Fair ≈ $36 Trap ≈ $82 -
Peru One day Fair ≈ $27 Trap ≈ $71 -
United States One day Fair $55 Trap $108
I track 60 countries for now. Try another spelling, or a city such as Bangkok or Lisbon.
Torn between two countries?
Item-by-item price comparisons for the pairs travelers weigh up most often.
- Vietnam or Thailand? About 33% cheaper in Vietnam at fair prices
- Bali (Indonesia) or Thailand? About 24% cheaper in Indonesia at fair prices
- Prague (Czech Republic) or Budapest (Hungary)? About 10% cheaper in Hungary at fair prices
- Spain or Portugal? About the same at fair prices
- Greece or Turkey? About 23% cheaper in Turkey at fair prices
- Croatia or Montenegro? About 13% cheaper in Montenegro at fair prices
- Japan or South Korea? About the same at fair prices
- Mexico or Colombia? About 15% cheaper in Colombia at fair prices
How to read the cards
Every number on this page comes from the same data as the country pages and the app.
- Index
- Fair prices for all 29 items compared with the median of the 60 countries I track. 100 is the median, 50 means half the median price and 200 twice it.
- Price level
- Very cheap below 60, cheap below 85, average up to 115, pricey up to 160, expensive above that.
- One day
- A street food meal, a restaurant meal, an espresso, a big bottle of water, a local beer, two public transport tickets and a short taxi ride, each at the middle of its price range. Accommodation and flights are left out on purpose: they swing too much with the season for one honest number.
- Fair and trap
- Fair is what locals typically pay. Trap is what tourists are commonly charged in tourist areas for exactly the same thing.
- Currency
- Converted to US dollars at the rate of October 3, 2026 and rounded. Your card or exchange booth adds its own margin.
- Checks
- Verified: 714 of 1,740 prices, checked Apr – Aug 2026. The rest are estimates, and every country page marks which is which.
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