Ten Dollar Pick

The $10 Index

What $10 USD actually buys, city by city — a fixed grocery basket priced around the world, indexed against New York City.

  1. 1
    Mumbai
    India
    397
    $10 here feels like $40 in NYC ($12.58 basket, 79.5% of it)
  2. 2
    Hanoi
    Vietnam
    380
    $10 here feels like $38 in NYC ($13.13 basket, 76.2% of it)
  3. 3
    Cairo
    Egypt
    365
    $10 here feels like $37 in NYC ($13.66 basket, 73.2% of it)
  4. 4
    Lagos
    Nigeria
    295
    $10 here feels like $30 in NYC ($16.93 basket, 59.1% of it)
  5. 5
    Manila
    Philippines
    271
    $10 here feels like $27 in NYC ($18.44 basket, 54.2% of it)
  6. 6
    Nairobi
    Kenya
    266
    $10 here feels like $27 in NYC ($18.78 basket, 53.2% of it)
  7. 7
    Bangkok
    Thailand
    258
    $10 here feels like $26 in NYC ($19.34 basket, 51.7% of it)
  8. 8
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    245
    $10 here feels like $25 in NYC ($20.40 basket, 49.0% of it)
  9. 9
    Istanbul
    Turkey
    218
    $10 here feels like $22 in NYC ($22.87 basket, 43.7% of it)
  10. 10
    Warsaw
    Poland
    194
    $10 here feels like $19 in NYC ($25.68 basket, 38.9% of it)
  11. 11
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    186
    $10 here feels like $19 in NYC ($26.83 basket, 37.3% of it)
  12. 12
    Tokyo
    Japan
    177
    $10 here feels like $18 in NYC ($28.18 basket, 35.5% of it)
  13. 13
    Mexico City
    Mexico
    174
    $10 here feels like $17 in NYC ($28.68 basket, 34.9% of it)
  14. 14
    Seoul
    South Korea
    159
    $10 here feels like $16 in NYC ($31.44 basket, 31.8% of it)
  15. 15
    Dubai
    United Arab Emirates
    157
    $10 here feels like $16 in NYC ($31.78 basket, 31.5% of it)
  16. 16
    London
    United Kingdom
    136
    $10 here feels like $14 in NYC ($36.78 basket, 27.2% of it)
  17. 17
    Berlin
    Germany
    132
    $10 here feels like $13 in NYC ($37.79 basket, 26.5% of it)
  18. 18
    Sydney
    Australia
    132
    $10 here feels like $13 in NYC ($37.90 basket, 26.4% of it)
  19. 19
    Paris
    France
    126
    $10 here feels like $13 in NYC ($39.64 basket, 25.2% of it)
  20. 20
    New York City
    United States
    100
    $10 here feels like $10 in NYC ($49.90 basket, 20.0% of it)

Basket prices are researched estimates (July 2026), not live data. See each city page for the full item-by-item breakdown, or the methodology for how the index score is calculated.