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Try the Numbeo Cost Of Living Rankings API

Test Crawlora's Numbeo Cost Of Living Rankings API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /numbeo/cost-of-living/rankings
Platform: Numbeo
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Required params: None
Common optional params: scope, period

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/numbeo/cost-of-living/rankings?scope=current&period=2026-mid" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
scope	string	No	current	current (default) or historical
period	string	No	2026-mid	Required when scope=historical, e.g. 2026-mid or 2025

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "scope": "current",
    "cities": [
      {
        "rank": 1,
        "city": "Zurich, Switzerland",
        "city_slug": "Zurich",
        "cost_of_living_index": 123.5,
        "rent_index": 74.3,
        "cost_of_living_plus_rent_index": 101,
        "groceries_index": 126.8,
        "restaurant_price_index": 120.4,
        "local_purchasing_power_index": 157.8
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_current.jsp"
  }
}

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GET /numbeo/cost-of-living/rankings

Get the global Numbeo cost-of-living city ranking

Returns the global cost-of-living city ranking (Cost of Living, Rent, Cost of Living Plus Rent, Groceries, Restaurant Price, and Local Purchasing Power indices), either the continuously-updated current index or a historical periodic snapshot. Credential-free public Numbeo data (numbeo.com).

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "scope": "current",
    "cities": [
      {
        "rank": 1,
        "city": "Zurich, Switzerland",
        "city_slug": "Zurich",
        "cost_of_living_index": 123.5,
        "rent_index": 74.3,
        "cost_of_living_plus_rent_index": 101,
        "groceries_index": 126.8,
        "restaurant_price_index": 120.4,
        "local_purchasing_power_index": 157.8
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_current.jsp"
  }
}

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /numbeo/cost-of-living/rankings
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 1 credit/request
Platform: Numbeo
Parameters: 3 documented fields

Request parameters

scope:queryperiod:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.citiesdata.cities[].citydata.cities[].city_slugdata.cities[].cost_of_living_indexdata.cities[].cost_of_living_plus_rent_indexdata.cities[].groceries_indexdata.cities[].local_purchasing_power_indexdata.cities[].rankdata.cities[].rent_indexdata.cities[].restaurant_price_index

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "scope": "current",
    "cities": [
      {
        "rank": 1,
        "city": "Zurich, Switzerland",
        "city_slug": "Zurich",
        "cost_of_living_index": 123.5,
        "rent_index": 74.3,
        "cost_of_living_plus_rent_index": 101,
        "groceries_index": 126.8,
        "restaurant_price_index": 120.4,
        "local_purchasing_power_index": 157.8
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_current.jsp"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/numbeo/cost-of-living/rankings" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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