Global Initial Rental Costs (Deposit, etc.) Ranking
| Rank | Country Name | City | Continent | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geneva | Europe | $8,249 | |
| 2 | Singapore | Asia | $7,457 | |
| 3 | Bern | Europe | $6,000 | |
| 4 | Sydney | Australia Pacific | $5,788 | |
| 5 | Boston | North America | $5,600 | |
| 5 | SanFrancisco | North America | $5,600 | |
| 7 | Auckland | Australia Pacific | $5,458 | |
| 8 | Copenhagen | Europe | $5,318 | |
| 9 | Berlin | Europe | $5,009 | |
| 9 | Munich | Europe | $5,009 | |
| 11 | Brisbane | Australia Pacific | $4,961 | |
| 12 | LosAngeles | North America | $4,800 | |
| 12 | SanDiego | North America | $4,800 | |
| 12 | Honolulu | North America | $4,800 | |
| 15 | TelAviv | Asia | $4,775 | |
| 16 | Oslo | Europe | $4,758 | |
| 17 | Milan | Europe | $4,491 | |
| 18 | Stockholm | Europe | $4,429 | |
| 19 | Miami | North America | $4,400 | |
| 20 | WashingtonDc | North America | $4,200 | |
| 21 | Rome | Europe | $4,145 | |
| 21 | Dublin | Europe | $4,145 | |
| 23 | Vienna | Europe | $3,973 | |
| 24 | Chicago | North America | $3,900 | |
| 25 | Frankfurt | Europe | $3,800 | |
| 25 | Hamburg | Europe | $3,800 | |
| 25 | Cologne | Europe | $3,800 | |
| 25 | Stuttgart | Europe | $3,800 | |
| 25 | Venice | Europe | $3,800 | |
| 30 | Philadelphia | North America | $3,700 | |
| 31 | Portland | North America | $3,500 | |
| 31 | Austin | North America | $3,500 | |
| 31 | Denver | North America | $3,500 | |
| 34 | Gothenburg | Europe | $3,480 | |
| 35 | Melbourne | Australia Pacific | $3,308 | |
| 36 | Perth | Australia Pacific | $3,032 | |
| 36 | Adelaide | Australia Pacific | $3,032 | |
| 38 | Doha | Asia | $3,022 | |
| 39 | Naples | Europe | $2,936 | |
| 39 | Turin | Europe | $2,936 | |
| 41 | KuwaitCity | Asia | $2,929 | |
| 42 | Minneapolis | North America | $2,900 | |
| 43 | Toronto | North America | $2,725 | |
| 44 | Dubai | Asia | $2,723 | |
| 45 | Detroit | North America | $2,700 | |
| 46 | Jerusalem | Asia | $2,674 | |
| 47 | Barcelona | Europe | $2,648 | |
| 47 | Madrid | Europe | $2,648 | |
| 47 | Helsinki | Europe | $2,648 | |
| 50 | Shanghai | Asia | $2,614 | |
| 51 | BuenosAires | South America | $2,594 | |
| 52 | Leipzig | Europe | $2,591 | |
| 53 | Brussels | Europe | $2,533 | |
| 53 | Lisbon | Europe | $2,533 | |
| 55 | AbuDhabi | Asia | $2,451 | |
| 56 | Beijing | Asia | $2,397 | |
| 57 | Wellington | Australia Pacific | $2,274 | |
| 58 | Valencia | Europe | $2,188 | |
| 58 | Porto | Europe | $2,188 | |
| 60 | Seattle | North America | $2,100 | |
| 61 | Shenzhen | Asia | $1,961 | |
| 62 | Atlanta | North America | $1,750 | |
| 62 | Orlando | North America | $1,750 | |
| 64 | Athens | Europe | $1,727 | |
| 65 | Riyadh | Asia | $1,707 | |
| 66 | Prague | Europe | $1,691 | |
| 67 | Antalya | Europe | $1,682 | |
| 68 | CapeTown | Africa | $1,679 | |
| 69 | Dallas | North America | $1,650 | |
| 69 | Anchorage | North America | $1,650 | |
| 71 | Canberra | Australia Pacific | $1,585 | |
| 72 | Vancouver | North America | $1,578 | |
| 73 | LasVegas | North America | $1,550 | |
| 73 | Houston | North America | $1,550 | |
| 73 | Phoenix | North America | $1,550 | |
| 76 | Warsaw | Europe | $1,508 | |
| 77 | Jeddah | Asia | $1,493 | |
| 78 | Nairobi | Africa | $1,384 | |
| 79 | Taipei | Asia | $1,375 | |
| 80 | Dammam | Asia | $1,333 | |
| 81 | Suva | Australia Pacific | $1,331 | |
| 82 | Ottawa | North America | $1,327 | |
| 83 | Budapest | Europe | $1,318 | |
| 84 | Ouagadougou | Africa | $1,317 | |
| 85 | BeloHorizonte | South America | $1,279 | |
| 85 | PortoAlegre | South America | $1,279 | |
| 87 | Lima | South America | $1,275 | |
| 88 | Calgary | North America | $1,255 | |
| 89 | Ankara | Europe | $1,211 | |
| 90 | Wroclaw | Europe | $1,185 | |
| 91 | Casablanca | Africa | $1,170 | |
| 91 | Rabat | Africa | $1,170 | |
| 93 | Pretoria | Africa | $1,149 | |
| 94 | Mumbai | Asia | $1,131 | |
| 95 | Istanbul | Europe | $1,121 | |
| 96 | Edmonton | North America | $1,111 | |
| 97 | Bangkok | Asia | $1,101 | |
| 98 | KualaLumpur | Asia | $1,091 | |
| 99 | RioDeJaneiro | South America | $1,085 | |
| 100 | Almaty | Asia | $1,064 | |
| 100 | Astana | Asia | $1,064 | |
| 102 | Recife | South America | $1,047 | |
| 103 | Guangzhou | Asia | $1,017 | |
| 103 | Hangzhou | Asia | $1,017 | |
| 103 | Tianjin | Asia | $1,017 | |
| 103 | Nanjing | Asia | $1,017 | |
| 103 | Suzhou | Asia | $1,017 | |
| 103 | Xiamen | Asia | $1,017 | |
| 109 | Bursa | Europe | $1,009 | |
| 110 | Mendoza | South America | $1,009 | |
| 111 | Kaohsiung | Asia | $1,000 | |
| 112 | Daegu | Asia | $992 | |
| 113 | Cali | South America | $981 | |
| 114 | Marrakech | Africa | $957 | |
| 115 | Osaka | Asia | $939 | |
| 115 | Fukuoka | Asia | $939 | |
| 115 | Hiroshima | Asia | $939 | |
| 118 | Taichung | Asia | $937 | |
| 119 | DarEsSalaam | Africa | $925 | |
| 120 | JohorBahru | Asia | $893 | |
| 121 | Johannesburg | Africa | $884 | |
| 121 | Durban | Africa | $884 | |
| 123 | Jakarta | Asia | $883 | |
| 124 | Brasilia | South America | $853 | |
| 124 | Salvador | South America | $853 | |
| 124 | Curitiba | South America | $853 | |
| 127 | MexicoCity | North America | $839 | |
| 128 | Manila | Asia | $828 | |
| 129 | Kyiv | Europe | $824 | |
| 130 | Bucharest | Europe | $814 | |
| 131 | Chengdu | Asia | $813 | |
| 131 | Wuhan | Asia | $813 | |
| 131 | Qingdao | Asia | $813 | |
| 131 | Dalian | Asia | $813 | |
| 135 | Colombo | Asia | $809 | |
| 136 | Mombasa | Africa | $808 | |
| 137 | Izmir | Europe | $807 | |
| 138 | Lagos | Africa | $761 | |
| 139 | Tokyo | Asia | $752 | |
| 140 | Novosibirsk | Europe | $750 | |
| 141 | Penang | Asia | $744 | |
| 142 | Xi'an | Asia | $726 | |
| 142 | Changsha | Asia | $726 | |
| 142 | Zhengzhou | Asia | $726 | |
| 145 | Fortaleza | South America | $698 | |
| 145 | Manaus | South America | $698 | |
| 147 | Moscow | Europe | $688 | |
| 148 | Guadalajara | North America | $671 | |
| 148 | Monterrey | North America | $671 | |
| 148 | Tijuana | North America | $671 | |
| 151 | Seoul | Asia | $662 | |
| 151 | Busan | Asia | $662 | |
| 151 | Incheon | Asia | $662 | |
| 154 | Sapporo | Asia | $658 | |
| 154 | Sendai | Asia | $658 | |
| 154 | Naha | Asia | $658 | |
| 157 | DaNang | Asia | $645 | |
| 158 | Chongqing | Asia | $639 | |
| 158 | Kunming | Asia | $639 | |
| 158 | Shenyang | Asia | $639 | |
| 158 | Harbin | Asia | $639 | |
| 162 | Kyoto | Asia | $626 | |
| 162 | Kobe | Asia | $626 | |
| 164 | Davao | Asia | $596 | |
| 165 | Islamabad | Asia | $592 | |
| 165 | Karachi | Asia | $592 | |
| 167 | Abuja | Africa | $544 | |
| 168 | Delhi | Asia | $538 | |
| 169 | Nagoya | Asia | $532 | |
| 170 | Ulaanbaatar | Asia | $504 | |
| 171 | Bogota | South America | $490 | |
| 171 | Medellin | South America | $490 | |
| 173 | Pune | Asia | $474 | |
| 174 | Phuket | Asia | $459 | |
| 175 | Hanoi | Asia | $456 | |
| 176 | Accra | Africa | $455 | |
| 177 | Yekaterinburg | Europe | $438 | |
| 177 | Kazan | Europe | $438 | |
| 177 | Sochi | Europe | $438 | |
| 177 | Vladivostok | Europe | $438 | |
| 177 | Kaliningrad | Europe | $438 | |
| 182 | Dhaka | Asia | $407 | |
| 183 | Hyderabad | Asia | $388 | |
| 183 | Chennai | Asia | $388 | |
| 183 | Kolkata | Asia | $388 | |
| 183 | Ahmedabad | Asia | $388 | |
| 183 | Kochi | Asia | $388 | |
| 188 | Tashkent | Asia | $370 | |
| 189 | ChiangMai | Asia | $367 | |
| 190 | PortHarcourt | Africa | $363 | |
| 191 | Kathmandu | Asia | $336 | |
| 192 | Luxor | Africa | $331 | |
| 193 | Jaipur | Asia | $323 | |
| 193 | Surat | Asia | $323 | |
| 193 | Lucknow | Asia | $323 | |
| 196 | AddisAbaba | Africa | $320 | |
| 197 | Cairo | Africa | $294 | |
| 198 | Surabaya | Asia | $265 | |
| 198 | Bandung | Asia | $265 | |
| 200 | Lahore | Asia | $161 | |
| 201 | Tehran | Asia | $91 | |
| 202 | Havana | North America | $67 | |
| 203 | Mashhad | Asia | $38 |
| Rank | Country Name | City | Continent | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mashhad | Asia | $38 | |
| 2 | Havana | North America | $67 | |
| 3 | Tehran | Asia | $91 | |
| 4 | Lahore | Asia | $161 | |
| 5 | Surabaya | Asia | $265 | |
| 5 | Bandung | Asia | $265 | |
| 7 | Cairo | Africa | $294 | |
| 8 | AddisAbaba | Africa | $320 | |
| 9 | Jaipur | Asia | $323 | |
| 9 | Surat | Asia | $323 | |
| 9 | Lucknow | Asia | $323 | |
| 12 | Luxor | Africa | $331 | |
| 13 | Kathmandu | Asia | $336 | |
| 14 | PortHarcourt | Africa | $363 | |
| 15 | ChiangMai | Asia | $367 | |
| 16 | Tashkent | Asia | $370 | |
| 17 | Hyderabad | Asia | $388 | |
| 17 | Chennai | Asia | $388 | |
| 17 | Kolkata | Asia | $388 | |
| 17 | Ahmedabad | Asia | $388 | |
| 17 | Kochi | Asia | $388 | |
| 22 | Dhaka | Asia | $407 | |
| 23 | Yekaterinburg | Europe | $438 | |
| 23 | Kazan | Europe | $438 | |
| 23 | Sochi | Europe | $438 | |
| 23 | Vladivostok | Europe | $438 | |
| 23 | Kaliningrad | Europe | $438 | |
| 28 | Accra | Africa | $455 | |
| 29 | Hanoi | Asia | $456 | |
| 30 | Phuket | Asia | $459 | |
| 31 | Pune | Asia | $474 | |
| 32 | Bogota | South America | $490 | |
| 32 | Medellin | South America | $490 | |
| 34 | Ulaanbaatar | Asia | $504 | |
| 35 | Nagoya | Asia | $532 | |
| 36 | Delhi | Asia | $538 | |
| 37 | Abuja | Africa | $544 | |
| 38 | Islamabad | Asia | $592 | |
| 38 | Karachi | Asia | $592 | |
| 40 | Davao | Asia | $596 | |
| 41 | Kyoto | Asia | $626 | |
| 41 | Kobe | Asia | $626 | |
| 43 | Chongqing | Asia | $639 | |
| 43 | Kunming | Asia | $639 | |
| 43 | Shenyang | Asia | $639 | |
| 43 | Harbin | Asia | $639 | |
| 47 | DaNang | Asia | $645 | |
| 48 | Sapporo | Asia | $658 | |
| 48 | Sendai | Asia | $658 | |
| 48 | Naha | Asia | $658 | |
| 51 | Seoul | Asia | $662 | |
| 51 | Busan | Asia | $662 | |
| 51 | Incheon | Asia | $662 | |
| 54 | Guadalajara | North America | $671 | |
| 54 | Monterrey | North America | $671 | |
| 54 | Tijuana | North America | $671 | |
| 57 | Moscow | Europe | $688 | |
| 58 | Fortaleza | South America | $698 | |
| 58 | Manaus | South America | $698 | |
| 60 | Xi'an | Asia | $726 | |
| 60 | Changsha | Asia | $726 | |
| 60 | Zhengzhou | Asia | $726 | |
| 63 | Penang | Asia | $744 | |
| 64 | Novosibirsk | Europe | $750 | |
| 65 | Tokyo | Asia | $752 | |
| 66 | Lagos | Africa | $761 | |
| 67 | Izmir | Europe | $807 | |
| 68 | Mombasa | Africa | $808 | |
| 69 | Colombo | Asia | $809 | |
| 70 | Chengdu | Asia | $813 | |
| 70 | Wuhan | Asia | $813 | |
| 70 | Qingdao | Asia | $813 | |
| 70 | Dalian | Asia | $813 | |
| 74 | Bucharest | Europe | $814 | |
| 75 | Kyiv | Europe | $824 | |
| 76 | Manila | Asia | $828 | |
| 77 | MexicoCity | North America | $839 | |
| 78 | Brasilia | South America | $853 | |
| 78 | Salvador | South America | $853 | |
| 78 | Curitiba | South America | $853 | |
| 81 | Jakarta | Asia | $883 | |
| 82 | Johannesburg | Africa | $884 | |
| 82 | Durban | Africa | $884 | |
| 84 | JohorBahru | Asia | $893 | |
| 85 | DarEsSalaam | Africa | $925 | |
| 86 | Taichung | Asia | $937 | |
| 87 | Osaka | Asia | $939 | |
| 87 | Fukuoka | Asia | $939 | |
| 87 | Hiroshima | Asia | $939 | |
| 90 | Marrakech | Africa | $957 | |
| 91 | Cali | South America | $981 | |
| 92 | Daegu | Asia | $992 | |
| 93 | Kaohsiung | Asia | $1,000 | |
| 94 | Mendoza | South America | $1,009 | |
| 95 | Bursa | Europe | $1,009 | |
| 96 | Guangzhou | Asia | $1,017 | |
| 96 | Hangzhou | Asia | $1,017 | |
| 96 | Tianjin | Asia | $1,017 | |
| 96 | Nanjing | Asia | $1,017 | |
| 96 | Suzhou | Asia | $1,017 | |
| 96 | Xiamen | Asia | $1,017 | |
| 102 | Recife | South America | $1,047 | |
| 103 | Almaty | Asia | $1,064 | |
| 103 | Astana | Asia | $1,064 | |
| 105 | RioDeJaneiro | South America | $1,085 | |
| 106 | KualaLumpur | Asia | $1,091 | |
| 107 | Bangkok | Asia | $1,101 | |
| 108 | Edmonton | North America | $1,111 | |
| 109 | Istanbul | Europe | $1,121 | |
| 110 | Mumbai | Asia | $1,131 | |
| 111 | Pretoria | Africa | $1,149 | |
| 112 | Casablanca | Africa | $1,170 | |
| 112 | Rabat | Africa | $1,170 | |
| 114 | Wroclaw | Europe | $1,185 | |
| 115 | Ankara | Europe | $1,211 | |
| 116 | Calgary | North America | $1,255 | |
| 117 | Lima | South America | $1,275 | |
| 118 | BeloHorizonte | South America | $1,279 | |
| 118 | PortoAlegre | South America | $1,279 | |
| 120 | Ouagadougou | Africa | $1,317 | |
| 121 | Budapest | Europe | $1,318 | |
| 122 | Ottawa | North America | $1,327 | |
| 123 | Suva | Australia Pacific | $1,331 | |
| 124 | Dammam | Asia | $1,333 | |
| 125 | Taipei | Asia | $1,375 | |
| 126 | Nairobi | Africa | $1,384 | |
| 127 | Jeddah | Asia | $1,493 | |
| 128 | Warsaw | Europe | $1,508 | |
| 129 | LasVegas | North America | $1,550 | |
| 129 | Houston | North America | $1,550 | |
| 129 | Phoenix | North America | $1,550 | |
| 132 | Vancouver | North America | $1,578 | |
| 133 | Canberra | Australia Pacific | $1,585 | |
| 134 | Dallas | North America | $1,650 | |
| 134 | Anchorage | North America | $1,650 | |
| 136 | CapeTown | Africa | $1,679 | |
| 137 | Antalya | Europe | $1,682 | |
| 138 | Prague | Europe | $1,691 | |
| 139 | Riyadh | Asia | $1,707 | |
| 140 | Athens | Europe | $1,727 | |
| 141 | Atlanta | North America | $1,750 | |
| 141 | Orlando | North America | $1,750 | |
| 143 | Shenzhen | Asia | $1,961 | |
| 144 | Seattle | North America | $2,100 | |
| 145 | Valencia | Europe | $2,188 | |
| 145 | Porto | Europe | $2,188 | |
| 147 | Wellington | Australia Pacific | $2,274 | |
| 148 | Beijing | Asia | $2,397 | |
| 149 | AbuDhabi | Asia | $2,451 | |
| 150 | Brussels | Europe | $2,533 | |
| 150 | Lisbon | Europe | $2,533 | |
| 152 | Leipzig | Europe | $2,591 | |
| 153 | BuenosAires | South America | $2,594 | |
| 154 | Shanghai | Asia | $2,614 | |
| 155 | Barcelona | Europe | $2,648 | |
| 155 | Madrid | Europe | $2,648 | |
| 155 | Helsinki | Europe | $2,648 | |
| 158 | Jerusalem | Asia | $2,674 | |
| 159 | Detroit | North America | $2,700 | |
| 160 | Dubai | Asia | $2,723 | |
| 161 | Toronto | North America | $2,725 | |
| 162 | Minneapolis | North America | $2,900 | |
| 163 | KuwaitCity | Asia | $2,929 | |
| 164 | Naples | Europe | $2,936 | |
| 164 | Turin | Europe | $2,936 | |
| 166 | Doha | Asia | $3,022 | |
| 167 | Perth | Australia Pacific | $3,032 | |
| 167 | Adelaide | Australia Pacific | $3,032 | |
| 169 | Melbourne | Australia Pacific | $3,308 | |
| 170 | Gothenburg | Europe | $3,480 | |
| 171 | Portland | North America | $3,500 | |
| 171 | Austin | North America | $3,500 | |
| 171 | Denver | North America | $3,500 | |
| 174 | Philadelphia | North America | $3,700 | |
| 175 | Frankfurt | Europe | $3,800 | |
| 175 | Hamburg | Europe | $3,800 | |
| 175 | Cologne | Europe | $3,800 | |
| 175 | Stuttgart | Europe | $3,800 | |
| 175 | Venice | Europe | $3,800 | |
| 180 | Chicago | North America | $3,900 | |
| 181 | Vienna | Europe | $3,973 | |
| 182 | Rome | Europe | $4,145 | |
| 182 | Dublin | Europe | $4,145 | |
| 184 | WashingtonDc | North America | $4,200 | |
| 185 | Miami | North America | $4,400 | |
| 186 | Stockholm | Europe | $4,429 | |
| 187 | Milan | Europe | $4,491 | |
| 188 | Oslo | Europe | $4,758 | |
| 189 | TelAviv | Asia | $4,775 | |
| 190 | LosAngeles | North America | $4,800 | |
| 190 | SanDiego | North America | $4,800 | |
| 190 | Honolulu | North America | $4,800 | |
| 193 | Brisbane | Australia Pacific | $4,961 | |
| 194 | Berlin | Europe | $5,009 | |
| 194 | Munich | Europe | $5,009 | |
| 196 | Copenhagen | Europe | $5,318 | |
| 197 | Auckland | Australia Pacific | $5,458 | |
| 198 | Boston | North America | $5,600 | |
| 198 | SanFrancisco | North America | $5,600 | |
| 200 | Sydney | Australia Pacific | $5,788 | |
| 201 | Bern | Europe | $6,000 | |
| 202 | Singapore | Asia | $7,457 | |
| 203 | Geneva | Europe | $8,249 |
Source: Original research by AI 2026