Where is home?
ExpatGoals helps people who are thinking about moving abroad answer two questions: what would life cost there, and what would that life actually look like?
Why we built it
Most cost-of-living sites give you one number per city. But a retiree on a pension, a digital nomad and a family with two children live very differently, even in the same street. So ExpatGoals shows five lifestyle levels, from living like a local to ultra-wealthy, for singles, couples and families, with a plain description of what each one looks like day to day.
Who it's for
Retirees
See how far a pension goes, and what care, help and housing cost in each place.
Digital nomads
Compare rents, internet and island life before you book a one-way ticket.
Families
Schooling, space and household help, priced for two adults and two children.
How we keep it honest
Every line of every breakdown is labelled Sourced, Calculated or Estimate, and links to where it came from. When we don't have a good public figure, we say so. Read the methodology, or browse the sources for each place.
Independent
ExpatGoals is an independent project. We may show ads in future to cover running costs, but advertisers never influence the figures, and we will always label anything sponsored.
What's next
We cover 34 places in 11 Southeast Asian countries, with the Philippines in the most detail, and plan to add more places and more regions. Tell us where you'd like to see next.