AffordWhere
Hi HN, I built AffordWhere to answer a question I kept running into: “If I earn X, where can I actually afford to live comfortably?” The site lets you compare cities based on income, rent, taxes, and day-to-day costs, and see how far a salary realistically goes in each place. It’s intentionally simple: Focused on affordability rather than averages Designed for relocation and remote-work decisions No account required I’d appreciate feedback on: Whether the affordability framing is useful Missing cost factors you’d expect Data accuracy or methodology concerns Link:…
AffordWhere launched on January 24, 2026 with 5 votes, #3,400 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
See what your salary actually means before you move. Enter your gross income and get instant breakdowns: net salary after taxes, neighborhood rent prices, and monthly savings potential. 32 countries. 100+ cities. Real neighborhood data. Supports solo, couples, and families. Custom budget sliders let you allocate spending across 8 categories. Home currency conversion shows costs in familiar terms. Official tax data from government sources. No Numbeo. No signup required. One link. Full picture.
Free expat cost of living calculator. Enter your salary, see net pay, rent by neighborhood, and monthly budget in 250 cities across 45 countries.
Start with a monthly salary and destination. AffordWhere opens a live city breakdown with take-home pay, rent, neighborhoods, and monthly savings already calculated. Built for real relocation decisions, not generic city averages. This is the live verdict for €5,000 gross in Berlin. Every city and salary works the same way. Net salary, rent ranges, neighborhoods you can afford. Start with the cities expats ask about most. City-wide averages hide where you'd actually live. We pull rents from local listings, street by street. Country-specific calculators built from government tax tables. Down to the cent. No account. No ads. The numbers you type are masked before anything is recorded. People…from affordwhere.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN, I built AffordWhere to answer a question I kept running into: “If I earn X, where can I actually afford to live comfortably?” The site lets you compare cities based on income, rent, taxes, and day-to-day costs, and see how far a salary realistically goes in each place. It’s intentionally simple: Focused on…
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