Ranked relocation benchmark

Best cities to move to from Colombo

Ranked by real 10-year net worth math, not a vibe score — every destination is run through the same simulator, scaled from a Colombo software-engineer benchmark offer ($27.0K).

Top destination from Colombo right now: Manchester, NH at $246k over 10 years after taxes and cost of living. 159 of 329 destinations beat staying in Colombo on this benchmark.

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Manchester, NH

United States

10.0

+$246k

breaks even yr 1

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Newark

United States

10.0

+$244k

breaks even yr 1

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Seattle

United States

10.0

+$224k

breaks even yr 1

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#	City	Net delta	Break-even	Score	Analysis
4	St. Louis	+$215k	Yr 1	10.0	View →
5	Buffalo	+$212k	Yr 1	10.0	View →
6	El Paso	+$211k	Yr 1	10.0	View →
7	Detroit	+$208k	Yr 1	10.0	View →
8	Birmingham	+$206k	Yr 1	10.0	View →
9	Des Moines	+$205k	Yr 1	10.0	View →
10	Memphis	+$204k	Yr 1	10.0	View →
11	Charlotte	+$204k	Yr 1	10.0	View →
12	Pittsburgh	+$203k	Yr 1	10.0	View →
13	San Jose	+$200k	Yr 1	10.0	View →
14	Charleston, WV	+$199k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
15	Milwaukee	+$198k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
16	Oklahoma City	+$197k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
17	Dubai	+$197k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
18	Omaha	+$197k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
19	Cheyenne	+$196k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
20	Albuquerque	+$196k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
21	Austin	+$196k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
22	Boise	+$194k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
23	Dallas	+$193k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
24	Cincinnati	+$193k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
25	Kansas City	+$193k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
26	Richmond	+$192k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
27	Providence	+$190k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
28	Virginia Beach	+$189k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
29	San Antonio	+$187k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
30	Baltimore	+$187k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
31	Tucson	+$186k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
32	Houston	+$185k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
33	Raleigh	+$183k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
34	Hartford	+$183k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
35	Jacksonville	+$180k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
36	Philadelphia	+$179k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
37	Wilmington	+$179k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
38	Columbus	+$179k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
39	Charleston, SC	+$177k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
40	Nashville	+$176k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
41	Sacramento	+$176k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
42	Las Vegas	+$174k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
43	Fort Worth	+$173k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
44	Boston	+$171k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
45	Tampa	+$169k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
46	Cleveland	+$168k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
47	Portland, ME	+$166k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
48	Phoenix	+$166k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
49	Louisville	+$165k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
50	Salt Lake City	+$161k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
51	Portland	+$159k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
52	Abu Dhabi	+$157k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
53	Burlington	+$157k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
54	Atlanta	+$156k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
55	San Francisco	+$154k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
56	Wichita	+$154k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
57	Fargo	+$154k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
58	Denver	+$151k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
59	Indianapolis	+$149k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
60	Little Rock	+$148k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
61	Chicago	+$145k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
62	New Orleans	+$145k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
63	San Diego	+$144k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
64	Sioux Falls	+$140k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
65	Miami	+$139k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
66	Billings	+$139k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
67	Los Angeles	+$132k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
68	Jackson	+$129k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
69	Zurich	+$128k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
70	Minneapolis	+$128k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
71	Washington D.C.	+$126k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
72	New York	+$120k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
73	Anchorage	+$117k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
74	Singapore	+$114k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
75	Geneva	+$100k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
76	Bern	+$100k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
77	Honolulu	+$96k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
78	Monaco	+$93k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
79	Doha	+$88k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
80	Luxembourg City	+$81k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
81	Sofia	+$73k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
82	Riyadh	+$69k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
83	Jeddah	+$69k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
84	Hong Kong	+$61k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
85	Kuwait City	+$58k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
86	Manama	+$52k	Yr 1	9.0	View →
87	Vienna	+$49k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
88	Valletta	+$44k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
89	Brussels	+$43k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
90	Antwerp	+$43k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
91	Toronto	+$41k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
92	Tel Aviv	+$39k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
93	Sydney	+$37k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
94	Nicosia	+$36k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
95	Taipei	+$35k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
96	Ljubljana	+$35k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
97	Vilnius	+$33k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
98	Melbourne	+$33k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
99	Warsaw	+$28k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
100	Kuala Lumpur	+$28k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
101	Almaty	+$28k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
102	Astana	+$28k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
103	Jerusalem	+$27k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
104	Copenhagen	+$27k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
105	Aarhus	+$27k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
106	Muscat	+$26k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
107	Helsinki	+$26k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
108	Tampere	+$26k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
109	Zagreb	+$25k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
110	Minsk	+$25k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
111	Bucharest	+$24k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
112–116	5 Australia citiescountry-level estimate Brisbane Perth Adelaide Gold Coast Canberra	+$21k	Yr 1	8.0	—
117	Panama City	+$19k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
118–121	4 Turkey citiescountry-level estimate Istanbul Ankara İzmir Antalya	+$19k	Yr 1	8.0	—
122	Budapest	+$17k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
123	Bratislava	+$16k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
124	Riga	+$16k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
125	Kraków	+$16k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
126	Wrocław	+$16k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
127	Manchester	+$15k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
128–133	6 Canada citiescountry-level estimate Montreal Calgary Ottawa Edmonton Winnipeg Quebec City	+$14k	Yr 2	8.0	—
134	Bangalore	+$13k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
135	Vancouver	+$13k	Yr 3	7.0	View →
136	Seoul	+$11k	Yr 2	8.0	View →
137	Athens	+$11k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
138	Santo Domingo	+$9k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
139	Tallinn	+$8k	Yr 3	7.0	View →
140	Santiago	+$8k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
141	Prague	+$6k	Yr 5	6.0	View →
142	London	+$6k	Yr 8	5.0	View →
143	Bangkok	+$5k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
144	Chiang Mai	+$5k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
145–155	11 China citiescountry-level estimate Beijing Shanghai Guangzhou Shenzhen Chengdu Chongqing Wuhan Nanjing Hangzhou Tianjin Xi'an	+$4k	Yr 2	8.0	—
156	Baku	+$4k	Yr 1	8.0	View →
157	Busan	+$1k	Yr 9	4.0	View →
158	Incheon	+$1k	Yr 9	4.0	View →
159	Port of Spain	+$1k	Yr 9	4.0	View →
160–163	4 United Kingdom citiescountry-level estimate Birmingham Bristol Leeds Liverpool	-$231	Never	1.0	—
164	Tripoli	-$926	Never	1.0	View →
165	Kyiv	-$2k	Never	1.0	View →
166	Johannesburg	-$3k	Never	1.0	View →
167	Tbilisi	-$3k	Never	1.0	View →
168	Skopje	-$3k	Never	1.0	View →
169	Yerevan	-$5k	Never	1.0	View →
170	Mexico City	-$5k	Never	1.0	View →
171	Tehran	-$5k	Never	1.0	View →
172	Algiers	-$6k	Never	1.0	View →
173	Belgrade	-$6k	Never	1.0	View →
174	Ulaanbaatar	-$6k	Never	1.0	View →
175	Reykjavik	-$8k	Never	1.0	View →
176	Hanoi	-$8k	Never	1.0	View →
177	Ho Chi Minh City	-$8k	Never	1.0	View →
178	Sarajevo	-$9k	Never	1.0	View →
179–186	8 India citiescountry-level estimate Delhi Hyderabad Chennai Kolkata Pune Ahmedabad Jaipur Surat	-$10k	Never	1.0	—
187	Edinburgh	-$10k	Never	1.0	View →
188	Glasgow	-$10k	Never	1.0	View →
189	Jakarta	-$10k	Never	1.0	View →
190	Bali (Denpasar)	-$10k	Never	1.0	View →
191–194	4 Mexico citiescountry-level estimate Guadalajara Monterrey Puebla Tijuana	-$11k	Never	1.0	—
195	Cairo	-$11k	Never	1.0	View →
196	Alexandria	-$11k	Never	1.0	View →
197	Tirana	-$11k	Never	1.0	View →
198	Buenos Aires	-$12k	Never	1.0	View →
199	Auckland	-$12k	Never	1.0	View →
200	Gaborone	-$13k	Never	1.0	View →
201	San José	-$13k	Never	1.0	View →
202	Durban	-$13k	Never	1.0	View →
203	Pretoria	-$13k	Never	1.0	View →
204	Asunción	-$13k	Never	1.0	View →
205	Cape Town	-$14k	Never	1.0	View →
206	Bogotá	-$15k	Never	1.0	View →
207	Tashkent	-$16k	Never	1.0	View →
208	Montevideo	-$16k	Never	1.0	View →
209	Berlin	-$16k	Never	1.0	View →
210	Córdoba	-$17k	Never	1.0	View →
211	Rosario	-$17k	Never	1.0	View →
212	Munich	-$17k	Never	1.0	View →
213	Harare	-$17k	Never	1.0	View →
214	Suva	-$18k	Never	1.0	View →
215	Havana	-$19k	Never	1.0	View →
216	Tunis	-$20k	Never	1.0	View →
217	Wellington	-$20k	Never	1.0	View →
218	Christchurch	-$20k	Never	1.0	View →
219	Medellín	-$20k	Never	1.0	View →
220	Cali	-$20k	Never	1.0	View →
221	Mumbai	-$20k	Never	1.0	View →
222	Frankfurt	-$21k	Never	1.0	View →
223	São Paulo	-$21k	Never	1.0	View →
224	Manila	-$22k	Never	1.0	View →
225	Tokyo	-$25k	Never	1.0	View →
226–229	4 Germany citiescountry-level estimate Hamburg Cologne Stuttgart Düsseldorf	-$25k	Never	1.0	—
230	Libreville	-$26k	Never	1.0	View →
231	Quito	-$26k	Never	1.0	View →
232	Guayaquil	-$26k	Never	1.0	View →
233–239	7 Brazil citiescountry-level estimate Rio de Janeiro Brasília Fortaleza Belo Horizonte Manaus Curitiba Porto Alegre	-$26k	Never	1.0	—
240	Dhaka	-$27k	Never	1.0	View →
241	Guatemala City	-$28k	Never	1.0	View →
242	Baghdad	-$29k	Never	1.0	View →
243–246	4 Japan citiescountry-level estimate Osaka Kyoto Sapporo Fukuoka	-$29k	Never	1.0	—
247	Amsterdam	-$29k	Never	1.0	View →
248	Chișinău	-$29k	Never	1.0	View →
249	Dublin	-$30k	Never	1.0	View →
250	La Paz	-$31k	Never	1.0	View →
251	San Juan	-$31k	Never	1.0	View →
252	Oslo	-$31k	Never	1.0	View →
253	Lima	-$31k	Never	1.0	View →
254	Madrid	-$31k	Never	1.0	View →
255–258	4 Netherlands citiescountry-level estimate Rotterdam The Hague Eindhoven Utrecht	-$32k	Never	1.0	—
259	Amman	-$32k	Never	1.0	View →
260–262	3 Pakistan citiescountry-level estimate Karachi Lahore Islamabad	-$32k	Never	1.0	—
263	Paris	-$32k	Never	1.0	View →
264	Bishkek	-$32k	Never	1.0	View →
265	Barcelona	-$32k	Never	1.0	View →
266	Vientiane	-$32k	Never	1.0	View →
267	Windhoek	-$32k	Never	1.0	View →
268	Kathmandu	-$32k	Never	1.0	View →
269–271	3 Nigeria citiescountry-level estimate Lagos Abuja Kano	-$32k	Never	1.0	—
272–274	3 Morocco citiescountry-level estimate Casablanca Marrakech Rabat	-$32k	Never	1.0	—
275	Bergen	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
276	Trondheim	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
277–279	3 Spain citiescountry-level estimate Seville Valencia Bilbao	-$33k	Never	1.0	—
280	Stockholm	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
281–286	6 France citiescountry-level estimate Lyon Marseille Toulouse Nice Nantes Bordeaux	-$33k	Never	1.0	—
287	Kingston	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
288	Caracas	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
289–295	7 Italy citiescountry-level estimate Rome Milan Naples Turin Florence Venice Bologna	-$33k	Never	1.0	—
296	Gothenburg	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
297	Malmö	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
298	Lisbon	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
299	Porto	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
300	Beirut	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
301	Phnom Penh	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
302	Yangon	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
303	Kabul	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
304	Naypyidaw	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
305	Kinshasa	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
306	Luanda	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
307	Dar es Salaam	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
308	Nairobi	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
309	Mombasa	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
310	Addis Ababa	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
311	Khartoum	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
312	Accra	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
313	Abidjan	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
314	Dakar	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
315	Kampala	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
316	Kigali	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
317	Lusaka	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
318	Maputo	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
319	Antananarivo	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
320	Bamako	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
321	Yaoundé	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
322	Douala	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
323	Brazzaville	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
324	Mogadishu	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
325	Djibouti City	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
326	Asmara	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
327	Lilongwe	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
328	Port Moresby	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →
329	Papeete	-$33k	Never	1.0	View →

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