RESIDENCY
Verify your route
Visa options depend on citizenship, age, income, and personal circumstances. Check current requirements with the destination's immigration authority.
U.S. State Department country information ↗RETIREMENT CITY PLANNER
Compare the costs behind a move abroad.
Choose a U.S. city and a destination. See dated price observations where available, with the source attached to every figure.
40 cities · source-backed items where available · no invented city totals
Available price observations by city
HEALTHCARE
Check coverage before you move
The displayed prices do not establish your medical eligibility or insurance cost. Confirm local access, private coverage, exclusions, and evacuation protection.
Medicare coverage outside the U.S. ↗i
Observed items can have few observations and are not city-wide averages. Rent references and individual goods are not a complete retiree budget. Missing prices remain missing; no city total is inferred.
TRANSPARENT DATA
Each number keeps its source and date.
CostCompass city price dataset · retrieved Oct 20, 2026 · observations from Sep 16–Oct 19, 2026 · publisher and methodology · CC BY 4.0.
The publisher’s downloadable file excludes estimates and rows without a live scraper. We preserve the item, observed range, count, date, reported source and city page. USD conversion is as published by CostCompass. Photo credits and individual licenses are attached to each city image.