Monthly minimum: $325 Chicago is the third-most populous city in America after New York and Los Angeles, but its food prices are much lower than the two.
Monthly minimum: $486 Everything is more expensive in New York City, including rent, transportation, and food. The average person can expect to pay at least $486 on groceries per month, or $161 more than Chicagoans.
Monthly minimum: $739 Zurich was named one of the most expensive cities in the world to live in in 2020, and a big reason for that was the high cost of food.
Monthly minimum: $551 The Hawaiian capital is one of the most expensive cities in America for groceries. Ironically, produce is one of the more costly item.
Monthly minimum: $154 Eastern Europe is a great place to find a cheap meal, be it at a restaurant, on the street, or in the grocery store.
Monthly minimum: $202 Hanoi’s food is affordable and varied. Vietnamese cuisine is a mix of French and Chinese cooking with local ingredients.
Monthly minimum: $248 Bangkok’s Chinatown District (known to locals as Yaowarat) is considered the birthplace of street food, with more than 110,000 food vendors today.
Monthly minimum: $453 Hotels.com named Osaka the best city in the world for foodies, with popular dishes such as okonomiyaki (Japanese pizza) and takoyaki (octopus balls).