2.All data from www.numbeo.com, barring two exceptions (given below).
3.For hotel tariffs, we filtered for 3-star hotels on Hotels.com and Expedia.com, we sorted the top 10 listings by guest rating, and took their average.
4.Airbnb tariffs sourced from www.airdna.co (the analytics arm of Airbnb). Tariff shows average for studio apartment/one-room apartment for city.
5.Exchange rate (local currency to US dollar) from Yahoo Currency Convertor. Dollar to rupee conversion at an exchange rate of Rs 65.11 per dollar.