Cost of Living in Invercargill

This page summarises typical cost of living in Invercargill, New Zealand, expressed in NZD. A single person can expect to budget around 2,470 NZD per month before rent-driven variation, with an affordability score of 76/100 (higher means more affordable). On that scale Invercargill is relatively affordable relative to other cities in the dataset. These are deterministic planning estimates derived from a country cost baseline adjusted for the city's affordability and size — they are not live market prices, not a ranking, and should be verified against current local sources before relocation or travel decisions.

Currency: NZD. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16.

Invercargill has an affordability score of 76/100, which places it in the relatively affordable range relative to other indexed cities. Because every city profile uses the same scale, this score is the most reliable cross-city comparison — local-currency totals above are not directly comparable between countries.

In Invercargill a single-person monthly budget is around 2,470 NZD and a one-bedroom rent around 1,310 NZD. Use the affordability score (76/100) to compare across countries, since amounts are shown in each city's local currency.

• Cost of living in Dunedin — affordability 72/100
• Cost of living in Christchurch — affordability 70/100
• Cost of living in Queenstown — affordability 58/100