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Best 2-bed under $250k

178 cities where the median 2-bedroom home is under $250,000, cheapest first — a value cut for buyers with a fixed budget. Global 2-bed median is $233k.

# City Country 1-bed 2-bed 3-bed vs median (2-bed)
1 Surabaya Indonesia $22,000 $28,000 $142,000 −88.0%
2 Bitola North Macedonia $31,000 $37,000 $40,000 −84.1%
3 Tangerang Indonesia $30,000 $45,000 $117,000 −80.7%
4 Centurion South Africa $34,000 $48,000 $76,000 −79.4%
5 Aktau Kazakhstan $34,000 $49,000 $80,000 −79.0%
6 Karaganda Kazakhstan $36,000 $51,000 $63,000 −78.1%
7 Pavlodar Kazakhstan $39,000 $51,000 $76,500 −78.1%
8 Dnipro Ukraine $37,000 $51,000 $81,000 −78.1%
9 Kostanay Kazakhstan $45,000 $55,000 $82,500 −76.4%
10 Ust-Kamenogorsk Kazakhstan $42,000 $57,000 $85,500 −75.5%
11 Johannesburg South Africa $37,000 $58,000 $97,000 −75.1%
12 Kharkiv Ukraine $46,000 $58,000 $87,000 −75.1%
13 Jakarta Indonesia $46,000 $59,000 $173,000 −74.7%
14 Kayseri Turkey $39,000 $59,000 $75,000 −74.7%
15 Adana Turkey $39,000 $63,000 $95,000 −73.0%
16 Bursa Turkey $52,000 $63,000 $104,000 −73.0%
17 Durban South Africa $41,000 $66,000 $99,000 −71.7%
18 Odesa Ukraine $55,000 $68,000 $102,000 −70.8%
19 Alexandria Egypt $46,000 $69,000 $114,000 −70.4%
20 Konya Turkey $47,000 $69,000 $99,000 −70.4%
21 Fortaleza Brazil $51,000 $76,000 $144,000 −67.4%
22 Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine $62,000 $76,000 $114,000 −67.4%
23 South Tangerang Indonesia $36,000 $77,000 $142,000 −67.0%
24 Recife Brazil $68,000 $82,000 $135,000 −64.8%
25 Galati Romania $62,000 $85,000 $127,500 −63.5%
26 Barranquilla Colombia $80,000 $86,000 $126,000 −63.1%
27 Skopje North Macedonia $63,799 $87,000 $105,560 −62.7%
28 Ankara Turkey $80,000 $87,000 $89,000 −62.7%
29 Bello Colombia $74,000 $88,000 $94,000 −62.2%
30 Cali Colombia $79,000 $88,000 $103,000 −62.2%
31 Shah Alam Malaysia $89,000 $94,000 $141,000 −59.7%
32 Izmir Turkey $73,000 $95,000 $127,000 −59.2%
33 Nonthaburi Thailand $51,000 $96,000 $144,000 −58.8%
34 Batumi Georgia $65,000 $97,000 $127,000 −58.4%
35 Ufa Russia $74,000 $97,000 $128,000 −58.4%
36 Novosibirsk Russia $77,000 $101,000 $131,000 −56.7%
37 Istanbul Turkey $84,000 $101,000 $150,000 −56.7%
38 Tbilisi Georgia $70,000 $102,000 $144,000 −56.2%
39 Dolphin Coast South Africa $54,000 $102,000 $180,000 −56.2%
40 Ipoh Malaysia $69,000 $103,000 $105,000 −55.8%
41 Samut Prakan Thailand $51,000 $106,000 $159,000 −54.5%
42 Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina $92,000 $107,000 $126,000 −54.1%
43 Pereira Colombia $94,000 $107,000 $115,000 −54.1%
44 Catania Italy $70,000 $109,000 $145,000 −53.2%
45 Nizhny Novgorod Russia $91,000 $109,000 $139,000 −53.2%
46 Yekaterinburg Russia $91,000 $109,000 $139,000 −53.2%
47 Jeddah Saudi Arabia $105,000 $109,000 $168,000 −53.2%
48 Subang Jaya Malaysia $94,000 $110,000 $125,000 −52.8%
49 Lviv Ukraine $88,000 $110,000 $148,000 −52.8%
50 Santiago Chile $79,000 $112,000 $140,000 −51.9%
51 Sapporo Japan $76,000 $114,000 $159,000 −51.1%
52 Palermo Italy $85,000 $115,000 $149,000 −50.6%
53 Almaty Kazakhstan $78,000 $115,000 $209,000 −50.6%
54 Astana Kazakhstan $78,000 $115,000 $209,000 −50.6%
55 Cairo Egypt $70,000 $116,000 $136,000 −50.2%
56 Cape Town South Africa $65,000 $121,000 $335,000 −48.1%
57 Bogota Colombia $89,000 $125,000 $201,000 −46.4%
58 Petaling Jaya Malaysia $115,000 $125,000 $140,000 −46.4%
59 Acapulco Mexico $83,000 $125,000 $245,000 −46.4%
60 Iași Romania $97,000 $126,000 $189,000 −45.9%
61 Guarapari Brazil $72,000 $129,000 $202,000 −44.6%
62 Iskander Puteri Malaysia $104,000 $129,000 $153,000 −44.6%
63 Timisoara Romania $95,000 $129,000 $193,500 −44.6%
64 Shumen Bulgaria $95,000 $130,000 $195,000 −44.2%
65 Concepcion Chile $97,000 $136,000 $151,000 −41.6%
66 Patra Greece $107,000 $136,000 $189,000 −41.6%
67 Bydgoszcz Poland $97,000 $136,000 $204,000 −41.6%
68 Novi Sad Serbia $97,000 $136,000 $188,000 −41.6%
69 Stara Zagora Bulgaria $90,000 $137,000 $205,500 −41.2%
70 Lodz Poland $103,000 $138,000 $178,000 −40.8%
71 Craiova Romania $117,000 $138,000 $207,000 −40.8%
72 Chisinau Moldova $91,640 $138,040 $172,840 −40.8%
73 Lublin Poland $110,000 $139,000 $165,000 −40.3%
74 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam $107,000 $139,000 $306,000 −40.3%
75 Temuco Chile $93,000 $140,000 $170,000 −39.9%
76 Johor Bahru Malaysia $102,000 $140,000 $158,000 −39.9%
77 Rio de Janeiro Brazil $119,000 $141,000 $268,000 −39.5%
78 Agadir Morocco $93,000 $141,000 $211,500 −39.5%
79 Constanta Romania $105,000 $142,000 $213,000 −39.1%
80 Antalya Turkey $107,000 $144,000 $196,000 −38.2%
81 Heredia Costa Rica $131,000 $145,000 $217,500 −37.8%
82 Volos Greece $117,000 $146,000 $215,000 −37.3%
83 Nyiregyhaza Hungary $118,000 $148,000 $222,000 −36.5%
84 Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina $119,479 $148,480 $225,039 −36.3%
85 Jyvaskyla Finland $90,000 $149,000 $223,500 −36.1%
86 Plovdiv Bulgaria $113,000 $150,000 $256,000 −35.6%
87 Turin Italy $99,000 $150,000 $239,000 −35.6%
88 Puebla Mexico $100,000 $150,000 $202,000 −35.6%
89 Brasov Romania $119,000 $150,000 $225,000 −35.6%
90 Osijek Croatia $122,000 $151,000 $205,000 −35.2%
91 Kyiv Ukraine $110,199 $151,960 $288,840 −34.8%
92 Klaipeda Lithuania $112,000 $152,000 $228,000 −34.8%
93 Lima Peru $120,000 $158,000 $207,000 −32.2%
94 Murcia Spain $122,000 $159,000 $162,000 −31.8%
95 Cambodia (combined) Cambodia $85,000 $160,000 $285,000 −31.3%
96 Cordoba Spain $135,000 $160,000 $180,000 −31.3%
97 Antofagasta Chile $123,000 $161,000 $198,000 −30.9%
98 Ha Noi Vietnam $104,000 $161,000 $264,000 −30.9%
99 Hanoi Vietnam $104,000 $161,000 $264,000 −30.9%
100 Varna Bulgaria $125,000 $163,000 $250,000 −30.0%
101 Kaunas Lithuania $123,000 $169,000 $230,000 −27.5%
102 Podgorica Montenegro $113,679 $169,360 $242,439 −27.3%
103 Bali (Villas) Indonesia $154,000 $170,000 $231,000 −27.0%
104 Montevideo Uruguay $141,000 $170,000 $185,000 −27.0%
105 Kobe Japan $132,000 $171,000 $174,000 −26.6%
106 Ostrava Czech Republic $164,000 $172,000 $189,000 −26.2%
107 Pecs Hungary $132,000 $172,000 $251,000 −26.2%
108 Medellin Colombia $171,000 $174,000 $218,000 −25.3%
109 Fukuoka Japan $148,000 $174,000 $223,000 −25.3%
110 Kavala Greece $120,000 $175,000 $250,000 −24.9%
111 Houston United States $125,000 $175,000 $340,000 −24.9%
112 Poznan Poland $131,000 $176,000 $234,000 −24.5%
113 Wroclaw Poland $143,000 $178,000 $220,000 −23.6%
114 Turku Finland $160,000 $180,000 $290,000 −22.7%
115 Nitra Slovakia $168,000 $180,000 $250,000 −22.7%
116 Santa Marta Colombia $118,000 $182,000 $273,000 −21.9%
117 Thessaloniki Greece $130,000 $183,000 $290,000 −21.5%
118 Chroy Changvar Cambodia $80,000 $184,000 $276,000 −21.0%
119 Kep and Kampot Cambodia $95,000 $185,000 $277,500 −20.6%
120 Heraklion Greece $150,000 $185,000 $320,000 −20.6%
1
Surabaya · Indonesia
1-bed$22k
2-bed$28k
3-bed$142k
vs median−88.0%
2
Bitola · North Macedonia
1-bed$31k
2-bed$37k
3-bed$40k
vs median−84.1%
3
Tangerang · Indonesia
1-bed$30k
2-bed$45k
3-bed$117k
vs median−80.7%
4
Centurion · South Africa
1-bed$34k
2-bed$48k
3-bed$76k
vs median−79.4%
5
Aktau · Kazakhstan
1-bed$34k
2-bed$49k
3-bed$80k
vs median−79.0%
6
Karaganda · Kazakhstan
1-bed$36k
2-bed$51k
3-bed$63k
vs median−78.1%
7
Pavlodar · Kazakhstan
1-bed$39k
2-bed$51k
3-bed$77k
vs median−78.1%
8
Dnipro · Ukraine
1-bed$37k
2-bed$51k
3-bed$81k
vs median−78.1%
9
Kostanay · Kazakhstan
1-bed$45k
2-bed$55k
3-bed$83k
vs median−76.4%
10
Ust-Kamenogorsk · Kazakhstan
1-bed$42k
2-bed$57k
3-bed$86k
vs median−75.5%
11
Johannesburg · South Africa
1-bed$37k
2-bed$58k
3-bed$97k
vs median−75.1%
12
Kharkiv · Ukraine
1-bed$46k
2-bed$58k
3-bed$87k
vs median−75.1%
13
Jakarta · Indonesia
1-bed$46k
2-bed$59k
3-bed$173k
vs median−74.7%
14
Kayseri · Turkey
1-bed$39k
2-bed$59k
3-bed$75k
vs median−74.7%
15
Adana · Turkey
1-bed$39k
2-bed$63k
3-bed$95k
vs median−73.0%
16
Bursa · Turkey
1-bed$52k
2-bed$63k
3-bed$104k
vs median−73.0%
17
Durban · South Africa
1-bed$41k
2-bed$66k
3-bed$99k
vs median−71.7%
18
Odesa · Ukraine
1-bed$55k
2-bed$68k
3-bed$102k
vs median−70.8%
19
Alexandria · Egypt
1-bed$46k
2-bed$69k
3-bed$114k
vs median−70.4%
20
Konya · Turkey
1-bed$47k
2-bed$69k
3-bed$99k
vs median−70.4%
21
Fortaleza · Brazil
1-bed$51k
2-bed$76k
3-bed$144k
vs median−67.4%
22
Ivano-Frankivsk · Ukraine
1-bed$62k
2-bed$76k
3-bed$114k
vs median−67.4%
23
South Tangerang · Indonesia
1-bed$36k
2-bed$77k
3-bed$142k
vs median−67.0%
24
Recife · Brazil
1-bed$68k
2-bed$82k
3-bed$135k
vs median−64.8%
25
Galati · Romania
1-bed$62k
2-bed$85k
3-bed$128k
vs median−63.5%
26
Barranquilla · Colombia
1-bed$80k
2-bed$86k
3-bed$126k
vs median−63.1%
27
Skopje · North Macedonia
1-bed$64k
2-bed$87k
3-bed$106k
vs median−62.7%
28
Ankara · Turkey
1-bed$80k
2-bed$87k
3-bed$89k
vs median−62.7%
29
Bello · Colombia
1-bed$74k
2-bed$88k
3-bed$94k
vs median−62.2%
30
Cali · Colombia
1-bed$79k
2-bed$88k
3-bed$103k
vs median−62.2%
31
Shah Alam · Malaysia
1-bed$89k
2-bed$94k
3-bed$141k
vs median−59.7%
32
Izmir · Turkey
1-bed$73k
2-bed$95k
3-bed$127k
vs median−59.2%
33
Nonthaburi · Thailand
1-bed$51k
2-bed$96k
3-bed$144k
vs median−58.8%
34
Batumi · Georgia
1-bed$65k
2-bed$97k
3-bed$127k
vs median−58.4%
35
Ufa · Russia
1-bed$74k
2-bed$97k
3-bed$128k
vs median−58.4%
36
Novosibirsk · Russia
1-bed$77k
2-bed$101k
3-bed$131k
vs median−56.7%
37
Istanbul · Turkey
1-bed$84k
2-bed$101k
3-bed$150k
vs median−56.7%
38
Tbilisi · Georgia
1-bed$70k
2-bed$102k
3-bed$144k
vs median−56.2%
39
Dolphin Coast · South Africa
1-bed$54k
2-bed$102k
3-bed$180k
vs median−56.2%
40
Ipoh · Malaysia
1-bed$69k
2-bed$103k
3-bed$105k
vs median−55.8%
41
Samut Prakan · Thailand
1-bed$51k
2-bed$106k
3-bed$159k
vs median−54.5%
42
Banja Luka · Bosnia and Herzegovina
1-bed$92k
2-bed$107k
3-bed$126k
vs median−54.1%
43
Pereira · Colombia
1-bed$94k
2-bed$107k
3-bed$115k
vs median−54.1%
44
Catania · Italy
1-bed$70k
2-bed$109k
3-bed$145k
vs median−53.2%
45
Nizhny Novgorod · Russia
1-bed$91k
2-bed$109k
3-bed$139k
vs median−53.2%
46
Yekaterinburg · Russia
1-bed$91k
2-bed$109k
3-bed$139k
vs median−53.2%
47
Jeddah · Saudi Arabia
1-bed$105k
2-bed$109k
3-bed$168k
vs median−53.2%
48
Subang Jaya · Malaysia
1-bed$94k
2-bed$110k
3-bed$125k
vs median−52.8%
49
Lviv · Ukraine
1-bed$88k
2-bed$110k
3-bed$148k
vs median−52.8%
50
Santiago · Chile
1-bed$79k
2-bed$112k
3-bed$140k
vs median−51.9%
51
Sapporo · Japan
1-bed$76k
2-bed$114k
3-bed$159k
vs median−51.1%
52
Palermo · Italy
1-bed$85k
2-bed$115k
3-bed$149k
vs median−50.6%
53
Almaty · Kazakhstan
1-bed$78k
2-bed$115k
3-bed$209k
vs median−50.6%
54
Astana · Kazakhstan
1-bed$78k
2-bed$115k
3-bed$209k
vs median−50.6%
55
Cairo · Egypt
1-bed$70k
2-bed$116k
3-bed$136k
vs median−50.2%
56
Cape Town · South Africa
1-bed$65k
2-bed$121k
3-bed$335k
vs median−48.1%
57
Bogota · Colombia
1-bed$89k
2-bed$125k
3-bed$201k
vs median−46.4%
58
Petaling Jaya · Malaysia
1-bed$115k
2-bed$125k
3-bed$140k
vs median−46.4%
59
Acapulco · Mexico
1-bed$83k
2-bed$125k
3-bed$245k
vs median−46.4%
60
Iași · Romania
1-bed$97k
2-bed$126k
3-bed$189k
vs median−45.9%
61
Guarapari · Brazil
1-bed$72k
2-bed$129k
3-bed$202k
vs median−44.6%
62
Iskander Puteri · Malaysia
1-bed$104k
2-bed$129k
3-bed$153k
vs median−44.6%
63
Timisoara · Romania
1-bed$95k
2-bed$129k
3-bed$194k
vs median−44.6%
64
Shumen · Bulgaria
1-bed$95k
2-bed$130k
3-bed$195k
vs median−44.2%
65
Concepcion · Chile
1-bed$97k
2-bed$136k
3-bed$151k
vs median−41.6%
66
Patra · Greece
1-bed$107k
2-bed$136k
3-bed$189k
vs median−41.6%
67
Bydgoszcz · Poland
1-bed$97k
2-bed$136k
3-bed$204k
vs median−41.6%
68
Novi Sad · Serbia
1-bed$97k
2-bed$136k
3-bed$188k
vs median−41.6%
69
Stara Zagora · Bulgaria
1-bed$90k
2-bed$137k
3-bed$206k
vs median−41.2%
70
Lodz · Poland
1-bed$103k
2-bed$138k
3-bed$178k
vs median−40.8%
71
Craiova · Romania
1-bed$117k
2-bed$138k
3-bed$207k
vs median−40.8%
72
Chisinau · Moldova
1-bed$92k
2-bed$138k
3-bed$173k
vs median−40.8%
73
Lublin · Poland
1-bed$110k
2-bed$139k
3-bed$165k
vs median−40.3%
74
Ho Chi Minh City · Vietnam
1-bed$107k
2-bed$139k
3-bed$306k
vs median−40.3%
75
Temuco · Chile
1-bed$93k
2-bed$140k
3-bed$170k
vs median−39.9%
76
Johor Bahru · Malaysia
1-bed$102k
2-bed$140k
3-bed$158k
vs median−39.9%
77
Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
1-bed$119k
2-bed$141k
3-bed$268k
vs median−39.5%
78
Agadir · Morocco
1-bed$93k
2-bed$141k
3-bed$212k
vs median−39.5%
79
Constanta · Romania
1-bed$105k
2-bed$142k
3-bed$213k
vs median−39.1%
80
Antalya · Turkey
1-bed$107k
2-bed$144k
3-bed$196k
vs median−38.2%
81
Heredia · Costa Rica
1-bed$131k
2-bed$145k
3-bed$218k
vs median−37.8%
82
Volos · Greece
1-bed$117k
2-bed$146k
3-bed$215k
vs median−37.3%
83
Nyiregyhaza · Hungary
1-bed$118k
2-bed$148k
3-bed$222k
vs median−36.5%
84
Sarajevo · Bosnia and Herzegovina
1-bed$119k
2-bed$148k
3-bed$225k
vs median−36.3%
85
Jyvaskyla · Finland
1-bed$90k
2-bed$149k
3-bed$224k
vs median−36.1%
86
Plovdiv · Bulgaria
1-bed$113k
2-bed$150k
3-bed$256k
vs median−35.6%
87
Turin · Italy
1-bed$99k
2-bed$150k
3-bed$239k
vs median−35.6%
88
Puebla · Mexico
1-bed$100k
2-bed$150k
3-bed$202k
vs median−35.6%
89
Brasov · Romania
1-bed$119k
2-bed$150k
3-bed$225k
vs median−35.6%
90
Osijek · Croatia
1-bed$122k
2-bed$151k
3-bed$205k
vs median−35.2%
91
Kyiv · Ukraine
1-bed$110k
2-bed$152k
3-bed$289k
vs median−34.8%
92
Klaipeda · Lithuania
1-bed$112k
2-bed$152k
3-bed$228k
vs median−34.8%
93
Lima · Peru
1-bed$120k
2-bed$158k
3-bed$207k
vs median−32.2%
94
Murcia · Spain
1-bed$122k
2-bed$159k
3-bed$162k
vs median−31.8%
95
Cambodia (combined) · Cambodia
1-bed$85k
2-bed$160k
3-bed$285k
vs median−31.3%
96
Cordoba · Spain
1-bed$135k
2-bed$160k
3-bed$180k
vs median−31.3%
97
Antofagasta · Chile
1-bed$123k
2-bed$161k
3-bed$198k
vs median−30.9%
98
Ha Noi · Vietnam
1-bed$104k
2-bed$161k
3-bed$264k
vs median−30.9%
99
Hanoi · Vietnam
1-bed$104k
2-bed$161k
3-bed$264k
vs median−30.9%
100
Varna · Bulgaria
1-bed$125k
2-bed$163k
3-bed$250k
vs median−30.0%
101
Kaunas · Lithuania
1-bed$123k
2-bed$169k
3-bed$230k
vs median−27.5%
102
Podgorica · Montenegro
1-bed$114k
2-bed$169k
3-bed$242k
vs median−27.3%
103
Bali (Villas) · Indonesia
1-bed$154k
2-bed$170k
3-bed$231k
vs median−27.0%
104
Montevideo · Uruguay
1-bed$141k
2-bed$170k
3-bed$185k
vs median−27.0%
105
Kobe · Japan
1-bed$132k
2-bed$171k
3-bed$174k
vs median−26.6%
106
Ostrava · Czech Republic
1-bed$164k
2-bed$172k
3-bed$189k
vs median−26.2%
107
Pecs · Hungary
1-bed$132k
2-bed$172k
3-bed$251k
vs median−26.2%
108
Medellin · Colombia
1-bed$171k
2-bed$174k
3-bed$218k
vs median−25.3%
109
Fukuoka · Japan
1-bed$148k
2-bed$174k
3-bed$223k
vs median−25.3%
110
Kavala · Greece
1-bed$120k
2-bed$175k
3-bed$250k
vs median−24.9%
111
Houston · United States
1-bed$125k
2-bed$175k
3-bed$340k
vs median−24.9%
112
Poznan · Poland
1-bed$131k
2-bed$176k
3-bed$234k
vs median−24.5%
113
Wroclaw · Poland
1-bed$143k
2-bed$178k
3-bed$220k
vs median−23.6%
114
Turku · Finland
1-bed$160k
2-bed$180k
3-bed$290k
vs median−22.7%
115
Nitra · Slovakia
1-bed$168k
2-bed$180k
3-bed$250k
vs median−22.7%
116
Santa Marta · Colombia
1-bed$118k
2-bed$182k
3-bed$273k
vs median−21.9%
117
Thessaloniki · Greece
1-bed$130k
2-bed$183k
3-bed$290k
vs median−21.5%
118
Chroy Changvar · Cambodia
1-bed$80k
2-bed$184k
3-bed$276k
vs median−21.0%
119
Kep and Kampot · Cambodia
1-bed$95k
2-bed$185k
3-bed$278k
vs median−20.6%
120
Heraklion · Greece
1-bed$150k
2-bed$185k
3-bed$320k
vs median−20.6%
How this is ranked. Filtered to cities with a 2-bedroom median under $250,000 (USD), then sorted cheapest first. Starter dataset (2026-05). Methodology →