The World's most expensive Big Cities

The World's Most Expensive Big Cities

 

The index is based on cost of living expressed in US dollars. Mercer's survey across six continents and measured the comparative cost of over 200 items in each locations, including housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods and entertainments.

Rank 2008	Rank 2007	City	Country	Score 2008	Score 2007
1	1	Moscow	Russia	142.4	134.4
2	4	Tokyo	Japan	127.0	122.1
3	2	London	UK	125.0	126.3
4	10	Oslo	Norway	118.3	105.8
5	3	Seoul	South Korea	117.7	122.4
6	5	Hong Kong	China	117.6	119.4
7	6	Copenhagen	Denmark	117.2	110.2
8	7	Geneva	Switzerland	115.8	109.8
9	9	Zurich	Switzerland	112.7	107.6
10	11	Milan	Italy	111.3	104.4
11	8	Osaka	Japan	110.0	108.4
12	13	Paris	France	109.4	101.4
13	14	Singapore	Singapore	109.1	100.4
14	17	Tel Aviv	Israel	105.0	97.7
15	21	Sydney	Australia	104.1	94.9
16	16	Dublin	Ireland	103.9	99.6
16	18	Rome	Italy	103.9	97.6
18	12	St.Petersburg	Russia	103.1	103.0
19	19	Vienna	Austria	102.3	96.9
20	20	Beijing	China	101.9	95.9
21	22	Helsinki	Finland	101.1	93.3
22	15	New York City	US	100.0	100.0
23	38	Istanbul	Turkey	99.4	87.7
24	26	Shanghai	China	98.3	92.1
25	25	Amsterdam	Netherlands	97.0	92.2
25	29	Athens	Greece	97.0	90.6
25	62	Sao Paulo	Brazil	97.0	82.8
28	26	Madrid	Spain	96.7	92.1
29	49	Prague	Czech Rep.	96.0	85.6
30	37	Lagos	Nigeria	95.9	88.0
31	31	Barcelona	Spain	95.2	89.2
31	64	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	95.2	82.5
31	23	Stockhlom	Sweden	95.2	93.1
34	24	Douala	Cameroon	95.1	92.9
35	67	Warsaw	Poland	95.0	82.4
36	64	Melbourne	Australia	94.2	82.5
37	39	Munich	Germany	93.1	87.6
38	45	Berlin	Germany	93.0	85.9
39	44	Brussels	Belgium	92.9	86.5
40	40	Frankfurt	Germany	92.5	87.4
41	33	Dakar	Senegal	92.2	89.0
42	28	Kiev	Ukraine	91.7	91.4
43	43	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	91.3	87.0
44	30	Almaty	Kazakhstan	90.7	89.6
45	31	Bratislava	Slovakia	90.6	98.2
46	45	Dusseldorf	Germany	90.4	85.9
46	72	Riga	Latvia	90.4	81.5
48	52	Mumbai	India	90.3	84.9
49	59	Zagreb	Croatia	90.0	83.5
50	57	Hamburg	Germany	89.9	84.2
51	35	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	89.6	88.3
52	34	Dubai	UAE	89.3	88.8
53	84	Perth	Australia	88.5	77.8
54	82	Toronto	Canada	88.1	78.8
55	42	Los Angeles	US	87.5	87.1
55	68	New Delhi	India	87.5	82.3
57	50	Algiers	Algeria	86.8	85.1
57	71	Lyon	France	86.8	81.9
57	73	Lisbon	Potugal	86.8	80.8
57	86	Brisbane	Australia	86.8	76.9
61	53	Shenzhen	China	86.3	84.7
61	60	Budapest	Hungary	86.3	83.1
63	48	Taipei	Taiwan	86.1	85.8
64	89	Vancouver	Canada	85.8	76.5
65	45	Abu Dhabi	UAE	85.7	85.9
66	41	Birmingham	UK	85.4	87.2
66	92	Calgary	Canada	85.4	75.5
68	74	Limassol	Cyprus	84.6	80.6
69	36	Glasgow	UK	84.0	88.1
70	68	Guangzhou	China	83.9	82.3
71	78	Bucharest	Romania	83.6	79.6
72	98	Montreal	Canada	83.0	74.5
73	96	Adelaide	Australia	82.8	74.7
74	118	Tehran	Iran	82.2	68.6
75	51	Miami	US	82.0	85.0
76	90	Tallinn	Estonia	81.6	76.4
77	64	Honolulu	US	81.4	82.5
78	54	San Francisco	US	81.0	84.6
78	99	Auckland	New Zealand	81.0	73.9
80	63	Beirut	Lebanon	80.8	82.6
81	80	Casablanca	Morocco	80.7	78.9
82	55	Jakarta	Indonesia	80.5	84.5
82	93	Ljubljana	Slovenia	80.5	75.3
84	58	Chicago	US	80.3	83.7
85	97	Vilnius	Lithuania	80.2	74.6
85	109	Ottawa	Canada	80.2	72.3
87	112	Bogota	Colonbia	80.1	71.7
88	77	Amman	Jordan	79.6	79.8
89	70	White Plains, NY	US	79.3	82.1
89	129	Caracas	Venezuela	79.3	65.4
91	56	Hanoi	Vietnam	79.0	84.3
92	102	Santiago	Chile	78.5	73.3
93	111	Wellington	New Zealand	77.6	71.8
94	80	Kuwait City	Kuwait	77.5	78.9
95	104	Leipzig	Germany	77.1	72.9
96	76	Accra	Ghana	77.0	79.9
97	108	Sofia	Bulgeria	76.9	72.5
98	83	Hoston, TX	US	76.8	78.6
99	79	Boston, MA	US	76.5	79.2

 

 

 Source : Mercer Survey ( July 2008 )