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The World's Most Expensive Big Cities
* The index is based on cost of living expressed in US dollars.
Therefore, if the dollar weakens against the local currency of a city, the city becomes more expensive and moves up the index, even if prices expressed in local currency remain the same or even go down.
Rank 2008 Rank 2007 City Country Score 2008 Score 2007
1 1 Moscow Russia 142.4 134.4
2 4 Tokyo Japan 127 122.1
3 2 London UK 125 126.3
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 110 108.4
12 13 Paris France 109.4 101.4
13 14 Singapore Singapore 109.1 100.4
14 17 Tel Aviv Israel 105 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
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 100 100
23 38 Istanbul Turkey 99.4 87.7
24 26 Shanghai China 98.3 92.1
25 25 Amsterdam Netherlands 97 92.2
25 29 Athens Greece 97 90.6
25 62 São Paulo Brazil 97 82.8
28 26 Madrid Spain 96.7 92.1
29 49 Prague Czech Rep. 96 85.6
30 37 Lagos Nigeria 95.9 88
31 31 Barcelona Spain 95.2 89.2
31 64 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 95.2 82.5
31 23 Stockholm Sweden 95.2 93.1
34 24 Douala Cameroon 95.1 92.9
35 67 Warsaw Poland 95 82.4
36 64 Melbourne Australia 94.2 82.5
37 39 Munich Germany 93.1 87.6
38 45 Berlin Germany 93 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
42 28 Kiev Ukraine 91.7 91.4
43 43 Luxembourg Luxembourg 91.3 87
44 30 Almaty Kazakhstan 90.7 89.6
45 31 Bratislava Slovakia 90.6 89.2
46 45 Düsseldorf 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 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 Portugal 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 88.1
70 68 Guangzhou China 83.9 82.3
71 78 Bucharest Romania 83.6 79.6
72 98 Montréal Canada 83 74.5
73 96 Adelaide Australia 82.8 74.7
74 118 Tehran Iran 82.2 68.6
75 51 Miami US 82 85
76 90 Tallinn Estonia 81.6 76.4
77 64 Honolulu US 81.4 82.5
78 54 San Francisco US 81 84.6
78 99 Auckland New Zealand 81 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 Bogotá Colombia 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 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 79.9
97 108 Sofia Bulgaria 76.9 72.5
98 83 Houston, TX US 76.8 78.6
99 79 Boston, MA US 76.5 79.2
100 60 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 76.3 83.1
101 93 Cairo Egypt 75.9 75.3
101 101 Lusaka Zambia 75.9 73.5
103 102 Nairobi Kenya 75.7 73.3
104 75 San Juan Puerto Rico 75.4 80.3
105 95 Bangkok Thailand 75.1 74.9
106 106 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 75 72.8
107 85 Washington, DC US 74.6 77
108 104 Mexico City Mexico 73.6 72.9
109 87 Atlanta, GA US 73.5 76.6
110 137 Manila Philippines 73.4 61.2
111 87 Morristown, NJ US 73.1 76.6
112 91 Manama Bahrain 71.1 76.2
113 100 Seattle, WA US 70.9 73.7
114 114 Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei 70.6 71
115 117 Lima Peru 70.5 70
115 115 Denver, CO US 70.5 70.8
117 133 Chennai (Madras) India 69.3 63.7
118 134 Bangalore India 69.2 63.6
119 110 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 68.7 72.2
120 115 St. Louis, MO US 68.5 70.8
120 121 Kingston Jamaica 68.5 68.5
122 107 Guatemala City Guatemala 68.1 72.6
123 130 Tianjin China 67.9 64.7
124 124 Panama City Panama 67.3 67.4
125 127 Blantyre Malawi 67.1 66.4
126 113 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 66.8 71.4
127 118 Detroit, MI US 66.3 68.6
128 123 Portland, OR US 66.2 67.8
129 118 Cleveland, OH US 66 68.6
130 130 Colombo Sri Lanka 65.9 64.7
131 122 Monterrey Mexico 65.8 68.1
132 125 Dacca (Dhaka) Bangladesh 65 66.8
133 128 Pittsburgh, PA US 64.4 66.3
133 135 Tunis Tunisia 64.4 63.4
135 126 Winston-Salem US 63.5 66.7
136 140 Montevideo Uruguay 63.2 58.4
137 132 Santo Domingo Dominican Rep. 62.8 64.2
138 139 Buenos Aires Argentina 62.7 60.3
139 138 San José Costa Rica 60.6 60.5
140 136 Johannesburg South Africa 60.4 61.3
141 142 Karachi Pakistan 54.7 56.1
142 141 Quito Ecuador 54.6 56.3
143 143 Asunción Paraguay 52.5 50
* Source Mercer survey (July 2008).
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