Cost of Living Rankings


2017 City Rankings

Rank

City

Country

1

LUANDA

Angola

2

HONG KONG

Hong Kong

3

TOKYO

Japan

4

ZURICH

Switzerland

5

SINGAPORE

Singapore

6

SEOUL

South Korea

7

GENEVA

Switzerland

8

SHANGHAI

China

9

NEW YORK CITY

United States

10

BERN

Switzerland

11

BEIJING

China

12

SHENZHEN

China

13

MOSCOW

Russia

13

VICTORIA

Seychelles

15

NDJAMENA

Chad

16

TEL AVIV

Israel

17

KINSHASA

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

18

GUANGZHOU

China

19

DUBAI

United Arab Emirates

20

OSAKA

Japan

21

SAN FRANCISCO

United States

22

ABU DHABI

United Arab Emirates

23

LOS ANGELES

United States

24

SYDNEY

Australia

24

TAIPEI

Taiwan

26

SAO PAULO

Brazil

27

COPENHAGEN

Denmark

28

LAGOS

Nigeria

29

LONDON

United Kingdom

30

BRAZZAVILLE

Congo

31

CHICAGO

United States

32

LIBREVILLE

Gabon

32

NANJING

China

34

NAGOYA

Japan

35

HONOLULU

United States

35

ST.PETERSBURG

Russia

37

TIANJIN

China

37

DHAKA

Bangladesh

39

WASHINGTON

United States

40

BUENOS AIRES

Argentina

41

MIAMI

United States

42

ABIDJAN

Côte d'Ivoire

42

NOUMEA

New Caledonia

42

SHENYANG

China

45

QINGDAO

China

46

CHENGDU

China

46

MELBOURNE

Australia

46

OSLO

Norway

49

DJIBOUTI

Djibouti

50

PERTH

Australia

51

BOSTON

United States

52

BEIRUT

Lebanon

52

RIYADH

Saudi Arabia

54

ACCRA

Ghana

55

MANAMA

Bahrain

56

RIO DE JANEIRO

Brazil

57

ASHKHABAD

Turkmenistan

57

MUMBAI

India

59

ABUJA

Nigeria

59

AMMAN

Jordan

61

AUCKLAND

New Zealand

62

DALLAS

United States

62

PARIS

France

64

WHITE PLAINS

United States

65

MONTEVIDEO

Uruguay

66

DUBLIN

Ireland

67

BANGKOK

Thailand

67

SANTIAGO

Chile

67

YANGON

Myanmar

70

YAOUNDE

Cameroon

71

BRISBANE

Australia

71

CANBERRA

Australia

71

MILAN

Italy

74

HOUSTON

United States

75

PORT OF SPAIN

Trinidad & Tobago

76

SEATTLE

United States

77

ADELAIDE

Australia

78

VIENNA

Austria

79

SAN JUAN

Puerto Rico

80

ROME

Italy

81

DOHA

Qatar

81

MORRISTOWN

United States

83

ATLANTA

United States

84

BANGUI

Central African Republic

85

AMSTERDAM

Netherlands

86

MINNEAPOLIS

United States

86

WELLINGTON

New Zealand

88

HELSINKI

Finland

88

JAKARTA

Indonesia

88

PANAMA CITY

Panama

91

CONAKRY

Guinea

92

MUSCAT

Oman

93

DAKAR

Senegal

94

DOUALA

Cameroon

95

DETROIT

United States

95

MANILA

Philippines

97

HO CHI MINH CITY

Vietnam

98

MUNICH

Germany

99

NEW DELHI

India

100

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Brunei

100

CLEVELAND

United States

100

HANOI

Vietnam

100

ST. LOUIS

United States

104

BRUSSELS

Belgium

104

LIMA

Peru

106

STOCKHOLM

Sweden

107

LUXEMBOURG

Luxembourg

107

PITTSBURGH

United States

107

VANCOUVER

Canada

110

SAN JOSE

Costa Rica

111

GUATEMALA CITY

Guatemala

111

KUWAIT CITY

Kuwait

111

MADRID

Spain

111

NAIROBI

Kenya

115

PHNOM PENH

Cambodia

115

PORTLAND

United States

117

FRANKFURT

Germany

117

JEDDAH

Saudi Arabia

119

TORONTO

Canada

120

BERLIN

Germany

121

BARCELONA

Spain

122

DUSSELDORF

Germany

123

QUITO

Ecuador

123

TASHKENT

Uzbekistan

125

HAMBURG

Germany

126

BAMAKO

Mali

126

BRASILIA

Brazil

126

RIGA

Latvia

129

MONTREAL

Canada

130

CASABLANCA

Morocco

130

POINTE A PITRE

Guadeloupe

132

COLOMBO

Sri Lanka

132

PRAGUE

Czech Rep.

134

PORT AU PRINCE

Haiti

135

CHENNAI

India

136

ADDIS ABABA

Ethiopia

137

LISBON

Portugal

137

LYON

France

139

COTONOU

Benin

140

WINSTON SALEM

United States

141

STUTTGART

Germany

142

ISTANBUL

Turkey

143

CALGARY

Canada

144

ATHENS

Greece

144

LOME

Togo

146

ABERDEEN

United Kingdom

147

BIRMINGHAM

United Kingdom

147

BRATISLAVA

Slovakia

147

KIGALI

Rwanda

150

SANTO DOMINGO

Dominican Rep.

151

HAVANA

Cuba

152

OTTAWA

Canada

153

BOGOTA

Colombia

153

OUAGADOUGOU

Burkina Faso

155

KINGSTON

Jamaica

156

HARARE

Zimbabwe

156

SAN SALVADOR

El Salvador

158

NIAMEY

Niger

159

ZAGREB

Croatia

160

TALLINN

Estonia

161

GLASGOW

United Kingdom

161

LJUBLJANA

Slovenia

163

KIEV

Ukraine

164

DAR ES SALAAM

Tanzania

165

KUALA LUMPUR

Malaysia

166

BANGALORE

India

167

VILNIUS

Lithuania

168

NURNBERG

Germany

169

RABAT

Morocco

170

BELFAST

United Kingdom

171

PORT LOUIS

Mauritius

172

LEIPZIG

Germany

173

ISLAMABAD

Pakistan

173

LIMASSOL

Cyprus

175

ALMATY

Kazakhstan

176

BUDAPEST

Hungary

177

MEXICO CITY

Mexico

178

ASUNCION

Paraguay

179

LUSAKA

Zambia

180

WARSAW

Poland

181

BUCHAREST

Romania

182

BAKU

Azerbaijan

183

CAIRO

Egypt

184

KOLKATA

India

184

SOFIA

Bulgaria

186

KAMPALA

Uganda

187

ALGIERS

Algeria

188

MAPUTO

Mozambique

189

NOUAKCHOTT

Mauritania

189

TIRANA

Albania

191

JOHANNESBURG

South Africa

192

BANJUL

Gambia

193

LA PAZ

Bolivia

194

MANAGUA

Nicaragua

195

YEREVAN

Armenia

196

GABORONE

Botswana

197

TEGUCIGALPA

Honduras

198

BELGRADE

Serbia

199

CAPE TOWN

South Africa

200

MINSK

Belarus

201

KARACHI

Pakistan

202

SARAJEVO

Bosnia and Herzegovina

203

MONTERREY

Mexico

204

TBILISI

Georgia

205

BLANTYRE

Malawi

206

SKOPJE

Macedonia

206

WINDHOEK

Namibia

208

BISHKEK

Kyrgyzstan

209

TUNIS

Tunisia

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