Cost of Living Rankings


2016 City Rankings

Rank

City

Country

1

HONG KONG

Hong Kong

2

LUANDA

Angola

3

ZURICH

Switzerland

4

SINGAPORE

Singapore

5

TOKYO

Japan

6

KINSHASA

Democratic Republic of the Congo

7

SHANGHAI

China

8

GENEVA

Switzerland

9

NDJAMENA

Chad

10

BEIJING

China

11

NEW YORK CITY

United States

12

SHENZHEN

China

13

LAGOS

Nigeria

13

BERN

Switzerland

15

SEOUL

South Korea

16

VICTORIA

Seychelles

17

LONDON

United Kingdom

18

GUANGZHOU

China

19

TEL AVIV

Israel

20

ABUJA

Nigeria

21

DUBAI

United Arab Emirates

22

OSAKA

Japan

23

BRAZZAVILLE

Congo

24

COPENHAGEN

Denmark

25

ABU DHABI

United Arab Emirates

26

SAN FRANCISCO

United States

27

LOS ANGELES

United States

28

LIBREVILLE

Gabon

29

NANJING

China

30

TIANJIN

China

31

SHENYANG

China

32

NOUMEA

New Caledonia

33

QINGDAO

China

34

CHICAGO

United States

34

CHENGDU

China

36

CONAKRY

Guinea

37

HONOLULU

United States

38

WASHINGTON

United States

39

YANGON

Myanmar

40

DJIBOUTI

Djibouti

41

BUENOS AIRES

Argentina

42

SYDNEY

Australia

43

TAIPEI

Taiwan

44

PARIS

France

45

MIAMI

United States

45

DHAKA

Bangladesh

47

BOSTON

United States

47

DUBLIN

Ireland

47

ACCRA

Ghana

50

BEIRUT

Lebanon

50

MILAN

Italy

50

YAOUNDE

Cameroon

50

AMMAN

Jordan

54

VIENNA

Austria

54

NAGOYA

Japan

56

ABIDJAN

Côte d'Ivoire

57

RIYADH

Saudi Arabia

58

ROME

Italy

59

OSLO

Norway

60

PORT OF SPAIN

Trinidad and Tobago

61

WHITE PLAINS

United States

62

DALLAS

United States

62

BANGUI

Central African Republic

64

AMSTERDAM

Netherlands

64

HELSINKI

Finland

66

ASHKHABAD

Turkmenistan

67

MOSCOW

Russia

67

SAN JUAN

Puerto Rico

69

PERTH

Australia

70

DOUALA

Cameroon

71

MANAMA

Bahrain

71

MELBOURNE

Australia

71

MORRISTOWN

United States

74

BANGKOK

Thailand

75

HOUSTON

United States

76

DOHA

Qatar

77

MUNICH

Germany

78

ATLANTA

United States

79

DAKAR

Senegal

80

MANILA

Philippines

81

PANAMA CITY

Panama

82

MUMBAI

India

83

SEATTLE

United States

84

STOCKHOLM

Sweden

85

ABERDEEN

United Kingdom

86

LUXEMBOURG

Luxembourg

86

BRUSSELS

Belgium

88

FRANKFURT

Germany

88

HO CHI MINH CITY

Vietnam

88

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Brunei

91

MINNEAPOLIS

United States

91

CAIRO

Egypt

93

JAKARTA

Indonesia

94

MUSCAT

Oman

94

SAN JOSE

Costa Rica

96

BIRMINGHAM

United Kingdom

96

BRISBANE

Australia

98

CANBERRA

Australia

98

AUCKLAND

New Zealand

100

BERLIN

Germany

101

ISTANBUL

Turkey

102

ADELAIDE

Australia

103

DETROIT

United States

103

KUWAIT CITY

Kuwait

105

MADRID

Spain

106

HANOI

Vietnam

107

DUSSELDORF

Germany

108

SANTIAGO

Chile

108

ST. LOUIS

United States

110

CLEVELAND

United States

110

BARCELONA

Spain

112

PITTSBURGH

United States

113

HAMBURG

Germany

114

RIGA

Latvia

115

BAMAKO

Mali

116

NAIROBI

Kenya

117

PORTLAND

United States

118

PHNOM PENH

Cambodia

119

GLASGOW

United Kingdom

119

MONTEVIDEO

Uruguay

121

JEDDAH

Saudi Arabia

122

POINTE A PITRE

Guadeloupe

123

WELLINGTON

New Zealand

124

PRAGUE

Czech Republic

124

COTONOU

Benin

126

GUATEMALA CITY

Guatemala

127

QUITO

Ecuador

128

SAO PAULO

Brazil

129

STUTTGART

Germany

130

CASABLANCA

Morocco

130

NEW DELHI

India

132

LOME

Togo

132

LYON

France

134

LISBON

Portugal

134

BELFAST

United Kingdom

136

BRATISLAVA

Slovakia

137

TASHKENT

Uzbekistan

137

ATHENS

Greece

139

KIGALI

Rwanda

139

COLOMBO

Sri Lanka

141

LIMA

Peru

142

VANCOUVER

Canada

143

ADDIS ABABA

Ethiopia

143

TORONTO

Canada

145

PORT AU PRINCE

Haiti

146

OUAGADOUGOU

Burkina Faso

147

WINSTON SALEM

United States

148

SANTO DOMINGO

Dominican Republic

149

NIAMEY

Niger

150

TALLINN

Estonia

151

KUALA LUMPUR

Malaysia

152

KINGSTON

Jamaica

152

ST.PETERSBURG

Russia

154

LJUBLJANA

Slovenia

155

MONTREAL

Canada

156

RIO DE JANEIRO

Brazil

157

HARARE

Zimbabwe

158

CHENNAI

India

159

ZAGREB

Croatia

160

SAN SALVADOR

El Salvador

160

NURNBERG

Germany

162

CALGARY

Canada

162

LIMASSOL

Cyprus

164

MAPUTO

Mozambique

165

BUDAPEST

Hungary

165

LEIPZIG

Germany

167

VILNIUS

Lithuania

168

RABAT

Morocco

169

MEXICO CITY

Mexico

170

HAVANA

Cuba

171

OTTAWA

Canada

172

BUCHAREST

Romania

172

BAKU

Azerbaijan

174

DAR ES SALAAM

Tanzania

175

PORT LOUIS

Mauritius

176

KIEV

Ukraine

177

WARSAW

Poland

178

NOUAKCHOTT

Mauritania

179

BANJUL

Gambia

180

BANGALORE

India

180

ISLAMABAD

Pakistan

182

SOFIA

Bulgaria

183

ASUNCION

Paraguay

184

LA PAZ

Bolivia

185

ALGIERS

Algeria

186

TIRANA

Albania

187

KAMPALA

Uganda

188

TEGUCIGALPA

Honduras

189

YEREVAN

Armenia

190

BRASILIA

Brazil

190

BOGOTA

Colombia

192

MANAGUA

Nicaragua

193

BELGRADE

Serbia

194

KOLKATA

India

195

SARAJEVO

Bosnia and Herzegovina

196

ALMATY

Kazakhstan

197

MONTERREY

Mexico

198

TBILISI

Georgia

199

SKOPJE

Macedonia

200

LUSAKA

Zambia

201

GABORONE

Botswana

201

KARACHI

Pakistan

203

TUNIS

Tunisia

204

MINSK

Belarus

205

JOHANNESBURG

South Africa

206

BLANTYRE

Malawi

207

BISHKEK

Kyrgyzstan

208

CAPE TOWN

South Africa

209

WINDHOEK

Namibia

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