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★ Best places to live

Most expensive cities to live in

The priciest cities in our index, ranked by overall cost of living (US average = 100). Higher is more expensive.

RankCost index
  1. 1ZurichSwitzerland169
  2. 2LondonUnited Kingdom138
  3. 3DublinIreland135
  4. 4SingaporeSingapore134
  5. 5SydneyAustralia128
  6. 6AmsterdamNetherlands127
  7. 7VancouverCanada124
  8. 8ParisFrance121
  9. 9MunichGermany121
  10. 10TorontoCanada119
  11. 11DubaiUnited Arab Emirates119
  12. 12San FranciscoUnited States118
  13. 13MelbourneAustralia118
  14. 14Los AngelesUnited States115
  15. 15New YorkUnited States113
  16. 16SeattleUnited States113
  17. 17San DiegoUnited States112
  18. 18MiamiUnited States112
  19. 19BostonUnited States111
  20. 20MilanItaly111
  21. 21BerlinGermany110
  22. 22WashingtonUnited States108
  23. 23TokyoJapan108
  24. 24PortlandUnited States107
  25. 25DenverUnited States106
  26. 26PhoenixUnited States106
  27. 27BarcelonaSpain105
  28. 28PhiladelphiaUnited States104
  29. 29MinneapolisUnited States104
  30. 30ChicagoUnited States103
  31. 31DallasUnited States103
  32. 32MadridSpain103
  33. 33AtlantaUnited States101
  34. 34HoustonUnited States100
  35. 35RomeItaly100
  36. 36AustinUnited States98
  37. 37NashvilleUnited States98
  38. 38DetroitUnited States98
  39. 39CharlotteUnited States97
  40. 40Las VegasUnited States97
  41. 41LisbonPortugal97
  42. 42ViennaAustria97
  43. 43San AntonioUnited States94
  44. 44ColumbusUnited States94
  45. 45ValenciaSpain93
  46. 46PortoPortugal88
  47. 47SeoulSouth Korea84
  48. 48PragueCzech Republic81
  49. 49TallinnEstonia76
  50. 50AthensGreece75
  51. 51WarsawPoland72
  52. 52BudapestHungary67
  53. 53Mexico CityMexico64
  54. 54BangkokThailand63
  55. 55São PauloBrazil59
  56. 56MumbaiIndia57
  57. 57IstanbulTurkey54
  58. 58Buenos AiresArgentina53
  59. 59Kuala LumpurMalaysia51
  60. 60Chiang MaiThailand49
  61. 61MedellínColombia49
  62. 62BaliIndonesia46
  63. 63TbilisiGeorgia46
  64. 64Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam45
  65. 65BishkekKyrgyzstan26
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