{"id":212,"date":"2010-02-05T17:52:22","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T17:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/?p=212"},"modified":"2010-02-05T17:52:22","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T17:52:22","slug":"expensivecities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/expensivecities\/","title":{"rendered":"City cost of living ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"

On average, people move home every seven years. The reasons are varied but many move because of living costs. If you feel you can live it up with the Jones’s, here’s the cost of living ranking list of the most expensive cities in the world (with their rank a year ago in brackets). Some cities are hugely expensive to live in simply because they are far away from easy access to cheap goods.<\/p>\n

City cost of living ranking<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Japan, Tokyo (1)
\n2 China, Hong Kong (33)
\n3 Switzerland, Geneva (4)
\n4 Central African Republic, Bangui (46)
\n5 Switzerland, Zurich (8)
\n6 Denmark, Copenhagen (3)
\n7 Venezuela, Caracas (32)
\n8 United Arab Emirates, Dubai (34)
\n9 Chad, N’Djamena (15)
\n10 Norway, Oslo (2)
\n11 Liechtenstein, Vaduz (18)
\n12 Brazil, Brasilia (5)
\n13 Bermuda, Hamilton (26)
\n14 Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby (40)
\n15 Angola, Luanda (36)
\n16 Greenland, Nuuk (7)
\n17 New Caledonia, Noumea (13)
\n18 Cameroon, Douala (17)
\n19 France, Paris (14)
\n20 Ireland, Dublin (12)
\n21 Solomon Islands, Honiara (173)
\n22 Italy, Milan (16)
\n23 San Marino, San Marino (19)
\n24 Qatar, Doha (45)
\n25 Monaco, Monaco (20)
\n26 United Kingdom, London (6)
\n27 Taiwan, Taipei (86)
\n28 Finland, Helsinki (28)
\n29 Korea Republic of, Seoul (41)
\n30 Austria, Vienna (22)
\n31 Italy, Rome (27)
\n32 Russia, Moscow (10)
\n33 Gabon, Libreville (58)
\n34 Croatia, Zagreb (35)
\n35 Australia, Sydney (29)
\n36 Bahamas, Nassau (84)
\n37 Nigeria, Lagos (11)
\n38 Isle of Man, Douglas (24)
\n39 USA, New York NY (50)
\n40 Netherlands, Amsterdam (38)
\n41 Belgium, Brussels (37)
\n42 Vanuatu, Port Vila (133)
\n43 Bahrain, Manama (82)
\n44 Slovakia, Bratislava (23)
\n45 Micronesia, Palikir (57)
\n46 Mali, Bamako (54)
\n47 Cameroon, Yaounde (53)
\n48 Comores, Moroni (77)
\n49 Canada, Toronto (59)
\n50 USA, Boston Mass (52)
\n51 Kiribati, South Tarawa (160)
\n52 Turkey, Ankara (65)
\n53 Togo, Lome (85)
\n54 USA, San Francisco Calif (30)
\n55 Spain, Madrid (47)
\n56 USA, San Jose Calif (48)
\n57 Nauru, Yaren (80)
\n58 United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi (100)
\n59 Germany, Berlin (56)
\n60 Jersey, Saint Helier (39)
\n61 Palau, Melekeok (69)
\n62 Guernsey, St Peter Port (44)
\n63 Vatican City, Vatican City (61)
\n64 Singapore, Singapore (66)
\n65 Guinea-Bissau, Bissau (67)
\n66 Canada, Vancouver (71)
\n67 Congo Democratic Rep, Kinshasa (128)
\n68 Estonia, Tallinn (64)
\n69 Haiti, Port-au-Prince (87)
\n70 Falkland Islands, Stanley (49)
\n71 Australia, Melbourne (62)
\n72 Australia, Canberra (63)
\n73 Germany, Bonn (60)
\n74 Iceland, Reykjavik (42)
\n75 Germany, Frankfurt (74)
\n76 Luxembourg, Luxembourg (70)
\n77 Malta, Velletta (113)
\n78 Azerbaijan, Baku (75)
\n79 Timor-Leste, Dili (185)
\n80 Djibouti, Djibouti (92)
\n81 Senegal, Dakar (88)
\n82 Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain (135)
\n83 Czech Republic, Prague (21)
\n84 Portugal, Lisbon (72)
\n85 Canada, Calgary (219)
\n86 Australia, Perth (73)
\n87 USA, Los Angeles Calif (68)
\n88 Cote D’Ivoire, Abidjan (31)
\n89 USA, Philadelphia Pa (79)
\n90 Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou (121)
\n91 Ghana, Accra (115)
\n92 Lebanon, Beirut (122)
\n93 Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome (145)
\n94 Hungary, Budapest (9)
\n95 USA, Washington DC (78)
\n96 Sweden, Stockholm (51)
\n97 Tuvalu, Funafuti (151)
\n98 USA, Baltimore Md (90)
\n99 Cayman Islands, George Town (101)
\n100 Saudi Arabia, Riyadh (183)<\/p>\n

Date: 1 October 2009
\nSource: xpatulator<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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