The Most Expensive Cities In The World

Some of them are indeed beautiful to visit, however, you may not want to stay too long in the cities on this list. The reason is simple – they are the most expensive cities to live in in the world. New York City and Zurich are already well-known for their high costs of living, but some other cities might surprise you. Here are the top 10 (scroll to the bottom for the full list):

1. Hong Kong
2. Tokyo (Japan)
3. Singapore
4. Seoul (South Korea)
5. Zürich (Switzerland)
6. Shanghai (China)
7. Ashgabat (Turkmenistan)
8. Beijing (China)
9. New York City (USA)
10. Shenzhen (China)

Honk Kong is on the top of the list and interestingly, eight out of ten of the most expensive cities are located in Asia. You can see the top 5 cities by region on the map below:

The research was done by the human resources consulting company Mercer. The data was based on multiple factors like food, domestic supplies, housing, clothing, utilities, home services, personal care, transportation and recreation and entertainment.

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You can see the full list of over 200 cities just below: