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First number is 2006 ranking (most expensive cities in the world) - ie Moscow at #1 is the most expensive city in the world

Second number is 2005 ranking (most expensive cities in the world)

Third number is the 2006 relative cost of living index (New York is 100, Moscow is 123.9 making it 23.9% more expensive than New York).

Fourth number is the 2005 relative cost of living index

Dubai is ranked 25th most expensive city in the world - roughly 12% cheaper than New York.

Rankings


COLA Index

March

2006
March

2005
City
Country
March

2006
March

2005

1
4
MOSCOW
Russia
123.9
119

2
5
SEOUL
South Korea
121.7
115.4

3
1
TOKYO
Japan
119.1
134.7

4
9
HONG KONG
Hong Kong
116.3
109.5

5
3
LONDON
United Kingdom
110.6
120.3

6
2
OSAKA
Japan
108.3
121.8

7
6
GENEVA
Switzerland
103
113.5

8
8
COPENHAGEN
Denmark
101.1
110

9
7
ZURICH
Switzerland
100.8
112.1

10
10
OSLO
Norway
100
105.3

10
13
NEW YORK CITY
United States
100
100

12
15
ST.PETERSBURG
Russia
99.7
99.5

13
11
MILAN
Italy
96.9
104.9

14
19
BEIJING
China
94.9
95.6

15
22
ISTANBUL
Turkey
93.1
93.8

15
12
PARIS
France
93.1
102.2

17
34
SINGAPORE
Singapore
92
88

18
13
DUBLIN
Ireland
91.8
100

19
20
SYDNEY
Australia
91.3
95.2

20
30
SHANGHAI
China
91.2
90.4

21
17
ROME
Italy
89.8
97.3

21
54
KIEV
Ukraine
89.8
84.5

21
16
VIENNA
Austria
89.8
97.8

24
39
TEL AVIV
Israel
89.7
87.6

25
20
HELSINKI
Finland
87.8
95.2

25
73
DUBAI
United Arab
Emirates
87.8
77.8

27
22
DOUALA
Cameroon
87.6
93.8

28
29
TAIPEI
Taiwan
86.8
90.6

29
44
LOS ANGELES
United States
86.7
86.7

30
64
ABU DHABI
United Arab Emirates
86
81

31
96
LAGOS
Nigeria
85.5
72.8

32
52
BEIRUT
Lebanon
85.4
84.6

32
50
HANOI
Vietnam
85.4
84.9

34
119
SAO PAULO
Brazil
85
66.6

34
50
SAN FRANCISCO
United States
85
84.9

36
18
STOCKHOLM
Sweden
84.8
96.8

37
56
HO CHI MINH CITY
Vietnam
84.2
83.8

38
52
CHICAGO
United States
84.1
84.6

39
57
MIAMI
United States
83.9
83.3

40
124
RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil
83.5
65.4

41
123
LUSAKA
Zambia
83.4
65.6

41
24
AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
83.4
93.3

43
45
WHITE PLAINS
United States
83.2
86.6

44
63
SHENZHEN
China
82.9
81.3

45
26
ABIDJAN
Cote d’Ivoire
82.8
93

45
36
DAKAR
Senegal
82.8
87.9

47
82
TORONTO
Canada
82.6
76.2

48
71
JAKARTA
Indonesia
82.4
78.9

48
31
BRATISLAVA
Slovak Republic
82.4
89.9

50
28
PRAGUE
Czech Republic
82.1
90.8

51
58
ALGIERS
Algeria
82
81.9

52
75
ALMATY
Kazakhstan
81.9
77.6

53
46
MADRID
Spain
81.6
86

54
65
GUANGZHOU
China
81.5
80.6

55
74
SAN JUAN
Puerto Rico
81.4
77.7

56
87
VANCOUVER
Canada
81.2
74.3

56
43
BARCELONA
Spain
81.2
86.9

56
33
LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg
81.2
88.2

59
41
ATHENS
Greece
81.1
87.2

60
40
GLASGOW
United Kingdom
80.7
87.5

61
34
FRANKFURT
Germany
80.5
88

62
67
AMMAN
Jordan
80.4
80.1

62
32
DUSSELDORF
Germany
80.4
88.4

62
27
WARSAW
Poland
80.4
91.5

65
37
MUNICH
Germany
80.2
87.8

65
24
BUDAPEST
Hungary
80.2
93.3

67
61
HONOLULU
United States
80
81.4

68
105
MUMBAI
India
79.9
70.8

69
47
BIRMINGHAM
United Kingdom
79.7
85.8

70
41
BRUSSELS
Belgium
79.5
87.2

71
98
CALGARY
Canada
79.3
72.5

72
38
BERLIN
Germany
79.2
87.7

73
110
NEW DELHI
India
79
69.9

74
68
MELBOURNE
Australia
78.8
80

75
91
ACCRA
Ghana
78.6
73.6

76
70
HOUSTON
United States
78.5
79.1

77
49
HAMBURG
Germany
78.2
85

78
72
KUWAIT CITY
Kuwait
78
78.3

79
48
ZAGREB
Croatia
77.7
85.2

80
107
MONTREAL
Canada
77.6
70.7

81
54
RIGA
Latvia
77.2
84.5

81
95
MEXICO CITY
Mexico
77.2
73.1

83
78
WASHINGTON
United States
77
77.4

84
80
MORRISTOWN
United States
76.8
76.9

84
79
BOSTON
United States
76.8
77

86
83
ATLANTA
United States
76.3
76.1

87
86
MANAMA
Bahrain
76.1
74.5

88
59
CASABLANCA
Morocco
75.9
81.6

88
66
LISBON
Portugal
75.9
80.2

90
122
OTTAWA
Canada
75.6
66.4

91
128
SANTIAGO
Chile
74.5
64.8

91
61
LYON
France
74.5
81.4

93
108
GUATEMALA
CITY
Guatemala
74.3
70.4

93
97
CAIRO
Egypt
74.3
72.5

93
93
PERTH
Australia
74.3
73.5

96
60
TALLINN
Estonia
73.7
81.5

97
94
DENVER
United States
73.6
73.2

98
88
RIYADH
Saudi Arabia
73.5
74.1

99
84
BRISBANE
Australia
73.2
74.9

100
89
JEDDAH
Saudi Arabia
72.9
73.9

100
69
AUCKLAND
New Zealand
72.9
79.6

102
103
SEATTLE
United States
71.9
71.4

103
115
MONTERREY
Mexico
71.6
67.7

103
102
ST. LOUIS
United States
71.6
71.6

105
76
WELLINGTON
New Zealand
71.1
77.5

106
76
LJUBLJANA
Slovenia
71
77.5

107
119
NAIROBI
Kenya
70.9
66.6

108
89
ADELAIDE
Australia
70.6
73.9

109
105
KINGSTON
Jamaica
70
70.8

110
109
CLEVELAND
United States
69.8
70.3

111
112
PORTLAND
United States
69.7
68.8

111
81
SOFIA
Bulgaria
69.7
76.3

113
111
PITTSBURGH
United States
69.4
69.2

114
117
KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia
69.3
67.1

114
103
BUCHAREST
Romania
69.3
71.4

116
91
VILNIUS
Lithuania
69.2
73.6

117
116
JOHANNESBURG
South Africa
69.1
67.4

118
100
LIMASSOL
Cyprus
68.7
71.9

118
118
LIMA
Peru
68.7
66.9

118
113
BANDAR SERI
BEGAWAN
Brunei
68.7
68.5

121
114
PANAMA CITY
Panama
68.5
68.3

122
101
DETROIT
United States
68.3
71.8

123
85
LEIPZIG
Germany
68.1
74.8

124
119
WINSTON SALEM
United States
66.7
66.6

125
129
TEHRAN
Iran
66.4
64.4

126
99
SANTO DOMINGO
Dominican Republic
65.3
72.3

127
125
BANGKOK
Thailand
64.9
65.3

128
131
TIANJIN
China
63.6
62.5

129
130
BLANTYRE
Malawi
63.1
62.7

130
133
BOGOTA
Colombia
62.7
62.7

131
127
DACCA (DHAKA)
Bangladesh
62.5
62.5

132
132
COLOMBO
Sri Lanka
61.4
60

133
126
TUNIS
Tunisia
60.7
65.2

134
135
SAN JOSE
Costa Rica
58.1
58

135
137
QUITO
Ecuador
57.4
54.6

136
138
CARACAS
Venezuela
57.2
54.4

137
138
CHENNAI (MADRAS)
India
56.7
54.4

138
140
MONTEVIDEO
Uruguay
56.5
53.5

139
141
BANGALORE
India
56.4
51.7

140
136
KARACHI
Pakistan
56.1
56.1

141
143
MANILA
Philippines
56
49.8

142
142
BUENOS AIRES
Argentina
54.8
50.3

143
134
HARARE
Zimbabwe
50.9
58.4

144
144
ASUNCION
Paraguay
43.5
40.3

Old news....it was the headlines of the newspaper 4 months ago

and guess who will be living in nyc in a few months

god damn this

bushra21 wrote:and guess who will be living in nyc in a few months

god damn this

Come on Bushra, you know your looking forward to living in Bush Country

sage & onion wrote:

bushra21 wrote:and guess who will be living in nyc in a few months

god damn this

Come on Bushra, you know your looking forward to living in Bush Country

oh you have no idea

note that dubai went up from #73 to #25

Next year 25 --> top ten baby!