Moscow - The Most Expensive City

MOSCOW, Russia / LONDON, United Kingdom

June 27, 2007 (Wednesday)



(Source: http://www.new7wonders.com)

Mercer Human Resource Consulting released a worldwide cost of living (CoL) ranking of the cities, including housing. Moscow, Russian capital, remains on top for the second consequtive year. No wonder why wealthy Russians are moving to London. Below are the top 50 cities. The source: http://www.mercerhr.com.

2007 Rank | Change | 2006 Rank | City, Country | 2007 CoL | 2006 CoL

1 = 1 MOSCOW (MOSKVA), Russia 134.4 123.9
2 + 5 LONDON, United Kingdom 126.3 110.6
3 - 2 SEOUL, South Korea 122.4 121.7
4 - 3 TOKYO, Japan 122.1 119.1
5 - 4 HONG KONG, Hong Kong 119.4 116.3
6 + 8 COPENHAGEN (KØBENHAVN), Denmark 110.2 101.1
7 = 7 GENEVA, Switzerland 109.8 103
8 - 6 OSAKA, Japan 108.4 108.3
9 = 9 ZURICH (ZÜRICH), Switzerland 107.6 100.8
10 = 10 OSLO, Norway 105.8 100
11 + 13 MILAN (MILANO) Italy 104.4 96.9
12 = 12 ST. PETERSBURG (SANKT-PITERBURG), Russia 103 99.7
13 + 15 PARIS, France 101.4 93.1
14 + 17 SINGAPORE, Singapore 100.4 92
15 - 10 NEW YORK CITY, United States 100 100
16 + 18 DUBLIN, Ireland 99.6 91.8
17 + 24 TEL AVIV, Israel 97.7 89.7
18 + 21 ROME (ROMA), Italy 97.6 89.8
19 + 21 VIENNA (WIEN), Austria 96.9 89.8
20 - 14 BEIJING (PEKING), China 95.9 94.9
21 - 19 SYDNEY, Australia 94.9 91.3
22 + 25 HELSINKI, Finland 93.3 87.8
23 + 36 STOCKHOLM, Sweden 93.1 84.8
24 + 27 DOUALA, Cameroon 92.9 87.6
25 + 41 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands 92.2 83.4
26 + 53 MADRID, Spain 92.1 81.6
26 - 20 SHANGHAI, China 92.1 91.2
28 - 21 KIEV (KYIV) Ukraine 91.4 89.8
29 + 59 ATHENS (ATHINA), Greece 90.6 81.1
30 + 52 ALMATY, Kazakhstan 89.6 81.9
31 + 56 BARCELONA, Spain 89.2 81.2
31 + 48 BRATISLAVA, Slovakia 89.2 82.4
33 + 45 DAKAR, Senegal 89 82.8
34 - 25 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates 88.8 87.8
35 + 45 ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire 88.3 82.8
36 + 60 GLASGOW, United Kingdom 88.1 80.7
37 - 31 LAGOS, Nigeria 88 85.5
38 - 15 ISTANBUL (İSTANBUL), Turkey 87.7 93.1
39 + 65 MUNICH (MÜNCHEN), Germany 87.6 80.2
40 + 61 FRANKFURT, Germany 87.4 80.5
41 + 69 BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom 87.2 79.7
42 - 29 LOS ANGELES, United States 87.1 86.7
43 + 56 LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg 87 81.2
44 + 70 BRUSSELS, Belgium 86.5 79.5
45 - 30 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates 85.9 86
45 + 72 BERLIN, Germany 85.9 79.2
45 + 62 DUSSELDORF (DÜSSELDORF), Germany 85.9 80.4
48 - 28 TAIPEI, Taiwan 85.8 86.8
49 + 50 PRAGUE (PRAHA), Czech Republic 85.6 82.1
50 + 51 ALGIERS, Algeria 85.1 82