Top ten cities with the highest living costs
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This map shows the top cities in the world.

The color of the markers corresponds with the Cost of Living in the city. Red markers show more expensive cities, green ones show cheaper cities.

The size of the markers correspond with the population of each city.

What is the Cost of Living Index? To calculate each cities' Cost of Living Index value, we start by assigning a value of 100 to a central reference city (that happens to be Prague). Once the reference point has been established, the Price Index value of every other city in the database is calculated by comparing their cost of living to the cost of living in Prague.

Therefore, if a city has a Price Index of 134, that means that living there is 34% more expensive than living in Prague.

1. Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands) Price Index：300

 

2. Zurich (Switzerland) Price Index：295

 

3. London (United Kingdom) Price Index：288

4. Geneva (Switzerland) Price Index：285

5. New York City (United States) Price Index：270

6. San Francisco, California (United States) Price Index：264

7. Washington D.C. (United States) Price Index：262

8. Hong Kong Price Index：257

9. Oslo (Norway) Price Index：235

10. Chicago, Illinois (United States) Price Index：229

Author： 　　　Source：Hujiang　　　 Editor：Yang Fan