In Numbeo’s survey, New York is used as the base city for the index and scores 100 points, all cities are compared against New York and currency movements are measured against US Dollar and EURO. Sydney (Australia) scores 131.47 points and is nearly three times as costly as Manila (Philippines) with 46.72 points.
In the mid of 2011, most expensive cities (excluding rent) are :
- Stavanger, Norway (CPI 186.74)
- Oslo, Norway (166.9)
- Zurich, Switzerland (164)
- Basel, Switzerland (158.95)
- Geneva, Switzerland (154.78)
- Lausanne, Switzerland (153.1)
- Perth, Australia (146.58)
- Lucerne, Switzerland (144.92)
- Copenhagen, Denmark (141.58)
- Monaco, Monaco (138.54)
- Bergen, Norway (137.9)
- Rotterdam, Netherlands (136)
- Sydney, Australia (131.47)
- Dublin, Ireland (129.88)
- Lugano, Switzerland (129.75)
- Nice, France (129.55)
- Tokyo, Japan (127.9)
- Amsterdam, Netherlands (126.81)
- Stockholm, Sweden (125.61)
- Brisbane, Australia (125.14)
For complete current rankings (updated biweekly) please visit http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_current.jsp
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