Rankings

Most Expensive Cities in the Current Data Sample

A ranked view of the current medium-confidence city sample. New York is used as the index baseline at 100.

Rank	City	Country	Cost index	1BR rent
1	New York	United States	100	$3,174
2	San Francisco	United States	95.2	$3,695
3	Seattle	United States	89	$1,799
4	Singapore	Singapore	88.2	SGD 3,700
5	London	United Kingdom	87.1	£1,620
6	Copenhagen	Denmark	85.7	DKK 14,500
7	Boston	United States	85	$2,665
8	Miami	United States	84.8	$2,578
9	Amsterdam	Netherlands	82.6	€2,100
10	Los Angeles	United States	82.4	$2,450
11	Sydney	Australia	78.1	A$2,900
12	Paris	France	78	€1,150
13	Melbourne	Australia	77.1	A$2,230
14	Dublin	Ireland	76.7	€2,100
15	Munich	Germany	76.1	€1,500
16	Chicago	United States	74.6	$1,733
17	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	73.8	HK$19,000
18	Berlin	Germany	70.7	€1,250
19	Auckland	New Zealand	70	NZ$2,600
20	Vancouver	Canada	68.5	CA$2,495
21	Austin	United States	68.1	$1,261
22	Vienna	Austria	66	€1,100
23	Toronto	Canada	65.8	CA$2,421
24	Barcelona	Spain	63	€1,437
25	Seoul	South Korea	62.5	₩1,050,000
26	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	61.8	AED 8,600
27	Madrid	Spain	60	€1,280
28	Taipei	Taiwan	54.7	NT$25,000
29	Lisbon	Portugal	54.2	€1,250
30	Tokyo	Japan	54.2	¥138,700
31	Panama City	Panama	53	$1,200
32	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	52.7	AED 7,345
33	Budapest	Hungary	52.6	HUF 300,000
34	Malaga	Spain	52	€1,050
35	Buenos Aires	Argentina	50.6	$778
36	Porto	Portugal	50.5	€1,050
37	Valencia	Spain	50.3	€1,217
38	Mexico City	Mexico	45.9	MX$22,000
39	Bangkok	Thailand	41.4	THB 25,000
40	Shanghai	China	39.4	CN¥5,000
41	Beijing	China	37.6	CN¥7,203
42	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	37.4	MYR 2,500
43	Shenzhen	China	37.4	CN¥5,047
44	Medellin	Colombia	37.2	COP 2,515,144
45	Hangzhou	China	35.1	CN¥4,137
46	Guangzhou	China	35	CN¥5,660
47	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	34	₫15,000,000
48	Chiang Mai	Thailand	32.6	THB 16,532
49	Chengdu	China	28	CN¥2,995
50	Da Nang	Vietnam	26.2	₫12,692,800

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