Top 10 list of most expensive cities in the world is curated from the Economist Intelligence Unit's 2019 Worldwide Cost of Living Survey.
Paris, Hong Kong and Singapore are the joint top three most expensive cities in the world. Surprising as it may be, that's what the survey results portray.
Top 10 list of most expensive cities in the world
- Singapore
- Paris
- Hong Kong, China
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Osaka, Japan
- Seoul, South Korea
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- New York, United States
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Los Angelas, United States
The Top 10 Cheapest cities in the world
- New Delhi, India
- Chennai, India
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Karachi, Pakistan
- Bengaluru, India
- Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Damascus, Syria
- Caracas, Venezuela
1 Paris
A main dish at dinner time would cost an average of €18-28, but it can go as high as €35 per person at a better restaurant.
Lunch is the least expensive meal of the day in Paris and sipping a cup of coffee on the Champs-Elysees would cost you approx. €7.
2 Hong Kong
A 400ml cup of a latte cost ranged from HK$15 at 7-Eleven to HK$38 at Caffe Habitu.
You can read more about the other costs of Hong Kong in the via link.
3 Singapore
A bottle of wine on an average is priced at $23.68, while it only costs $11.90 in Paris.
4 Zurich in Switzerland
5 Geneva
The cost of renting an apartment in Geneva is higher than in New York or Paris and twice as much as in Amsterdam or Brussels.