Most Expensive Cities in the World

2026 ranking · 50 cities · NYC = 100

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# City Cost of Living Rent Purchasing power
1 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Zug Switzerland 105.5 83.9 132.1
2 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ New York NY, United States 100.0 100.0 100.0
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ George Town Cayman Islands 91.6 72.3 143.4
4 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Zurich Switzerland 88.8 70.2 158.5
5 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ San Jose CA, United States 86.2 67.1 149.6
6 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Geneva Switzerland 85.9 60.8 160.5
7 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ San Francisco CA, United States 84.1 75.9 153.0
8 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Reykjavik Iceland 82.6 49.6 112.8
9 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Boston MA, United States 81.8 73.0 136.4
10 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ San Diego CA, United States 79.3 71.8 118.5
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง London United Kingdom 78.9 65.4 118.2
12 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Washington DC, United States 78.6 67.4 148.9
13 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Honolulu HI, United States 78.3 62.1 91.8
14 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Lucerne Switzerland 78.2 45.7 158.4
15 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ St. Gallen Switzerland 78.2 40.9 171.7
16 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Lausanne Switzerland 77.8 52.6 154.8
17 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Basel Switzerland 77.8 45.1 169.0
18 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Miami FL, United States 76.3 68.5 101.4
19 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore Singapore 76.1 68.3 103.2
20 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Seattle WA, United States 75.7 58.5 157.2
21 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Los Angeles CA, United States 75.5 67.7 98.2
22 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Bern Switzerland 75.2 42.4 171.4
23 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Oakland CA, United States 75.1 57.4 133.3
24 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Jersey City NJ, United States 73.0 67.1 157.5
25 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Amsterdam Netherlands 70.8 53.3 131.5
26 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Charleston SC, United States 69.7 46.9 139.2
27 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Lugano Switzerland 68.8 41.1 172.1
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Saint Helier Jersey 68.2 42.7 129.3
29 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Chicago IL, United States 67.7 52.6 141.4
30 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Fort Lauderdale FL, United States 67.5 58.7 125.1
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Dublin Ireland 67.0 58.4 109.0
32 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Oslo Norway 66.0 41.1 126.7
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Sydney Australia 65.8 56.4 111.3
34 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Hong Kong Hong Kong 65.0 57.3 90.3
35 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Sacramento CA, United States 64.9 43.7 144.7
36 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Portland OR, United States 64.6 44.7 130.6
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Copenhagen Denmark 63.9 42.0 132.0
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Tel Aviv-Yafo Israel 63.4 46.6 105.2
39 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Denver CO, United States 63.1 43.9 135.6
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg Luxembourg 63.1 50.5 151.5
41 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Rotterdam Netherlands 61.8 41.3 136.0
42 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Utrecht Netherlands 61.8 41.0 141.9
43 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Philadelphia PA, United States 61.7 45.5 134.6
44 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Paris France 61.4 38.8 115.1
45 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Haarlem Netherlands 61.1 41.1 135.6
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Galway Ireland 61.1 49.1 89.5
47 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Jerusalem Israel 61.0 40.3 108.3
48 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Cambridge United Kingdom 61.0 44.4 140.8
49 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Anchorage AK, United States 60.9 38.8 137.9
50 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Guildford United Kingdom 60.8 40.6 115.9