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Q: Which city has the highest cost of living?
I'm in Guangzhou and everyone tells me that things are very expensive here and cheaper elsewhere. Is it inflation? Availability? What's the deal?
12 years 18 weeks ago in Money & Banking - China
In general, the larger the city, the more expensive to live in it. For your information, ZBeijing and Hong Konmg are probably the cities in Asia will the highest cost of living.
I pay 2700 Rmb per month for a 200 sq meter two floor apartment, 4 BR and 3 Baths on a city with about 8 million habitants. In Guangzhou I would expect to pay 12,000 Rmb/,onth for a similar one, in Beijing maybe 15,000 to 20,000.
Shanghai & Beijing are rated as more expensive than New York. But in both cities there are tons of people making less than 3k a month and still getting by. So I guess it all depends on how you want to live.
I found a list and an article.
Rank 2011
Rank 2010
City
Country
1
1
Luanda
Angola
2
2
Tokyo
Japan
3
3
Ndjamena
Chad
4
4
Moscow
Russia
5
5
Geneva
Switzerland
6
6
Osaka
Japan
7
8
Zurich
Switzerland
8
11
Singapore
Singapore
9
9
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
10
21
Sao Paulo
Brazil
11
19
Nagoya
Japan
=12
7
Libreville
Gabon
=12
29
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
14
24
Sydney
Ausralia
15
11
Oslo
Noway
16
22
Bern
Switzerland
17
17
Copenhagen
Denmark
18
17
London
UK
19
14
Seoul
South Korea
20
16
Beijing
China
=21
25
Shanghai
China
=21
33
Melbourme
Australia
23
23
Niamey
Niger
24
19
Tel Aviv
Israel
=25
13
Victoria
Seychelles
=25
15
Milan
Italy
27
17
Paris
France
28
67
Ougadougopu
Burkina Faso
29
30
St Petersburg
Russia
30
60
Perth
Australia
31
55
Brisbane
Australia
32
27
New York City
USA
33
70
Brasilia
Brazil
=34
26
Rome
Italy
=34
74
Canberra
Australia
36
28
Vienna
Austria
37
38
Noumea
New Caledonia
38
38
Guangzhou
China
=39
62
Djibouti
Djibouti
=39
76
Stockholm
Sweden
41
62
Lagos
Nigeria
42
31
Helsinki
Finland
43
42
Shenzen
China
=44
32
Dakar
Senegal
=44
141
Kartoum
Sudan
46
90
Adelaide
Australia
47
47
Prague
Czech Republic
48
36
Baku
Azerbaijan
49
33
Bangui
Central African Republic
50
35
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Research by Mercer Consulting.
thedude:
Rasknik is right...this is the most expensive cities for "expats"....I saw this online a few months ago...besides I think that beaufortninja meant cities in CHINA.
mattaya:
If it is cities in China than it would be Beijing followed by Shanghai.
But that is for 'expat' living not locals. For example moscow has plenty of people living in soviet era apartment blocks that are low rent, and eating bread and taters and milk every night.
