Based on 38 goods and services, Numbeo.com cost of living survey for mid 2011 were conducted by more than 13990 independent contributors who entered more than 145600 prices. The most expensive cities (excluding rent) are Stavanger and Oslo in Norway, followed by Zurich and Basel in Switzerland.
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, the 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 Numbeo's http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_current.jsp.
