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2025 - Most Expensive Cities In The World By Cost Of Living

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Top 300 Most expensive cities in the world to live in 2025

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Rent to salary ratio

Rent/Salary
🏅 1
105.18
1.30
0.37
🥈 2
🇺🇸   New York, New York
100.00
1.00
0.47
🥉 3
🇺🇸   Boston, Massachusetts
98.12
0.93
0.52
4
🇺🇸   San Jose, California
95.66
1.08
0.45
5
🇺🇸   San Diego, California
91.69
1.12
0.43
6
🇬🇧   London, United Kingdom
89.61
0.76
0.60
7
🇨🇭   Geneva, Switzerland
89.02
1.28
0.33
8
🇨🇭   Zürich, Switzerland
88.88
1.34
0.32
9
87.58
0.94
0.50
10
🇸🇬   Singapore, Singapore
82.53
0.89
0.53
11
🇺🇸   Seattle, Washington
81.89
1.48
0.30
12
🇮🇪   Dublin, Ireland
81.04
0.77
0.59
13
🇺🇸   Miami, Florida
80.25
0.85
0.55
14
80.09
1.18
0.39
15
🇮🇸   Reykjavík, Iceland
76.56
0.81
0.49
16
🇺🇸   Sacramento, California
76.37
0.95
0.47
17
🇺🇸   Long Beach, California
75.71
1.10
0.43
18
🇳🇱   Amsterdam, Netherlands
75.08
0.89
0.49
19
74.88
0.59
0.76
20
🇭🇰   Hong Kong, Hong Kong
73.47
0.91
0.47
21
🇺🇸   Oakland, California
73.01
1.35
0.31
22
🇺🇸   Denver, Colorado
71.71
1.19
0.37
23
71.09
1.01
0.52
24
🇨🇦   Richmond Hill, Canada
70.96
0.56
0.89
25
🇨🇭   Basel, Switzerland
70.83
1.63
0.22
26
🇺🇸   Nashville, Tennessee
69.98
1.12
0.42
27
🇺🇸   Dallas, Texas
69.41
1.18
0.38
28
69.18
1.09
0.40
29
🇨🇦   Burnaby, Canada
68.76
0.83
0.56
30
🇩🇰   Copenhagen, Denmark
68.56
1.03
0.39
31
🇨🇦   Vancouver, Canada
68.47
0.77
0.59
32
🇦🇺   Canberra, Australia
68.27
0.94
0.44
33
🇺🇸   Portland, Oregon
67.64
1.19
0.36
34
🇺🇸   Chicago, Illinois
67.55
1.29
0.32
35
🇱🇺   Luxembourg, Luxembourg
67.37
1.47
0.30
36
67.26
1.03
0.42
37
🇬🇧   Barnet, United Kingdom
67.08
0.67
0.59
38
66.94
1.03
0.43
39
🇺🇸   Wilmington, Delaware
66.01
0.96
0.49
40
🇦🇺   Sydney, Australia
65.98
1.18
0.34
41
🇮🇱   Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
65.93
0.82
0.49
42
🇱🇮   Vaduz, Liechtenstein
65.72
1.69
0.20
43
65.68
0.89
0.46
44
🇺🇸   Atlanta, Georgia
65.21
1.34
0.33
45
🇦🇺   Gold Coast, Australia
64.39
0.76
0.50
46
🇦🇺   Brisbane, Australia
64.36
0.96
0.42
47
🇺🇸   Fresno, California
64.24
0.94
0.47
48
🇺🇸   Austin, Texas
64.07
1.46
0.30
49
🇺🇸   Phoenix, Arizona
63.90
1.19
0.37
50
🇺🇸   Jacksonville, Florida
63.70
1.01
0.43
51
🇳🇴   Oslo, Norway
63.37
0.95
0.38
52
🇳🇴   Trondheim, Norway
63.21
0.80
0.44
53
🇹🇲   Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
63.11
0.19
1.84
54
🇶🇦   Doha, Qatar
63.03
1.54
0.30
55
🇳🇱   The Hague, Netherlands
62.77
1.12
0.37
56
🇳🇱   Rotterdam, Netherlands
62.70
0.96
0.42
57
🇺🇸   Las Vegas, Nevada
62.60
1.13
0.37
58
🇮🇪   Cork, Ireland
62.45
0.80
0.50
59
🇨🇦   Mississauga, Canada
62.33
0.90
0.50
60
🇩🇪   Munich, Germany
62.11
0.94
0.45
61
🇳🇱   Utrecht, Netherlands
61.90
1.01
0.41
62
🇦🇺   Melbourne, Australia
61.36
1.03
0.37
63
🇨🇦   Markham, Canada
61.08
0.86
0.53
64
61.03
1.08
0.41
65
60.91
1.00
0.39
66
🇺🇸   Baltimore, Maryland
60.88
1.21
0.34
67
🇺🇸   San Antonio, Texas
60.73
1.21
0.36
68
🇨🇦   Vaughan, Canada
60.36
0.75
0.62
69
🇨🇦   Surrey, Canada
60.35
0.75
0.54
70
🇨🇦   Toronto, Canada
60.25
0.98
0.43
71
60.20
0.72
0.55
72
🇦🇺   Hobart, Australia
59.99
1.03
0.37
73
59.70
0.88
0.44
74
🇺🇸   Columbus, Ohio
59.63
1.07
0.40
75
🇨🇦   Oakville, Canada
59.18
0.83
0.52
76
🇨🇦   Ottawa, Canada
58.59
0.84
0.51
77
🇦🇺   Ipswich, Australia
58.33
0.71
0.40
78
🇺🇸   Minneapolis, Minnesota
58.27
1.26
0.32
79
58.10
0.94
0.39
80
🇨🇦   Burlington, Canada
57.86
1.28
0.35
81
57.85
0.69
0.57
82
🇳🇱   Eindhoven, Netherlands
57.82
1.13
0.34
83
🇦🇺   Adelaide, Australia
57.77
0.94
0.41
84
🇨🇦   Halifax, Canada
57.69
0.72
0.57
85
🇺🇸   Fort Worth, Texas
57.56
1.36
0.31
86
🇺🇸   Tucson, Arizona
57.53
1.04
0.40
87
🇺🇸   Omaha, Nebraska
57.48
1.30
0.32
88
57.41
0.85
0.47
89
🇩🇪   Frankfurt, Germany
57.34
1.07
0.36
90
🇦🇺   Perth, Australia
57.17
1.12
0.32
91
🇨🇦   Calgary, Canada
57.11
0.89
0.45
92
🇦🇺   Geelong, Australia
57.02
0.82
0.46
93
🇺🇸   Milwaukee, Wisconsin
56.77
1.16
0.36
94
56.77
0.67
0.58
95
🇫🇷   Paris, France
56.73
0.94
0.42
96
🇨🇦   Richmond, Canada
56.62
0.81
0.51
97
56.18
0.83
0.46
98
56.18
0.91
0.42
99
🇬🇧   Leeds, United Kingdom
56.12
0.99
0.39
100
🇨🇦   London, Canada
55.91
0.82
0.52
101
🇨🇦   Kitchener, Canada
55.88
1.00
0.43
102
🇮🇱   Jerusalem, Israel
55.74
0.72
0.51
103
🇺🇸   Louisville, Kentucky
55.52
1.21
0.35
104
🇦🇺   Newcastle, Australia
55.21
1.01
0.37
105
🇩🇪   Berlin, Germany
55.03
1.01
0.40
106
🇨🇦   Brampton, Canada
54.92
0.76
0.59
107
54.90
1.01
0.37
108
🇩🇪   Stuttgart, Germany
54.87
0.99
0.39
109
🇳🇴   Bergen, Norway
54.68
0.92
0.36
110
🇮🇪   Kildare, Ireland
54.67
0.83
0.46
111
🇳🇿   Auckland, New Zealand
54.66
0.93
0.39
112
🇺🇸   Houston, Texas
54.64
1.46
0.29
113
🇨🇦   Hamilton, Canada
54.63
0.88
0.48
114
🇺🇸   Indianapolis, Indiana
54.55
1.41
0.28
115
54.31
1.30
0.32
116
54.24
0.86
0.44
117
🇺🇸   Detroit, Michigan
54.16
1.15
0.36
118
🇩🇪   Hamburg, Germany
54.05
1.11
0.34
119
🇺🇸   Kansas City, Missouri
54.02
1.33
0.31
120
🇨🇾   Limassol, Cyprus
53.95
0.85
0.48
121
🇺🇸   Memphis, Tennessee
53.93
1.10
0.36
122
🇩🇪   Düsseldorf, Germany
53.81
1.05
0.37
123
53.78
0.97
0.36
124
53.78
1.11
0.35
125
🇫🇷   Nice, France
53.74
0.91
0.41
126
🇧🇪   Brussels, Belgium
53.66
0.83
0.44
127
🇮🇹   Milan, Italy
53.62
0.64
0.62
128
🇩🇰   Aarhus, Denmark
53.60
1.16
0.30
129
🇩🇪   Cologne, Germany
53.29
0.92
0.42
130
🇫🇮   Espoo, Finland
53.23
0.98
0.33
131
🇮🇱   Petah Tikva, Israel
52.81
0.94
0.39
132
🇸🇪   Stockholm, Sweden
52.66
1.00
0.39
133
🇨🇦   Laval, Canada
52.33
0.72
0.55
134
🇨🇦   Windsor, Canada
52.27
0.84
0.48
135
🇫🇮   Helsinki, Finland
51.49
0.96
0.35
136
🇦🇹   Vienna, Austria
50.02
0.89
0.43
137
🇦🇺   Blacktown, Australia
49.36
1.16
0.28
138
🇵🇹   Lisbon, Portugal
49.36
0.42
0.99
139
🇨🇦   Edmonton, Canada
49.29
0.93
0.41
140
49.15
1.13
0.30
141
49.00
1.34
0.30
142
🇨🇦   Montreal, Canada
48.91
0.88
0.42
143
🇨🇦   Winnipeg, Canada
48.85
0.85
0.44
144
🇩🇪   Hanover, Germany
48.73
0.92
0.39
145
🇪🇸   Barcelona, Spain
48.55
0.69
0.59
146
🇪🇸   Palma, Spain
48.54
0.60
0.69
147
🇪🇸   Madrid, Spain
48.38
0.84
0.49
148
🇨🇦   Longueuil, Canada
48.34
0.91
0.41
149
🇨🇦   Oshawa, Canada
47.83
1.04
0.35
150
🇧🇪   Antwerp, Belgium
47.81
0.92
0.36
151
🇮🇱   Haifa, Israel
47.79
1.00
0.33
152
🇨🇦   Saskatoon, Canada
47.68
0.83
0.44
153
🇺🇸   El Paso, Texas
47.46
1.29
0.28
154
🇩🇪   Nuremberg, Germany
47.40
1.13
0.31
155
47.37
0.20
0.63
156
🇮🇹   Bologna, Italy
47.18
0.72
0.50
157
🇧🇪   Ghent, Belgium
47.11
0.93
0.36
158
🇦🇺   Wollongong, Australia
46.44
1.32
0.23
159
🇮🇹   Florence, Italy
45.74
0.70
0.50
160
🇫🇷   Lyon, France
45.44
0.98
0.33
161
🇨🇿   Prague, Czechia
45.15
0.73
0.55
162
🇫🇷   Strasbourg, France
45.07
0.85
0.39
163
🇩🇪   Dortmund, Germany
45.01
0.91
0.36
164
🇫🇷   Montpellier, France
44.96
0.79
0.41
165
🇮🇹   Rome, Italy
44.94
0.76
0.49
166
🇦🇹   Graz, Austria
44.85
1.03
0.34
167
🇵🇹   Porto, Portugal
44.75
0.50
0.81
168
🇶🇦   Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
44.70
1.59
0.27
169
🇦🇹   Linz, Austria
44.57
0.93
0.38
170
44.54
1.44
0.22
171
🇲🇹   Birkirkara, Malta
44.52
0.67
0.56
172
🇨🇦   Québec City, Canada
44.36
0.98
0.36
173
🇫🇮   Tampere, Finland
44.20
1.17
0.25
174
🇨🇦   Regina, Canada
44.15
0.99
0.35
175
🇨🇦   Gatineau, Canada
44.03
1.11
0.32
176
🇸🇪   Gothenburg, Sweden
43.89
1.11
0.30
177
🇵🇱   Warsaw, Poland
43.84
0.73
0.59
178
🇪🇸   Sabadell, Spain
43.77
0.75
0.52
179
🇸🇦   Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
43.69
1.08
0.35
180
🇩🇪   Essen, Germany
43.59
1.17
0.28
181
🇫🇷   Marseille, France
43.51
0.84
0.37
182
43.43
0.86
0.47
183
🇫🇷   Bordeaux, France
43.29
1.03
0.31
184
🇩🇪   Leipzig, Germany
43.01
0.98
0.32
185
🇩🇪   Dresden, Germany
42.89
1.11
0.30
186
42.84
0.84
0.46
187
🇩🇪   Bremen, Germany
42.82
1.20
0.27
188
🇮🇹   Venice, Italy
42.60
0.64
0.49
189
🇸🇪   Malmö, Sweden
42.49
1.17
0.28
190
🇮🇹   Genoa, Italy
42.31
0.73
0.45
191
🇪🇪   Tallinn, Estonia
42.11
0.70
0.49
192
🇪🇸   Málaga, Spain
41.92
0.71
0.56
193
🇸🇮   Ljubljana, Slovenia
41.74
0.71
0.55
194
🇫🇷   Nantes, France
41.59
0.87
0.37
195
🇮🇹   Verona, Italy
41.55
0.70
0.47
196
🇪🇸   Valencia, Spain
41.52
0.75
0.52
197
🇫🇷   Toulouse, France
41.36
1.16
0.26
198
🇪🇸   Bilbao, Spain
41.31
0.90
0.42
199
🇫🇷   Lille, France
41.10
0.94
0.33
200
🇩🇪   Duisburg, Germany
41.08
0.89
0.34
201
🇮🇹   Naples, Italy
39.90
0.57
0.56
202
🇵🇱   Kraków, Poland
39.88
0.73
0.56
203
🇵🇱   Gdańsk, Poland
39.67
0.71
0.58
204
🇸🇰   Bratislava, Slovakia
39.21
0.63
0.60
205
🇮🇹   Turin, Italy
39.06
0.83
0.39
206
🇬🇷   Athens, Greece
38.97
0.45
0.69
207
🇭🇷   Split, Croatia
38.59
0.50
0.71
208
🇪🇸   Alicante, Spain
38.56
0.72
0.51
209
🇨🇿   Brno, Czechia
38.42
0.64
0.61
210
38.27
0.50
0.74
211
🇲🇹   St. Paul's Bay, Malta
38.17
0.60
0.57
212
🇵🇱   Gdynia, Poland
38.02
0.80
0.52
213
🇸🇦   Madinah, Saudi Arabia
37.89
0.69
0.53
214
🇵🇱   Wrocław, Poland
37.41
0.69
0.59
215
🇨🇾   Nicosia, Cyprus
37.22
0.70
0.48
216
🇵🇱   Poznań, Poland
37.16
0.72
0.56
217
🇦🇲   Yerevan, Armenia
36.17
0.25
1.45
218
🇪🇸   Zaragoza, Spain
35.91
0.79
0.43
219
🇪🇸   Seville, Spain
35.85
0.90
0.40
220
🇮🇹   Bari, Italy
35.66
0.74
0.41
221
🇱🇹   Vilnius, Lithuania
35.63
0.73
0.49
222
35.45
0.74
0.50
223
🇭🇷   Zagreb, Croatia
35.44
0.75
0.48
224
🇬🇷   Thessaloniki, Greece
35.44
0.45
0.68
225
🇲🇽   Monterrey, Mexico
35.32
0.46
0.81
226
🇸🇰   Košice, Slovakia
34.80
0.60
0.60
227
🇯🇵   Tokyo, Japan
34.80
1.11
0.30
228
🇮🇹   Catania, Italy
34.47
0.80
0.35
229
🇰🇼   Kuwait City, Kuwait
34.17
1.21
0.32
230
🇪🇸   Valladolid, Spain
34.01
0.77
0.41
231
🇨🇷   San José, Costa Rica
33.51
0.46
0.63
232
🇱🇻   Riga, Latvia
33.50
0.62
0.52
233
🇮🇹   Palermo, Italy
33.33
0.69
0.42
234
🇵🇱   Szczecin, Poland
33.19
0.72
0.52
235
🇷🇸   Belgrade, Serbia
33.10
0.46
0.73
236
🇰🇷   Seoul, South Korea
32.92
1.37
0.25
237
🇵🇱   Łódź, Poland
32.92
0.66
0.56
238
🇪🇸   Córdoba, Spain
32.41
0.95
0.34
239
🇱🇹   Kaunas, Lithuania
32.40
0.68
0.49
240
🇯🇵   Kawasaki, Japan
32.38
1.39
0.22
241
🇪🇸   Murcia, Spain
32.38
0.77
0.44
242
🇵🇱   Bydgoszcz, Poland
32.35
0.57
0.64
243
🇨🇿   Ostrava, Czechia
31.28
0.77
0.43
244
🇭🇺   Budapest, Hungary
30.79
0.61
0.52
245
🇸🇦   Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
30.27
1.38
0.21
246
🇯🇵   Sapporo, Japan
30.22
0.74
0.45
247
🇲🇽   Mexico City, Mexico
30.05
0.42
0.77
248
🇷🇴   Cluj-Napoca, Romania
29.86
0.66
0.48
249
🇯🇵   Yokohama, Japan
29.80
1.31
0.24
250
🇷🇴   Constanța, Romania
29.73
0.41
0.84
251
🇷🇴   Bucharest, Romania
29.54
0.74
0.42
252
🇦🇱   Tirana, Albania
29.43
0.37
0.79
253
🇧🇬   Sofia, Bulgaria
29.43
0.85
0.38
254
🇰🇷   Daegu, South Korea
28.99
1.35
0.22
255
28.98
0.83
0.40
256
🇰🇷   Incheon, South Korea
28.58
1.42
0.21
257
🇯🇵   Osaka, Japan
28.33
1.12
0.27
258
🇯🇵   Nagoya, Japan
28.31
1.33
0.22
259
🇹🇷   İstanbul, Turkey
27.85
0.32
1.23
260
🇷🇺   Moscow, Russia
27.78
0.86
0.49
261
🇲🇪   Podgorica, Montenegro
27.63
0.53
0.61
262
🇰🇷   Busan, South Korea
27.58
1.32
0.21
263
🇹🇷   Ankara, Turkey
27.51
0.48
0.69
264
🇲🇽   Tijuana, Mexico
27.41
0.49
0.67
265
🇰🇷   Gwangju, South Korea
27.37
1.24
0.23
266
27.29
0.30
1.12
267
🇨🇳   Shanghai, China
27.28
1.15
0.30
268
🇯🇵   Kyoto, Japan
27.00
1.03
0.25
269
🇿🇦   Pretoria, South Africa
26.89
0.99
0.32
270
26.89
1.00
0.28
271
🇲🇩   Chișinău, Moldova
26.88
0.41
0.90
272
🇿🇦   Gqeberha, South Africa
26.70
0.63
0.52
273
🇭🇺   Debrecen, Hungary
26.67
0.52
0.60
274
🇹🇼   Taipei, Taiwan
26.35
1.16
0.29
275
🇨🇳   Beijing, China
26.25
1.17
0.28
276
🇬🇪   Tbilisi, Georgia
26.11
0.37
0.90
277
🇷🇴   Timișoara, Romania
26.04
0.71
0.40
278
🇰🇷   Daejeon, South Korea
26.03
1.31
0.22
279
🇹🇷   Antalya, Turkey
25.84
0.36
0.95
280
🇲🇽   Puebla, Mexico
25.70
0.43
0.70
281
🇯🇵   Kobe, Japan
25.69
1.01
0.27
282
🇲🇽   Guadalajara, Mexico
25.42
0.43
0.71
283
🇷🇴   Craiova, Romania
25.42
0.63
0.50
284
🇨🇳   Shenzhen, China
25.40
1.21
0.26
285
🇭🇺   Szeged, Hungary
25.34
0.69
0.38
286
🇹🇷   İzmir, Turkey
25.23
0.48
0.66
287
🇷🇴   Iași, Romania
24.92
0.54
0.54
288
🇿🇦   Durban, South Africa
24.88
0.72
0.44
289
🇰🇷   Suwon-si, South Korea
24.83
1.73
0.17
290
🇮🇳   Surat, India
24.38
0.30
1.35
291
🇸🇦   Makkah, Saudi Arabia
24.34
1.08
0.23
292
🇰🇷   Ulsan, South Korea
24.01
1.67
0.15
293
🇯🇵   Saitama, Japan
23.64
1.16
0.21
294
23.41
0.53
0.56
295
🇹🇼   Taoyuan, Taiwan
23.00
0.75
0.38
296
🇹🇼   Kaohsiung, Taiwan
22.70
0.86
0.33
297
🇺🇦   Kyiv, Ukraine
22.64
0.44
0.76
298
🇮🇳   Mumbai, India
22.58
0.72
0.46
299
🇲🇽   Leon, Mexico
22.56
0.44
0.57
300
22.45
0.49
0.61

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