The graph shows the world's most expensive cities to live, compared to New York City. Zurich is with a value of 170 the most expensive city to live.

In 2025, Zakopane was the most expensive city in Poland to buy real estate. The average price of an apartment per square meter in this city was over ****** zloty.

The graph depictsts the most expensive cities in the U.S. concerning hotel room costs in 2010. In Miami the average price was at 139.58$ in 2010.

Zurich, Lausanne, and Geneva were ranked as the most expensive cities worldwide with indices of ************************ Almost half of the 11 most expensive cities were in Switzerland.

Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia, ranked as the most expensive city to live in Africa as of 2024, considering consumer goods prices. The Ethiopian capital obtained an index score of 46.7, followed by Harare, in Zimbabwe, with 37.4. Morocco and South Africa were the countries with the most representatives among the 15 cities with the highest cost of living in Africa.

Barcelona, Madrid, and Donostia - San Sebastian were some of the most expensive cities to rent a house in Spain in February 2025. Barcelona, which is the capital of Catalonia, led the list with an average price of 23.7 euros per square meter. Madrid followed closely in the second position with an average square meter of rental residential property cost of 21.2 euros.

Damascus in Syria was ranked as the least expensive city worldwide in 2023, with an index score of ** out of 100. The country has been marred by civil war over the last decade, hitting the country's economy hard. Other cities in the Middle East and North Africa, such as Tehran, Tripoli, and Tunis, are also present on the list. On the other hand, Singapore and Zurich were ranked the most expensive cities in the world.

This statistic shows the most expensive cities for hostel bookings worldwide as of December 2014. According to the GoEuro Accommodation Price Index, New York was the most expensive city with an average cost of 65 U.S. dollars per night.

In 2023, Hong Kong was the city in the Asia-Pacific region which was the most expensive for business travel in terms of daily hotel cost, in which the average daily hotel cost was approximately ***** U.S. dollars. Contrastingly, the average daily cost of a hotel for business travel in Tianjin was approximately ***** U.S. dollars in 2023.

As of mid-2024, Montevideo ranked as the second Latin American and Caribbean metropolis with the highest cost of living index. The Uruguayan capital obtained an index score of ****, only second to Port of Spain, in Trinidad and Tobago, with **** points. Monterrey and Panama City were the third and fourth most expensive cities to live in Latin America and the Caribbean that year, with scores surpassing ** points each.

This statistic shows the most expensive cities for five star hotels worldwide as of December 2014. According to the GoEuro Accommodation Price Index, Punta Cana was the most expensive city with an average cost of 1,323 U.S. dollars per night.

New York was the world's most expensive city for business tourism in the 4th quarter of 2024, reaching an average daily cost of around *** U.S. dollars. Among the top ten of that period, three cities were located in the United States.

In 2019, Oklahoma was the least expensive city in the United States for ridesharing, with an average of 9.91 U.S. dollars per trip. During the same year, New York was the most expensive city in the U.S. for a rideshare, with an average of 18.73 U.S. dollars per ride.

As of March 2024, the cost of living in Bogota was the highest among major Colombian cities. In total, the average cost per month amounted to *** U.S. dollars. Cartagena followed in the ranking, with a monthly cost of living of *** U.S. dollars at that time.

According to a January 2022 analysis, going on a date in Zurich —including eating out and going to the movies— would cost an average of nearly *** euros. This was the highest price recorded among major cities worldwide that year. Out of the *** most expensive cities to go on a date in the list, ***** are located in Europe.

This graph presents a ranking of the most expensive cities for renting a student studio apartment in France in 2024, in euros per month. It appears that with a rental cost of *** euros for a studio apartment, Paris was the most expensive city for student housing in France.

In 2023, Hong Kong was the most expensive city for business travel in the Asia-Pacific region, in which daily costs amounted to approximately *** U.S. dollars. On the other hand, the daily cost for business travel in Bengaluru was approximately *** U.S. dollars in 2023.

The price per square meter in a luxury apartment in Cape Town, South Africa, reached ***** U.S. dollars in 2018. It was double of the price measured in Umhlanga, also a city in South Africa, and second in the ranking. The index tracked the square meter price in selected prime apartments, measuring from *** to *** square meters, mainly in exclusive living complexes.

The statistic shows the world's most expensive retail locations in 2013, by the annual cost of rent (in euros per square meter). Rent for retail space on Fifth Avenue in New York cost about 20,702 euros per square meter in 2013.

This statistic shows the most expensive residential rents in 2015, by city. Monthly residential rents in Abuja, Nigeria in 2015 averaged 8.5 U.S. dollars per square meter.