| March 2006 Rank |
City |
March 2005 Rank |
| 1 |
Moscow, Russia |
4 |
| 2 |
Seoul, South Korea |
5 |
| 3 |
Tokyo, Japan |
1 |
| 4 |
Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China |
9 |
| 5 |
London, United Kingdom |
3 |
| 6 |
Osaka, Japan |
2 |
| 7 |
Geneva, Switzerland |
6 |
| 8 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
8 |
| 9 |
Zurich, Switzerland |
7 |
| 10 (tie) |
Oslo, Norway |
10 |
| 10 (tie) |
New York City, United States of America |
13 |
| 12 |
St. Petersburg, Russia |
15 |
| 13 |
Milan, Italy |
11 |
| 14 |
Beijing, People’s Republic of China |
19 |
| 15 |
Istanbul, Turkey |
22 |
| 16 |
Paris, France |
12 |
| 17 |
Singapore, Singapore |
34 |
| 18 |
Dublin, Ireland |
13 |
| 19 |
Sydney, Australia |
20 |
| 20 |
Shanghai, People’s Republic of China |
30 |
| 21 |
Rome, Italy |
17 |
| 21 |
Kiev, Ukraine |
54 |
| 21 |
Vienna, Austria |
16 |
| 24 |
Tel Aviv, Israel |
39 |
| 25 |
Helsinki, Finland |
20 |
| 25 |
Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
73 |
| 27 |
Douala, Cameroon |
22 |
| 28 |
Taipei, Taiwan |
29 |
| 29 |
Los Angeles, United States of America |
44 |
| 30 |
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
64 |
| 31 |
Lagos, Nigeria |
96 |
| 32 |
Beirut, Lebanon |
52 |
| 32 |
Hanoi, Vietnam |
50 |
| 34 |
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
119 |
| 34 |
San Francisco, United States of America |
50 |
| 36 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
18 |
| 37 |
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
56 |
| 38 |
Chicago, United States of America |
52 |
| 39 |
Miami, United States of America |
57 |
| 40 |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
124 |
| 41 |
Lusaka, Zambia |
123 |
| 41 |
Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
24 |
| 43 |
White Plains, United States of America |
45 |
| 44 |
Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China |
63 |
| 45 |
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire |
26 |
| 45 |
Dakar, Senegal |
36 |
| 47 |
Toronto, Canada |
82 |
| 48 |
Jakarta, Indonesia |
71 |
| 49 |
Bratislava, Slovakia |
31 |
| 50 |
Prague, Czech Republic |
28 |
| 56 |
Vancouver, Canada |
87 |
u see, 2 largest cities in russia has occupy top in most expensive cities in the world. who says living in russia is cheap??
so how can jpa give so little money to the scholars in russia and so much to uk, aus, or even czech??? not fair!!