Cost of Living Survey 2004 (50 to 100) | ||||
Rank 2004 |
Rank 2003 |
City |
Index 2004 |
Index 2003 |
51 |
76 |
Birmingham, UK |
82.8 |
71.7 |
52 |
20 |
White Plains, USA |
82.7 |
86.2 |
53 |
68 |
Brussels, Belgium |
82.1 |
73.6 |
54 |
24 |
Kiev, Ukraine |
82 |
84.2 |
55 |
27 |
Miami, USA |
82 |
83.7 |
56 |
81 |
Barcelona, Spain |
81.4 |
71.1 |
57 |
32 |
Honolulu, USA |
81.3 |
82.8 |
58 |
83 |
Hamburg, Germany |
80.6 |
70.9 |
59 |
75 |
Zagreb, Croatia |
80.5 |
71.8 |
60 |
72 |
Algiers, Algeria |
80.1 |
72.4 |
61 |
86 |
Madrid, Spain |
79.6 |
70.4 |
62 |
39 |
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
78.7 |
79.5 |
63 |
46 |
Amman, Jordan |
78.5 |
78.3 |
64 |
43 |
Kuwait City, Kuwait |
78.2 |
78.4 |
65 |
43 |
San Juan, Puerto Rico |
77.9 |
78.4 |
66 |
69 |
Casablanca, Morocco |
77.9 |
73 |
67 |
111 |
Melbourne, Australia |
77.5 |
62.7 |
68 |
51 |
Washington, USA |
77.4 |
76.9 |
69 |
89 |
Lyon, France |
77 |
68.6 |
70 |
54 |
Boston, USA |
76.4 |
76.3 |
71 |
94 |
Lisbon, Portugal |
76.1 |
67.6 |
72 |
53 |
Morristown, USA |
76 |
76.7 |
73 |
46 |
Houston, USA |
75.8 |
78.3 |
74 |
72 |
Almaty, Kazakhstan |
75.8 |
72.4 |
75 |
60 |
Tallinn, Estonia |
75.7 |
78.4 |
76 |
54 |
Warsaw, Poland |
75.4 |
76.3 |
77 |
50 |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
74.9 |
77.3 |
78 |
43 |
Manama, Bahrain |
74.9 |
78.4 |
79 |
83 |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
74.3 |
70.9 |
80 |
115 |
Auckland, New Zealand |
74.2 |
62.4 |
81 |
58 |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
74 |
75.3 |
82 |
100 |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
73.6 |
66.5 |
83 |
63 |
Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
73.5 |
74.2 |
84 |
77 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
73.3 |
71.6 |
85 |
61 |
Atlanta, USA |
72.9 |
74.7 |
86 |
117 |
Wellington, New Zealand |
72.8 |
61.5 |
87 |
121 |
Brisbane, Australia |
72.7 |
59.1 |
88 |
124 |
Adelaide, Australia |
72 |
58.6 |
89 |
104 |
Toronto, Canada |
71.8 |
64.9 |
90 |
80 |
Seattle, USA |
71.4 |
71.3 |
91 |
85 |
Vilnius, Lithuania |
71.3 |
70.5 |
92 |
82 |
St. Louis, USA |
71.2 |
71 |
93 |
106 |
Leipzig, Germany |
71.1 |
63.5 |
94 |
126 |
Perth, Australia |
70.7 |
58.2 |
95 |
106 |
Limassol, Cyprus |
70.3 |
63.5 |
96 |
110 |
Vancouver, Canada |
69.6 |
63.2 |
97 |
98 |
Accra, Ghana |
69.5 |
67 |
98 |
87 |
Cleveland, USA |
69.4 |
69 |
99 |
102 |
Cairo, Egypt |
69.3 |
66.3 |
100 |
69 |
Denver, USA |
69.3 |
73 |
Source: Mercer Human Resource Consulting