Cost of Living Survey 2004 (100 to 144) | ||||
Rank 2004 |
Rank 2003 |
City |
Index 2004 |
Index 2003 |
101 |
79 |
Detroit, USA |
68.8 |
71.5 |
102 |
96 |
Monterrey, Mexico |
68.6 |
67.5 |
103 |
77 |
Kingston, Jamaica |
68.2 |
71.6 |
104 |
97 |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
67.7 |
67.3 |
105 |
92 |
Portland, USA |
67.7 |
67.8 |
106 |
91 |
Panama City |
67.5 |
67.9 |
107 |
93 |
Winston Salem, USA |
66.9 |
67.7 |
108 |
98 |
Guatemala City, Guatemala |
66.9 |
67 |
109 |
114 |
Mumbai, India |
66.8 |
62.5 |
110 |
103 |
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei |
66.7 |
66 |
111 |
90 |
Lagos, Nigeria |
66.7 |
68.3 |
112 |
88 |
Pittsburgh, USA |
66.5 |
68.9 |
113 |
120 |
Montreal, Canada |
66.4 |
59.5 |
114 |
116 |
Calgary, Canada |
66 |
62.1 |
115 |
101 |
Tianjin, China |
65.6 |
66.4 |
116 |
109 |
New Delhi, India |
64.7 |
63.3 |
117 |
94 |
Dacca (Dhaka), Bangladesh |
64 |
67.6 |
118 |
108 |
Lima, Peru |
63.6 |
63.4 |
119 |
125 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
63.5 |
58.3 |
120 |
119 |
Tunis, Tunisia |
63.4 |
59.9 |
121 |
105 |
Nairobi, Kenya |
63.3 |
63.6 |
122 |
111 |
Tehran, Iran |
63.2 |
62.7 |
123 |
134 |
Santiago, Chile |
62.9 |
50.5 |
124 |
127 |
Ottawa, Canada |
62.6 |
57.2 |
125 |
129 |
Lusaka, Zambia |
62.3 |
56.6 |
126 |
133 |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
61.1 |
50.9 |
127 |
118 |
Colombo, Sri Lanka |
60.4 |
60 |
128 |
136 |
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
60.3 |
49.4 |
129 |
122 |
Bucharest, Romania |
60.1 |
59 |
130 |
113 |
San Jose, Costa Rica |
60 |
62.6 |
131 |
137 |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
59.3 |
48.6 |
132 |
130 |
Karachi, Pakistan |
56.3 |
56.5 |
133 |
132 |
Chennai, India |
54.2 |
51.1 |
134 |
128 |
Caracas, Venezuela |
54 |
56.9 |
135 |
140 |
Blantyre, Malawi |
53 |
44.1 |
136 |
131 |
Quito, Ecuador |
52.8 |
52 |
137 |
138 |
Bangalore, India |
51.1 |
47.8 |
138 |
135 |
Manila, Philippines |
48.8 |
49.5 |
139 |
142 |
Bogotá, Colombia |
48.6 |
43.9 |
140 |
143 |
Harare, Zimbabwe |
48.2 |
39.5 |
141 |
141 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
47.7 |
44 |
142 |
122 |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
47.3 |
59 |
143 |
139 |
Montevideo, Uruguay |
47.2 |
46.5 |
144 |
144 |
Asuncion, Paraguay |
42.7 |
36.5 |
Source: Mercer Human Resource Consulting