This was a little surprising to me. According to Mercer Human Resource Consulting’s Global Cost-of-Living Survey 2006, Moscow has replaced Tokyo as the world’s most expensive city while Asuncion in Paraguay remains the least expensive city.
What pushes Moscow to the top of the most expensive city list is its realty price. Cost of almost everything else in Moscow is cheaper than other top ten cities in the list. In Moscow, you can still spend only 15 rubles (US$0.60) for a subway pass which lets you travel across the city, you can also find low cost bars; you can also find set meals with three dishes for only 150 rubles (US$6), a bottle of vodka for only 200 rubles (US$7.5), and a cab which will brings you all around the city for only 200 rubles or less.
Let’s see how expensive Moscow is (all currencies in US dollar):
- A cup of coffee (including service charge)
Moscow: $3.07
Seoul: $2.94
New York: $2.26
London: $1.90 - A music CD
Moscow: $13.29
New York: $10.77 - Hotel room rate Moscow
5 stars: $400 or higher
4 stars: $300 or or higher
3 stars: $150-200 - 1 litre of Gasoline (Petro) in Moscow
Year 2001: $0.30
Year 2006: $0.63 - 1 kilogram of pork in Moscow
Year 2001: $3
Year 2006: $7 - Residental realty in square meter
Year 2001: $2,500 or higher
Year 2006: $6,500 or higher - Beer (500 ml): $7.60
- Dining at a regular restaurant costs $38 per head
- It costs $57 to take a cab to the airport
- A pair of shoes which with retail price at $57 in UK can be sold for up to $114 in Moscow
Top 10 of World’s Most Expensive Cities:
- Moscow (Russia)
- Seoul (South Korea)
- Tokyo (Japan)
- Hong Kong (China)
- London (United Kingdom)
- Osaka (Japan)
- Geneva (Switzerland)
- Copenhagen (Denmark)
- Zurich (Switzerland)
- Oslo (Norway)
[Materials of this article were taken from Sin Chew Daily]
