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The most expensive and
richest cities in the world
A report by UBS

The most expensive cities in the world
18 August 2011: Oslo, Zurich and Geneva are the most expensive cities in the most recent UBS survey. Sydney continues to move up the table, which, to some extent can be explained by the Australian dollar's continued appreciation against both the US dollar and the euro.

However, Sydney is just one of many cities that have seen a jump in their rankings. This is in contrast to US cities, which now hold much lower positions. America's most expensive city, New York, used to regularly feature in the top but this year is only ranked 14. The drop can be exlained to the depreciation of the US dollar against other world currencies. On average, the currencies of cities surveyed by UBS appreciated by nice per cent against the US dollar. The Swedish krona increased in value by 21 per cent, while the Swiss franc appreciated by 20 per cent.
Rank 2011
Rank 2009
Cities
1
1
 Oslo
2
2
 Zurich
3
4
 Geneva
4
3
 Copenhagen
5
16
 Stockholm
6
5
 Tokyo
7
38
 Sydney
8
7
 Helsinki
9
31
 Toronto
10
24
 Singapore
11
8
 Vienna
12
9
 Paris
13
14
 Luxembourg
14
6
 New York City
15
21
 London
16
11
 Munich
17
32
 Montreal
18
13
 Frankfurt
19
42
 Sao Paulo
20
10
 Dublin
21
20
 Brussels
22
17
 Rome
23
18
 Lyon
24
45
 Auckland
25
22
 Barcelona
26
48
 Rio de Janeiro
27
19
 Dubai
28
34
 Istanbul
29
23
 Amsterdam
30
20
 Madrid
31
15
 Los Angeles
32
33
 Tel Aviv
33
27
 Berlin
34
29
 Milan
35
32
 Seoul
36
39
 Chicago
37
28
 Hong Kong
38
36
 Athens
39
35
 Lisbon
40
37
 Nicosia
41
29
 Miami
42
56
 Moscow
43
64
 Johannesburg
44
46
 Taipei
45
50
 Bangkok
46
55
 Warsaw
47
12
 Caracas
48
57
 Budapest
49
41
 Shanghai
50
40
 Ljubljana
51
65
 Jakarta
52
51
 Prague
53
44
 Riga
54
49
 Bratislava
55
39
 Doha
56
53
 Tallinn
57
66
 Bogota
58
52
 Beijing
59
62
 Santiago de Chile
60
54
 Vilnius
61
59
 Kiev
62
47
 Manama
63
58
 Sofia
64
68
 Mexico City
65
60
 Lima
66
67
 Bucharest
67
70
 Kuala Lumpur
68
61
 Buenos Aires
69
69
 Cairo
70
63
 Nairobi
71
72
 Delhi
72
71
 Manila
73
73
 Mumbai

UBS survey: Introduction | The most expensive cities | The richest cities (personal earnings) | Richest cities (purchasing power) | The iPod index |

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In 2004: Winner: Edi Rama (Tirana, Albania); Runner-up: Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico City, Mexico); In third place: Walter Veltroni (Rome, Italy)
In 2005: Winner: Dora Bakoyannis (Athens, Greece); Runner-up: Hazel McCallion (Mississauga, Canada); In third place: Alvaro Arzú (Guatemala City, Guatemala)
In 2006: Winner: John So (Melbourne, Australia); Runner up: Job Cohen (Amsterdam, Netherland); In third place: Stephen Reed (Harrisburg, USA)
In 2008: Winner: Helen Zille (Cape Town, South Africa); Runner up: Elmar Ledergerber (Zurich, Switzerland); In third place: Leopoldo López (Chacao, Venezuela)
In 2010: Winner: Marcelo Ebrard (Mexico City, Mexico); Runner-up: Mick Cornett (Oklahoma City, USA); In third place: Domenico Lucano (Riace, Italy)
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