Although the world suffers from many financial problems and economic crises that affect people around the world and the standard of living, we find that there are some cities which are classified as the costliest cities in the world. Classifying these expensive cities is based on the cost of living there and the prices of services and products which are offered to people such as food, drink, clothing, schooling costs, transport, recreational services, home rents, bills, household supplies and other family needs that are required for everyday life. The prices are compared to each other to decide the most expensive cities and the cost of living. There are many cities that can not be expected to jump to the list of the costliest cities, while there are other cities that are known to be really costly but are not included in the list such as New York and London which are completely out and away from the list. Here, you will find some of the cities that are ranked as the priciest cities in the world for this year. You will need to be wealthy or to get a high salary to be able to live in such cities.
10. Geneva
Geneva is located in Switzerland and it comes down to be ranked at the tenth position in the list of the 10 most expensive cities in the world after being at the third position in the last year. In order to buy a loaf of bread in this city, you will need to pay $5.63 and $8.19 for a bottle of table wine.
9. Caracas
Caracas city is located in Venezuela. It jumps to the ninth position after being out of the list in the last year. A loaf of white bread in this city costs $9.40 and a bottle of table wine costs $18.14.
8. Paris
The capital of France that returns back two places to be at the eighth position in the list. To eat a loaf of bread in this beautiful city, you will need to pay $8.95 and to enjoy drinking a bottle of table wine, it will cost you $9.45
7. Zurich
Zurich city is located in Switzerland and it comes down to the seventh place in the list after being classified as the first and the most expensive city in the last year. A loaf of white bread in this city costs $6.08 while a bottle of table wine costs $16.74.
6. Singapore
It jumps from the ninth position in the list in the last year to the sixth position in this year. A loaf of bread in this city is cheap if it is compared to the other expensive cities as it costs $3.25 while a bottle of table wine costs $25.65.
5. Melbourne
Melbourne is situated in Australia and it jumps from its eighth position that it occupied in the last year. It costs $4.87 to buy a loaf of bread and $25.03 to buy a bottle of table wine.
4. Oslo
Oslo city is the capital of Norway and it is ranked at the fourth position in the list in this year after being at the fifth position in the last year. A loaf of bread in this city costs $6.31 while a bottle of table wine costs $17.58.
3. Sydney
Sydney is situated in Australia and it is ranked at the third place in the list in this year after being ranked at he seventh place in the last year. You will need to pay $5.03 to buy a loaf of bread and $25.38 for a bottle of table wine.
2. Osaka
Osaka is situated in Japan and it is classified as the second most expensive city in the world. It is also the second Japanese city in the list. It jumps from its third place in the last year to the second place in the list in this year. It costs $7.94 to buy a loaf of bread in Osaka while a bottle of table wine costs $17.55.
1. Tokyo
Finally, we come to the costliest city in the whole world which is Tokyo. It is the capital of Japan and it was classified as the second most expensive city last year, but this year it jumps to occupy the top of the list as the priciest city. In order to buy a loaf of bread in this expensive city, you will need to pay $9.06, while a bottle of table wine will cost you $15.95.