Expatistan’s Cost of Living ratings – Top 50 – Grand Cayman is THIRD

From Expatistan

World Map

This map shows only the top cities in the world. We also have a list of all the cities available in Expatistan.

The color of the markers corresponds with the Cost of Living in the city. Red markers show more expensive cities, green ones show cheaper cities.
The size of the markers correspond with the population of each city.
Moving the mouse on top of a city will show its name and the Cost of Living Index of the city.

What is the Cost of Living Index? To calculate each cities’ Cost of Living Index value, we start by assigning a value of 100 to a central reference city (that happens to be Prague). Once the reference point has been established, the Price Index value of every other city in the database is calculated by comparing their cost of living to the cost of living in Prague.
Therefore, if a city has a Price Index of 134, that means that living there is 34% more expensive than living in Prague.
Expatistan Cost of Living Index

Ranking City Price Index *
1 Zurich (Switzerland) 300
2 Geneva (Switzerland) 296
3 GRAND CAYMAN (CAYMAN ISLANDS) 294
4 London (United Kingdom) 293
5 Bern (Switzerland) 271
6 San Francisco, California (United States) 269
7 Washington D.C. (United States) 268
8 New York City (United States) 264
9 Hong Kong 262
10 Singapore 252
11 Oslo (Norway) 244
12 Chicago, Illinois (United States) 226
13 Aberdeen (United Kingdom) 224
14 Boston, Massachusetts (United States) 223
15 Perth (Australia) 221
16 Sydney (Australia) 221
17 Melbourne (Australia) 220
18 Honolulu, Hawaii (United States) 216
19 Paris (France) 216
20 San Jose, California (United States) 215
21 Los Angeles, California (United States) 214
22 Copenhagen (Denmark) 212
23 Seattle, Washington (United States) 212
24 Brisbane (Australia) 211
25 Tokyo (Japan) 211
26 Miami, Florida (United States) 210
27 Stockholm (Sweden) 208
28 Dublin (Ireland) 208
29 Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 205
30 Wellington (New Zealand) 204
31 Oakland, California (United States) 204
32 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) 203
33 Canberra (Australia) 202
34 Adelaide (Australia) 200
35 Reykjavik (Iceland) 199
36 Amsterdam (Netherlands) 198
37 Auckland (New Zealand) 198
38 Edinburgh (United Kingdom) 197
39 Aarhus (Denmark) 196
40 Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) 194
41 Luxembourg 194
42 Toronto (Canada) 191
43 Denver, Colorado (United States) 190
44 Helsinki (Finland) 190
45 Tel Aviv (Israel) 189
46 Manchester (United Kingdom) 188
47 San Diego, California (United States) 188
48 Glasgow (United Kingdom) 186
49 Portland, Oregon (United States) 186
50 Calgary (Canada) 185

To view all the Indexes go to: http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/index