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160 cities

#	City	Region	Index↓	🍔Big Mac↓	🏠1BR Rent↓	🚗Uber 5km↓	☕Starbucks↓	📺YouTube↓
1	Zurich Switzerland	Western Europe	99	$7.73	$2,940.00	$15.00	$9.50	$15.90
2	Geneva Switzerland	Western Europe	98	$7.73	$2,730.00	$14.00	$9.00	$15.90
3	San Francisco United States	North America	95	$5.69	$3,360.00	$12.00	$11.30	$13.99
4	Los Angeles United States	North America	94	$5.69	$2,625.00	$10.00	$9.60	$13.99
5	Vancouver Canada	North America	94	$5.85	$2,415.00	$10.00	$9.10	$13.99
6	Oslo Norway	Western Europe	93	$6.26	$1,890.00	$12.00	$7.30	$14.99
7	Miami United States	North America	93	$5.69	$2,520.00	$9.50	$9.40	$13.99
8	Toronto Canada	North America	93	$5.85	$2,205.00	$9.50	$8.60	$13.99
9	New York United States	North America	92	$5.69	$3,350.00	$12.00	$5.50	$13.99
10	Seattle United States	North America	92	$5.69	$2,310.00	$9.00	$8.90	$13.99
11	Chicago United States	North America	90	$5.69	$1,995.00	$9.00	$8.20	$13.99
12	Sydney Australia	Oceania	90	$5.21	$2,100.00	$10.00	$7.70	$14.99
13	London United Kingdom	Western Europe	89	$5.49	$2,310.00	$9.00	$8.10	$12.99
14	Dublin Ireland	Western Europe	89	$5.60	$2,205.00	$9.00	$7.90	$12.99
15	Austin United States	North America	88	$5.69	$1,890.00	$8.00	$7.90	$13.99
16	Denver United States	North America	88	$5.69	$1,785.00	$8.50	$7.70	$13.99
17	Melbourne Australia	Oceania	87	$5.21	$1,785.00	$9.00	$7.00	$14.99
18	Amsterdam Netherlands	Western Europe	86	$5.45	$1,995.00	$8.00	$7.50	$12.99
19	Copenhagen Denmark	Western Europe	86	$5.18	$1,785.00	$10.00	$7.00	$13.99
20	Brisbane Australia	Oceania	86	$5.21	$1,575.00	$8.50	$6.60	$14.99
21	Montreal Canada	North America	85	$5.85	$1,365.00	$8.00	$6.70	$13.99
22	Paris France	Western Europe	84	$5.29	$1,890.00	$7.50	$7.30	$12.99
23	Perth Australia	Oceania	83	$5.21	$1,470.00	$8.00	$6.40	$14.99
24	Munich Germany	Western Europe	82	$5.19	$1,680.00	$8.00	$6.80	$12.99
25	Auckland New Zealand	Oceania	82	$4.88	$1,680.00	$8.50	$6.80	$12.99
26	Tel Aviv Israel	Middle East	80	$5.60	$1,890.00	$7.00	$5.90	$8.99
27	Edinburgh United Kingdom	Western Europe	79	$5.49	$1,260.00	$7.50	$5.90	$12.99
28	Wellington New Zealand	Oceania	79	$4.88	$1,470.00	$7.50	$6.40	$12.99
29	Brussels Belgium	Western Europe	78	$5.30	$1,260.00	$7.50	$5.90	$12.99
30	Milan Italy	Southern Europe	77	$5.07	$1,470.00	$7.00	$5.20	$12.99
31	Boston USA	North America	77	$4.93	$1,380.00	$6.97	$5.89	$12.02
32	Singapore Singapore	Southeast Asia	76	$4.80	$2,625.00	$5.50	$4.00	$11.98
33	Manchester United Kingdom	Western Europe	76	$5.49	$1,155.00	$7.00	$5.70	$12.99
34	Adelaide Australia	Oceania	75	$4.78	$1,263.00	$6.40	$5.49	$11.01
35	Stockholm Sweden	Europe	75	$4.74	$1,499.00	$6.23	$5.36	$10.70
36	Vienna Austria	Western Europe	74	$5.10	$1,155.00	$7.00	$5.70	$12.99
37	Manama Bahrain	Middle East	73	$4.65	$1,424.00	$5.93	$5.14	$10.16
38	Rome Italy	Southern Europe	73	$5.07	$1,260.00	$6.50	$4.90	$12.99
39	Barcelona Spain	Southern Europe	73	$5.12	$1,260.00	$5.80	$4.90	$12.99
40	Lyon France	Western Europe	72	$5.29	$998.00	$6.00	$5.40	$12.99
41	Helsinki Finland	Europe	72	$4.64	$1,412.00	$5.88	$5.11	$10.08
42	Madrid Spain	Southern Europe	70	$5.12	$1,155.00	$5.50	$4.70	$12.99
43	Calgary Canada	North America	70	$4.65	$1,165.00	$5.93	$5.15	$10.17
44	Berlin Germany	Western Europe	69	$5.19	$1,150.00	$6.50	$3.50	$12.99
45	Dubai UAE	Middle East	68	$4.09	$1,995.00	$4.00	$6.10	$8.99
46	Doha Qatar	Middle East	67	$4.20	$1,470.00	$4.50	$5.20	$9.99
47	Florence Italy	Europe	67	$4.58	$1,113.00	$5.67	$4.96	$9.72
48	Nice France	Europe	67	$4.60	$1,123.00	$5.72	$5.00	$9.81
49	Lisbon Portugal	Southern Europe	66	$4.70	$1,155.00	$4.50	$4.70	$10.99
50	Vilnius Lithuania	Europe	66	$4.44	$1,240.00	$5.19	$4.60	$8.86
51	Abu Dhabi UAE	Middle East	65	$4.09	$1,575.00	$3.80	$5.40	$8.99
52	Seville Spain	Europe	65	$4.51	$1,058.00	$5.40	$4.76	$9.24
53	Hong Kong Hong Kong	East Asia	64	$3.10	$2,205.00	$4.00	$6.50	$9.99
54	Tokyo Japan	East Asia	63	$3.15	$1,175.00	$8.50	$4.20	$11.99
55	Fukuoka Japan	East Asia	62	$4.41	$992.00	$5.08	$4.52	$8.67
56	Porto Portugal	Europe	61	$4.38	$974.00	$4.99	$4.46	$8.52
57	Seoul South Korea	East Asia	60	$4.15	$925.00	$4.50	$5.00	$10.99
58	Kuwait City Kuwait	Middle East	60	$4.30	$1,155.00	$4.00	$4.70	$7.99
59	Ankara Turkey	Middle East	60	$4.24	$1,081.00	$4.55	$4.12	$7.74
60	Riga Latvia	Europe	60	$4.24	$1,077.00	$4.53	—	$7.71
61	Macau Macau	East Asia	59	$3.20	$1,260.00	$5.00	$4.90	$9.99
62	Muscat Oman	Middle East	58	$4.22	$1,066.00	—	$4.08	$7.63
63	Prague Czech Republic	Eastern Europe	57	$4.34	$945.00	$4.50	$2.90	$8.99
64	Osaka Japan	East Asia	56	$3.15	$788.00	$7.00	$4.10	$11.99
65	Athens Greece	Southern Europe	55	$4.50	$683.00	$4.00	$3.90	$9.99
66	Tallinn Estonia	Eastern Europe	55	$4.50	$735.00	$4.50	$2.60	$9.99
67	Almaty Kazakhstan	Central Asia	55	$4.14	$823.00	$4.25	—	$7.21
68	Kyoto Japan	East Asia	53	$3.15	$714.00	$6.50	$3.90	$11.99
69	Panama City Panama	Central America	53	$4.30	$945.00	$3.50	$2.90	$7.99
70	Riyadh Saudi Arabia	Middle East	52	$4.00	$840.00	$3.50	$4.10	$7.49
71	Zagreb Croatia	Southern Europe	52	$4.20	$630.00	$4.00	$3.80	$9.99
72	Warsaw Poland	Eastern Europe	52	$4.15	$788.00	$4.00	$2.70	$7.99
73	Montevideo Uruguay	South America	51	$5.50	$578.00	$3.50	$2.50	$6.99
74	Busan South Korea	East Asia	50	$4.10	$578.00	$3.80	$3.70	$10.99
75	Shanghai China	East Asia	50	$3.84	$1,155.00	$4.00	$4.70	$1.88
76	Mexico City Mexico	North America	50	$3.79	$735.00	$3.00	$5.30	$6.99
77	Belgrade Serbia	Europe	50	$3.91	$845.00	—	$3.38	$6.06
78	San José Costa Rica	Central America	49	$4.65	$683.00	$3.00	$2.60	$6.99
79	Beijing China	East Asia	46	$3.84	$998.00	$3.50	$4.40	$1.88
80	Krakow Poland	Eastern Europe	46	$4.15	$630.00	$3.50	$2.50	$7.99
81	Rio de Janeiro Brazil	South America	46	$4.05	$683.00	$3.80	$2.60	$5.99
82	Santiago Chile	South America	46	$4.65	$578.00	$3.50	$2.50	$6.49
83	Tbilisi Georgia	Central Asia	46	$3.75	$752.00	$3.21	—	$5.40
84	Shenzhen China	East Asia	45	$3.84	$945.00	$3.20	$4.30	$1.88
85	Budapest Hungary	Eastern Europe	44	$3.85	$630.00	$3.50	$2.50	$6.99
86	Taipei Taiwan	East Asia	43	$2.68	$735.00	$4.00	$4.00	$6.99
87	São Paulo Brazil	South America	43	$4.05	$630.00	$3.50	$2.50	$5.99
88	Chengdu China	East Asia	42	$3.76	$617.00	—	$3.08	$5.41
89	Guangzhou China	East Asia	40	$3.84	$735.00	$2.80	$4.00	$1.88
90	Bangkok Thailand	Southeast Asia	39	$4.25	$500.00	$2.50	$3.50	$4.19
91	Santo Domingo Dominican Republic	Central America	39	$4.20	$578.00	$2.50	$2.50	$5.99
92	Beirut Lebanon	Middle East	38	$3.20	$630.00	$2.80	$3.80	$4.99
93	Curitiba Brazil	South America	38	$3.61	$548.00	$2.87	$2.80	$4.82
94	Cartagena Colombia	South America	38	$3.61	$549.00	$2.88	$2.81	$4.83
95	Kingston Jamaica	Central America	38	$4.00	$525.00	$2.80	$2.40	$5.99
96	Asuncion Paraguay	South America	37	$3.46	$590.00	$2.54	$2.53	$4.25
97	Amman Jordan	Middle East	36	$3.60	$525.00	$2.50	$3.60	$5.99
98	Bucharest Romania	Eastern Europe	36	$3.50	$525.00	$3.00	$2.40	$6.49
99	Kaohsiung Taiwan	East Asia	34	$2.68	$473.00	$3.50	$3.50	$6.99
100	Cape Town South Africa	Africa	34	$2.81	$683.00	$3.00	$2.20	$4.99
101	Accra Ghana	Africa	34	$4.50	$525.00	$2.50	$2.00	$2.99
102	Algiers Algeria	Africa	34	$3.43	$573.00	—	—	$4.13
103	Moscow Russia	Eastern Europe	32	$2.20	$735.00	$3.00	$2.60	$2.99
104	Quito Ecuador	South America	32	$4.20	$420.00	$2.00	$2.30	$7.99
105	Caracas Venezuela	South America	32	$4.50	$420.00	$2.50	$2.30	—
106	Guatemala City Guatemala	Central America	31	$3.60	$473.00	$2.50	$2.30	$5.99
107	Lima Peru	South America	30	$3.50	$473.00	$2.50	$2.30	$5.49
108	Suva Fiji	Oceania	30	$3.32	$521.00	—	—	$3.76
109	Johannesburg South Africa	Africa	30	$2.81	$578.00	$2.80	$2.10	$4.99
110	Sofia Bulgaria	Eastern Europe	29	$3.30	$473.00	$2.50	$2.30	$5.99
111	Ulaanbaatar Mongolia	East Asia	28	$3.50	$420.00	$2.00	$3.40	$4.99
112	Surabaya Indonesia	Southeast Asia	28	$3.36	$442.00	$2.34	$2.36	$3.89
113	La Paz Bolivia	South America	28	—	$478.00	—	$2.14	$3.45
114	Kuala Lumpur Malaysia	Southeast Asia	27	$2.83	$525.00	$2.50	$2.00	$4.49
115	Da Nang Vietnam	Southeast Asia	27	$3.34	$434.00	—	$2.33	$3.82
116	Casablanca Morocco	Africa	27	$3.80	$420.00	$2.50	$1.90	$4.99
117	Bogotá Colombia	South America	26	$3.45	$420.00	$2.30	$2.30	$4.49
118	Saint Petersburg Russia	Eastern Europe	25	$2.20	$578.00	$2.50	$2.50	$2.99
119	San Salvador El Salvador	Central America	25	$3.21	$473.00	$2.06	$2.12	$3.41
120	Chiang Mai Thailand	Southeast Asia	24	$4.25	$315.00	$2.00	$1.80	$4.19
121	Manila Philippines	Southeast Asia	24	$3.66	$420.00	$2.00	$1.90	$4.29
122	Medellín Colombia	South America	24	$3.45	$399.00	$2.00	$2.30	$4.49
123	Tashkent Uzbekistan	Central Asia	23	—	$432.00	$1.89	—	$3.12
124	Bali Indonesia	Southeast Asia	22	$2.54	$578.00	$1.80	$2.10	$3.29
125	Nairobi Kenya	Africa	22	$3.50	$420.00	$2.00	$1.90	$3.99
126	Cebu Philippines	Southeast Asia	20	$3.66	$336.00	$1.80	$1.80	$4.29
127	Phnom Penh Cambodia	Southeast Asia	20	$3.50	$420.00	$1.50	$1.90	$3.99
128	Buenos Aires Argentina	South America	19	$3.75	$368.00	$2.00	$2.20	$1.15
129	Jakarta Indonesia	Southeast Asia	18	$2.54	$473.00	$1.50	$2.00	$3.29
130	Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam	Southeast Asia	17	$3.20	$420.00	$1.80	$1.90	$2.99
131	Hanoi Vietnam	Southeast Asia	17	$3.20	$399.00	$1.70	$1.90	$2.99
132	Mumbai India	South Asia	17	$2.49	$525.00	$2.00	$1.60	$1.99
133	Kyiv Ukraine	Eastern Europe	17	$2.45	$420.00	$2.00	$2.30	$2.99
134	Luanda Angola	Africa	17	—	$396.00	—	—	$2.86
135	Istanbul Turkey	Southern Europe	16	$2.30	$368.00	$2.00	$3.30	$1.65
136	Bangalore India	South Asia	15	$2.49	$441.00	$1.90	$1.50	$1.99
137	Hyderabad India	South Asia	15	$3.06	$336.00	$1.80	$1.89	$2.97
138	Lagos Nigeria	Africa	14	$3.00	$368.00	$1.80	$1.90	$2.29
139	Dar es Salaam Tanzania	Africa	14	$3.00	$368.00	$1.80	$1.90	$2.49
140	Vientiane Laos	Southeast Asia	12	$3.00	$315.00	$1.20	$1.80	$3.49
141	New Delhi India	South Asia	11	$2.49	$420.00	$1.80	$1.50	$1.99
142	Tegucigalpa Honduras	Central America	11	$2.82	$321.00	$1.42	$1.55	$2.32
143	Colombo Sri Lanka	South Asia	10	$2.90	$294.00	$1.50	$1.40	$2.49
144	Tunis Tunisia	Africa	10	$2.60	$263.00	$1.50	$1.80	$3.49
145	Addis Ababa Ethiopia	Africa	10	$2.80	$315.00	$1.50	$1.80	$1.99
146	Chennai India	South Asia	9	$2.49	$368.00	$1.70	$1.50	$1.99
147	Islamabad Pakistan	South Asia	9	$2.71	$285.00	$1.26	—	$2.06
148	Abidjan Ivory Coast	Africa	9	—	$264.00	$1.43	—	$2.34
149	Yangon Myanmar	Southeast Asia	7	—	$231.00	—	—	$2.05
150	Cairo Egypt	Africa	7	$2.10	$263.00	$1.50	$1.80	$2.49
151	Dhaka Bangladesh	South Asia	6	$2.80	$263.00	$1.20	$1.40	$1.49
152	Dakar Senegal	Africa	6	—	$244.00	—	—	$1.77
153	Kathmandu Nepal	South Asia	5	$2.70	$210.00	$1.00	$1.40	$1.79
154	Lusaka Zambia	Africa	4	$2.48	$219.00	$0.98	—	$1.59
155	Karachi Pakistan	South Asia	3	$2.40	$231.00	$1.30	$1.40	$1.29
156	Havana Cuba	Central America	3	—	$210.00	$1.00	$1.50	—
157	Kigali Rwanda	Africa	2	—	$193.00	—	—	$1.41
158	Pyongyang North Korea	East Asia	1	—	$53.00	$0.50	$1.50	—
159	Kampala Uganda	Africa	1	—	$181.00	$0.82	—	$1.32
160	Maputo Mozambique	Africa	1	$2.02	$120.00	$0.55	—	$0.87

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