The Most Expensive Cities of Europe

These are lists of the world’s most expensive cities for expatriate employees (not residents), according to the cost-of-living surveys. If you want to move or just to visit one of those cities, consider your conditions twice!

Various factors enter into a city’s cost-of-living for expatriate employees, such as monetary value, consumer confidence, investment, interest rates, exchange rates of the country’s currency, and housing costs. Cost of living may be much higher for expatriates than for local residents in a developing country, especially if expatriates expect a standard of living similar to a developed country.

1) Zurich

2) Geneva

3) London

4) Basel

5) Lausanne

6) Reykjavik

7) Oslo

8) Lugano

9) Dublin

10) Copenhagen

23) Munich

46) Berlin

56) Barcelona