Zurich and Geneva are ranked as the first and second most expensive expat cities in Europe and the 4th and 5th most expensive cities in the world for expatriates as at July 2017. This is due primarily to the strong Swiss Franc as well as due to high rentals and institutionalized high wages.
Overall, the Euro has strengthened by over 8% against the US Dollar since January 2017 which has resulted in higher USD prices.
An interesting observation is that the top ten most expensive cities in Europe are dominated by Non-Euro countries. Moscow has moved up the rankings mainly due to the Russian currency’s 13 percent advance in the first six months of 2017.
Xpatulator.com has been created to calculate expatriate pay using online calculators and an extensive database of cost of living and hardship indexes, for 780 international locations. The database is updated quarterly. Subscribers use this information to ensure expatriate salary spending power is maintained when on an international assignment. Salary spending power is affected by cost of living, hardship and exchange rate differences between the home and host location.
Oslo is the world's 8th and Europe's third most expensive city. Oslo was the most expensive location in Europe in 2014, however lower global oil prices and subsequent weaker oil sector has contributed to Oslo becoming relatively cheaper in global terms.
Lodz in Poland is the cheapest city for expatriates in Europe. Lodz is particularly cheap for alcohol, communication, groceries, healthcare, and housing.
For more, read a free cost of living review for any of the following European locations as at July 2017:
- Aberdeen
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- Amsterdam
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- Baku
- Barcelona
- Belfast
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- Birmingham
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- Oslo
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- Reading
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- Saint Helier
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- Sheffield
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- Sofia
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- St. Petersburg
- Stockholm
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- Stuttgart
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- Thessaloniki
- Tirana
- Toulouse
- Turin
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- Valencia
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- Vienna
- Vilnius
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- Warsaw
- Wolverhampton
- Yekaterinburg
- Yerevan
- Zagreb
- Zurich
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