New York has overtaken Hong Kong to become the world's most expensive city to live in as an expatriate while rising rents have seen Singapore hit the top five. While Geneva and London remained in third and fourth place.
These are the 20 most expensive places in the world to live in terms of expat cost (with 2022 in parentheses): New York, United States (2), Hong Kong (1), Geneva, Switzerland (3), London, United Kingdom (4), Singapore (13), Zurich, Switzerland (7), San Francisco, United States (11), Seoul, South Korea (10), Tokyo, Japan (5), Bern, Switzerland (16), Dubai, United Arab Emirates (23), Shanghai, China (8), Guangzhou, China (9), Los Angeles, United States (21), Shenzhen, China (12), Beijing, China (14), Copenhagen, Denmark (18), Abu Dhabi, UAE (22), Chicago, United States (25).
Source (Al-Arabiya.net Website, Edited)