{"id":123293,"date":"2016-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/hong-kong-is-the-most-expensive-city-for-expats\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T17:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:06:42","slug":"hong-kong-is-the-most-expensive-city-for-expats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/hong-kong-is-the-most-expensive-city-for-expats\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong is the most expensive city for expats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Bucharest has risen this year to 172nd place, from 178th last year, in the ranking of the most expensive cities for expats, according to the Cost of Living 2016 study published by the consulting firm Mercer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to the study, Hong Kong, Luanda (capital of Angola &#8211; 2), Zurich (3), Singapore (4), and Tokyo (5) dominate the ranking of the most expensive cities for expats. They are followed by Kinshasa (Congo), Shanghai (7), Geneva (8), N&#8217;Djamena (Chad &#8211; 9), and Beijing (10).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At the opposite end, the cheapest cities for expats are Bishkek (capital of Kyrgyzstan &#8211; 207), Cape Town (South Africa &#8211; 208), and Windhoek (capital of Namibia &#8211; 209).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The study uses New York as a base for comparison and measures currency developments against the US dollar, which has appreciated significantly over the past year.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Which city is the most expensive for expats according to the 2016 Mercer study?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong is ranked as the most expensive city for expatriates in the 2016 Cost of Living study.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where does Bucharest rank in the cost of living index?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bucharest moved up to 172nd place in 2016, compared to 178th place in the previous year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the cheapest cities for expats mentioned in the study?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cheapest cities include Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Cape Town (South Africa), and Windhoek (Namibia).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bucharest has risen this year to 172nd place, from 178th last year, in the ranking of the most expensive cities for expats, according to the Cost of Living 2016 study published by the consulting firm Mercer. According to the study, Hong Kong, Luanda (capital of Angola &#8211; 2), Zurich (3), Singapore (4), and Tokyo (5)&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-123293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123293"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=123293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}