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Top 100 Most Expensive Cities to Live In

Saturday, April 11, 2026

A past Centumth puzzle. Play it on this page with five guesses, or read the full Top 100 ranking below.

A hand-ranked Top 100 for this topic, ordered from the most obvious names near #1 to the hidden gems near #100.

This list was researched and ranked by hand for Centumth. Entries near #1 are the names almost everyone thinks of first. Entries near #100 are true, a little obscure, and still fair if you think sideways. Sources below are the starting point — the final order can include small editorial calls so the daily puzzle stays balanced.

You can play this archive puzzle with five guesses, or reveal the complete ranking if you came here looking for the list. Revealing locks this puzzle — you won’t be able to play it afterward.

The full Top 100

  1. #1Zurich
  2. #2Singapore
  3. #3New York City
  4. #4Geneva
  5. #5Hong Kong
  6. #6Los Angeles
  7. #7Paris
  8. #8Copenhagen
  9. #9Tel Aviv
  10. #10San Francisco
  11. #11London
  12. #12Seoul
  13. #13Tokyo
  14. #14Sydney
  15. #15Basel
  16. #16Bern
  17. #17Honolulu
  18. #18Beijing
  19. #19Dublin
  20. #20Boston
  21. #21Washington D.C.
  22. #22Shanghai
  23. #23Melbourne
  24. #24Frankfurt
  25. #25Vienna
  26. #26Munich
  27. #27Seattle
  28. #28Oslo
  29. #29Berlin
  30. #30Amsterdam
  31. #31Miami
  32. #32Chicago
  33. #33Shenzhen
  34. #34Auckland
  35. #35Reykjavik
  36. #36Wellington
  37. #37Helsinki
  38. #38Atlanta
  39. #39San Diego
  40. #40Guangzhou
  41. #41Milan
  42. #42Rome
  43. #43Hamburg
  44. #44Taipei
  45. #45Philadelphia
  46. #46Houston
  47. #47Dallas
  48. #48Brisbane
  49. #49Perth
  50. #50Stuttgart
  51. #51Stockholm
  52. #52Abu Dhabi
  53. #53Dubai
  54. #54Minneapolis
  55. #55Detroit
  56. #56Charlotte
  57. #57Denver
  58. #58Madrid
  59. #59Barcelona
  60. #60Osaka
  61. #61Dalian
  62. #62Chengdu
  63. #63Qingdao
  64. #64Riyadh
  65. #65Jeddah
  66. #66Brussels
  67. #67Luxembourg City
  68. #68Lyon
  69. #69Toulouse
  70. #70Adelaide
  71. #71Vancouver
  72. #72Toronto
  73. #73Montreal
  74. #74Portland
  75. #75Manchester
  76. #76Edinburgh
  77. #77Birmingham
  78. #78St. Petersburg
  79. #79Moscow
  80. #80Prague
  81. #81Bratislava
  82. #82Nanjing
  83. #83Hangzhou
  84. #84Suzhou
  85. #85Bangkok
  86. #86Jakarta
  87. #87Manila
  88. #88Kuala Lumpur
  89. #89Ho Chi Minh City
  90. #90Hanoi
  91. #91Lisbon
  92. #92Athens
  93. #93Warsaw
  94. #94Budapest
  95. #95Tallinn
  96. #96Riga
  97. #97Vilnius
  98. #98Monterrey
  99. #99Mexico City
  100. #100São Paulo

The full ranked list is included on this page. Use Reveal full 100 list to read it, or play the game above.