The world's 50 most expensive big cities

During my browsing activities in the internet today, I came across an interesting articles about the world's 50 most expensive city provided by Mercer Consulting based on the cost of living index.

Moscow maintains its position to be the world's most expensive city for two years in a row, even more expensive than London. Seoul follows in the third rank, more expensive than Tokyo (I would have thought it is the other way around), follows by major European cities.

Then, also to my surprise, Shanghai emerges in number 26, sharing the same place with Madrid, which, according to Mercer's survey, is far beyond Munich and Frankfurt, Germany's most expensive cities, who are currently sitting in rank 39 and 40 respectively.

Complete list can be read here