Where's more expensive; London or Tel Aviv?

London is the 16th most expensive city in the world to live in, according to the latest figures by consultants Mercer. While it has dropped 13 places from last year, it is still above Tel Aviv, but only just. The Israeli city is sitting just behind in 17th. Tokyo has knocked Mexico off the top spot. Must be all that sushi.

Here's the full list, courtesy of Mercer's survey:

The top 50 most expensive cities

Rank 2009

Rank 2008

City

Country

Index 2009

SOURCE: Mercer.com
1	2	TOKYO	JAPAN	143.7
2	11	OSAKA	JAPAN	119.2
3	1	MOSCOW	RUSSIA	115.4
4	8	GENEVA	SWITZERLAND	109.2
5	6	HONG KONG	HONG KONG	108.7
6	9	ZURICH	SWITZERLAND	105.2
7	7	COPENHAGEN	DENMARK	105
8	22	NEW YORK CITY	US	100
9	20	BEIJING	CHINA	99.6
10	13	SINGAPORE	SINGAPORE	98
11	10	MILAN	ITALY	96.9
12	24	SHANGAI	CHINA	95.2
13	12	PARIS	FRANCE	95.1
14	4	OSLO	NORWAY	94.2
15	89	CARACAS	VENEZUELA	93.3
16	3	LONDON	UK	92.7
17	14	TEL AVIV	ISRAEL	91.9
18	16	ROME	ITALY	91.2
19	21	HELSINKI	FINLAND	90.5
20	52	DUBAI	UAE	90.1
21	19	VIENNA	AUSTRIA	89.3
22	61	SHENZHEN	CHINA	89
23	55	LOS ANGELES	US	87.6
23	70	GUANGZHOU	CHINA	87.6
25	16	DUBLIN	IRELAND	87.4
26	65	ABU DHABI	UAE	86.7
27	34	DOUALA	CAMEROUN	86.1
28	25	ATHENS	GREECE	85.9
29	25	AMSTERDAM	NETHERLANDS	85.7
30	45	BRATISLAVA	SLOVAKIA	84.8
31	89	WHITE PLAINS	US	84.7
32	30	LAGOS	NIGERIA	84.6
33	74	TEHRAN	IRAN	84.1
34	51	ABIDJAN	IVORY COAST	82.5
34	41	DAKAR	SENEGAL	82.5
34	78	SAN FRANCISCO	US	82.5
37	28	MADRID	SPAIN	82.1
38	43	LUXEMBOURG	LUXEMBOURG	82.1
38	31	BARCELONA	SPAIN	82.1
40	57	ALGIERS	ALGERIA	81.7
41	77	HONOLULU	US	81.6
41	39	BRUSSELS	BELGIUM	81.6
41	80	BEIRUT	LEBANON	81.6
44	44	ALMATY	KAZAKHSTAN	81.5
45	75	MIAMI	US	81.4
46	18	ST PETERSBOURG	RUSSIA	81.3
47	37	MUNICH	GERMANY	81.2
48	40	FRANKFURT	GERMANY	80.9
49	38	BERLIN	GERMANY	80.8
50	84	CHICAGO	US	80.7