New York only comes in at No. 15, according to the cost of items including housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment:

1. Moscow 2. London 3. Seoul, South Korea 4. Tokyo 5. Hong Kong 6. Copenhagen, Denmark 7. Geneva 8. Osaka, Japan 9. Zurich, Switzerland 10. Oslo, Norway

Source: Mercer Human Resource Consulting.

11. Milan, Italy

12. St. Petersburg, Russia

13. Paris

14. Singapore

15. New York

16. Dublin, Ireland

17. Tel Aviv, Israel

18. Rome

19. Vienna, Austria

20. Beijing

21. Sydney, Australia

22. Helsinki, Finland

23. Stockholm, Sweden

24. Douala, Cameroon

25. Amsterdam, Netherlands

26. Madrid, Spain, and Shanghai, China

28. Kiev, Ukraine

29. Athens, Greece

30. Almaty, Kazakhstan

31. Barcelona, Spain, and Bratislava, Slovak Republic

33. Dakar, Senegal

34. Dubai, United Arab Emirates

35. Abidjan, Ivory Coast

36. Glasgow, United Kingdom

37. Lagos, Nigeria

38. Istanbul, Turkey

39. Munich, Germany

40. Frankfurt, Germany

41. Birmingham, United Kingdom

42. Los Angeles

43. Luxembourg

44. Brussels, Belgium

45. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Berlin; and Dusseldorf, Germany

48. Taipei, Taiwan

49. Prague, Czech Republic

50. Algiers, Algeria

Source: Mercer Human Resource Consulting.