Conversely Manchester and London dropped 25 and 18 places respectively mostly due to last year`s plunge in the British pound following the Brexit vote.
The findings were released Tuesday in a report titled "Worldwide Cost of Living 2017," which ranked the world`s major cities by comparing more than 400 individual prices across 160 products and services including food, drink, clothing, household supplies and personal care items among others.
The Japanese cities of Tokyo and Osaka re-entered the top 10 rank, climbing seven and nine places respectively over the year to rank 4th and 5th, owing to a sustained recovery in the yen.
Some of the cheapest cities to live in were also in Asia ? particularly in South Asia ? but the report noted many of these places had "well-documented economic, political, security and infrastructural challenges.
As well, Antipodean cities such as Brisbane, Adelaide, and Auckland clocked in higher.
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