5Hong Kong, China
Found on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China, Hong Kong, a “special administrative region,” scrapes into the Top Five most expensive cities. Its 2021 cost of living score is 101. This is due to several factors. Perhaps the most interesting one is that Hong Kong has the most expensive gas prices on the planet. The average cost was reported to be $2.50 per liter. (That’s almost $10.00 a gallon to US residents now mourning lower gas prices.)
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