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New Delhi, Mumbai among world's cheapest cities
Last updated on: February 6, 2013 07:45 IST
Image: The moon rises over the skyline of Manhattan in New York - the city used as a base for the survey.
Photographs: Gary Hershorn/Reuters
Twice a year Economist Intelligence Unit comes up with a report the Worldwide Cost of Living, which details costs in different cities.
The report is compiled by comparing "more than 400 individual prices across 160 product and services" including food, drink, clothing, household supplies and personal care items, home rents, transport, utility bills, private schools, domestic help and recreational costs.
To evaluate the cities, the survey takes prices in New York as the base (100), and compared other cities with it.
Here's a list of cheapest and most expensive cities.
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Image: A man sells roasted corn from his cart as another waits to give camel rides to residents visiting Karachi
Photographs: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
Karachi
Rank: 130
Country: Pakistan
WCOL index: 44
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Photographs: Courtesy, Wikipedia Commons
Mumbai
Rank: 130 (a tie with Karachi)
Country: India
WCOL index: 44
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Image: A view of the Jama Masjid.
Photographs: Desmond Boylan/Reuters
New Delhi
Rank: 129
Country: India
WCOL index: 48
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Photographs: Courtesy, Wikipedia Commons
Kathmandu
Rank: 128
Country: Nepal
WCOL index: 50
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Photographs: Courtesy, Wikipedia Commons
Algiers
Rank: 126
Country: Algeria
WCOL index: 54
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Image: A view of Dambovita River.
Photographs: Courtesy, Wikipedia Commons
Bucharest
Rank: 126 (a tie with Algiers)
Country: Romania
WCOL index: 54
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Image: A tourist takes photos of the Independence square in Colombo.
Photographs: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters
Colombo
Rank: 125
Country: Sri Lanka
WCOL index: 55
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Photographs: Courtesy, Wikipedia Commons
Panama City
Rank: 124
Country: Panama
WCOL index: 56
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Image: Fireworks explode above a giant video screen in Jeddah.
Photographs: Susan Baaghil/Reuters
Jeddah
Rank: 123
Country: Saudi Arabia
WCOL index: 57
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Photographs: Courtesy, Wikipedia Commons
Tehran
Rank: 122
Country: Iran
WCOL index: 58
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Image: Reporters observe a panoramic view of the city of Tokyo.
Photographs: Issei Kato/Reuters
Tokyo
Rank: 1
Country: Japan
WCOL index: 152
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Image: A night view of Osaka City, Japan.
Photographs: Kimimasa Mayama/Reuters
Osaka
Rank: 2
Country: Japan
WCOL index: 146
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Image: Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the New Year.
Photographs: Daniel Munoz/Reuters
Sydney
Rank: 3
Country: Australia
WCOL index: 137
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Image: Pedestrians walk by the harbour during winter in Oslo.
Photographs: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
Oslo
Rank: 4 (a tie with Melbourne)
Country: Norway
WCOL index: 136
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Image: Rowers train at dawn on the Yarra River in Melbourne.
Photographs: Toby Melville/Reuters
Melbourne
Rank: 4 (a tie with Oslo)
Country: Australia
WCOL index: 136
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Image: The skyscrapers of Singapore's central business district are pictured before Earth Hour.
Photographs: Tim Chong/Reuters
Singapore
Rank: 6
Country: Singapore
WCOL index: 135
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Image: A worker steers a boat and a pontoon on the Limmat River during sunny spring weather in Zurich.
Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
Zurich
Rank: 7
Country: Switzerland
WCOL index: 131
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Image: Fireworks burst over the Eiffel Tower as France celebrates Bastille Day in Paris.
Photographs: Reuters
Paris
Rank: 8
Country: France
WCOL index: 128
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Image: An aerial view of Caracas.
Photographs: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
Caracas
Rank: 9
Country: Venezuela
WCOL index: 126
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Image: balloonist uses his burner during a flight above the city of Geneva.
Photographs: Denis Balibouse/Reuters
Geneva
Rank: 10
Country: Switzerland
WCOL index: 124
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