Lloyds TSB Expat Tool

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World Rental Cost Ranking	Country	Average Monthly Rental Price (Sterling)	Average Monthly Rental Price (Local Currency)	Useful Details Per City
1	Hong Kong	£1,813	22,800 HKD	Choose a Cityhong_kong Hong Kong Kowloon New Territories
2	UAE	£1,537	9,209 AED	Choose a Cityuae Abu Dhabi Dubai
3	USA	£1,245	2,031 USD	Choose a Cityusa New York Los Angeles Chicago Houston Philadelphia
4	Switzerland	£1,150	1,773 CHF	Choose a Cityswitzerland Geneva Zürich Basel
5	Australia	£1,098	1,681 AUD	Choose a Cityaustralia Sydney Perth Brisbane Melbourne Adelaide
6	France	£1,026	1,170 EURO	Choose a Cityfrance Paris Marseille Lyon
7	New Zealand	£841	1,606 NZD	Choose a Citynew_zealand Auckland Wellington Christchurch
8	UK	£756	756 GBP	Choose a Cityuk Greater London Birmingham Leeds
9	Ireland	£734	855 EURO	Choose a Cityireland Dublin Cork Limerick
10	Spain	£672	762 EURO	Choose a Cityspain Madrid Barcelona Valencia
11	Canada	£656	1,012 CAD	Choose a Citycanada Vancouver Toronto Calgary Montreal
12	Germany	£527	598 EURO	Choose a Citygermany Munich Frankfurt Hamburg Berlin
-	South Africa	N/A	N/A	Choose a Citysouth_africa Johannesburg Durban Cape Town

South Africa rental data is available only as an index, in which 2003 prices were benchmarked at 100.

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