Cost of living for expats: Mumbai costlier than Washington and Melbourne

According to a Mercer survey, Bengaluru has fallen in the cost of living ranking due to drop in transportation cost

Due to continuously surging food prices and leisure activities, Mumbai continues to be the most expensive city in India to live in for expatriates, ahead of global peers Washington and Melbourne. 

However, India’s Silicon Valley, Bengaluru, which has a high population of expatriates driven by the information technology sector, is getting more reasonable on cost of living.

According to the Cost of Living Survey published by global personnel consultants Mercer, Bengaluru has fallen in the cost of living ranking. Driven significantly by a relative drop in prices on transportation — taxi fares, cost of automobile and auto parts, as well