The travel platform TimeOut discovered it by asking more than 27,000 city dwellers from around the world if they think life in their city is expensive.

Only 10% of Manchester residents said it costs too much to live in the British city. The three cities of Johannesburg, Budapest and Montreal are very expensive with 17% of the local population. 18% of St Petersburg residents think life might be a bit cheaper and 24% of locals think life in Prague.

And where is it so expensive to live, according to the locals themselves? The Swiss city of Zurich is considered expensive by 99% of the population and about 87% of respondents from Tel Aviv think the same for their city. Los Angeles and Paris could be a little cheaper according to 86% of respondents.

These are the ten cheapest places to live, according to the TimeOut Index:

1. Manchester
2. Johannesburg
3. Budapest
4. Montreal
5. St Petersburg
6. Prague
7. Porto
8. Rome
9. Mexico City
10. Bangkok

These are the ten most expensive cities:

1. Zurich
2. Tel Aviv
3. Angels
4. Paris
5. London
6. Milan
7. New York
8. San Francisco
9. Hong Kong
10. Boston