The World’s Most (And Least) Expensive Cities For Taxis, 2018

Unsurprisingly, Malta’s national capital city of Valletta is the most expensive city in the world to take a taxi (at-least if you are traveling short distances), according to Taxi Price Index report 2018 by the CEOWORLD magazine. Customers pay $17.08 when Taxi Starts and $2.19 for the first km of the journey in Valletta, ranking the tiny capital city of Malta as the most expensive in the world.

The reasons why it’s so expensive in Malta is the starting fee of $17.08 – the fee incurred as soon as the taxi sets off.

Norway’s capital Oslo had the dubious honor of being ranked the second most expensive at $10.54 when Taxi Starts and $1.63 for the first km, followed by Ghent in Belgium, Zuric:h in Switzerland; and Bronx neighborhood in New York, United States.

The most affordable place to embark on a taxi journey is Iranian capital Tehran, where the cost is only 0.28 Starting fee and $0.27 for the first km. India’s financial capital Mumbai was the next most affordable city, followed by Cairo Egypt, Kolkata, India; Hanoi, Vietnam; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Sofia, Bulgaria.

The World’s Most (And Least) Expensive Cities For Taxis, 2018:

Rank	City	Country	Taxi Start	Taxi 1km
1	Tehran	Iran	0.28	0.27
2	Mumbai	India	0.31	0.29
3	Cairo	Egypt	0.33	0.14
4	Kolkata	India	0.43	0.21
5	Hanoi	Vietnam	0.43	0.47
6	Jakarta	Indonesia	0.45	0.28
7	Sofia	Bulgaria	0.46	0.52
8	Ahmedabad	India	0.57	0.17
9	New Delhi	India	0.71	0.17
10	Gurgaon	India	0.71	0.17
11	Hyderabad	India	0.71	0.17
12	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	0.72	0.4
13	Istanbul	Turkey	0.77	0.48
14	Dhaka	Bangladesh	0.83	0.42
15	Buenos Aires	Argentina	0.86	0.48
16	Chennai	India	1.14	0.17
17	Chengdu	China	1.15	0.29
18	Sao Paulo	Brazil	1.17	0.71
19	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1.43	0.65
20	Goa	India	1.43	0.39
21	Shenzhen	China	1.44	0.36
22	Wuhan	China	1.44	0.29
23	Moscow	Russia	1.5	0.18
24	Zagreb	Croatia	1.54	0.92
25	Hangzhou	China	1.59	0.4
26	Nanjing	China	1.59	0.41
27	Guangzhou	China	1.73	0.37
28	Prague	Czech Republic	1.76	1.14
29	Suzhou	China	1.8	0.27
30	Beijing	China	1.87	0.33
31	Minsk	Belarus	2	0.3
32	Shanghai	China	2.02	0.36
33	Warsaw	Poland	2.13	0.58
34	Taipei	Taiwan	2.28	0.81
35	Wellington	New Zealand	2.4	1.79
36	Budapest	Hungary	2.46	1.06
37	Brooklyn	United States	2.5	1.24
38	New York	United States	2.5	1.71
39	Singapore	Singapore	2.55	0.4
40	Auckland	New Zealand	2.56	1.79
41	Quebec City	Canada	2.6	1.28
42	Boston	United States	2.6	2.05
43	Denver	United States	2.6	1.4
44	Seattle WA	United States	2.6	1.68
45	Calgary	Canada	2.64	1.13
46	Montreal	Canada	2.64	1.32
47	Ottawa	Canada	2.64	1.35
48	Vancouver	Canada	2.64	1.42
49	Seoul	South Korea	2.68	0.69
50	Adelaide	Australia	2.71	1.37
51	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	2.72	0.5
52	Miami	United States	2.75	2.05
53	Doha	Qatar	2.75	0.52
54	Austin	United States	2.77	1.86
55	San Diego	United States	2.8	1.86
56	Manchester	United Kingdom	2.82	1.93
57	Dallas	United States	2.83	1.12
58	Tallinn	Estonia	2.85	0.57
59	Sydney	Australia	2.93	1.6
60	Madrid	Spain	2.96	1.2
61	Atlanta	United States	3	1.55
62	Detroit	United States	3	1.24
63	Los Angeles	United States	3	1.68
64	Toronto	Canada	3.01	1.32
65	Perth	Australia	3.07	1.26
66	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	3.07	1.09
67	Haifa	Israel	3.08	1.2
68	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	3.13	3.19
69	Brisbane	Australia	3.15	1.59
70	Tel Aviv-Yafo	Israel	3.21	0.93
71	Jerusalem	Israel	3.21	0.92
72	Darwin	Australia	3.22	1.13
73	Chicago	United States	3.25	1.4
74	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	3.27	0.44
75	Liverpool	United Kingdom	3.34	1.86
76	Brussels	Belgium	3.42	2.05
77	Leuven	Belgium	3.42	2.03
78	Las Vegas	United States	3.5	1.86
79	San Francisco	United States	3.5	1.71
80	Washington DC	United States	3.5	1.34
81	Melbourne	Australia	3.51	1.19
82	Stuttgart	Germany	3.53	2.73
83	Canberra	Australia	3.66	1.46
84	Lisbon	Portugal	3.7	0.54
85	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	3.85	1.67
86	Glasgow	United Kingdom	3.85	2.57
87	Larnaca	Cyprus	3.89	0.81
88	Athens	Greece	3.95	0.84
89	Nicosia	Cyprus	3.99	0.83
90	Frankfurt	Germany	3.99	2.19
91	Hamburg	Germany	3.99	2.28
92	Munich	Germany	4.21	2.16
93	Tokyo	Japan	4.28	3.62
94	Berlin	Germany	4.44	2.28
95	Birmingham	United Kingdom	4.49	1.93
96	Rome	Italy	4.55	1.54
97	Rotterdam	Netherlands	4.55	2.47
98	Limassol	Cyprus	4.69	1.02
99	Stockholm	Sweden	4.99	1.66
100	Reykjavik	Iceland	5.57	2.51
101	Antwerp	Belgium	5.69	2.28
102	Dusseldorf	Germany	5.69	2.5
103	Paris	France	5.69	1.48
104	Amsterdam	Netherlands	5.69	2.73
105	Copenhagen	Denmark	6.1	2.37
106	London	United Kingdom	6.1	3.59
107	Lausanne	Switzerland	6.25	3.02
108	Geneva	Switzerland	6.55	2.76
109	Helsinki	Finland	6.83	1.82
110	Bronx	United States	7	5.59
111	Zurich	Switzerland	8.06	4.03
112	Gent	Belgium	9.68	2.5
113	Oslo	Norway	10.54	1.63
114	Valletta	Malta	17.08	2.19

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