Rental costs around the world Analysis of the cost of living space around the world by RENTCafé reveals the size of apartment you can rent for $1,500 per month Manhattan London San Francisco Zurich Paris Hong Kong Geneva Boston Stockholm Singapore Los Angeles Tokyo Sydney Chicago Vancouver Amsterdam Copenhagen Toronto Barcelona Brussels Osaka Madrid Vienna Frankfurt Seoul Beijing Berlin Shanghai Istanbul 26 square metres* 28 29 29 30 30 32 33 39 42 49 50 50 56 57 58 58 63 71 78 83 88 94 96 129 133 139 158 176 Berlin: German capital offers five times larger living space than London for same price *Based on average rents for one-bedroom apartments – data supplied by Mori Institute for Urban Development and Yardi Matrix Source: RENTCafé