If 2020 taught us anything it is the importance of taking time for ourselves. Wellness and self-care are at the top of everyone’s list right now after the challenges they’ve faced this year.

And that’s why the consumer spending experts at money.co.uk predict that 2021 will be the year of self-care, with more of us making time for ourselves and our personal wellbeing.

The Self-Care Capitals Report takes 25 of the world’s most populated capital cities and scores them on fourteen different self-care factors* to determine which care the most about wellness and self-care.

Using a weighted ranking system, the study then assigned a score to each capital in the index, revealing the best self-care capitals around the world.

Top 10 Capital Cities for Self-Care Revealed: 

Source: Money.co.uk

Paris topped the world’s self-care scale, scoring 104.5 out of 130 for its open green spaces and 936 spas.

London is next on the list, scoring high on fitness and exercise, with 103 gyms in the city centre.

Moscow rounds out the top three, coming top of the class for creative mindfulness, with 87 pottery and art classes on offer and 715 museums to explore.

Calculating the cost of self-care in the top 10 cities

We all know the importance of self-care and looking after our own wellbeing, but how much does looking after ourselves really cost?

The personal finance experts at money.co.uk have counted the cost of self-care in the report’s top 10 cities, in order to determine the capital cities that are the most and least cost-effective for self-care activities per year.

Revealed: The average yearly cost of self-care in the top 10 cities: 

Source: Money.co.uk

The study’s calculations reveal that London is the most expensive capital city for self-care with an estimated yearly cost of £4,725.84 per person. This figure takes into account the average cost of one yoga and pilates drop-in class every month, one spa visit per month, gym membership cost per month, the monthly cost of a museum pass, dining out for a three-course meal every month, and the price of getting one haircut every month.

Bangkok was found to be the most cost-effective city, with one drop-in yoga and pilates classes, one spa visit per month, a rolling gym membership, a museum pass, a three-course meal, and one haircut per month costing just £2,102.60 on average.