Who wants to be a millionaire… and where? What a £1 million lifestyle looks like around the world

MANY people dream of becoming a millionaire.

But where in the world would a £1 million jackpot give you the best chance of living the dream ‘millionaire’s lifestyle’?

It turns out that being a millionaire in Canada only buys you a 1-bed house, and a sports car such as the Mercedes-Benz AMG GT varies by £164k depending on where you buy it!

Research by Jackpot.com looked at the same items commonly bought by lottery winners and compared local prices in 10 countries around the world. Items included (big) new houses, supercars, new smartphones and cases of local, premium wine for the inevitable parties.

Here’s our list of what you could get around the world with a seven-figure payday, totalling no more than £1,000,000…

 

Australia

4-bed house in Milton (£806k)

Mercedes-Benz AMG GT (£165k)

iPhone 7 – £703 each

15 cases of Torbreck (£15k)

Brazil

4-bed villa in São Paulo (£722k)

Mercedes- Benz AMG GT (£258k)

iPhone 7 – £849 each

15 cases of Miolo (£2k)

Canada

1-bed house in Toronto (£872k)

Mercedes-Benz AMG GT (£110k)

iPhone 7 – £644 each

15 bottles of Osoyoos (£3.6k)

France

2-bed apartment in Paris (£881k)

Mercedes-Benz AMG GT (£114k)

iPhone 7 – £723 each

15 cases of Château Léoville (£4.8k)

Germany

2-bed apartment in Frankfurt (£882k)

Mercedes-Benz AMG GT (£105k)

iPhone 7 – £723 each

15 cases of Schloss-Johannisberg (£4.4k) Poland 8-bed villa in Chyby (£838k) Mercedes-Benz AMG GT (£118k) iPhone 7 – £757 each

100 barrels of Debowa Vodka 1L (£5.7k)

Africa

5-bed townhouse in Cape Town (£861k)

Mercedes-Benz AMG GT (£123k)

iPhone 7 – £727 each

15 cases of Seven Flags (£3.1k)

Spain

4-bed flat in Madrid (£848k)

Mercedes-Benz AMG GT (£131k)

iPhone 7 – £730 each

15 cases of Allende Calvario Rioja (£7.6k) UK 4-bed house in Ealing (£895k) Mercedes-Benz AMG GT (£100k) iPhone 7 – £681 each

15 cases of Lyme Bay (£2.2k)

USA

2-bed apartment in New York (£863k)

Mercedes-Benz AMG GT (£94k)

iPhone 7 – £614 each (before tax)

15 cases of Gravelly Meadow (£10.3k)

 

If you’re looking for the biggest mansion (and who isn’t!) the best value for all that money can be found in Chyby, Poland. Here you could buy a mammoth eight-bedroom villa for roughly the same cost as a 2-bed apartment in Paris.

When it comes to cars, the research found the “affordable” German supercar, the Mercedes-Benz AMG GT as a benchmark. Surprising findings highlighted how the cost for this car can vary significantly country-to-country, with Australia being the most expensive and the USA coming in cheapest – a difference of £71,000.