Quality of Life Index by City 2015

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Rank	City	Quality of Life Index	Purchasing Power Index	Safety Index	Health Care Index	Cost of Living Index	Property Price to Income Ratio	Traffic Commute Time Index	Pollution Index	Climate Index
	Canberra, Australia	242.2	134.7	69.2	74.3	97.0	4.8	18.6	8.3	-
	Ottawa, Canada	223.9	131.0	75.2	67.7	79.9	5.7	33.9	18.1	-
	Zurich, Switzerland	218.5	133.9	80.3	71.3	141.1	8.1	26.4	18.8	-
	Frankfurt, Germany	211.0	139.6	70.0	63.1	83.5	5.8	27.2	35.8	-
	Sacramento, CA, United States	209.0	145.3	49.7	74.3	88.2	2.6	22.5	41.7	-
	Denver, CO, United States	203.9	130.1	62.3	83.5	78.6	2.6	52.5	32.4	-
	Austin, TX, United States	198.7	136.4	58.6	77.8	78.3	3.9	36.8	43.8	-
	Salt Lake City, UT, United States	197.3	137.6	69.7	68.9	69.7	2.9	37.8	53.3	-
	Boston, MA, United States	197.3	118.8	58.9	79.6	89.4	3.2	42.1	25.1	-
	Munich, Germany	196.9	99.6	85.4	90.6	84.2	13.1	24.5	21.8	-
	Calgary, Canada	195.8	118.5	66.8	68.8	89.3	4.8	39.7	24.7	-
	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	195.1	96.3	72.0	68.2	91.7	5.6	21.4	14.0	-
	Wellington, New Zealand	194.7	99.1	70.3	67.9	100.1	4.7	28.3	12.5	-
	Seattle, WA, United States	193.6	124.5	54.0	66.6	90.7	4.1	39.9	23.4	-
	Saint Louis, MO, United States	192.3	134.9	27.8	83.3	80.3	2.4	25.2	36.7	-
	Trondheim, Norway	192.2	93.4	81.7	86.2	119.9	7.6	19.1	21.8	-
	San Diego, CA, United States	191.6	129.6	56.7	69.7	77.3	2.9	48.0	35.1	-
	Geneva, Switzerland	189.9	130.2	62.2	60.0	145.2	10.1	17.6	23.8	-
	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	189.7	132.8	67.9	75.5	52.2	2.5	22.6	69.9	-
	Victoria, Canada	185.1	102.1	56.8	72.0	84.9	6.3	31.8	15.1	-
	Melbourne, Australia	183.0	113.4	60.1	75.1	97.0	8.5	36.8	23.3	-
	Vienna, Austria	178.3	100.2	69.5	80.8	77.0	13.3	24.9	25.0	-
	Chicago, IL, United States	177.5	127.5	39.4	62.9	79.6	3.6	32.5	36.7	-
	Copenhagen, Denmark	175.3	96.7	73.2	74.5	105.7	6.8	30.0	28.8	-
	Brisbane, Australia	174.1	100.0	61.7	77.8	95.5	6.4	46.6	21.0	-
	Stockholm, Sweden	174.1	105.6	54.0	69.4	89.1	11.9	35.6	12.4	-
	Edmonton, Canada	172.9	101.8	60.6	76.7	84.9	4.5	45.5	29.0	-
	Berlin, Germany	170.6	97.1	67.5	75.0	74.7	7.5	42.0	28.6	-
	Tokyo, Japan	170.5	96.8	77.0	85.0	85.4	8.7	44.1	35.1	-
	Trieste, Italy	169.5	86.2	82.3	73.5	85.2	5.5	20.0	42.1	-
	Perth, Australia	166.8	105.2	55.8	67.8	109.0	7.2	36.6	24.6	-
	Glasgow, United Kingdom	166.8	99.3	47.3	91.9	92.8	5.2	47.7	26.2	-
	Vancouver, Canada	166.3	94.7	63.4	75.2	90.2	9.6	41.2	20.6	-
	Helsinki, Finland	166.3	91.4	64.4	71.4	94.2	10.9	27.0	19.8	-
	Amsterdam, Netherlands	164.9	99.6	66.9	64.6	88.2	8.4	27.0	34.2	-
	Bristol, United Kingdom	164.9	101.1	62.5	87.8	97.8	13.8	26.3	31.8	-
	Adelaide, Australia	164.8	93.8	58.0	62.8	98.9	6.3	26.3	23.4	-
	Hamburg, Germany	164.3	98.1	66.7	63.3	81.8	8.5	28.6	32.9	-
	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	162.5	106.3	78.4	61.0	70.3	6.3	31.6	55.6	-
	Oslo, Norway	162.3	99.0	60.1	73.3	115.4	8.6	30.3	28.0	-
	Atlanta, GA, United States	162.2	156.2	40.1	68.5	75.7	2.8	54.0	75.7	-
	Los Angeles, CA, United States	161.5	136.9	46.4	65.1	69.4	5.2	45.3	60.9	-
	San Francisco, CA, United States	161.3	116.7	56.5	68.3	97.0	8.3	37.3	42.4	-
	Toronto, Canada	161.2	103.5	68.3	70.5	81.7	9.0	42.9	38.0	-
	Valencia, Spain	160.6	80.6	73.2	80.0	65.4	9.3	23.0	36.6	-
	Montreal, Canada	159.8	100.3	63.5	66.1	81.1	5.5	44.2	36.7	-
	Sydney, Australia	159.6	104.9	59.2	70.5	100.4	8.8	42.8	31.0	-
	Bursa, Turkey	156.7	58.7	83.2	77.0	49.3	4.3	42.4	28.1	-
	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	155.9	105.4	86.9	48.0	62.3	5.8	27.7	65.8	-
	Auckland, New Zealand	154.6	89.1	53.6	72.3	96.2	6.9	34.8	25.5	-
	Regina, Canada	153.3	101.7	58.3	56.6	85.0	5.9	38.7	37.4	-
	Phoenix, AZ, United States	152.8	124.9	44.7	64.2	72.3	3.0	28.3	68.1	-
	Houston, TX, United States	151.0	121.3	40.8	75.3	89.9	2.7	39.8	60.4	-
	Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia	150.7	120.6	64.9	49.3	50.6	3.4	34.0	74.3	-
	Winnipeg, Canada	149.4	93.8	43.0	66.9	75.7	6.2	34.8	30.2	-
	Cape Town, South Africa	146.7	97.7	28.4	77.4	44.0	4.6	46.7	34.6	-
	Doha, Qatar	143.5	114.6	78.7	75.0	74.0	8.1	29.3	86.9	-
	Pretoria, South Africa	143.0	129.6	23.0	74.1	46.7	2.1	42.6	71.0	-
	Gdansk, Poland	140.6	66.3	71.1	63.0	44.4	9.1	26.8	35.0	-
	Tallinn, Estonia	139.1	49.4	70.4	71.4	64.8	11.9	23.0	15.6	-
	Philadelphia, PA, United States	137.3	110.0	33.9	58.9	88.6	2.9	35.0	51.4	-
	Ljubljana, Slovenia	137.0	68.7	69.0	55.1	65.1	10.3	18.8	33.1	-
	Seville (Sevilla), Spain	136.0	76.2	70.8	54.8	62.9	9.8	27.4	39.8	-
	Prague, Czech Republic	132.3	69.9	67.1	69.2	49.7	11.6	32.5	38.1	-
	Miami, FL, United States	131.6	105.6	40.3	61.1	84.2	4.3	59.2	44.8	-
	Dublin, Ireland	128.7	88.9	45.4	44.3	95.6	6.9	35.8	30.7	-
	Taipei, Taiwan	123.3	84.6	78.7	86.7	55.9	25.8	29.6	51.1	-
	Brno, Czech Republic	122.9	64.3	67.5	62.5	49.7	11.2	30.0	41.1	-
	Vilnius, Lithuania	120.3	46.9	70.8	70.2	53.9	13.4	31.3	26.6	-
	Thessaloniki, Greece	119.5	50.9	67.8	77.1	66.6	10.0	17.0	44.0	-
	Porto, Portugal	118.5	59.7	53.4	69.0	55.9	7.3	22.3	43.8	-
	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	118.0	44.8	80.6	56.5	42.0	11.6	23.6	37.1	-
	New York, NY, United States	117.4	100.0	52.9	46.3	100.0	8.9	39.4	52.8	-
	Lisbon, Portugal	116.2	57.7	65.3	64.1	59.5	10.4	39.4	35.2	-
	Johannesburg, South Africa	115.7	118.1	17.2	57.0	49.0	2.7	39.9	73.7	-
	Seoul, South Korea	115.5	88.6	81.8	71.9	83.7	14.2	34.2	73.2	-
	Zagreb, Croatia	112.1	53.9	67.4	63.7	60.3	12.2	30.0	37.8	-
	Madrid, Spain	111.9	74.0	64.4	73.3	69.1	11.4	32.1	59.4	-
	Brussels, Belgium	111.7	85.3	47.1	73.7	92.8	6.7	21.5	68.0	-
	Poznan, Poland	111.5	56.7	74.2	51.7	45.5	10.8	41.2	40.5	-
	Warsaw, Poland	111.2	71.1	69.3	58.2	48.0	11.5	36.6	55.1	-
	Brasilia, Brazil	111.1	66.9	42.2	48.1	58.7	11.9	20.8	30.5	-
	Ahmedabad, India	110.1	66.0	78.0	67.1	27.4	7.0	46.2	70.3	-
	Bratislava, Slovakia	109.2	61.8	65.6	53.9	54.4	10.9	32.2	44.9	-
	Brasov, Romania	108.4	36.9	73.4	32.6	43.3	11.3	27.5	19.9	-
	Manchester, United Kingdom	108.1	71.5	49.9	70.4	91.8	9.5	42.7	42.3	-
	Wroclaw, Poland	105.3	63.6	66.8	57.3	44.1	10.1	42.6	51.8	-
	Singapore, Singapore	103.7	73.2	84.2	62.9	97.9	21.8	44.3	43.8	-
	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	101.6	71.6	67.8	78.6	85.5	15.9	43.6	54.4	-
	London, United Kingdom	97.1	83.0	53.4	74.7	105.8	16.6	44.1	52.0	-
	Izmir, Turkey	95.3	47.5	74.3	82.6	48.5	7.7	26.0	76.0	-
	Barcelona, Spain	93.3	73.6	57.9	69.5	68.9	11.1	28.7	73.2	-
	Coimbatore, India	92.7	52.1	58.7	83.8	22.6	10.6	53.2	57.9	-
	Riga, Latvia	90.9	43.1	61.5	67.1	57.7	13.4	24.0	46.5	-
	Bangalore, India	90.1	79.7	48.7	66.0	28.1	8.5	49.7	76.7	-
	Krakow (Cracow), Poland	90.0	63.8	64.2	61.1	44.5	12.4	32.0	67.8	-
	Ankara, Turkey	88.5	64.8	60.7	63.1	48.2	5.5	38.5	78.5	-
	Paris, France	88.1	89.2	45.1	80.7	99.6	17.2	39.5	66.2	-
	Budapest, Hungary	86.2	48.0	58.4	54.6	51.2	8.9	35.5	52.1	-
	Hyderabad, India	85.0	71.1	58.4	66.8	25.8	6.6	50.5	84.8	-
	Banja Luka, Bosnia And Herzegovina	77.7	46.3	66.3	39.4	42.5	11.6	24.6	59.0	-
	Chennai, India	77.3	65.5	57.5	65.7	26.7	14.0	40.9	75.3	-
	Islamabad, Pakistan	76.9	34.6	56.6	67.2	35.1	11.3	19.2	59.4	-
	Minsk, Belarus	76.2	36.4	71.4	50.4	51.7	16.1	30.2	46.3	-
	Pune, India	73.2	74.6	52.0	68.8	28.1	11.3	60.9	81.2	-
	Istanbul, Turkey	72.7	53.0	57.9	72.2	53.4	10.0	56.6	65.8	-
	Buenos Aires, Argentina	70.6	58.7	37.7	79.8	74.8	12.2	45.4	59.1	-
	Sofia, Bulgaria	68.8	44.8	51.1	59.5	44.9	9.4	36.3	63.0	-
	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)	65.2	67.1	82.2	80.6	77.4	36.8	44.6	57.4	-
	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	64.9	71.8	24.7	63.0	48.2	9.5	38.9	73.8	-
	Turin, Italy	64.5	73.0	36.0	67.6	80.5	11.7	32.5	78.5	-
	Milan, Italy	61.9	74.0	47.9	68.6	83.7	18.7	39.4	73.5	-
	Tbilisi, Georgia	60.7	26.8	78.6	62.6	40.2	14.4	38.0	65.4	-
	Belgrade, Serbia	57.5	40.0	59.4	53.8	45.2	18.2	26.8	60.1	-
	Athens, Greece	57.4	45.5	49.5	49.1	70.5	11.3	39.9	58.1	-
	Santiago, Chile	55.4	53.1	53.2	61.4	55.0	10.2	46.0	78.8	-
	Bucharest, Romania	52.9	39.0	68.7	51.4	44.8	12.8	35.5	76.1	-
	Delhi, India	51.5	67.5	41.1	70.3	29.7	16.0	46.4	85.9	-
	Almaty, Kazakhstan	51.3	47.2	53.2	65.3	56.8	11.6	40.0	78.7	-
	Yerevan, Armenia	50.8	28.1	68.5	48.3	41.4	13.0	26.1	70.6	-
	Mexico City, Mexico	49.5	59.2	34.3	65.2	47.1	8.1	48.0	83.4	-
	Bangkok, Thailand	46.1	42.4	64.3	86.4	52.1	19.2	48.9	79.4	-
	Recife, Brazil	45.8	66.6	19.1	75.3	52.3	9.2	57.8	79.9	-
	Curitiba, Brazil	44.2	30.9	36.4	52.8	53.0	18.7	38.5	38.1	-
	Amman, Jordan	42.2	39.1	52.2	68.3	62.6	8.4	51.4	80.2	-
	Chisinau, Moldova	42.1	23.9	50.3	52.7	34.9	17.2	24.6	57.2	-
	Kolkata, India	40.9	58.7	47.3	40.2	26.0	10.8	58.0	82.5	-
	Saint Petersburg, Russia	36.6	46.4	56.0	58.3	61.1	16.4	55.0	73.3	-
	Bogota, Colombia	35.7	33.5	47.0	64.3	42.8	15.7	45.4	67.5	-
	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	35.2	40.7	34.3	60.3	52.4	19.8	51.5	50.5	-
	Shanghai, China	32.9	56.0	72.5	58.7	57.1	26.7	42.8	85.7	-
	Rome, Italy	27.6	58.1	44.0	57.3	83.8	24.2	45.1	69.4	-
	Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine	22.3	35.9	54.9	45.1	44.5	17.4	34.1	81.6	-
	Beirut, Lebanon	20.2	46.8	47.5	70.2	69.9	17.9	41.8	91.6	-
	Porto Alegre, Brazil	14.3	41.0	24.9	46.1	54.9	17.2	44.9	65.5	-
	Nairobi, Kenya	13.4	30.6	32.5	62.7	54.3	12.4	65.2	69.7	-
	Sao Paulo, Brazil	5.6	44.8	26.1	50.8	61.8	16.6	49.2	79.0	-
	Manila, Philippines	4.4	37.6	32.3	61.9	46.0	11.3	53.8	94.7	-
	Moscow, Russia	4.3	47.7	45.8	48.8	75.7	22.0	52.9	81.6	-
	Beijing, China	-2.5	53.3	54.4	60.6	53.0	33.1	36.2	97.0	-
	Jakarta, Indonesia	-4.0	25.0	51.2	64.5	44.7	23.7	50.7	83.0	-
	Mumbai, India	-11.5	53.8	50.9	60.9	30.7	32.5	70.2	92.7	-
	Dhaka, Bangladesh	-12.3	34.7	34.6	35.6	40.4	11.9	57.7	94.9	-
	Cairo, Egypt	-12.5	27.5	39.0	51.1	38.2	10.6	60.3	100.8	-
	Karachi, Pakistan	-13.3	30.4	20.2	47.1	31.9	14.3	27.2	98.8	-
	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	-15.6	23.1	48.7	38.9	44.0	19.9	33.4	94.3	-
	Tehran, Iran	-19.6	31.2	43.0	48.1	48.3	23.6	59.8	85.2	-
	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	-22.8	37.0	27.4	32.6	61.1	21.9	56.1	77.6	-
	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	-39.5	23.4	29.7	27.2	52.6	19.1	36.9	96.7	-
	Caracas, Venezuela	-65.1	9.7	15.6	41.7	141.4	25.7	32.2	76.5	-