Quality of Life Index by City 2016 Mid-Year

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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	239.7	166.0	75.0	84.1	77.0	5.2	22.1	12.3	84.1
	Wellington, New Zealand	215.9	126.5	68.7	69.9	79.6	5.6	25.2	10.2	87.7
	Adelaide, Australia	209.6	141.0	63.8	71.2	77.0	6.2	30.1	23.1	89.7
	Melbourne, Australia	206.5	145.7	63.3	76.6	76.9	7.5	35.6	27.0	89.1
	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	203.3	108.2	69.9	80.1	72.6	7.3	19.2	15.7	69.9
	Zurich, Switzerland	202.4	158.2	82.2	72.9	133.6	10.5	30.4	13.6	60.6
	Victoria, Canada	200.2	110.9	68.5	70.9	70.7	6.6	30.2	12.9	75.4
	Vienna, Austria	197.9	107.3	76.8	81.3	68.4	14.4	26.1	18.6	75.4
	Munich, Germany	196.3	132.9	84.9	81.3	74.5	11.5	34.8	15.5	44.6
	Brisbane, Australia	196.3	130.5	64.2	80.4	78.5	7.1	42.6	23.9	79.8
	Sacramento, CA, United States	191.3	129.2	53.0	70.0	80.2	3.8	22.5	43.3	90.1
	Columbus, OH, United States	191.0	129.3	56.1	72.0	70.1	2.5	22.6	27.9	57.7
	Boston, MA, United States	190.7	133.3	65.7	73.8	83.7	6.9	37.6	27.8	72.1
	San Diego, CA, United States	190.5	120.7	64.1	74.8	78.0	6.4	41.4	38.4	97.0
	Perth, Australia	190.2	132.0	54.5	69.9	86.1	6.6	38.7	30.1	90.9
	Seattle, WA, United States	190.1	139.5	59.6	72.5	83.8	5.5	36.0	32.4	74.5
	Dallas, TX, United States	189.1	162.9	59.3	69.8	68.9	2.3	41.2	49.9	72.7
	Geneva, Switzerland	188.1	144.2	66.9	69.4	133.4	9.5	22.0	28.2	70.4
	Copenhagen, Denmark	187.8	112.3	77.2	71.9	89.6	8.1	30.5	25.2	67.2
	Portland, OR, United States	186.1	119.7	55.9	67.2	80.6	5.1	28.8	23.4	69.1
	Austin, TX, United States	186.0	132.0	64.1	74.8	69.0	5.5	34.4	38.0	66.0
	Hamilton, Canada	185.5	149.0	55.0	79.8	58.6	5.7	41.8	41.6	65.0
	Vancouver, Canada	184.2	103.2	63.5	70.5	71.7	11.8	41.4	24.0	91.7
	Denver, CO, United States	183.3	125.1	66.4	84.4	77.8	4.7	31.4	36.2	52.8
	Amsterdam, Netherlands	181.8	108.7	65.6	66.5	77.9	9.2	27.2	31.7	77.0
	Ottawa, Canada	180.9	127.3	78.4	70.6	68.6	6.0	41.6	18.9	31.4
	Minneapolis, MN, United States	180.2	126.2	53.9	77.4	82.4	3.3	28.5	21.7	40.6
	Bursa, Turkey	179.6	69.9	77.3	89.1	43.8	4.6	39.1	27.8	57.5
	Sydney, Australia	179.0	121.9	57.9	70.9	84.2	11.4	43.1	29.1	84.4
	Hamburg, Germany	178.7	128.6	50.7	81.7	75.4	9.1	34.3	29.1	59.8
	Mangalore, India	178.7	107.4	86.3	77.9	22.0	5.3	25.5	11.4	-17.1
	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	177.6	176.2	78.5	70.0	47.8	2.2	40.6	70.6	38.0
	Calgary, Canada	176.8	134.3	68.3	70.1	76.9	5.2	34.5	26.5	33.0
	Auckland, New Zealand	176.6	110.0	56.1	73.1	83.0	10.0	39.9	30.9	85.1
	Reykjavik, Iceland	175.9	84.6	74.3	68.2	100.2	6.0	19.8	12.8	44.3
	Helsinki, Finland	175.4	118.9	69.5	75.8	78.9	10.5	35.0	19.6	39.4
	Cape Town, South Africa	174.4	109.0	27.8	72.5	37.4	4.6	41.2	41.6	96.6
	Lisbon, Portugal	172.1	66.9	67.0	68.3	50.9	13.3	34.9	34.0	96.1
	Toronto, Canada	172.0	126.3	64.2	70.2	70.0	8.6	44.6	44.9	72.4
	Brno, Czech Republic	171.0	83.0	70.4	77.5	41.6	10.0	25.6	44.9	65.4
	Stockholm, Sweden	170.3	115.0	54.0	72.0	85.3	14.7	39.9	11.0	55.2
	Porto, Portugal	170.3	73.0	54.1	76.1	49.0	8.2	32.6	40.6	89.8
	Atlanta, GA, United States	169.4	144.6	35.5	68.0	72.3	3.0	41.0	52.9	79.7
	Monterrey, Mexico	169.0	133.5	48.7	57.9	35.7	3.2	26.5	62.0	65.9
	Phoenix, AZ, United States	168.7	171.5	39.6	72.6	69.2	2.2	29.4	64.8	50.5
	Orlando, FL, United States	167.9	125.2	47.4	66.0	75.4	2.6	34.7	39.3	57.7
	Montreal, Canada	167.2	116.9	63.2	61.5	67.3	6.4	42.5	33.3	55.2
	Taipei, Taiwan	167.0	128.6	81.7	84.3	60.7	17.4	31.2	47.6	35.7
	San Francisco, CA, United States	165.9	105.4	49.3	68.4	94.3	12.2	39.9	38.6	96.9
	Madrid, Spain	165.8	90.4	68.4	77.9	61.9	11.6	34.4	58.9	89.5
	Prague, Czech Republic	165.2	83.8	69.8	70.9	43.3	13.3	36.5	38.1	68.2
	Tallinn, Estonia	165.0	71.8	72.7	68.6	52.4	11.6	24.1	23.5	44.6
	Edmonton, Canada	164.4	116.5	58.8	75.9	75.1	6.0	36.7	29.0	33.6
	Manchester, United Kingdom	162.9	109.4	49.6	75.1	70.3	6.8	39.8	48.0	74.1
	Timisoara, Romania	162.3	56.7	70.7	60.5	35.4	11.5	19.5	43.5	74.9
	Thessaloniki, Greece	160.6	64.2	66.3	71.6	54.7	8.0	22.6	60.7	87.6
	Bratislava, Slovakia	160.6	73.2	67.7	62.3	49.0	11.9	27.9	40.8	70.9
	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	160.5	57.8	77.0	65.9	36.9	12.1	29.8	36.6	62.7
	Zagreb, Croatia	159.4	66.3	69.6	64.6	50.2	12.2	33.5	36.9	71.6
	Philadelphia, PA, United States	157.9	108.6	39.2	74.5	81.9	4.2	34.6	52.6	76.2
	Dublin, Ireland	157.8	108.4	48.7	51.8	81.1	9.1	40.2	31.4	71.4
	Tokyo, Japan	157.7	99.1	79.3	78.1	102.1	23.7	45.0	40.4	81.3
	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	157.4	147.3	84.2	54.6	60.8	4.9	24.6	56.1	2.4
	Los Angeles, CA, United States	155.4	114.9	47.3	64.8	77.9	7.9	42.2	65.2	95.8
	Houston, TX, United States	155.2	149.0	37.4	68.8	71.9	2.5	41.5	63.5	58.9
	Oslo, Norway	155.1	116.1	58.5	69.7	100.3	9.3	36.7	25.0	31.8
	Chicago, IL, United States	154.4	125.7	34.3	65.5	84.7	3.9	40.4	40.8	57.9
	Barcelona, Spain	152.8	95.3	58.1	71.5	63.9	10.6	34.5	70.6	89.3
	Brussels, Belgium	151.3	108.0	45.0	77.8	76.6	7.4	33.7	66.9	77.3
	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	151.3	90.0	65.7	76.0	79.2	19.1	40.2	50.2	81.0
	Pretoria, South Africa	150.9	143.0	21.2	65.6	38.1	1.9	52.7	69.5	78.2
	Warsaw, Poland	150.3	78.8	72.8	60.6	40.4	12.2	38.1	50.5	62.2
	Novi Sad, Serbia	149.8	48.5	54.6	48.6	34.4	14.3	19.0	39.4	81.2
	Durban, South Africa	147.6	111.6	21.0	49.5	35.6	3.1	36.4	56.1	77.0
	Las Vegas, NV, United States	147.5	114.2	44.8	64.1	79.4	2.7	47.0	49.0	57.1
	Winnipeg, Canada	144.7	103.1	49.7	70.1	70.5	4.7	30.5	43.3	26.9
	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	143.4	124.5	77.5	61.6	69.1	5.6	35.6	56.6	10.2
	Johannesburg, South Africa	142.9	116.0	16.9	61.9	40.3	3.0	46.5	73.2	92.6
	Turin, Italy	141.2	93.9	45.9	66.8	69.6	11.2	30.8	77.3	92.0
	Vilnius, Lithuania	139.6	59.0	65.4	69.5	47.8	13.3	29.1	25.7	20.2
	Riga, Latvia	138.9	56.8	62.2	59.1	49.2	11.4	26.8	37.7	42.4
	Pune, India	138.6	111.0	55.1	63.9	25.9	8.8	47.7	80.4	65.1
	Curitiba, Brazil	137.9	50.9	35.5	55.0	45.6	12.8	35.9	43.3	93.0
	Krakow (Cracow), Poland	137.8	75.5	66.2	63.4	38.2	12.0	32.5	69.1	62.3
	Bangalore, India	137.0	103.1	51.1	66.3	25.7	8.3	49.1	83.8	75.2
	Sofia, Bulgaria	136.3	60.5	52.8	53.5	38.2	9.1	30.2	59.1	71.0
	Wroclaw, Poland	136.1	77.4	62.2	55.5	38.4	9.5	42.7	61.2	62.4
	Milan, Italy	135.4	89.5	53.4	70.8	75.0	16.7	38.8	66.1	79.5
	Miami, FL, United States	134.9	102.4	42.6	55.7	81.4	7.1	44.6	41.0	46.8
	Doha, Qatar	134.8	132.1	78.9	68.3	67.9	5.8	32.0	81.1	9.3
	Budapest, Hungary	134.0	55.3	59.7	51.2	43.2	10.8	33.7	53.0	66.5
	Brasilia, Brazil	133.9	60.7	33.6	40.4	50.9	14.4	30.8	34.7	79.3
	Paris, France	133.9	97.4	48.0	74.1	83.9	17.6	38.8	66.1	78.5
	New York, NY, United States	132.9	100.0	52.8	61.0	100.0	16.4	47.5	56.9	80.5
	Hyderabad, India	132.4	84.5	60.0	73.9	23.5	6.8	42.8	82.3	53.7
	Athens, Greece	132.1	58.1	50.2	50.4	58.3	10.1	35.7	63.9	91.5
	Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina	131.0	54.3	49.7	63.1	36.2	12.8	23.8	65.2	69.2
	Belgrade, Serbia	130.1	43.7	61.0	57.8	36.6	20.4	30.0	60.5	84.2
	Ankara, Turkey	129.6	71.1	55.5	67.7	45.3	6.7	38.8	72.0	59.0
	Santiago, Chile	129.1	64.9	49.7	60.9	50.6	10.1	36.8	77.8	88.9
	London, United Kingdom	128.6	87.8	52.8	71.7	85.2	30.9	45.8	55.7	92.6
	Buenos Aires, Argentina	127.5	59.5	38.0	74.4	58.8	14.4	46.0	62.6	91.7
	Istanbul, Turkey	126.8	58.1	51.8	70.0	50.0	11.5	57.9	66.6	89.1
	Tbilisi, Georgia	125.8	32.4	80.7	54.5	32.8	13.3	39.3	76.0	81.6
	Rome, Italy	121.5	85.0	46.2	57.3	71.0	21.1	45.4	67.7	89.2
	Bucharest, Romania	121.0	53.4	69.4	52.9	38.7	12.1	39.8	70.5	61.0
	Amman, Jordan	119.7	45.8	53.9	70.8	57.5	8.8	50.2	79.1	88.6
	Minsk, Belarus	118.2	40.6	73.7	61.1	34.4	19.3	27.7	44.0	20.1
	Yerevan, Armenia	113.5	31.4	69.4	52.8	34.2	18.9	29.9	67.7	62.0
	Skopje, North Macedonia	113.4	42.4	56.7	63.4	35.3	16.0	37.1	80.2	75.5
	Porto Alegre, Brazil	106.4	53.7	23.3	55.8	50.1	13.2	45.9	61.2	75.8
	Mexico City, Mexico	104.5	60.9	35.6	64.8	37.6	10.6	49.6	88.7	77.0
	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)	104.0	91.8	79.7	75.3	78.2	35.0	43.9	67.5	29.8
	Beirut, Lebanon	102.0	58.4	52.0	67.4	62.6	14.1	36.9	97.7	72.0
	Lima, Peru	100.2	54.6	30.6	62.2	41.6	13.1	39.5	88.6	76.7
	Bogota, Colombia	96.5	40.3	37.2	67.0	35.7	20.3	49.9	74.0	73.3
	Shanghai, China	94.8	78.5	68.2	57.5	54.4	30.9	47.1	87.0	59.2
	Baku, Azerbaijan	94.4	35.5	68.5	35.9	31.2	18.9	41.2	86.6	70.2
	Saint Petersburg, Russia	91.1	52.8	56.3	58.9	37.6	14.1	52.7	65.8	20.2
	Singapore, Singapore	88.9	98.0	83.5	70.9	87.8	20.9	42.1	37.7	-71.5
	Moscow, Russia	86.3	60.9	53.1	57.4	40.6	21.4	54.9	64.9	25.3
	Tehran, Iran	85.6	44.5	42.9	49.7	41.9	14.5	55.3	88.0	71.5
	Sao Paulo, Brazil	85.6	43.8	26.0	55.6	53.3	19.3	45.6	87.1	87.3
	Chennai, India	85.0	82.4	55.7	75.0	25.4	13.4	40.8	77.5	-30.7
	Cairo, Egypt	83.2	36.7	41.2	46.7	34.1	10.4	52.9	97.3	75.6
	Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine	83.2	31.7	55.1	51.6	28.4	26.0	37.5	75.5	46.0
	Delhi, India	81.5	81.6	40.1	64.7	27.6	16.3	50.6	92.8	23.9
	Beijing, China	74.8	66.2	63.3	63.6	51.6	33.3	49.8	94.4	45.4
	Colombo, Sri Lanka	72.8	25.6	53.4	80.3	36.0	22.3	54.2	61.2	2.4
	Karachi, Pakistan	71.7	46.8	32.6	55.5	28.4	9.0	41.3	93.0	23.6
	Davao, Philippines	66.9	40.9	71.7	71.9	32.5	25.9	27.6	62.3	-52.7
	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	62.6	46.1	24.0	40.7	55.6	20.3	58.3	74.6	52.5
	Jakarta, Indonesia	58.1	42.1	47.0	63.9	45.4	18.4	57.1	84.7	9.6
	Nairobi, Kenya	58.0	28.6	36.8	63.8	43.0	51.5	64.7	76.0	91.5
	Bangkok, Thailand	55.0	50.2	50.9	80.7	49.8	20.6	50.5	73.5	-36.0
	Kolkata, India	54.7	68.7	47.9	52.7	25.2	10.2	71.1	83.6	-22.7
	Mumbai, India	50.4	72.5	51.0	59.6	28.1	37.7	65.5	89.0	14.8
	Manila, Philippines	42.3	45.6	39.3	68.3	40.8	13.9	56.9	93.7	-20.0
	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	40.4	91.1	29.6	60.7	44.5	9.2	45.9	76.3	-86.5
	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	27.6	28.5	41.8	48.4	41.7	23.6	31.1	94.2	-27.4
	Caracas, Venezuela	0.0	2.5	14.1	33.5	54.6	277.2	50.2	75.7	91.2