Quality of Life Index by City 2017

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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	223.0	141.6	73.9	81.0	77.5	5.8	23.3	14.7	79.6
	Raleigh, NC, United States	217.9	147.0	71.4	76.2	72.7	2.6	30.7	20.0	77.6
	Wellington, New Zealand	213.7	120.3	70.1	69.5	77.3	5.8	25.1	11.2	87.8
	Victoria, Canada	202.8	118.1	65.6	67.9	73.8	5.4	27.3	12.5	75.4
	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	200.5	100.2	71.0	80.6	72.0	7.1	20.6	15.6	69.7
	Adelaide, Australia	199.8	110.8	66.3	73.3	80.2	6.0	29.9	22.0	89.3
	Eindhoven, Netherlands	196.4	116.8	74.6	87.4	70.3	5.1	30.4	20.5	50.9
	Vienna, Austria	195.8	98.5	78.2	81.1	68.6	13.7	25.5	19.0	75.4
	San Diego, CA, United States	194.8	128.9	63.4	74.7	77.9	5.8	43.1	34.6	95.3
	Melbourne, Australia	193.7	127.4	59.0	75.2	80.3	7.6	35.9	29.6	89.1
	Brisbane, Australia	192.7	118.9	64.0	79.7	79.8	7.0	42.4	21.7	79.8
	Zurich, Switzerland	192.0	134.5	81.9	73.6	130.0	10.4	33.8	14.1	61.0
	Munich, Germany	191.9	123.5	84.3	82.7	71.8	12.3	33.6	17.4	44.6
	Dallas, TX, United States	191.4	163.5	56.5	68.1	70.2	2.3	40.0	43.9	72.3
	Sacramento, CA, United States	189.0	122.2	53.4	71.3	80.3	3.8	22.7	43.4	90.1
	Bursa, Turkey	188.5	67.1	78.6	86.5	35.3	4.6	37.6	30.1	76.6
	Salt Lake City, UT, United States	188.1	152.5	74.3	69.1	68.5	3.0	38.0	54.3	68.5
	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	187.7	117.1	75.5	74.5	79.8	11.9	33.5	20.4	62.8
	Cork, Ireland	187.3	116.8	67.6	62.0	74.2	6.1	39.5	18.5	70.1
	Portland, OR, United States	186.8	117.8	55.9	70.7	80.6	5.2	29.7	22.5	69.1
	Perth, Australia	186.4	113.7	54.9	71.5	85.7	6.5	36.7	27.8	90.9
	Columbus, OH, United States	186.2	120.7	55.5	69.1	71.7	2.6	26.0	24.9	58.2
	Copenhagen, Denmark	184.1	102.2	78.8	70.0	88.0	8.3	30.9	24.5	67.1
	Ottawa, Canada	183.5	126.3	77.7	69.0	68.5	6.0	37.8	15.8	31.4
	Boston, MA, United States	183.5	131.7	64.2	73.4	89.4	7.6	47.6	24.6	70.0
	San Jose, CA, United States	182.8	152.9	49.0	63.5	82.8	5.8	33.4	55.9	96.1
	Austin, TX, United States	181.8	126.8	65.3	71.6	74.1	4.6	40.3	36.3	67.1
	Denver, CO, United States	180.7	139.9	63.6	77.8	82.6	4.1	36.5	37.9	51.9
	Geneva, Switzerland	179.0	121.1	72.5	68.8	132.8	11.2	23.0	28.7	70.4
	Leeds, United Kingdom	178.0	106.2	56.6	79.1	65.5	4.7	33.0	38.5	70.9
	Gothenburg, Sweden	177.9	112.1	54.1	63.5	76.0	10.3	20.7	20.5	60.3
	Seattle, WA, United States	177.8	119.8	60.5	73.2	90.5	6.0	43.4	31.4	74.1
	Hamilton, Canada	177.7	130.2	51.9	80.0	61.5	5.8	38.2	41.4	65.0
	Minneapolis, MN, United States	177.6	119.8	53.2	79.6	82.9	3.2	34.3	19.4	42.4
	Vancouver, Canada	177.4	91.3	64.2	73.3	72.7	13.1	43.3	25.5	91.6
	Tampa, FL, United States	176.2	100.2	55.4	68.8	75.8	3.8	32.1	23.3	62.7
	Amsterdam, Netherlands	176.2	90.4	67.4	72.8	78.0	10.4	27.9	32.1	77.0
	Glasgow, United Kingdom	175.6	103.5	52.7	87.4	68.9	5.0	45.1	29.9	68.3
	Sydney, Australia	174.8	109.2	59.8	72.0	86.0	12.4	42.3	28.7	84.6
	Helsinki, Finland	174.7	110.6	72.8	74.6	78.3	10.3	36.0	18.0	40.4
	Berlin, Germany	174.7	116.1	63.3	78.7	64.2	8.8	32.4	42.1	62.3
	Halifax, Canada	174.1	94.9	54.2	75.3	76.5	5.8	27.0	21.7	55.9
	Auckland, New Zealand	172.5	102.2	54.4	69.7	83.9	10.1	39.9	28.6	84.8
	Toronto, Canada	171.7	115.9	65.1	72.6	70.3	8.5	42.4	41.5	70.4
	Gdansk, Poland	171.5	72.1	68.8	62.9	39.1	10.1	26.4	31.0	69.8
	Reykjavik, Iceland	170.9	77.4	75.9	66.8	111.6	6.4	20.6	12.0	44.5
	Frankfurt, Germany	170.6	114.9	60.9	71.5	75.2	8.9	27.6	37.3	56.2
	Mangalore, India	169.5	106.4	82.5	78.8	21.9	5.1	30.9	18.5	-17.1
	Calgary, Canada	169.1	116.7	67.2	69.6	75.2	5.7	37.1	24.7	33.5
	Hamburg, Germany	168.7	106.9	52.0	82.9	75.8	9.6	33.8	27.5	53.5
	Ljubljana, Slovenia	168.4	72.2	75.9	64.4	58.7	11.5	25.7	27.5	60.5
	Porto, Portugal	167.7	66.3	56.1	75.3	48.7	9.3	31.8	40.5	89.8
	Lisbon, Portugal	167.5	61.3	66.9	68.0	50.5	14.7	34.3	34.3	94.3
	Rotterdam, Netherlands	166.8	100.4	59.1	77.6	71.9	5.8	31.8	40.7	58.7
	Atlanta, GA, United States	166.5	148.4	35.2	65.6	76.1	2.7	39.0	54.6	74.5
	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	166.5	148.3	79.2	70.1	47.8	2.4	40.3	71.1	38.0
	Brno, Czech Republic	166.4	75.8	71.5	75.9	41.2	10.5	26.2	46.3	65.4
	Tallinn, Estonia	165.6	68.8	77.0	68.4	51.4	11.4	28.5	21.2	44.6
	Las Vegas, NV, United States	165.1	145.2	44.2	64.4	71.6	2.4	38.5	50.1	57.2
	Taipei, Taiwan	165.1	119.8	84.2	84.7	66.2	15.6	31.5	47.7	35.2
	Madrid, Spain	164.9	85.2	68.5	78.3	60.5	11.3	38.1	54.9	88.6
	Zagreb, Croatia	164.2	67.1	71.4	68.1	48.6	11.1	31.3	36.4	70.4
	Cape Town, South Africa	163.8	86.1	29.1	73.1	44.1	6.2	42.1	40.0	96.6
	San Francisco, CA, United States	163.5	96.8	49.7	68.6	99.1	12.1	39.8	36.3	97.0
	Montreal, Canada	163.4	103.2	65.0	61.9	71.2	6.5	40.9	32.3	55.2
	Phoenix, AZ, United States	162.2	146.5	43.1	73.1	69.1	2.6	29.2	62.2	50.5
	Houston, TX, United States	161.4	150.2	37.3	74.4	75.4	1.9	43.5	57.1	59.4
	Philadelphia, PA, United States	161.1	129.7	40.9	69.9	86.3	2.6	41.7	50.9	70.8
	Prague, Czech Republic	161.0	76.6	70.2	70.9	43.6	14.3	37.1	37.6	66.9
	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	160.8	51.8	80.9	67.3	36.8	12.6	29.2	36.1	62.7
	Stockholm, Sweden	160.2	102.0	54.2	68.0	83.4	15.4	39.4	16.3	55.4
	Seoul, South Korea	160.2	90.9	76.2	87.0	79.8	17.8	34.2	37.5	53.6
	Edmonton, Canada	158.8	113.8	59.3	76.1	72.7	5.6	35.2	27.6	18.7
	Los Angeles, CA, United States	158.6	124.3	45.3	60.2	80.7	5.7	45.0	62.1	95.9
	Bratislava, Slovakia	157.2	70.9	70.3	63.3	47.6	11.4	36.1	41.9	70.6
	Orlando, FL, United States	156.3	107.5	45.0	64.2	79.5	2.8	39.7	37.7	57.7
	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	155.9	136.1	84.5	58.4	66.0	4.8	25.6	54.5	6.0
	Dublin, Ireland	154.9	99.0	47.2	51.1	79.7	8.0	36.9	33.0	71.4
	Manchester, United Kingdom	154.4	97.0	46.8	76.7	69.1	6.0	41.9	52.3	74.1
	Muscat, Oman	153.2	119.4	74.8	58.1	54.4	3.5	15.2	49.4	-0.6
	Chicago, IL, United States	152.0	123.0	34.6	65.4	84.5	3.5	45.2	39.8	57.9
	Warsaw, Poland	151.6	74.3	73.8	60.8	40.8	11.8	38.6	46.9	62.4
	Timisoara, Romania	151.5	49.7	76.8	63.0	35.4	12.0	21.0	58.7	73.4
	Banja Luka, Bosnia And Herzegovina	150.8	51.2	72.7	51.7	34.7	12.8	26.9	48.3	77.4
	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	150.2	90.0	68.7	75.6	80.1	18.3	40.2	52.9	78.6
	Thessaloniki, Greece	150.1	50.4	66.1	67.2	55.9	9.1	24.6	63.0	89.1
	Honolulu, HI, United States	150.0	85.6	63.6	65.5	99.5	10.0	39.4	42.9	71.9
	Monterrey, Mexico	149.5	91.0	49.3	58.8	32.9	4.2	27.2	65.4	65.9
	Brussels, Belgium	148.2	95.8	45.5	77.2	75.9	7.5	32.9	65.0	77.3
	Barcelona, Spain	147.6	83.1	60.4	73.0	61.1	11.8	35.5	69.4	86.2
	Regina, Canada	145.5	115.2	46.6	64.3	72.1	4.7	28.8	36.5	16.6
	Izmir, Turkey	144.2	54.2	73.4	77.1	36.1	8.3	40.4	64.8	67.7
	Johannesburg, South Africa	142.3	111.7	21.5	60.1	45.0	2.8	46.4	72.7	92.6
	Novi Sad, Serbia	141.9	39.3	55.0	47.3	34.3	17.0	18.5	41.7	81.2
	Oslo, Norway	141.8	101.5	51.2	70.3	106.9	10.3	40.4	24.7	31.8
	Durban, South Africa	140.9	98.4	21.4	46.3	40.9	2.7	36.1	55.7	77.0
	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	139.7	113.3	79.2	61.2	71.5	5.8	34.8	56.0	10.2
	Riga, Latvia	139.5	52.0	62.7	58.1	49.2	10.5	29.0	33.9	43.0
	Krakow (Cracow), Poland	138.7	73.9	68.9	63.2	38.6	11.1	32.3	68.9	60.6
	Winnipeg, Canada	137.9	88.0	48.4	66.4	70.2	5.2	32.1	40.3	28.4
	Curitiba, Brazil	137.0	50.7	34.8	57.0	49.7	11.8	39.0	43.4	93.4
	Pune, India	136.9	103.5	54.2	65.7	27.2	8.4	50.0	77.4	65.1
	Vilnius, Lithuania	136.7	54.1	67.6	69.6	47.2	15.3	29.8	25.8	20.6
	Iasi, Romania	136.6	49.6	74.7	65.5	33.9	12.7	34.6	61.3	61.7
	Tokyo, Japan	136.4	98.6	80.4	75.5	91.0	19.9	44.2	43.8	31.9
	New York, NY, United States	135.9	100.0	52.4	65.1	100.0	12.9	48.2	59.4	80.5
	Wroclaw, Poland	135.3	69.2	64.4	56.2	38.4	9.7	41.4	60.3	62.4
	Sofia, Bulgaria	134.2	57.2	54.4	54.0	37.7	9.3	29.9	61.0	69.8
	Medellin, Colombia	133.9	38.0	49.3	73.6	33.9	15.9	35.0	64.8	96.0
	Turin, Italy	133.8	80.0	45.0	66.5	65.0	10.4	29.0	75.7	82.0
	Budapest, Hungary	132.9	52.3	61.4	53.1	43.9	11.6	35.8	52.3	66.5
	Guadalajara, Mexico	132.0	50.4	46.1	78.4	29.4	7.3	48.6	71.2	84.8
	Doha, Qatar	131.3	111.7	83.4	65.6	69.0	6.4	33.0	73.9	9.3
	Miami, FL, United States	130.9	90.4	46.1	55.7	86.2	6.6	42.1	40.1	42.0
	Buenos Aires, Argentina	130.0	56.9	38.9	72.4	54.7	13.3	43.7	60.6	90.7
	Hyderabad, India	129.9	74.1	62.7	69.6	24.1	7.1	40.4	80.5	53.7
	Ankara, Turkey	129.5	62.0	57.2	70.2	37.3	7.0	35.5	73.5	58.5
	Brasilia, Brazil	129.0	48.7	35.5	41.2	56.1	16.1	30.3	34.7	81.7
	Milan, Italy	128.8	76.9	52.8	71.0	76.8	17.9	37.6	63.6	75.5
	Belgrade, Serbia	127.7	40.3	62.9	55.6	36.3	21.2	33.4	58.5	84.2
	Paris, France	127.5	95.4	47.2	72.7	83.2	16.8	41.6	68.5	73.0
	Istanbul, Turkey	126.4	55.2	49.8	69.7	41.6	11.8	55.7	65.8	86.9
	Athens, Greece	125.5	51.3	49.3	49.8	58.6	10.3	36.6	67.5	91.5
	Tbilisi, Georgia	124.4	32.2	80.0	52.6	28.0	12.5	39.1	79.0	81.6
	Yerevan, Armenia	124.2	33.3	70.8	51.7	34.6	14.7	28.9	60.1	61.9
	Santiago, Chile	124.0	56.3	47.4	62.8	53.6	11.3	36.6	77.7	89.4
	Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina	123.7	48.9	51.5	63.0	37.6	13.0	27.9	70.5	69.2
	Bucharest, Romania	123.0	53.6	71.1	51.6	38.5	11.0	37.8	71.3	61.0
	London, United Kingdom	120.9	83.3	53.8	69.3	81.6	27.8	47.3	55.7	75.7
	Minsk, Belarus	119.6	36.4	78.6	58.9	34.7	18.8	28.0	42.3	20.1
	Coimbatore, India	117.6	51.6	63.3	72.7	23.5	9.8	51.7	63.9	38.3
	Bangalore, India	117.3	96.1	52.7	68.5	27.1	8.1	52.1	83.0	40.0
	Amman, Jordan	116.8	41.7	55.2	71.6	61.8	8.4	50.3	81.6	88.4
	Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia	114.3	112.0	71.2	56.7	50.1	3.5	43.9	78.9	-1.5
	Rome, Italy	114.0	72.4	44.5	58.4	74.1	23.0	46.7	66.6	90.1
	Skopje, North Macedonia	112.1	39.7	55.7	63.2	34.5	15.9	34.3	82.0	75.5
	Montevideo, Uruguay	108.9	32.4	44.3	67.2	70.2	20.0	51.8	56.6	89.1
	Ahmedabad, India	106.7	61.7	71.3	70.6	26.0	8.9	39.5	72.3	0.5
	Almaty, Kazakhstan	105.8	49.6	49.7	65.8	32.7	12.6	26.6	77.2	37.3
	Porto Alegre, Brazil	105.7	47.5	23.0	56.2	52.8	13.6	43.9	59.6	77.1
	Gurgaon, India	104.8	110.2	37.5	75.2	31.4	7.9	49.4	88.7	19.5
	Beirut, Lebanon	104.2	51.8	50.8	67.7	64.3	15.1	35.2	87.4	69.4
	Chiang Mai, Thailand	104.1	32.4	67.3	86.7	43.5	17.1	29.7	77.6	30.4
	Mexico City, Mexico	103.0	58.2	33.9	66.9	33.6	10.0	54.1	88.0	77.0
	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)	94.5	81.5	79.3	68.0	80.0	36.1	42.2	69.9	29.7
	Bogota, Colombia	94.4	36.7	36.4	65.2	38.3	21.1	46.0	74.1	73.3
	Baku, Azerbaijan	93.5	30.6	72.5	35.9	28.6	20.1	39.8	86.7	68.1
	Lviv, Ukraine	92.9	24.4	59.1	54.3	24.3	25.9	44.7	55.3	43.7
	Saint Petersburg, Russia	92.3	50.1	57.7	61.3	44.4	14.7	52.1	62.4	20.2
	Shanghai, China	90.9	74.2	65.4	59.0	54.4	32.6	45.9	87.3	59.2
	Moscow, Russia	88.0	57.4	54.7	57.3	47.8	20.8	54.4	62.9	28.5
	Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine	87.3	29.9	49.9	53.4	27.7	23.5	37.0	71.9	49.1
	Lahore, Pakistan	87.2	47.3	48.9	59.3	32.3	13.6	40.3	80.1	27.5
	Lima, Peru	87.2	44.4	31.7	60.0	43.0	15.2	45.4	89.3	71.2
	Singapore, Singapore	86.5	92.7	83.4	69.9	82.4	21.6	43.4	37.0	-71.5
	Sao Paulo, Brazil	85.7	42.5	27.8	54.6	57.9	18.7	46.1	86.1	87.3
	Tehran, Iran	85.3	39.9	44.6	52.2	42.1	15.3	55.3	87.2	71.5
	Karachi, Pakistan	85.0	43.2	35.8	57.3	28.6	8.5	40.8	95.3	50.2
	Cairo, Egypt	82.5	28.1	44.1	42.5	22.8	10.8	52.4	96.0	75.6
	Chennai, India	81.3	79.5	55.3	74.3	26.9	12.6	44.9	78.8	-29.9
	Delhi, India	80.1	77.8	39.2	65.8	29.2	14.8	52.8	92.9	23.9
	Colombo, Sri Lanka	78.9	24.9	68.1	79.2	38.2	22.6	56.5	59.2	2.4
	Yekaterinburg, Russia	77.9	50.1	48.8	65.2	38.7	11.7	33.3	78.0	-8.9
	Beijing, China	75.2	70.9	58.4	66.1	48.9	33.8	51.5	93.3	45.4
	Panama City, Panama	74.6	35.1	53.9	57.9	64.2	12.4	35.1	65.6	-6.2
	Davao, Philippines	63.8	35.6	71.6	71.9	31.8	25.9	31.1	60.0	-54.3
	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	60.7	43.3	22.1	37.1	58.1	19.6	56.9	70.4	48.2
	Jakarta, Indonesia	57.4	41.4	47.2	63.0	48.4	16.9	57.2	86.4	9.6
	Bangkok, Thailand	57.3	49.1	51.4	82.2	49.6	19.5	50.7	72.3	-36.0
	Kolkata, India	52.2	57.9	48.9	55.5	26.5	11.1	71.6	81.0	-22.8
	Nairobi, Kenya	50.1	28.6	36.1	58.7	42.4	59.4	62.6	74.2	91.6
	Mumbai, India	50.1	72.0	52.2	63.3	30.2	32.9	63.1	87.5	-2.6
	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	35.1	81.4	30.4	62.1	42.9	8.9	44.6	75.6	-94.6
	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	32.2	32.5	41.9	52.4	43.3	21.7	30.6	94.6	-28.0
	Manila, Philippines	31.4	47.8	39.1	68.3	40.4	12.2	57.6	92.5	-47.7
	Dhaka, Bangladesh	24.1	38.6	30.9	38.9	37.3	14.9	62.3	95.4	-10.5
	Caracas, Venezuela	0.0	3.0	13.4	35.7	38.8	254.1	49.5	77.4	91.2