Quality of Life Index by City 2018

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Canberra, Australia 221.3 139.4 78.8 83.9 80.9 6.2 22.7 13.9 82.6
Wellington, New Zealand 208.4 118.6 70.1 71.4 80.9 5.9 26.6 11.9 97.6
Raleigh, NC, United States 208.4 132.0 71.9 78.2 71.4 3.0 31.5 20.5 83.7
Eindhoven, Netherlands 208.0 119.9 75.7 86.8 78.7 5.2 27.9 20.7 85.3
Zurich, Switzerland 202.4 142.7 81.0 74.7 141.3 9.9 35.6 16.0 82.2
Ottawa, Canada 201.3 145.3 76.1 72.8 69.9 5.0 35.5 13.6 44.5
Brisbane, Australia 198.3 130.4 65.1 80.7 82.2 6.8 41.9 23.1 97.9
San Diego, CA, United States 197.1 142.7 66.0 73.7 77.0 5.2 39.1 33.5 97.0
Victoria, Canada 197.1 112.5 67.1 68.2 75.5 6.5 32.1 14.2 92.5
Luxembourg, Luxembourg 195.2 127.4 71.4 79.0 95.4 10.3 34.9 20.1 82.8
San Antonio, TX, United States 194.8 154.9 52.7 73.6 60.9 1.9 29.7 41.4 82.7
Munich, Germany 194.6 118.2 82.5 83.8 84.8 15.0 33.2 18.7 75.3
Edinburgh, United Kingdom 194.3 104.3 68.6 80.8 79.2 8.2 24.8 20.2 84.0
Adelaide, Australia 193.7 113.9 65.7 72.5 86.0 5.5 34.3 21.1 94.9
Austin, TX, United States 193.3 140.4 65.4 74.6 72.5 4.0 38.6 33.6 82.6
Copenhagen, Denmark 192.9 113.3 78.4 73.8 97.6 8.4 30.8 23.4 83.8
Columbus, OH, United States 191.3 125.5 54.9 70.2 69.1 2.4 25.6 24.4 71.9
Dallas, TX, United States 191.1 162.4 54.8 67.1 65.9 2.4 37.6 41.8 82.8
Perth, Australia 190.0 130.4 56.1 75.8 86.2 6.2 39.0 26.9 95.3
Geneva, Switzerland 189.6 131.0 73.5 70.2 134.8 10.2 24.0 28.7 81.9
Cork, Ireland 189.1 105.6 70.8 60.5 82.9 6.3 35.5 15.9 90.4
Vienna, Austria 188.6 98.9 77.4 78.0 78.6 14.1 26.0 19.0 80.4
Portland, OR, United States 188.1 125.6 55.6 66.4 78.4 5.1 31.4 26.6 89.6
Seattle, WA, United States 187.9 144.6 56.3 70.8 88.0 5.0 44.8 31.3 91.7
Sacramento, CA, United States 187.8 135.1 52.2 74.0 78.7 3.6 24.8 42.4 90.6
Mangalore, India 187.7 94.5 75.3 78.0 25.5 5.6 33.6 24.9 67.6
Helsinki, Finland 186.8 113.9 75.6 75.2 87.8 11.0 36.0 14.0 61.3
Minneapolis, MN, United States 186.4 131.1 50.9 81.0 81.5 2.9 33.0 20.2 51.5
Tucson, AZ, United States 186.0 138.1 47.4 59.3 63.0 2.3 33.1 23.4 72.7
Melbourne, Australia 185.8 127.1 57.6 74.9 85.2 9.0 38.4 27.8 94.4
Calgary, Canada 185.7 146.4 67.6 73.5 76.4 4.4 36.9 25.0 33.4
Cincinnati, OH, United States 184.4 136.9 51.8 71.2 69.1 2.1 33.1 35.5 73.2
Reykjavik, Iceland 184.1 88.9 78.2 66.3 123.8 6.9 23.5 13.9 69.6
Gothenburg, Sweden 183.9 112.1 58.1 68.8 84.4 10.7 20.9 20.2 76.5
Frankfurt, Germany 183.6 142.8 54.5 68.9 81.7 7.9 26.7 40.6 84.2
Amsterdam, Netherlands 179.2 101.7 66.3 72.4 89.1 9.9 27.6 30.1 87.2
Salt Lake City, UT, United States 178.9 148.6 73.8 69.5 66.8 3.5 36.1 59.0 66.9
Sydney, Australia 178.6 118.8 61.8 74.6 90.8 11.1 43.4 30.1 96.9
Rotterdam, Netherlands 177.8 102.0 63.6 81.4 82.6 6.2 30.1 40.9 88.0
Albuquerque, NM, United States 177.2 123.6 31.9 68.2 65.7 2.7 29.7 20.7 67.5
Hamburg, Germany 176.0 116.1 48.9 79.2 80.7 8.8 33.0 31.4 83.2
Muscat, Oman 175.3 103.5 72.1 60.3 51.2 4.5 20.2 43.4 67.2
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 175.1 131.2 86.4 62.0 65.0 5.0 28.7 51.2 43.9
San Jose, CA, United States 174.8 134.8 53.4 70.4 82.9 6.7 33.1 51.1 95.0
Leeds, United Kingdom 174.7 109.6 59.4 80.9 74.9 6.2 32.2 44.6 84.9
Edmonton, Canada 174.4 131.9 58.3 76.0 76.0 4.3 35.0 26.1 26.6
Orlando, FL, United States 173.8 129.0 43.3 61.8 76.6 2.6 38.0 36.5 88.4
Valencia, Spain 172.7 90.7 57.9 83.4 60.3 7.1 32.0 42.4 94.4
Bursa, Turkey 172.7 55.6 80.3 81.9 40.3 5.9 36.8 37.6 92.6
Berlin, Germany 172.3 114.1 59.0 75.3 74.3 9.6 32.3 41.3 83.3
Denver, CO, United States 171.6 130.1 62.2 70.4 77.3 4.4 37.4 41.6 56.9
Boston, MA, United States 171.0 101.4 67.1 77.0 87.0 10.3 45.8 24.0 72.0
Taipei, Taiwan 170.8 104.9 80.5 83.4 72.4 17.8 33.0 48.5 87.2
Halifax, Canada 170.6 95.7 57.2 74.7 82.0 5.4 32.2 24.2 59.0
Auckland, New Zealand 170.2 99.4 53.8 72.8 86.9 11.1 40.6 28.2 99.9
Vancouver, Canada 169.4 96.8 64.0 72.7 75.6 16.0 41.2 25.0 91.4
Tallinn, Estonia 169.3 74.0 79.5 69.2 60.5 9.9 36.9 21.8 63.6
Atlanta, GA, United States 168.2 153.8 35.0 64.4 75.0 2.6 46.5 49.7 89.7
Ljubljana, Slovenia 168.2 74.7 75.0 65.2 65.5 12.3 27.9 26.9 76.3
Tokyo, Japan 168.1 106.4 83.1 79.0 93.8 13.8 43.6 46.9 85.6
Montreal, Canada 167.6 120.3 66.6 62.4 69.2 6.4 39.3 34.4 51.5
Houston, TX, United States 167.1 145.4 39.1 72.1 70.4 2.3 43.3 55.8 86.1
Hamilton, Canada 166.2 122.7 55.0 82.4 65.3 6.9 36.8 48.5 62.3
Las Vegas, NV, United States 165.7 148.8 44.8 57.0 71.0 2.3 31.2 50.6 58.8
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 165.6 123.7 81.0 64.3 72.6 4.7 38.3 53.7 50.3
Stockholm, Sweden 164.2 108.2 52.4 67.6 90.8 15.6 39.0 17.2 69.7
Washington, DC, United States 163.3 120.6 42.5 70.4 91.9 5.4 43.9 38.2 83.1
Toronto, Canada 162.6 106.8 64.6 74.3 75.2 10.7 42.6 37.7 67.3
Baltimore, MD, United States 162.5 116.8 29.8 82.3 76.6 2.5 36.4 47.0 83.1
Brno, Czech Republic 161.9 73.9 71.6 76.4 50.3 11.9 26.7 44.2 77.3
Honolulu, HI, United States 161.8 103.1 58.3 66.9 94.1 9.0 42.0 41.5 95.2
Prague, Czech Republic 160.3 77.1 72.4 73.6 53.8 16.2 34.0 36.8 80.6
Oslo, Norway 159.4 102.9 56.0 72.8 117.2 12.2 37.4 24.3 60.0
Seoul, South Korea 159.0 107.5 64.8 85.7 87.6 18.1 38.8 40.3 67.2
Gdansk, Poland 158.6 72.8 58.5 62.4 49.0 10.3 28.9 28.7 72.0
Doha, Qatar 158.5 120.9 85.5 70.3 66.1 4.9 34.8 70.4 45.5
Zagreb, Croatia 158.2 64.2 74.0 65.5 58.0 11.5 33.5 35.9 81.6
Porto, Portugal 157.5 63.3 56.9 73.9 54.9 10.9 31.5 39.0 96.9
Madrid, Spain 156.7 96.4 58.6 79.2 67.6 9.6 36.7 54.8 85.3
Cluj-Napoca, Romania 156.2 59.8 77.0 62.9 40.5 12.3 28.6 37.6 72.8
San Francisco, CA, United States 155.4 93.0 50.8 72.6 97.8 12.3 43.2 37.4 97.2
Lisbon, Portugal 155.3 58.5 66.5 68.8 57.7 13.9 35.7 36.3 98.6
Phoenix, AZ, United States 155.2 139.3 43.3 69.3 66.9 2.8 30.2 64.0 52.1
Philadelphia, PA, United States 154.2 116.1 41.5 72.0 83.5 3.1 47.0 49.6 79.0
Bratislava, Slovakia 154.2 72.8 69.3 63.2 53.6 12.2 32.1 42.0 80.2
Chicago, IL, United States 153.7 119.2 34.6 64.8 80.2 3.7 45.2 38.9 69.0
Miami, FL, United States 153.7 97.8 45.8 64.1 86.0 5.8 43.7 39.5 85.7
Vilnius, Lithuania 153.5 57.0 69.1 68.3 54.3 14.5 28.6 28.3 65.9
Cape Town, South Africa 153.3 94.3 30.1 74.2 47.5 6.7 46.6 40.5 98.2
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 152.1 129.2 66.6 66.9 48.2 2.7 37.8 72.2 44.7
Brussels, Belgium 151.7 104.3 48.7 78.4 83.6 7.0 32.7 63.3 84.6
Singapore, Singapore 150.5 95.9 83.8 69.6 91.4 22.2 46.0 33.9 58.0
Manchester, United Kingdom 150.3 98.9 44.1 77.4 77.1 7.1 40.9 54.1 87.3
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel 147.4 101.4 59.6 74.3 90.4 21.8 40.6 49.3 93.8
Izmir, Turkey 147.2 54.6 73.0 74.5 41.0 8.1 37.9 62.8 96.3
Dublin, Ireland 147.0 88.1 49.4 51.2 89.9 9.9 39.7 35.2 86.4
Winnipeg, Canada 146.6 114.6 45.7 67.1 71.2 4.0 33.4 44.7 26.0
Regina, Canada 146.4 109.1 45.3 68.4 72.9 4.5 25.9 41.4 15.4
Timisoara, Romania 146.2 59.1 76.7 66.0 41.6 10.3 25.1 63.0 80.5
Detroit, MI, United States 146.0 131.6 28.6 56.7 70.2 1.0 47.4 52.1 68.6
Los Angeles, CA, United States 145.4 109.0 51.6 64.3 82.3 8.4 47.4 61.9 95.9
Warsaw, Poland 143.5 77.3 66.5 61.4 48.3 11.4 38.4 51.9 74.4
Johannesburg, South Africa 142.3 126.0 21.1 61.4 50.0 2.5 44.9 65.6 91.4
Minsk, Belarus 141.3 43.8 74.1 59.3 35.3 15.0 29.2 37.8 64.3
Riga, Latvia 140.2 53.8 62.0 55.3 54.9 10.9 35.2 38.0 74.6
Durban, South Africa 139.1 96.4 20.8 46.3 46.3 3.2 31.8 54.8 95.7
Monterrey, Mexico 138.8 84.2 49.4 58.6 38.4 5.8 31.5 66.6 80.4
Novi Sad, Serbia 138.7 48.4 55.9 51.9 38.9 15.5 19.4 42.0 83.3
New York, NY, United States 138.4 100.0 55.3 63.5 100.0 12.3 44.4 55.7 81.1
Guadalajara, Mexico 137.8 71.9 45.8 76.7 34.2 5.6 43.1 67.3 92.8
Wroclaw, Poland 137.8 74.2 58.7 57.8 46.3 9.2 35.1 58.6 78.0
Iasi, Romania 136.3 51.3 73.3 59.5 39.8 11.9 29.7 57.4 73.0
Barcelona, Spain 135.2 77.3 54.2 72.0 69.7 14.0 31.9 69.8 95.7
Thessaloniki, Greece 135.2 48.7 65.8 61.3 64.9 9.5 24.3 64.6 88.4
Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia 134.0 113.2 51.2 56.7 51.0 3.5 39.2 79.0 63.9
Turin, Italy 133.5 85.6 43.7 69.9 74.9 8.3 27.4 74.5 86.1
Pune, India 132.8 99.4 58.2 66.1 29.7 8.5 44.7 80.2 74.3
Curitiba, Brazil 132.7 46.3 34.6 60.9 49.4 12.2 36.9 37.8 99.6
Pretoria, South Africa 132.6 108.1 21.5 65.8 53.2 2.2 51.4 69.7 95.8
Krakow (Cracow), Poland 132.4 73.6 64.0 62.7 45.8 11.6 30.2 70.5 72.4
Ankara, Turkey 131.8 56.9 56.6 69.9 41.2 7.1 34.4 73.7 91.0
Hyderabad, India 130.8 80.9 62.0 68.6 26.9 6.5 43.0 81.2 74.4
Paris, France 128.5 97.6 47.1 73.1 92.9 17.7 42.9 66.5 88.4
Brasilia, Brazil 128.3 49.3 35.6 47.0 53.8 16.4 34.7 32.9 99.2
Bangalore, India 128.2 100.3 50.3 67.0 30.3 7.7 52.8 83.7 87.4
Milan, Italy 126.1 71.9 55.0 72.8 85.1 17.9 39.6 63.8 88.3
Sofia, Bulgaria 125.7 60.7 55.4 52.5 43.1 9.6 33.0 62.8 74.7
Budapest, Hungary 125.5 55.5 63.0 49.8 51.0 14.1 37.0 54.6 77.7
London, United Kingdom 124.8 92.6 52.3 67.7 88.7 22.2 48.4 59.6 88.4
Buenos Aires, Argentina 123.5 60.0 37.6 71.2 56.0 13.0 47.9 57.0 98.2
Bucharest, Romania 122.9 58.7 71.1 54.7 44.4 10.6 39.6 72.1 74.5
Coimbatore, India 122.5 53.2 60.2 68.4 24.6 10.2 52.5 65.7 79.4
Ahmedabad, India 121.5 73.6 59.5 67.4 28.7 7.7 42.4 73.4 48.3
Athens, Greece 120.6 52.9 50.4 51.1 64.7 10.7 37.8 62.7 95.2
Tbilisi, Georgia 117.5 35.6 80.2 55.2 29.7 12.8 39.6 76.9 83.8
Yerevan, Armenia 117.0 32.5 70.1 49.5 34.1 14.5 29.0 59.3 63.1
Gurgaon, India 116.8 111.0 35.0 72.4 34.9 7.6 43.4 91.8 59.6
Istanbul, Turkey 116.5 54.6 49.7 67.9 44.7 12.4 55.0 67.1 95.4
Belgrade, Serbia 114.9 40.2 63.1 54.1 44.0 21.7 32.3 60.2 84.0
Medellin, Colombia 113.7 29.3 54.6 77.0 35.9 20.4 42.1 66.5 99.8
Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina 113.5 48.9 53.3 54.7 42.5 13.3 30.4 70.9 76.4
Davao, Philippines 113.3 28.9 71.2 73.5 33.7 23.5 30.7 60.8 58.6
Santiago, Chile 112.4 50.6 50.3 63.9 56.8 15.0 36.4 74.7 90.2
Saint Petersburg, Russia 112.0 56.7 59.1 61.6 46.4 13.4 49.6 64.4 62.7
Chennai, India 111.2 72.3 57.9 70.1 28.4 13.7 45.6 80.8 55.2
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) 110.3 82.9 79.1 63.8 78.7 41.1 41.3 69.4 83.6
Amman, Jordan 110.1 41.8 58.0 71.0 58.5 7.9 53.3 79.8 88.5
Rome, Italy 109.8 72.8 45.7 59.5 78.8 20.5 46.9 67.5 92.7
Porto Alegre, Brazil 109.1 46.3 22.9 57.6 53.9 12.6 40.9 57.6 98.5
Montevideo, Uruguay 108.5 35.7 44.1 61.4 67.2 18.2 43.3 57.8 97.9
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 106.7 80.7 31.8 62.4 46.3 11.1 42.1 73.0 57.0
Panama City, Panama 104.5 38.2 51.7 57.6 57.2 13.2 37.5 67.9 69.9
Beirut, Lebanon 104.4 52.7 50.1 69.4 65.0 17.4 33.3 90.3 93.9
Lviv, Ukraine 103.7 26.9 60.1 55.6 25.3 20.2 42.2 58.1 69.6
Almaty, Kazakhstan 103.3 46.8 49.9 56.1 36.0 12.1 29.7 77.6 58.3
Skopje, North Macedonia 102.9 42.0 54.4 62.5 38.5 15.1 33.8 83.5 76.3
Lahore, Pakistan 101.5 51.4 53.1 61.8 29.5 15.6 43.3 78.9 67.5
Mexico City, Mexico 100.7 64.0 33.4 65.1 37.5 11.0 51.7 86.7 92.4
Kharkiv, Ukraine 100.5 27.2 53.2 43.0 24.9 16.5 36.9 57.1 64.0
Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine 100.3 37.5 52.1 53.2 27.5 17.4 37.8 68.8 68.9
Bogota, Colombia 99.9 42.0 38.4 67.4 39.0 18.7 49.5 72.3 97.2
Moscow, Russia 98.6 59.6 54.0 57.4 51.8 19.9 54.1 62.3 55.2
Baku, Azerbaijan 98.5 29.2 73.2 36.7 31.3 19.7 33.3 82.5 90.0
Bangkok, Thailand 98.2 44.9 52.9 81.8 55.8 20.9 44.9 74.3 58.4
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 95.4 35.3 30.9 56.9 50.4 20.0 52.4 58.0 98.7
Yekaterinburg, Russia 95.2 52.6 50.1 68.6 42.0 10.5 38.1 77.4 21.2
Colombo, Sri Lanka 94.0 27.6 62.5 76.3 37.7 26.0 58.2 59.5 59.1
Delhi, India 89.4 78.3 40.7 64.8 32.1 15.4 55.4 92.3 58.9
Mumbai, India 88.8 73.5 55.5 64.7 32.6 28.2 58.4 86.2 71.5
Kolkata, India 88.6 56.3 50.3 55.1 28.0 12.1 65.5 79.8 59.2
Lima, Peru 86.2 39.6 31.6 56.5 43.9 16.8 44.0 85.9 97.6
Tehran, Iran 82.4 43.3 46.2 52.2 37.8 13.8 54.5 85.8 69.5
Karachi, Pakistan 82.1 39.1 37.8 58.2 27.1 11.0 45.2 94.5 71.0
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 80.3 36.9 43.5 55.6 41.3 17.3 30.2 94.6 63.4
Jakarta, Indonesia 78.7 34.8 46.9 61.2 46.5 17.6 54.3 82.3 63.3
Shanghai, China 78.2 66.2 56.0 59.7 56.2 42.8 46.6 84.3 83.4
Sao Paulo, Brazil 76.6 40.0 27.6 53.2 56.8 20.7 48.9 85.0 99.2
Cairo, Egypt 76.0 25.3 44.1 43.7 26.5 12.5 49.6 94.7 88.5
Manila, Philippines 74.6 43.0 40.8 66.8 42.4 16.9 56.1 91.0 60.2
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 72.1 39.1 23.0 42.0 57.1 21.3 54.6 69.9 87.4
Beijing, China 63.2 76.6 51.9 64.1 46.1 48.1 48.6 91.9 57.7
Dhaka, Bangladesh 61.6 37.7 29.4 39.9 33.6 14.1 55.5 94.1 71.3
Nairobi, Kenya 20.3 27.9 40.1 59.6 42.1 83.3 56.1 78.6 99.8
Caracas, Venezuela 0.0 3.7 17.4 38.0 33.6 213.3 47.2 77.1 99.9