Quality of Life Index by City 2018 Mid-Year

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Canberra, Australia 227.1 153.8 78.9 80.2 69.9 5.8 23.0 13.8 82.7
Raleigh, NC, United States 220.6 156.0 74.1 78.2 69.2 2.7 32.3 18.4 83.9
Eindhoven, Netherlands 208.4 121.8 74.7 84.0 72.8 5.1 27.1 20.7 85.4
Wellington, New Zealand 205.5 116.4 69.7 70.3 71.5 6.6 27.8 13.5 97.8
Zurich, Switzerland 203.2 142.4 81.2 74.5 128.6 10.2 34.6 16.4 81.5
Adelaide, Australia 202.3 127.2 66.5 73.4 72.9 5.0 33.5 20.7 94.9
Brisbane, Australia 202.1 134.5 65.7 80.6 70.5 6.9 42.0 21.8 98.1
Ottawa, Canada 199.0 144.7 74.6 72.9 62.9 4.9 34.1 17.9 44.5
San Diego, CA, United States 198.8 144.9 66.8 73.9 72.3 6.0 37.8 33.5 97.1
Copenhagen, Denmark 196.4 114.1 77.2 77.1 87.9 8.3 30.5 21.3 83.7
Perth, Australia 195.6 139.9 56.1 77.1 75.1 6.4 39.2 26.2 95.3
Columbus, OH, United States 195.6 128.8 57.0 73.2 66.9 2.5 25.8 23.2 71.3
Quebec City, Canada 194.9 140.2 84.0 70.9 65.1 3.4 30.8 33.3 48.0
San Antonio, TX, United States 194.1 151.0 57.7 69.7 58.1 2.2 27.7 42.3 81.2
Victoria, Canada 193.5 106.9 66.6 67.5 66.2 7.2 30.3 17.1 92.5
Austin, TX, United States 193.3 151.2 65.1 71.1 70.5 3.9 38.2 38.1 82.0
Luxembourg, Luxembourg 193.3 120.3 72.8 77.1 86.9 10.7 34.8 19.2 82.8
Tampa, FL, United States 193.3 141.0 51.2 73.2 68.6 2.9 36.2 27.5 84.7
Edinburgh, United Kingdom 192.5 110.2 67.3 79.5 70.7 8.2 27.5 24.0 84.0
Vienna, Austria 192.4 104.6 76.7 78.5 70.9 13.3 25.6 19.1 80.4
Sacramento, CA, United States 191.8 145.9 51.5 70.9 75.5 3.5 26.4 39.9 90.6
San Jose, CA, United States 191.5 170.9 53.1 71.1 76.3 5.7 35.4 48.8 95.0
Cork, Ireland 191.1 109.8 70.7 55.7 73.5 4.8 33.8 17.2 90.4
Gothenburg, Sweden 190.4 122.3 55.8 70.6 69.8 9.9 21.9 18.9 77.5
Munich, Germany 190.4 114.6 82.6 82.0 73.8 16.5 34.8 20.3 76.0
Geneva, Switzerland 189.9 133.5 72.9 70.2 118.3 10.4 24.0 31.6 81.9
Portland, OR, United States 189.4 126.0 55.0 68.4 74.2 5.1 31.7 26.0 89.6
Dallas, TX, United States 189.0 153.4 54.8 65.4 64.3 2.6 37.0 38.9 82.6
Melbourne, Australia 187.1 131.8 56.2 73.7 74.5 8.6 40.2 27.6 94.1
Minneapolis, MN, United States 186.8 133.7 52.8 79.9 72.9 3.0 34.0 21.4 49.5
Seattle, WA, United States 186.4 140.0 55.8 71.1 85.5 6.3 43.9 29.7 91.8
Glasgow, United Kingdom 186.3 121.5 54.9 84.5 66.5 5.5 37.8 31.1 84.8
Cincinnati, OH, United States 185.6 137.3 52.7 70.4 62.6 2.2 32.2 35.6 73.2
Helsinki, Finland 185.6 108.8 77.7 74.1 80.6 12.2 36.2 13.5 62.8
The Hague (Den Haag), Netherlands 185.3 102.3 71.0 78.7 76.7 6.9 41.5 26.1 90.6
Stuttgart, Germany 185.1 130.1 72.8 71.4 67.5 9.1 31.1 41.1 80.6
Saint Louis, MO, United States 184.3 149.1 34.0 78.7 69.0 2.1 28.5 37.9 74.2
Sydney, Australia 184.3 128.3 62.4 73.0 79.9 10.3 43.9 29.3 96.9
Calgary, Canada 184.2 138.5 68.9 74.1 68.9 5.1 35.5 24.9 33.1
Reykjavik, Iceland 183.5 94.2 78.1 65.1 112.6 6.7 27.5 15.6 68.3
Boston, MA, United States 182.3 124.6 67.7 76.5 80.5 8.9 44.6 24.9 71.7
Rotterdam, Netherlands 181.7 111.0 64.2 82.0 74.1 6.5 30.1 41.8 87.9
Salt Lake City, UT, United States 180.8 150.8 74.8 70.6 62.9 3.7 36.0 59.0 66.5
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 180.7 153.7 81.8 67.5 53.3 3.4 42.4 53.2 50.3
Albuquerque, NM, United States 180.7 128.3 32.4 70.8 64.3 2.7 27.8 22.0 67.5
Mangalore, India 180.4 79.6 75.9 78.3 22.4 6.7 34.4 25.5 67.6
Orlando, FL, United States 179.7 130.1 45.4 63.1 70.2 2.7 36.1 32.3 87.2
Bristol, United Kingdom 179.0 117.2 60.2 71.7 69.6 8.0 27.7 41.0 88.5
Tucson, AZ, United States 178.4 122.7 48.5 60.4 63.4 2.6 32.3 27.2 72.7
Hamburg, Germany 178.0 113.3 50.9 80.2 72.2 9.8 31.4 29.5 82.8
Frankfurt, Germany 177.3 132.9 54.8 72.1 71.6 10.0 27.5 44.2 84.7
Amsterdam, Netherlands 176.5 98.9 66.6 71.5 82.1 10.9 29.8 30.1 87.5
Houston, TX, United States 176.5 155.9 40.9 72.0 62.2 2.2 42.3 51.4 86.1
Tokyo, Japan 176.5 113.1 84.0 80.6 84.8 13.0 40.3 44.7 85.3
Mississauga, Canada 175.8 112.7 54.8 72.6 65.1 7.8 34.1 22.3 61.6
Leeds, United Kingdom 175.6 119.6 58.4 82.1 68.3 6.7 36.6 46.1 84.8
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 174.4 116.4 88.3 69.3 61.9 5.8 27.9 48.9 43.9
Auckland, New Zealand 174.4 103.5 53.1 74.4 76.6 11.0 39.4 27.4 99.9
Bursa, Turkey 173.6 57.9 77.0 82.9 33.7 5.9 36.4 37.3 93.4
Edmonton, Canada 173.6 129.4 58.9 76.3 67.0 4.2 34.3 31.2 32.1
Kelowna, Canada 172.9 109.0 54.6 69.7 66.6 5.6 34.5 24.4 59.7
Halifax, Canada 172.9 99.9 59.4 71.4 70.9 5.9 30.2 25.3 59.0
Tallinn, Estonia 172.3 74.2 80.1 70.2 55.2 10.3 32.9 22.9 66.2
San Francisco, CA, United States 172.0 126.0 50.1 71.1 96.9 9.8 44.6 33.9 97.3
Denver, CO, United States 171.0 130.3 59.3 69.3 72.0 4.8 35.4 41.5 56.3
Ljubljana, Slovenia 170.5 78.0 75.7 65.4 56.3 12.9 29.0 25.9 77.1
Valencia, Spain 170.4 90.3 56.8 81.3 55.3 7.7 31.8 43.2 93.8
Stockholm, Sweden 169.9 115.8 52.6 66.0 77.2 14.2 38.8 16.6 69.7
Vancouver, Canada 169.8 94.7 63.6 73.5 69.6 16.9 39.9 23.7 91.1
Muscat, Oman 169.6 94.4 73.0 59.0 51.0 7.1 21.4 41.6 67.2
Berlin, Germany 169.5 112.4 59.4 70.7 67.7 10.4 31.8 42.2 83.3
Honolulu, HI, United States 169.3 113.6 57.2 69.7 93.7 8.1 42.4 38.6 95.3
Atlanta, GA, United States 169.2 150.4 33.8 64.4 72.0 2.8 45.7 46.0 89.7
Indianapolis, IN, United States 168.4 109.9 47.6 70.6 70.8 2.0 31.8 38.9 69.9
Montreal, Canada 167.9 117.1 67.6 61.9 63.5 6.8 40.8 32.2 52.4
Washington, DC, United States 167.5 131.5 43.0 69.6 88.5 5.2 43.2 39.0 81.6
Hamilton, Canada 167.0 127.2 54.1 81.2 60.7 6.6 35.8 49.8 61.1
Doha, Qatar 166.5 139.8 86.9 72.7 62.8 4.7 34.3 68.7 36.0
Baltimore, MD, United States 166.4 127.8 28.6 80.7 73.9 2.5 37.2 44.9 81.2
Oslo, Norway 166.0 104.3 59.1 74.9 107.1 11.1 35.6 23.4 60.0
Brno, Czech Republic 162.7 75.1 72.8 75.9 44.6 12.6 25.9 44.8 77.3
Taipei, Taiwan 162.2 95.6 80.1 84.0 65.8 21.1 33.3 50.4 84.4
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia 161.8 40.8 80.8 81.6 34.0 13.5 29.2 16.8 45.5
Prague, Czech Republic 161.4 77.7 73.3 72.6 48.0 17.1 33.8 35.3 80.6
Phoenix, AZ, United States 161.0 146.1 45.2 66.8 64.3 2.8 30.6 60.1 53.8
Chicago, IL, United States 160.8 133.7 34.8 66.2 77.3 3.7 43.3 38.2 66.1
Las Vegas, NV, United States 160.8 144.4 44.6 53.2 67.0 2.7 33.7 51.3 59.5
Zagreb, Croatia 159.1 66.9 74.6 63.2 52.2 11.4 34.8 35.1 81.8
Gdansk, Poland 158.9 76.2 55.0 59.3 42.8 10.1 27.8 27.9 72.0
Vilnius, Lithuania 158.7 61.1 70.7 68.2 48.3 13.3 29.0 26.9 66.6
Toronto, Canada 158.3 99.5 65.1 73.5 70.2 12.1 42.9 37.0 65.3
Antwerp, Belgium 157.4 97.3 63.2 75.5 74.9 6.1 37.7 59.1 85.4
Manchester, United Kingdom 156.3 107.7 48.9 77.4 69.9 6.7 41.5 55.0 87.0
Singapore, Singapore 156.2 99.2 84.4 69.3 80.4 21.2 42.5 33.1 57.5
Porto, Portugal 155.6 59.4 57.6 73.5 50.4 12.3 31.5 38.3 96.9
Miami, FL, United States 153.5 90.0 48.0 63.4 75.8 6.1 43.0 38.0 85.9
Philadelphia, PA, United States 153.1 109.3 42.0 73.2 79.2 3.5 44.9 49.6 78.0
Bratislava, Slovakia 152.8 71.9 69.2 61.8 48.6 12.8 31.0 43.9 81.6
Madrid, Spain 152.8 91.4 58.3 79.1 60.1 11.1 37.1 56.0 85.3
Seoul, South Korea 152.6 102.6 62.8 84.4 82.0 17.8 39.7 45.9 68.4
Cluj-Napoca, Romania 152.2 56.9 77.6 63.9 38.1 13.2 29.7 41.7 74.3
Lisbon, Portugal 151.1 55.0 67.3 69.1 54.2 16.5 35.9 37.7 98.6
Los Angeles, CA, United States 150.5 114.5 51.4 64.8 77.7 7.9 47.5 59.1 95.6
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 150.2 125.4 64.5 63.7 48.7 2.7 33.9 72.0 44.4
Brussels, Belgium 149.8 100.2 48.3 78.5 75.7 7.2 34.4 62.8 83.8
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel 149.5 93.7 61.5 74.7 77.4 20.9 39.6 47.3 93.9
Regina, Canada 148.5 112.0 45.3 66.8 68.5 4.2 26.5 39.6 15.0
Winnipeg, Canada 148.1 115.8 44.8 66.1 63.1 4.6 33.8 41.1 24.7
Nicosia, Cyprus 147.5 74.1 70.4 50.0 61.0 7.1 23.2 61.8 86.0
Izmir, Turkey 147.4 56.9 72.8 72.3 34.0 8.4 38.5 62.7 96.7
Dublin, Ireland 146.0 89.3 49.7 49.0 80.3 11.0 37.5 37.4 85.9
Timisoara, Romania 145.4 55.5 77.6 63.3 38.2 11.8 27.5 57.6 80.5
Cape Town, South Africa 144.1 73.6 30.0 72.1 41.6 9.4 45.8 38.3 98.3
Durban, South Africa 143.4 99.0 20.4 51.2 40.5 3.2 32.0 53.3 95.6
Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia 143.1 117.3 53.0 58.1 50.0 3.0 36.1 74.4 66.2
Warsaw, Poland 142.9 76.3 68.1 62.1 42.3 12.0 37.8 54.5 74.6
Wroclaw, Poland 141.1 76.7 60.9 61.6 40.0 9.1 33.4 61.4 78.4
Barcelona, Spain 141.0 80.5 54.7 73.7 62.2 13.1 32.1 66.8 95.7
Riga, Latvia 140.9 56.6 61.9 56.1 50.8 10.8 35.2 40.0 74.7
Minsk, Belarus 140.5 46.3 74.4 58.5 34.1 14.0 29.6 41.7 64.3
Brasilia, Brazil 140.5 63.2 36.8 46.7 44.0 12.5 32.2 32.9 99.0
New York, NY, United States 138.2 100.0 55.5 65.2 100.0 11.9 43.4 57.9 79.6
Ankara, Turkey 138.1 64.6 57.2 68.6 34.8 6.2 35.2 70.2 91.0
Iasi, Romania 138.0 53.7 74.1 60.8 36.5 11.2 29.4 59.4 73.0
Johannesburg, South Africa 137.8 108.8 20.8 61.7 45.5 3.1 43.4 62.9 91.4
Varna, Bulgaria 136.4 52.6 67.1 58.5 39.1 9.0 34.0 60.2 85.5
Novi Sad, Serbia 135.8 50.2 54.3 48.6 35.4 15.7 19.1 45.1 84.0
Thessaloniki, Greece 134.9 49.8 65.8 61.1 58.0 9.5 26.2 65.1 88.4
Monterrey, Mexico 134.6 79.9 49.5 60.8 34.1 5.7 35.3 69.6 80.4
Detroit, MI, United States 134.2 97.4 28.8 61.9 62.8 1.6 43.0 54.8 66.0
Krakow (Cracow), Poland 132.9 70.7 65.6 63.8 39.5 12.0 29.7 71.1 73.5
Turin, Italy 132.8 86.7 42.0 68.8 66.7 8.3 30.4 73.5 86.1
Curitiba, Brazil 132.7 38.9 36.0 65.3 38.3 15.2 34.5 35.8 99.6
Pretoria, South Africa 132.4 83.7 21.3 67.2 45.9 2.9 44.8 60.9 95.8
Guadalajara, Mexico 131.7 64.7 45.0 77.6 31.5 7.9 41.6 70.1 92.8
Pune, India 130.2 86.5 61.3 66.3 27.4 10.1 44.4 76.9 74.3
London, United Kingdom 129.8 100.2 50.8 67.6 81.3 20.6 47.1 59.9 88.3
Bangalore, India 128.9 96.5 52.4 67.7 26.8 8.0 54.0 82.7 89.4
Hyderabad, India 128.9 78.0 62.5 67.4 23.6 7.0 45.7 79.5 73.9
Paris, France 128.7 95.4 48.0 74.2 84.7 18.5 43.4 65.9 88.3
Milan, Italy 128.0 74.9 55.2 70.8 73.9 17.1 39.4 64.6 88.3
Montevideo, Uruguay 126.2 50.1 45.0 64.7 58.1 13.8 40.4 52.5 97.9
Budapest, Hungary 125.9 57.5 63.6 46.1 43.7 14.5 37.7 53.5 78.4
Sofia, Bulgaria 125.9 61.9 55.2 54.2 40.4 9.5 32.2 65.1 74.7
Athens, Greece 124.9 52.5 51.3 53.3 60.4 10.5 37.6 59.2 95.2
Coimbatore, India 124.4 56.5 61.1 70.0 22.4 11.4 52.5 64.3 78.1
Gurgaon, India 121.5 113.9 37.1 73.2 30.7 7.6 40.5 91.2 59.6
Ahmedabad, India 121.5 70.2 60.3 68.8 24.2 8.1 42.3 73.6 49.3
Bucharest, Romania 121.0 58.6 71.5 54.0 40.4 10.9 42.6 73.2 75.6
Yerevan, Armenia 120.8 33.4 74.6 49.5 33.2 14.5 28.0 58.6 63.4
Buenos Aires, Argentina 119.7 59.8 37.9 70.2 38.6 17.8 47.8 57.6 98.2
Tbilisi, Georgia 119.5 39.6 80.1 52.3 30.2 12.2 37.0 77.5 84.2
Medellin, Colombia 118.8 34.0 53.6 75.6 33.8 18.2 38.8 66.1 99.8
Belgrade, Serbia 116.0 41.0 62.4 56.5 40.1 21.2 32.8 61.0 84.2
Amman, Jordan 114.5 45.4 59.1 65.6 54.7 7.3 47.8 78.6 88.8
Santiago, Chile 114.2 51.8 49.6 65.1 50.4 15.3 38.7 71.7 90.2
Istanbul, Turkey 113.7 50.1 50.2 67.6 37.9 12.5 54.1 69.3 93.0
Davao, Philippines 113.3 26.4 71.1 74.2 33.6 22.3 30.7 61.6 58.6
Panama City, Panama 112.8 43.5 54.1 59.2 54.9 11.5 36.2 64.1 67.5
Porto Alegre, Brazil 112.4 48.6 22.8 59.8 40.6 11.1 39.3 60.6 98.7
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 111.5 82.8 33.0 64.7 42.4 11.0 41.9 70.0 56.6
Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina 111.5 49.7 48.7 53.1 39.2 13.0 29.8 72.3 78.2
Saint Petersburg, Russia 111.3 57.0 59.0 59.0 39.3 13.7 48.6 64.5 60.5
Rome, Italy 110.2 73.0 45.5 58.4 69.0 20.7 47.1 67.2 92.7
Lviv, Ukraine 109.7 30.4 59.7 54.1 27.2 17.2 39.7 56.1 69.6
Chennai, India 108.6 67.9 58.4 70.4 25.2 16.2 46.1 78.7 55.2
Kharkiv, Ukraine 107.1 31.6 53.7 45.7 26.7 14.1 35.8 56.1 64.0
Beirut, Lebanon 106.7 54.4 52.1 69.5 60.8 14.5 39.5 90.2 94.7
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 106.2 35.9 32.4 60.0 40.5 17.9 46.0 54.4 98.7
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) 104.5 76.5 78.0 66.8 74.7 46.9 40.3 67.9 83.6
Skopje, North Macedonia 104.4 41.5 55.8 58.9 34.7 14.8 32.1 82.2 76.3
Baku, Azerbaijan 104.1 34.3 70.4 37.4 29.4 16.3 35.8 79.6 91.4
Almaty, Kazakhstan 101.9 43.4 50.6 53.7 32.5 12.5 29.7 76.7 58.3
Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine 101.8 39.4 51.2 53.2 29.4 15.6 41.1 67.6 70.0
Moscow, Russia 99.9 59.5 55.9 57.2 44.5 19.9 53.5 63.0 55.2
Yekaterinburg, Russia 97.1 53.0 51.8 65.4 36.4 10.1 38.0 75.8 21.2
Bogota, Colombia 96.4 37.4 38.6 66.4 35.0 21.7 48.3 71.2 97.1
Bangkok, Thailand 96.0 44.5 53.0 78.9 53.6 21.7 44.4 75.1 58.4
Lahore, Pakistan 94.9 39.8 56.6 63.6 25.8 19.0 46.7 78.6 67.6
Kolkata, India 93.8 60.4 49.9 55.3 24.8 11.4 62.8 78.2 59.9
Mexico City, Mexico 91.6 51.4 32.5 64.4 34.2 16.4 51.7 84.1 92.4
Delhi, India 90.8 77.8 41.2 66.5 28.7 15.1 56.7 91.3 58.9
Hanoi, Vietnam 88.4 44.1 54.3 48.5 38.3 19.8 35.2 91.4 79.0
Colombo, Sri Lanka 87.0 27.5 61.0 71.2 36.0 31.2 59.5 57.2 59.1
Lima, Peru 86.2 39.3 31.3 55.1 41.5 16.1 43.9 86.3 97.6
Mumbai, India 86.0 67.7 56.1 66.8 29.0 31.0 58.2 85.0 71.5
Karachi, Pakistan 81.9 36.7 41.2 57.2 23.9 14.9 43.0 92.2 72.0
Tehran, Iran 81.7 40.9 46.2 52.6 34.2 15.1 54.7 84.9 71.0
Sao Paulo, Brazil 79.2 41.2 28.2 54.7 44.2 20.9 51.4 82.9 99.0
Cairo, Egypt 76.1 26.3 45.3 42.7 25.7 12.8 49.9 95.0 88.5
Shanghai, China 75.3 72.2 46.3 60.4 50.4 44.0 48.3 83.4 83.6
Kathmandu, Nepal 74.4 26.5 65.5 56.5 31.9 29.4 51.5 96.0 92.6
Nairobi, Kenya 73.9 30.6 35.2 58.5 41.8 29.3 56.4 76.4 99.8
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 72.3 30.4 43.2 57.0 37.8 22.4 33.1 93.9 63.4
Jakarta, Indonesia 69.7 29.0 46.1 60.6 41.6 22.5 58.1 81.8 63.3
Manila, Philippines 68.9 40.0 41.3 63.1 37.9 19.0 58.3 91.8 60.2
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 68.8 36.6 22.2 43.3 44.1 24.6 53.2 71.6 87.4
Beijing, China 66.4 79.5 43.7 62.7 43.9 44.3 46.2 89.7 57.7
Dhaka, Bangladesh 60.2 41.2 32.7 38.8 31.6 13.1 63.9 95.6 71.3
Caracas, Venezuela 0.0 4.2 17.6 38.8 27.8 163.2 42.7 75.7 99.9