Quality of Life Index by City 2019 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	224.8	138.8	80.4	83.2	73.2	5.1	23.2	11.6	82.7
	Raleigh, NC, United States	222.7	178.8	67.8	70.9	74.1	2.2	32.8	19.5	83.9
	Adelaide, Australia	208.1	128.5	68.6	75.7	67.7	4.5	29.7	20.3	95.0
	Madison, WI, United States	206.0	134.1	72.9	78.7	64.4	3.3	23.7	16.8	51.6
	Wellington, New Zealand	205.8	112.3	70.1	73.5	72.6	6.0	27.6	13.6	97.7
	Zurich, Switzerland	204.9	137.7	83.2	75.5	128.3	8.9	34.1	15.6	81.5
	Brisbane, Australia	204.5	131.0	65.7	82.5	72.5	5.6	40.4	20.1	98.1
	Eindhoven, Netherlands	202.0	115.5	73.5	72.6	74.2	4.9	23.7	21.5	85.4
	Austin, TX, United States	200.0	159.1	64.6	70.8	69.2	3.6	34.2	35.9	82.1
	Dallas, TX, United States	197.2	182.5	50.9	66.0	66.8	2.0	34.9	43.2	81.9
	San Diego, CA, United States	195.8	141.3	63.3	70.8	72.4	5.5	34.7	34.5	97.1
	Columbus, OH, United States	195.8	131.3	58.3	72.9	70.7	2.2	25.7	25.2	71.3
	Ottawa, Canada	195.7	133.8	75.3	73.8	69.6	4.3	32.4	18.4	44.5
	Charlotte, NC, United States	194.8	138.9	56.6	73.6	78.4	2.5	37.9	25.8	84.0
	Victoria, Canada	194.5	95.1	70.2	71.4	72.0	7.6	27.1	14.7	92.5
	Copenhagen, Denmark	191.4	101.0	77.0	77.7	87.1	9.4	29.4	20.5	83.7
	Reykjavik, Iceland	191.2	94.5	78.8	66.8	97.6	6.3	19.7	14.7	68.8
	San Jose, CA, United States	191.1	168.5	57.4	68.8	80.3	5.9	37.1	47.9	95.5
	Perth, Australia	190.6	117.6	56.3	78.6	74.5	6.9	36.7	23.0	95.7
	Seattle, WA, United States	190.1	144.5	53.9	72.7	86.6	5.6	42.5	28.2	91.7
	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	189.7	109.5	73.8	78.2	87.8	11.0	34.6	19.1	82.6
	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	189.3	100.9	69.9	80.7	68.0	8.6	27.4	25.7	84.0
	Vienna, Austria	188.4	89.8	76.7	79.6	68.9	13.2	26.1	17.7	81.8
	Munich, Germany	187.4	108.5	83.5	78.3	72.7	16.1	33.7	21.3	76.0
	Calgary, Canada	187.1	141.3	67.9	76.6	71.3	4.7	32.4	25.4	33.1
	Helsinki, Finland	186.6	102.0	77.7	75.2	74.4	11.6	33.5	12.5	62.8
	Portland, OR, United States	186.4	126.4	52.3	71.0	78.1	4.5	33.2	29.5	89.6
	San Antonio, TX, United States	185.6	129.9	53.3	72.5	66.1	2.3	28.3	38.7	80.6
	Kansas City, MO, United States	184.4	128.9	41.1	78.8	69.8	2.1	25.6	33.5	75.1
	Gothenburg, Sweden	183.3	101.6	59.0	69.4	69.3	10.6	22.7	17.4	77.5
	The Hague (Den Haag), Netherlands	183.3	95.1	71.9	76.9	76.8	6.9	39.7	25.9	90.6
	Boston, MA, United States	182.9	125.7	66.3	76.2	86.7	7.7	44.1	24.7	71.7
	Geneva, Switzerland	182.6	115.9	72.1	68.4	122.3	10.7	26.3	28.0	82.6
	Tampa, FL, United States	181.9	121.5	50.5	67.2	69.0	3.1	36.1	28.4	84.7
	Cork, Ireland	181.9	92.9	69.9	59.2	77.1	5.2	32.3	22.2	89.8
	Melbourne, Australia	180.4	112.4	55.5	75.6	73.4	9.5	39.2	26.2	94.3
	Minneapolis, MN, United States	179.8	126.8	50.8	78.3	76.1	3.1	35.8	23.3	49.5
	Glasgow, United Kingdom	179.7	102.9	54.7	85.3	63.7	6.2	34.5	32.0	84.8
	Hamburg, Germany	179.3	116.9	52.4	77.6	71.3	8.9	31.8	30.5	82.8
	Sacramento, CA, United States	179.2	125.9	49.9	69.7	77.8	3.7	26.7	44.2	90.6
	Nashville, TN, United States	178.8	139.1	52.7	61.0	67.8	3.0	37.6	40.0	83.0
	Valencia, Spain	178.5	83.8	73.9	81.8	54.9	7.7	27.2	43.7	93.8
	San Francisco, CA, United States	178.3	143.3	50.1	72.0	89.4	8.3	47.0	36.8	97.3
	Sydney, Australia	176.4	110.2	62.4	73.7	79.7	11.4	44.4	28.8	97.1
	Edmonton, Canada	175.7	124.8	57.5	78.6	70.4	3.8	29.8	29.1	32.1
	Kelowna, Canada	175.3	105.4	51.8	71.0	67.9	5.3	30.9	20.3	59.7
	Tallinn, Estonia	175.1	75.9	79.0	69.5	53.5	9.3	27.8	23.2	64.3
	Pittsburgh, PA, United States	174.9	116.1	63.6	72.8	74.4	2.2	38.9	41.2	72.1
	Atlanta, GA, United States	174.9	154.8	37.4	65.0	70.7	2.7	42.6	45.8	89.7
	Stuttgart, Germany	174.0	110.9	73.0	71.2	68.0	10.9	33.4	41.9	81.1
	Frankfurt, Germany	172.9	110.6	59.2	72.7	71.0	10.7	26.6	40.7	84.7
	Salt Lake City, UT, United States	172.8	137.1	72.7	71.1	64.1	3.9	35.3	61.7	66.5
	Washington, DC, United States	172.5	140.8	44.0	70.5	88.2	4.2	42.4	40.4	81.6
	Denver, CO, United States	171.7	130.4	58.8	70.8	74.0	4.6	36.0	40.5	56.3
	Amsterdam, Netherlands	171.5	91.1	66.8	70.0	79.9	12.0	29.5	31.1	87.5
	Houston, TX, United States	171.4	153.1	37.8	71.9	64.7	2.1	41.4	55.1	85.5
	Vancouver, Canada	171.3	90.4	64.4	74.5	73.7	15.3	36.3	24.6	91.2
	Ljubljana, Slovenia	170.1	69.6	78.0	65.3	55.1	13.8	27.9	22.4	76.1
	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	170.0	104.7	89.4	68.7	63.7	6.0	27.1	49.1	43.9
	Mangalore, India	170.0	65.7	74.2	79.0	24.3	7.7	33.0	30.8	66.7
	Orlando, FL, United States	169.8	108.9	46.0	62.5	69.8	3.1	36.9	33.5	87.2
	Tokyo, Japan	169.7	98.4	80.6	80.9	90.6	13.8	38.3	43.1	85.3
	Bristol, United Kingdom	169.2	98.6	59.9	73.8	70.2	8.6	28.0	44.4	88.5
	Cologne, Germany	168.9	113.6	57.0	74.4	66.7	9.9	37.3	41.7	84.8
	Muscat, Oman	168.0	81.6	77.1	58.7	50.9	9.4	18.5	38.0	67.2
	Auckland, New Zealand	167.4	91.0	54.0	73.5	77.5	12.0	37.5	30.3	99.9
	Halifax, Canada	166.7	88.6	57.8	71.5	71.5	7.1	29.7	25.2	59.0
	Indianapolis, IN, United States	166.7	117.9	42.0	69.4	65.5	2.3	30.4	42.8	69.9
	Stockholm, Sweden	166.5	100.6	55.7	66.9	77.1	14.4	37.3	16.2	69.7
	Honolulu, HI, United States	166.1	101.0	56.9	70.4	88.8	8.7	41.8	36.2	95.3
	Montreal, Canada	165.4	105.6	69.7	63.7	66.5	7.2	39.3	31.6	52.4
	Berlin, Germany	164.2	101.9	59.8	69.1	66.6	11.4	33.3	40.7	83.3
	Brno, Czech Republic	164.1	72.9	73.1	73.7	45.7	11.4	25.4	42.7	78.2
	Bursa, Turkey	163.8	43.3	77.3	79.3	36.8	5.9	33.8	42.9	93.4
	Zagreb, Croatia	163.3	62.6	76.9	66.5	51.0	12.1	34.6	29.5	82.2
	Baltimore, MD, United States	163.0	122.6	28.9	76.7	74.8	2.7	32.1	48.0	81.2
	Las Vegas, NV, United States	163.0	140.3	44.8	55.7	69.4	2.6	27.4	50.6	57.4
	Oslo, Norway	162.9	95.3	61.9	73.7	105.3	11.7	32.9	25.5	60.0
	Phoenix, AZ, United States	162.7	149.2	46.6	65.5	67.9	2.6	32.1	58.5	53.8
	Doha, Qatar	162.4	115.3	88.3	73.1	62.4	5.8	31.4	62.0	36.0
	Vilnius, Lithuania	162.1	62.7	71.2	68.1	46.7	12.8	28.0	24.9	66.6
	Gdansk, Poland	160.8	66.5	70.2	61.4	41.0	12.1	29.7	29.5	75.5
	Prague, Czech Republic	160.8	73.8	75.0	73.4	49.0	17.3	32.8	35.9	80.7
	Limassol, Cyprus	160.3	79.8	67.3	51.2	62.3	7.7	17.1	52.8	95.7
	Madrid, Spain	158.5	84.4	69.7	78.6	58.9	12.0	34.7	52.2	85.5
	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	158.4	100.6	83.3	65.9	68.8	5.1	39.6	52.2	50.3
	Antwerp, Belgium	158.2	94.3	65.9	79.5	73.6	5.9	37.4	61.1	85.4
	Chicago, IL, United States	157.8	131.0	35.7	67.0	79.2	3.5	41.6	43.5	66.1
	Milwaukee, WI, United States	157.5	101.5	33.9	65.6	68.5	2.8	30.7	32.4	61.0
	Miami, FL, United States	157.3	100.8	49.2	63.9	76.6	5.0	43.1	41.3	85.7
	Birmingham, United Kingdom	156.7	100.8	41.9	73.6	64.2	7.9	36.3	46.2	87.7
	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	155.7	58.9	80.0	64.8	37.2	12.6	29.1	41.4	74.3
	Porto, Portugal	154.2	48.8	60.3	74.9	51.9	13.5	28.6	37.0	96.6
	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	153.5	82.3	71.7	73.6	83.7	19.6	35.8	45.1	93.9
	Brussels, Belgium	153.1	100.0	50.7	78.0	74.4	6.5	32.6	61.8	83.8
	Bratislava, Slovakia	152.7	68.9	70.0	58.9	48.1	12.5	29.4	42.5	80.7
	Los Angeles, CA, United States	152.4	114.6	57.6	65.8	79.0	7.6	47.8	61.5	95.5
	Taipei, Taiwan	152.3	80.6	85.0	86.5	60.7	28.6	33.1	50.9	84.4
	Lisbon, Portugal	151.6	51.0	71.4	70.9	53.6	18.0	35.3	37.0	98.6
	Poznan, Poland	149.9	65.8	73.2	63.2	39.5	10.5	30.7	51.6	77.4
	Riga, Latvia	149.5	59.0	62.0	61.8	50.1	8.8	32.1	37.2	74.7
	Cape Town, South Africa	149.4	80.0	29.2	71.1	45.0	7.5	43.7	36.8	98.2
	Philadelphia, PA, United States	149.3	98.8	40.4	68.9	83.5	3.8	39.6	48.0	78.0
	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	149.2	103.4	71.7	65.5	49.8	3.4	30.0	68.6	44.4
	Manchester, United Kingdom	148.9	97.4	45.2	77.0	66.1	8.5	42.5	54.1	86.9
	Winnipeg, Canada	148.0	105.6	44.4	68.4	61.8	5.1	32.2	36.9	24.7
	Toronto, Canada	147.6	82.9	63.3	75.4	85.2	13.8	43.3	37.7	65.3
	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	147.3	40.8	73.0	80.2	38.7	11.2	28.7	35.0	45.5
	Timisoara, Romania	147.0	51.3	75.4	68.2	36.3	11.6	24.8	57.4	82.0
	Singapore, Singapore	146.1	88.8	72.3	71.1	80.2	23.1	41.3	32.1	57.5
	Dublin, Ireland	144.8	86.0	50.0	49.9	78.9	9.8	39.1	39.1	85.9
	Barcelona, Spain	144.5	73.7	58.7	77.2	60.1	13.2	30.5	63.9	95.7
	Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia	144.3	94.0	65.6	57.0	50.8	3.3	31.0	70.5	66.2
	Brasilia, Brazil	144.0	59.4	38.0	46.8	47.1	11.6	29.1	29.3	99.0
	Izmir, Turkey	143.6	46.7	73.5	72.3	34.2	9.0	39.1	61.6	96.9
	Warsaw, Poland	143.5	72.3	73.6	63.7	43.0	12.2	35.5	57.5	74.6
	Seoul, South Korea	143.3	86.1	71.0	83.2	84.5	20.7	41.5	49.2	68.4
	Nicosia, Cyprus	142.8	61.3	71.4	51.3	62.6	7.3	25.4	60.6	86.0
	Varna, Bulgaria	141.9	45.9	68.6	64.4	38.2	9.2	27.9	56.9	85.1
	Durban, South Africa	141.2	81.6	19.6	54.7	40.6	3.5	27.3	50.7	95.6
	New York, NY, United States	141.2	100.0	56.3	65.0	100.0	11.1	42.9	55.5	79.7
	Minsk, Belarus	141.1	44.6	76.1	61.7	34.0	14.2	30.2	42.4	64.4
	Islamabad, Pakistan	140.5	37.1	69.5	64.5	20.6	11.3	31.9	46.9	76.9
	Wroclaw, Poland	140.2	63.3	70.9	62.2	41.5	10.9	31.9	60.9	78.4
	Curitiba, Brazil	138.3	39.5	36.5	65.8	41.4	13.3	31.5	33.1	99.6
	Krakow (Cracow), Poland	135.4	67.7	73.0	63.8	40.9	12.0	30.6	70.5	73.9
	Novi Sad, Serbia	135.0	43.3	56.8	48.2	35.0	16.2	17.2	44.6	84.0
	Pretoria, South Africa	134.2	81.9	18.8	68.1	49.2	2.4	44.8	56.1	95.8
	Iasi, Romania	133.9	53.6	72.6	56.6	36.2	10.3	33.6	60.1	73.0
	Ankara, Turkey	130.9	46.5	59.7	67.7	35.7	6.6	35.9	70.6	91.5
	Turin, Italy	129.3	74.2	45.1	67.1	68.7	9.6	30.1	70.2	85.7
	Thessaloniki, Greece	129.2	46.5	63.9	56.3	56.6	11.1	26.7	64.7	88.4
	Pune, India	128.8	73.5	63.0	67.2	28.3	10.8	43.3	72.6	74.3
	Sofia, Bulgaria	127.4	59.8	57.0	55.5	40.9	8.8	30.8	66.3	76.0
	Monterrey, Mexico	127.1	60.5	48.9	62.8	37.9	6.8	29.9	72.0	80.4
	Johannesburg, South Africa	125.9	79.1	19.7	59.8	47.4	3.6	41.5	61.2	91.4
	Athens, Greece	125.6	49.6	51.7	54.6	59.4	10.4	37.2	58.2	95.2
	Budapest, Hungary	125.6	58.5	63.3	46.3	44.5	14.6	38.3	53.9	78.4
	Bangalore, India	125.4	82.6	54.1	68.1	28.6	8.5	51.2	82.2	89.4
	Coimbatore, India	125.2	48.0	65.3	70.3	24.8	12.0	49.8	62.1	78.1
	Montevideo, Uruguay	125.0	44.0	44.6	66.9	54.6	15.0	40.6	50.3	98.0
	Campinas, Brazil	124.1	39.0	32.6	62.8	46.8	13.5	31.1	48.1	98.9
	Milan, Italy	123.5	64.3	56.2	70.7	75.2	16.8	37.1	67.5	88.1
	Quito, Ecuador	122.9	45.4	46.4	69.2	44.7	10.6	41.2	65.2	99.0
	Hyderabad, India	122.8	58.9	64.5	67.9	25.9	8.9	44.1	76.8	73.5
	Medellin, Colombia	122.5	35.7	53.4	77.4	30.2	16.8	39.2	64.9	99.8
	Gurgaon, India	121.2	103.5	41.2	72.4	31.2	7.1	38.9	90.2	59.9
	Bucharest, Romania	120.9	57.5	72.3	53.9	39.2	10.8	42.2	73.8	75.6
	London, United Kingdom	120.6	82.3	47.9	68.8	81.5	21.9	46.7	59.8	88.3
	Paris, France	120.4	78.6	48.5	75.6	85.4	21.4	41.6	66.5	88.4
	Ahmedabad, India	119.9	50.8	67.0	70.5	25.5	8.6	39.1	71.6	49.3
	Guadalajara, Mexico	119.2	46.3	42.1	77.0	34.7	11.1	40.4	70.9	92.8
	Yerevan, Armenia	118.5	30.7	78.9	50.2	33.1	17.4	31.3	57.0	63.4
	Lviv, Ukraine	117.7	34.0	59.0	57.7	30.0	14.5	34.3	55.6	69.6
	Santiago, Chile	117.1	51.0	49.2	66.2	51.6	13.9	37.2	70.2	90.2
	Tbilisi, Georgia	114.7	31.1	79.4	51.9	27.9	13.9	38.2	75.6	84.2
	Buenos Aires, Argentina	113.5	50.3	36.8	69.7	39.3	21.4	46.5	55.6	98.3
	Istanbul, Turkey	113.5	42.8	52.0	68.2	38.1	11.2	52.0	70.2	93.0
	Rome, Italy	112.6	63.0	47.8	59.5	71.2	17.2	44.9	67.2	93.7
	Porto Alegre, Brazil	112.4	38.8	22.6	62.3	42.8	12.6	32.7	58.4	98.7
	Belgrade, Serbia	110.4	35.9	63.0	53.7	40.0	22.9	35.3	60.7	84.1
	Amman, Jordan	110.3	35.3	59.3	66.0	57.5	9.4	45.2	77.7	89.0
	Panama City, Panama	110.1	39.1	55.6	58.1	56.6	12.0	35.8	65.4	67.8
	Chennai, India	109.9	61.5	59.4	70.8	25.6	13.4	47.0	76.6	53.2
	Saint Petersburg, Russia	109.6	50.9	60.6	59.5	40.8	14.5	48.6	63.4	60.6
	Guatemala City, Guatemala	109.3	41.7	39.7	64.1	44.3	10.8	49.0	69.6	99.9
	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	108.5	36.2	34.2	58.6	42.5	16.2	44.1	55.3	98.5
	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	107.5	69.2	32.9	65.1	43.0	11.2	41.9	67.7	56.6
	Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina	106.8	43.6	49.6	51.2	39.5	14.6	28.2	73.9	78.2
	Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine	105.5	40.3	52.5	53.8	33.9	13.7	42.2	65.3	70.0
	Moscow, Russia	105.5	59.8	59.3	59.4	46.0	18.6	52.5	61.6	55.8
	Skopje, North Macedonia	105.1	41.3	54.9	57.7	35.4	13.8	29.9	82.6	76.3
	Kharkiv, Ukraine	104.9	31.5	53.2	46.0	30.6	12.4	38.2	60.0	65.4
	Beirut, Lebanon	102.5	46.0	55.2	66.4	61.6	15.4	37.2	92.3	94.7
	Odessa (Odesa), Ukraine	102.4	32.4	45.9	50.9	32.6	14.7	36.1	66.4	79.0
	Lahore, Pakistan	101.7	34.8	61.6	63.4	21.1	16.7	38.1	79.6	67.6
	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)	99.6	66.8	81.9	66.9	79.2	49.4	41.1	67.3	83.6
	Dnipro, Ukraine	97.6	36.4	45.8	50.7	30.4	10.4	30.0	82.3	69.5
	Baku, Azerbaijan	94.7	27.9	69.0	41.4	30.3	20.3	40.1	81.7	91.4
	Mexico City, Mexico	94.5	50.3	32.3	64.8	37.2	14.0	49.5	83.9	92.4
	Kolkata, India	94.0	52.6	51.2	58.2	25.3	10.8	60.5	78.9	60.9
	Bogota, Colombia	93.4	31.4	39.0	65.6	32.5	24.0	47.9	69.2	97.1
	Yekaterinburg, Russia	93.2	46.9	53.2	61.3	37.9	11.5	37.2	74.8	21.3
	Bangkok, Thailand	92.1	39.0	58.3	78.0	56.8	25.2	44.4	75.4	58.4
	Hanoi, Vietnam	89.4	32.3	59.3	51.9	38.8	20.5	29.3	92.0	79.0
	Delhi, India	86.7	62.3	41.5	66.0	28.3	13.6	55.2	91.4	58.9
	Novosibirsk, Russia	85.0	41.4	52.4	55.2	36.4	11.6	43.5	72.3	16.1
	Karachi, Pakistan	85.0	33.1	43.2	59.0	19.7	15.0	39.4	90.9	71.3
	Almaty, Kazakhstan	84.9	38.8	29.4	47.9	30.8	12.5	32.5	78.1	58.3
	Colombo, Sri Lanka	83.9	24.5	61.3	72.3	34.9	32.1	61.4	58.2	59.1
	Lima, Peru	83.6	35.7	32.8	57.2	42.4	15.4	50.2	86.7	97.7
	Sao Paulo, Brazil	81.3	39.3	28.8	56.2	47.9	19.5	51.1	81.6	99.0
	Nairobi, Kenya	80.9	25.4	38.9	57.0	42.9	20.4	56.4	77.8	99.8
	Shanghai, China	79.4	58.9	58.9	61.5	51.1	42.8	49.1	80.4	83.6
	Kathmandu, Nepal	79.3	23.3	64.7	54.2	32.8	27.7	40.4	95.7	92.6
	Cairo, Egypt	77.5	24.4	48.7	43.5	30.9	13.0	50.3	93.3	88.5
	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	77.3	39.8	22.2	42.4	47.3	19.9	52.1	68.2	88.2
	Jakarta, Indonesia	73.1	28.1	46.5	59.1	42.0	19.9	53.8	82.8	63.8
	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	71.9	29.3	43.6	56.8	37.9	24.8	31.0	92.1	63.4
	Mumbai, India	70.2	48.0	58.2	68.1	29.9	42.8	55.6	83.3	71.5
	Beijing, China	67.2	61.7	57.8	63.6	45.8	46.2	44.1	87.3	57.6
	Dhaka, Bangladesh	63.6	37.2	34.1	40.2	34.6	13.3	58.1	93.6	71.3
	Tehran, Iran	61.8	24.0	46.3	52.3	42.7	29.9	53.0	82.5	71.0
	Manila, Philippines	61.2	32.8	35.2	60.2	40.2	21.2	55.6	91.4	61.2
	Lagos, Nigeria	54.1	16.6	35.0	51.5	35.4	13.8	73.7	84.9	60.8
	Caracas, Venezuela	0.0	2.5	14.7	39.8	26.9	173.4	37.1	74.1	99.9