Quality of Life Index by City 2022

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Rank	City	Quality of Life Index
	Raleigh, NC, United States	207.8
	Canberra, Australia	207.4
	Adelaide, Australia	204.9
	Columbus, OH, United States	201.4
	Zurich, Switzerland	200.9
	Madison, WI, United States	199.2
	Austin, TX, United States	198.9
	Charlotte, NC, United States	197.3
	Oklahoma City, OK, United States	196.2
	Basel, Switzerland	195.8
	Wellington, New Zealand	195.0
	Richmond, VA, United States	193.1
	Geneva, Switzerland	193.0
	Dallas, TX, United States	192.7
	The Hague (Den Haag), Netherlands	191.4
	Buffalo, NY, United States	191.0
	Brisbane, Australia	190.3
	Seattle, WA, United States	189.6
	Perth, Australia	189.6
	San Diego, CA, United States	189.4
	Eindhoven, Netherlands	188.1
	San Jose, CA, United States	188.1
	Victoria, Canada	186.4
	Copenhagen, Denmark	185.3
	Kansas City, MO, United States	184.4
	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	182.1
	Dusseldorf, Germany	182.0
	Vienna, Austria	181.8
	San Antonio, TX, United States	181.7
	Jacksonville, FL, United States	181.6
	Reykjavik, Iceland	181.5
	Sydney, Australia	180.1
	Munich, Germany	178.7
	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	178.5
	Quebec City, Canada	178.4
	Cambridge, United Kingdom	178.0
	Helsinki, Finland	178.0
	Houston, TX, United States	177.6
	Melbourne, Australia	177.2
	Calgary, Canada	177.2
	Cincinnati, OH, United States	177.1
	Portland, OR, United States	177.0
	Gothenburg, Sweden	176.8
	Orlando, FL, United States	176.6
	Ottawa, Canada	176.1
	Muscat, Oman	176.0
	Spokane, WA, United States	175.8
	Belfast, United Kingdom	175.4
	Boston, MA, United States	174.7
	Amsterdam, Netherlands	174.3
	Boise, ID, United States	174.0
	Saint Louis, MO, United States	173.1
	Cleveland, OH, United States	173.0
	Frankfurt, Germany	172.9
	Valencia, Spain	172.8
	Liverpool, United Kingdom	172.7
	Vancouver, Canada	172.2
	Tampa, FL, United States	172.0
	Albuquerque, NM, United States	171.9
	Glasgow, United Kingdom	171.7
	Tallinn, Estonia	171.2
	Indianapolis, IN, United States	171.0
	Hamburg, Germany	170.9
	Rotterdam, Netherlands	170.7
	Pittsburgh, PA, United States	170.6
	Nashville, TN, United States	170.5
	Stuttgart, Germany	169.5
	Anchorage, AK, United States	169.3
	Minneapolis, MN, United States	169.2
	Edmonton, Canada	169.1
	Salt Lake City, UT, United States	169.1
	Halifax, Canada	168.9
	Cork, Ireland	168.5
	Graz, Austria	168.3
	Berlin, Germany	167.5
	Kaunas, Lithuania	167.1
	Denver, CO, United States	166.9
	Ljubljana, Slovenia	166.8
	Baltimore, MD, United States	166.3
	Atlanta, GA, United States	165.8
	Vilnius, Lithuania	165.8
	Reno, NV, United States	165.7
	Oslo, Norway	165.5
	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	165.1
	Sacramento, CA, United States	164.7
	Tucson, AZ, United States	164.5
	Milwaukee, WI, United States	164.0
	Stockholm, Sweden	163.8
	Mississauga, Canada	163.7
	Washington, DC, United States	163.7
	Oakland, CA, United States	163.5
	Tokyo, Japan	163.1
	Auckland, New Zealand	163.1
	Bristol, United Kingdom	162.9
	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	162.8
	Queretaro (Santiago de Querétaro), Mexico	162.6
	Prague, Czech Republic	161.3
	Leeds, United Kingdom	160.8
	Honolulu, HI, United States	160.8
	Cologne, Germany	159.2
	Phoenix, AZ, United States	159.0
	Zagreb, Croatia	158.8
	Antwerp, Belgium	157.5
	Brno, Czech Republic	157.3
	Bursa, Turkey	157.2
	Montreal, Canada	157.0
	San Francisco, CA, United States	156.9
	Madrid, Spain	156.5
	Toronto, Canada	156.3
	Kelowna, Canada	156.2
	Porto, Portugal	156.1
	Las Vegas, NV, United States	154.7
	Chicago, IL, United States	154.2
	Miami, FL, United States	154.1
	Mangalore, India	153.2
	Doha, Qatar	152.7
	Timisoara, Romania	152.5
	Lisbon, Portugal	151.9
	Singapore, Singapore	151.6
	Philadelphia, PA, United States	151.1
	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	150.4
	Regina, Canada	150.3
	Split, Croatia	150.0
	Lyon, France	149.2
	Manchester, United Kingdom	148.6
	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	148.3
	Bratislava, Slovakia	147.6
	Limassol, Cyprus	147.5
	Birmingham, United Kingdom	147.3
	Cape Town, South Africa	147.0
	Winnipeg, Canada	146.9
	Riga, Latvia	146.6
	Haifa, Israel	146.3
	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	146.1
	Manama, Bahrain	144.7
	Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia	143.2
	Dublin, Ireland	142.6
	Brussels, Belgium	142.4
	Los Angeles, CA, United States	142.0
	Genoa, Italy	142.0
	Hamilton, Canada	141.7
	Gdansk, Poland	141.5
	Taipei, Taiwan	141.1
	Islamabad, Pakistan	140.8
	Barcelona, Spain	140.6
	Bologna, Italy	139.4
	Brasilia, Brazil	139.1
	Poznan, Poland	138.8
	Thiruvananthapuram, India	138.8
	Durban, South Africa	138.5
	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	138.1
	New York, NY, United States	138.0
	Nicosia, Cyprus	137.9
	Izmir, Turkey	137.4
	Curitiba, Brazil	137.3
	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	136.4
	Pretoria, South Africa	136.0
	Warsaw, Poland	135.2
	Wroclaw, Poland	134.9
	Novi Sad, Serbia	134.0
	Varna, Bulgaria	133.2
	Lodz, Poland	133.1
	Detroit, MI, United States	133.0
	London, United Kingdom	132.8
	Krakow (Cracow), Poland	132.7
	Turin, Italy	132.0
	Bangalore, India	128.8
	Iasi, Romania	128.5
	Ankara, Turkey	128.2
	Lviv, Ukraine	127.5
	San Juan, Puerto Rico	126.2
	Campinas, Brazil	125.3
	Budapest, Hungary	125.2
	Sofia, Bulgaria	124.7
	Johannesburg, South Africa	124.6
	Paris, France	124.2
	Chiang Mai, Thailand	124.1
	Coimbatore, India	123.2
	Medellin, Colombia	122.9
	Guadalajara, Mexico	122.9
	Astana (Nur-Sultan), Kazakhstan	122.7
	Monterrey, Mexico	122.4
	Seoul, South Korea	122.2
	Milan, Italy	120.7
	Florianopolis, Brazil	120.6
	Yerevan, Armenia	120.4
	Bucharest, Romania	119.3
	Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina	119.1
	Montevideo, Uruguay	118.2
	Pune, India	118.2
	Athens, Greece	117.5
	San Jose, Costa Rica	116.6
	Chisinau, Moldova	116.3
	Thessaloniki, Greece	116.1
	Hyderabad, India	115.3
	Tbilisi, Georgia	114.4
	Amman, Jordan	113.0
	Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine	112.8
	Kuwait City, Kuwait	112.2
	Ahmedabad, India	111.4
	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	111.3
	Porto Alegre, Brazil	111.1
	Rome, Italy	110.3
	Quito, Ecuador	110.0
	Kharkiv, Ukraine	109.9
	Belgrade, Serbia	108.2
	Panama City, Panama	108.2
	Gurgaon, India	107.7
	Minsk, Belarus	107.7
	Odessa (Odesa), Ukraine	107.3
	Moscow, Russia	105.6
	Baku, Azerbaijan	104.9
	Istanbul, Turkey	104.8
	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	104.5
	Saint Petersburg, Russia	103.4
	Skopje, North Macedonia	103.3
	Shenzhen, China	103.2
	Chennai, India	102.9
	Lahore, Pakistan	102.5
	Santiago, Chile	102.1
	Noida, India	99.0
	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)	98.4
	Hanoi, Vietnam	97.5
	Dnipro, Ukraine	97.5
	Guatemala City, Guatemala	94.9
	Yekaterinburg, Russia	93.7
	Buenos Aires, Argentina	93.7
	Kolkata, India	93.0
	Tirana, Albania	90.5
	Casablanca, Morocco	89.3
	Mexico City, Mexico	88.1
	Bogota, Colombia	87.0
	Kathmandu, Nepal	86.3
	Novosibirsk, Russia	85.7
	Bangkok, Thailand	85.0
	Sao Paulo, Brazil	83.9
	Karachi, Pakistan	83.6
	Nairobi, Kenya	83.3
	Delhi, India	83.1
	Shanghai, China	82.7
	Almaty, Kazakhstan	82.3
	Cairo, Egypt	82.0
	Lima, Peru	78.8
	Beirut, Lebanon	76.4
	Caracas, Venezuela	75.7
	Mumbai, India	75.6
	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	68.6
	Jakarta, Indonesia	67.5
	Beijing, China	65.2
	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	64.1
	Colombo, Sri Lanka	62.6
	Dhaka, Bangladesh	55.1
	Lagos, Nigeria	49.4
	Tehran, Iran	46.3
	Manila, Philippines	43.1