America: Quality of Life Index by City 2026

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Ottawa, Canada 198.1 162.4 69.0 68.7 61.7 5.1 32.7 24.1 44.5
Tampa, FL, United States 189.2 145.4 55.5 66.8 70.0 3.9 36.5 33.7 84.7
Jacksonville, FL, United States 188.7 150.8 45.2 69.0 64.5 3.1 35.5 35.8 87.8
Orlando, FL, United States 188.1 147.2 52.0 63.2 69.0 3.3 35.5 34.8 87.2
Columbus, OH, United States 187.7 143.9 50.7 68.6 69.4 3.3 31.2 30.9 71.3
Omaha, NE, United States 187.6 145.9 53.5 69.3 65.7 2.4 24.5 35.9 59.8
Tulsa, OK, United States 187.4 141.1 48.0 68.7 65.0 2.6 33.5 31.7 79.3
Oklahoma City, OK, United States 187.4 146.2 50.0 64.9 67.5 2.8 35.1 31.3 77.6
Raleigh, NC, United States 187.3 156.4 52.0 66.0 67.8 3.5 39.8 38.0 83.9
Madison, WI, United States 186.8 151.6 63.5 67.9 69.0 3.8 34.9 32.7 51.6
Charlotte, NC, United States 186.8 145.3 50.8 67.9 69.8 3.8 35.8 34.8 84.0
Austin, TX, United States 186.7 166.0 55.7 64.9 66.4 5.1 40.5 43.4 82.1
Kansas City, MO, United States 186.6 153.2 41.4 68.6 66.6 2.7 32.6 33.3 75.1
Seattle, WA, United States 186.5 170.5 44.8 67.0 90.6 4.8 42.9 39.2 91.7
Tucson, AZ, United States 186.5 148.5 45.3 61.3 64.0 3.9 29.4 29.0 72.7
San Antonio, TX, United States 186.2 164.2 51.2 66.8 63.1 3.9 36.7 45.1 80.6
San Diego, CA, United States 185.9 138.2 60.4 68.0 82.0 7.1 34.6 39.8 97.1
Richmond, VA, United States 185.8 155.3 49.4 65.9 69.0 3.2 40.1 36.4 81.3
Boise, ID, United States 185.8 157.5 61.6 64.5 66.7 5.8 37.5 36.5 65.1
Colorado Springs, CO, United States 185.6 143.0 58.5 63.3 73.0 2.9 26.0 30.2 51.4
Nanaimo, BC, Canada 185.6 126.1 46.5 62.0 62.6 6.1 26.0 27.6 92.3
Reno, NV, United States 185.4 147.2 53.9 62.6 73.7 4.0 29.1 30.4 62.3
Fort Worth, TX, United States 185.4 157.7 56.8 64.6 66.9 3.2 27.3 53.4 81.6
Spokane, WA, United States 185.3 145.6 44.0 66.0 71.2 3.2 29.1 28.2 67.1
Portland, OR, United States 185.2 155.1 41.7 65.4 75.2 3.7 37.4 35.7 89.6
Boston, MA, United States 185.1 151.1 60.3 72.0 86.2 7.4 44.3 30.0 71.7
Buffalo, NY, United States 184.5 129.4 51.4 70.3 71.5 3.3 26.8 29.1 66.4
Cincinnati, OH, United States 184.5 155.6 50.5 68.6 62.5 3.4 33.0 43.0 73.2
Saint Louis, MO, United States 184.3 161.5 30.0 69.9 70.7 2.0 28.4 37.5 74.8
Pittsburgh, PA, United States 184.1 151.5 61.4 72.2 70.2 2.8 36.0 48.5 72.1
Minneapolis, MN, United States 183.5 159.0 44.4 71.7 71.5 3.0 36.5 28.5 49.5
Dallas, TX, United States 182.4 155.6 48.3 66.2 72.9 5.5 35.3 40.9 81.9
Anchorage, AK, United States 182.2 149.7 37.1 61.5 81.5 3.3 25.6 15.7 41.6
Victoria, Canada 182.1 104.9 60.6 65.6 68.7 9.2 32.4 22.5 92.5
Quebec City, Canada 180.7 134.4 77.6 69.6 60.6 8.8 33.4 36.2 48.0
Vancouver, Canada 180.7 116.7 57.3 71.7 67.5 11.9 36.0 25.5 91.2
Sacramento, CA, United States 180.6 138.7 50.8 67.4 79.2 4.7 27.1 46.9 90.6
Atlanta, GA, United States 179.6 166.7 35.8 65.9 75.3 3.1 41.3 45.0 89.7
Indianapolis, IN, United States 179.3 151.2 39.4 71.9 69.0 2.6 29.4 43.2 69.9
Calgary, Canada 179.1 125.7 62.2 73.4 64.5 5.7 29.4 23.8 33.1
Nashville, TN, United States 179.0 142.3 51.5 63.8 70.3 5.1 38.5 38.2 83.0
Albuquerque, NM, United States 178.5 156.1 29.1 62.7 63.2 3.1 25.9 35.4 67.1
Washington, DC, United States 177.2 159.2 40.2 71.0 87.3 4.8 41.2 42.1 81.6
Halifax, Canada 176.8 110.7 61.0 65.0 63.3 5.4 31.4 24.3 59.0
Denver, CO, United States 175.8 157.3 52.0 68.1 75.1 4.5 35.5 44.0 56.3
Edmonton, Canada 175.2 125.4 53.2 77.0 62.1 3.9 27.9 28.7 32.1
Milwaukee, WI, United States 174.9 145.0 34.0 63.4 65.7 2.7 30.3 32.0 61.0
Houston, TX, United States 173.5 166.5 36.8 69.5 63.9 2.5 42.0 56.9 85.5
Oakland, CA, United States 173.4 144.0 31.1 72.5 85.2 6.6 36.5 41.3 96.4
San Jose, CA, United States 173.3 142.6 52.0 68.0 86.4 8.4 38.3 48.8 95.5
Kelowna, Canada 172.9 121.2 37.9 74.6 63.1 6.4 27.9 26.3 59.7
Montreal, Canada 172.0 131.0 67.2 61.9 59.9 7.8 39.9 33.7 52.4
Salt Lake City, UT, United States 172.0 151.6 64.1 66.7 66.7 4.2 33.9 62.6 66.5
Cleveland, OH, United States 171.7 127.7 36.4 72.8 65.2 2.3 32.3 39.1 73.1
London, Canada 170.5 128.9 46.2 67.3 59.8 6.1 30.0 35.6 59.3
Mississauga, Canada 169.9 117.5 56.1 70.2 62.4 12.3 37.3 23.5 58.7
San Francisco, CA, United States 167.3 158.2 39.4 64.9 97.6 7.1 49.0 49.0 97.3
Baltimore, MD, United States 167.1 144.2 28.0 72.2 71.8 2.8 31.7 52.0 81.2
Chicago, IL, United States 166.0 164.6 34.5 64.9 76.0 2.9 41.7 50.5 66.1
Philadelphia, PA, United States 164.6 139.5 34.7 71.1 78.8 3.4 39.7 47.7 78.0
Toronto, Canada 164.5 125.9 56.5 74.1 67.5 11.4 44.6 37.5 65.3
Honolulu, HI, United States 162.6 99.9 52.5 72.8 98.2 9.9 40.4 37.1 95.3
New Orleans, LA, United States 161.2 126.3 32.9 62.2 77.1 3.8 28.0 51.0 86.5
Las Vegas, NV, United States 160.9 143.9 44.5 53.3 67.7 4.7 27.1 51.5 57.4
Miami, FL, United States 159.4 110.7 46.7 63.0 79.5 6.3 42.9 39.4 85.7
Queretaro (Santiago de Querétaro), Mexico 158.5 58.8 62.2 73.6 44.6 9.0 33.6 40.2 94.5
Phoenix, AZ, United States 158.5 144.1 47.0 65.9 71.6 4.7 32.8 58.0 53.8
Brampton, Canada 157.8 123.6 44.5 68.5 58.8 9.7 41.7 36.9 59.2
Regina, Canada 154.1 120.7 46.5 65.4 63.0 3.9 23.8 39.3 14.3
Winnipeg, Canada 153.6 120.5 39.2 68.5 59.8 4.4 31.6 35.5 24.7
Hamilton, Canada 151.7 121.2 43.8 74.5 58.9 4.9 35.8 60.2 61.1
Cuenca, Ecuador 151.0 50.9 54.5 79.6 30.5 9.6 34.6 47.0 98.4
Brasilia, Brazil 145.1 60.2 41.3 52.7 32.0 14.7 31.0 30.3 99.0
Curitiba, Brazil 143.9 51.4 39.3 67.0 31.0 16.1 33.1 30.9 99.6
San Juan, Puerto Rico 142.2 107.7 32.9 63.1 68.4 9.6 34.5 48.9 71.2
Florianopolis, Brazil 140.5 58.2 53.6 60.5 33.7 14.6 42.1 40.6 97.0
Los Angeles, CA, United States 138.1 122.5 45.9 61.9 81.5 8.0 57.2 68.4 95.5
Montevideo, Uruguay 135.7 59.8 43.5 68.5 57.2 12.9 41.4 46.1 98.0
New York, NY, United States 134.4 105.4 48.9 62.8 100.0 13.5 43.5 57.9 79.7
Campinas, Brazil 134.2 50.5 34.2 61.7 33.2 13.0 27.3 46.1 98.9
Detroit, MI, United States 132.7 114.4 27.2 62.6 69.2 3.6 43.7 62.1 66.0
Quito, Ecuador 123.7 54.2 36.5 70.4 33.6 9.8 41.5 65.3 99.0
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 120.3 41.3 40.4 64.4 31.6 15.1 43.1 52.8 98.5
Medellin, Colombia 119.6 40.6 46.4 78.9 34.4 20.6 37.8 62.5 99.8
Porto Alegre, Brazil 119.6 42.8 29.3 64.5 32.2 14.1 31.3 56.9 98.7
San Jose, Costa Rica 119.0 46.7 44.4 62.9 53.5 10.9 63.3 48.4 99.5
Buenos Aires, Argentina 117.9 46.5 37.0 68.0 48.8 15.0 49.8 51.5 98.3
Guadalajara, Mexico 117.7 47.2 37.6 78.3 41.0 17.5 41.6 59.9 92.8
Monterrey, Mexico 117.6 54.9 51.9 68.8 49.3 16.4 31.6 71.3 80.4
Panama City, Panama 116.8 47.6 52.9 60.2 47.0 13.2 32.8 61.6 67.8
Santiago, Chile 111.4 59.1 35.8 65.6 41.9 16.6 37.1 70.7 90.2
Guatemala City, Guatemala 108.0 46.5 37.7 63.6 41.6 10.9 49.2 72.8 99.9
Bogota, Colombia 98.1 40.6 33.3 66.0 32.8 18.0 51.4 69.9 97.1
Sao Paulo, Brazil 96.5 55.0 30.1 60.3 36.8 15.4 51.3 79.4 99.0
Mexico City, Mexico 94.3 50.5 33.2 65.5 45.9 15.0 52.7 80.3 92.4
Recife, Brazil 94.1 43.9 25.1 64.5 29.1 15.3 46.9 69.9 79.3
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 90.3 41.6 33.0 54.9 39.4 14.2 35.5 77.4 67.8
Lima, Peru 90.3 48.6 29.8 58.8 35.5 14.7 51.2 84.4 97.7
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 80.9 38.8 24.8 46.6 32.9 21.1 51.2 67.7 88.2
Caracas, Venezuela 78.0 19.4 18.6 39.1 43.5 18.6 33.4 72.5 99.9