Quality of Life Index by City 2015 Mid-Year

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Zurich, Switzerland 288.4 208.1 80.1 67.2 135.3 10.1 26.8 17.8 -
Canberra, Australia 286.9 181.6 66.0 77.1 90.7 5.2 18.1 10.3 -
Ottawa, Canada 279.5 186.0 76.8 70.0 70.7 5.0 41.8 19.2 -
Munich, Germany 266.1 166.6 80.1 86.1 70.6 12.1 23.8 18.4 -
Gothenburg, Sweden 235.9 164.2 52.8 64.2 72.7 7.5 21.3 24.8 -
Copenhagen, Denmark 235.7 149.1 74.7 78.9 95.9 6.6 28.4 27.3 -
Calgary, Canada 234.4 161.8 65.6 69.4 77.2 5.1 38.5 31.3 -
Brisbane, Australia 231.1 157.1 63.0 78.6 87.7 6.3 45.6 24.7 -
Trondheim, Norway 230.4 136.3 76.5 79.8 111.1 7.4 18.9 21.8 -
Adelaide, Australia 225.8 154.0 58.3 64.2 93.1 7.1 30.4 20.9 -
Melbourne, Australia 225.4 152.8 64.1 77.8 87.7 9.3 36.3 25.1 -
Edmonton, Canada 224.8 155.7 59.0 75.7 81.5 4.1 44.8 31.1 -
Denver, CO, United States 223.9 145.8 65.8 83.5 75.4 3.7 46.0 32.4 -
Stockholm, Sweden 218.8 147.6 56.5 72.8 82.1 14.1 34.2 10.8 -
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 216.5 157.9 78.4 51.3 59.9 5.8 27.7 53.6 -
Boston, MA, United States 213.1 139.9 59.3 79.0 86.0 4.0 42.1 29.5 -
Seoul, South Korea 213.0 148.8 83.6 77.6 82.5 16.8 25.6 39.4 -
Oslo, Norway 212.4 146.9 60.6 71.5 105.8 9.1 30.3 26.3 -
Vienna, Austria 210.6 132.5 70.0 77.0 68.1 13.7 28.3 22.7 -
Amsterdam, Netherlands 210.4 149.4 63.7 64.1 79.3 7.8 26.5 39.1 -
Winnipeg, Canada 210.2 150.6 46.1 71.7 68.9 5.1 32.6 35.5 -
Seattle, WA, United States 209.9 136.5 57.7 68.4 91.7 5.9 35.0 21.5 -
Monterrey, Mexico 204.7 153.8 45.0 59.8 45.4 3.1 25.4 49.7 -
Berlin, Germany 204.3 137.2 65.1 76.4 67.0 8.3 37.9 36.0 -
Perth, Australia 204.0 145.0 55.1 69.8 98.7 7.4 36.6 29.5 -
Montreal, Canada 200.6 143.6 62.2 61.4 73.5 6.1 45.3 35.9 -
Houston, TX, United States 197.4 172.0 39.8 70.8 81.0 3.0 40.1 62.6 -
Vancouver, Canada 196.7 130.8 59.7 74.2 74.0 10.5 44.3 23.1 -
Sydney, Australia 196.5 149.8 56.0 69.5 89.4 12.0 42.0 32.2 -
Bursa, Turkey 196.3 93.9 81.6 77.6 42.0 3.8 42.6 25.3 -
Phoenix, AZ, United States 191.2 174.2 38.8 57.5 72.6 2.9 29.8 70.6 -
Cape Town, South Africa 185.1 139.0 29.6 72.2 41.9 4.2 48.5 36.1 -
Toronto, Canada 185.1 140.5 67.6 68.0 76.7 11.2 44.3 45.1 -
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 182.1 134.5 79.0 55.6 70.4 6.5 38.1 58.3 -
San Diego, CA, United States 181.1 118.4 60.7 71.9 74.7 5.4 41.3 37.3 -
Auckland, New Zealand 180.4 119.3 55.7 75.5 82.4 9.2 33.1 32.0 -
Brno, Czech Republic 179.1 109.4 69.1 65.6 43.2 9.7 27.4 38.1 -
Ljubljana, Slovenia 178.1 106.1 70.8 55.7 55.5 9.6 20.4 33.4 -
Tallinn, Estonia 173.8 82.3 71.6 63.2 55.2 10.9 22.1 14.7 -
Dublin, Ireland 168.7 131.2 45.7 47.2 83.8 9.5 37.6 30.8 -
Tokyo, Japan 166.5 124.0 77.2 76.8 76.3 23.0 47.0 34.2 -
Manchester, United Kingdom 161.3 116.2 49.2 73.8 83.2 7.3 39.7 42.6 -
Prague, Czech Republic 160.0 102.4 67.8 68.4 44.2 11.7 38.0 41.2 -
Johannesburg, South Africa 158.3 163.4 15.9 56.2 48.9 2.6 40.5 74.9 -
Brussels, Belgium 155.7 129.5 47.1 74.6 82.4 7.0 21.6 70.2 -
Pretoria, South Africa 155.6 154.5 22.5 62.7 46.7 2.3 52.2 72.1 -
Lisbon, Portugal 155.6 94.3 63.9 66.0 50.9 10.5 36.7 35.1 -
Madrid, Spain 155.4 112.3 65.9 73.7 62.1 10.1 32.2 59.5 -
Singapore, Singapore 152.1 117.7 82.9 66.6 88.1 23.9 45.4 38.0 -
Barcelona, Spain 148.2 123.9 58.3 69.9 60.2 9.9 30.1 72.4 -
Los Angeles, CA, United States 145.9 135.4 44.6 65.7 76.1 9.1 39.0 68.0 -
Porto, Portugal 145.3 94.5 54.0 68.8 50.4 6.9 27.4 51.4 -
Cluj-Napoca, Romania 142.3 66.6 78.0 55.4 36.7 11.5 28.1 31.2 -
Zagreb, Croatia 140.0 78.0 68.7 67.6 52.3 10.9 35.9 38.2 -
Thessaloniki, Greece 138.9 73.6 68.3 77.1 56.4 8.4 15.3 53.8 -
Warsaw, Poland 138.7 96.1 72.4 57.9 42.5 12.3 38.3 53.4 -
Chennai, India 135.9 114.0 54.9 73.0 26.0 10.3 39.0 75.5 -
Vilnius, Lithuania 135.4 66.3 62.4 70.2 47.4 13.6 31.5 25.4 -
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel 131.2 101.8 66.9 76.4 83.4 15.5 43.5 54.4 -
Wroclaw, Poland 129.9 85.4 65.6 55.9 39.8 10.8 37.9 49.1 -
Ankara, Turkey 128.3 94.9 58.6 64.5 44.2 5.7 39.1 67.9 -
Bangalore, India 127.4 121.9 51.1 61.0 26.8 9.0 47.6 81.2 -
Paris, France 124.9 129.8 45.1 75.7 84.5 20.7 36.6 65.1 -
Hyderabad, India 119.0 98.6 56.1 69.2 25.4 6.6 44.9 80.6 -
Banja Luka, Bosnia And Herzegovina 113.9 66.9 68.1 46.2 36.5 11.2 25.8 49.7 -
Pune, India 113.0 107.0 53.2 68.8 28.1 10.7 50.6 80.9 -
Budapest, Hungary 109.0 71.5 57.7 51.8 44.2 8.8 35.4 52.5 -
Sofia, Bulgaria 107.3 74.8 50.3 58.0 38.6 8.3 33.9 58.1 -
Milan, Italy 99.5 103.7 49.4 71.9 74.4 18.0 38.9 71.8 -
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 94.8 104.9 26.2 63.2 45.4 10.1 46.2 73.9 -
Istanbul, Turkey 93.7 75.6 54.4 72.2 48.8 10.2 58.3 64.5 -
London, United Kingdom 86.9 100.6 51.9 72.9 101.7 30.5 43.4 51.0 -
Buenos Aires, Argentina 85.3 81.7 37.4 78.2 73.2 12.9 46.9 64.7 -
Bucharest, Romania 83.8 63.5 68.5 51.8 38.9 11.2 36.3 73.6 -
Athens, Greece 82.2 68.3 50.1 49.3 59.1 10.0 39.5 61.7 -
New York, NY, United States 82.0 100.0 49.5 52.9 100.0 25.0 36.3 58.4 -
Santiago, Chile 81.3 75.3 51.2 65.0 53.2 9.5 44.0 78.3 -
Shanghai, China 72.7 97.1 69.5 62.5 63.9 26.6 42.8 85.4 -
Kolkata, India 69.9 86.9 49.4 44.4 25.1 8.9 70.0 83.4 -
Mexico City, Mexico 69.9 82.3 32.0 65.2 41.6 9.7 45.4 83.6 -
Belgrade, Serbia 67.7 54.9 58.0 53.5 39.5 19.7 27.0 61.8 -
Bangkok, Thailand 65.1 63.2 60.3 83.7 52.1 18.1 50.7 78.3 -
Rome, Italy 65.0 93.6 45.1 57.2 73.0 22.5 46.5 73.2 -
Amman, Jordan 64.4 56.6 51.5 68.9 58.1 8.6 48.9 77.1 -
Delhi, India 63.8 93.7 39.8 63.8 30.2 19.0 47.2 88.9 -
Saint Petersburg, Russia 63.6 67.2 54.4 60.3 47.5 16.1 50.4 72.7 -
Manila, Philippines 40.8 66.4 32.4 63.9 42.9 10.2 48.9 93.4 -
Mumbai, India 40.4 101.1 49.8 57.4 30.3 30.4 71.7 89.0 -
Moscow, Russia 30.4 67.1 49.3 52.1 53.6 25.1 52.2 77.8 -
Bogota, Colombia 23.8 41.2 41.0 66.9 41.3 21.3 47.2 72.2 -
Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine 11.4 37.1 57.7 48.2 32.6 25.3 37.1 82.4 -
Tehran, Iran 9.4 49.0 43.0 45.1 46.0 18.5 54.1 86.1 -
Jakarta, Indonesia 8.1 37.4 51.7 58.7 45.4 23.8 46.0 82.8 -
Sao Paulo, Brazil 6.6 55.9 25.0 51.1 54.6 19.4 46.1 85.8 -
Cairo, Egypt 5.9 39.8 40.1 52.2 36.5 10.4 60.0 96.9 -
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -18.3 49.5 25.8 32.6 56.4 26.0 58.0 76.2 -
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam -21.8 26.5 44.2 46.6 42.7 25.5 29.9 95.2 -