Quality of Life Index by City 2016

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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
1	Canberra, Australia	241.6	168.7	72.0	83.3	76.2	6.0	18.1	10.5	84.1
2	Adelaide, Australia	215.5	163.1	59.6	66.6	77.9	5.2	26.7	26.1	90.6
3	Zurich, Switzerland	213.1	184.9	80.2	70.8	131.0	10.6	31.1	12.4	62.6
4	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	211.2	131.3	71.4	77.7	74.9	6.8	22.8	15.6	71.0
5	Munich, Germany	210.9	153.5	84.3	83.6	71.2	10.8	25.7	17.8	47.4
6	Melbourne, Australia	210.7	153.2	64.2	77.6	75.3	8.5	35.7	25.2	89.1
7	Wellington, New Zealand	209.6	118.0	68.9	66.0	80.2	6.1	26.5	10.7	88.1
8	Victoria, Canada	208.7	131.4	63.5	72.9	68.6	5.7	30.2	13.4	77.2
9	Brisbane, Australia	203.7	140.7	63.9	79.5	76.5	7.7	42.6	21.3	84.3
10	Geneva, Switzerland	203.6	181.0	64.5	68.9	129.1	10.0	22.0	27.9	73.5
11	Sacramento, CA, United States	199.9	136.4	57.1	73.8	78.4	3.8	20.0	42.3	90.1
12	Trondheim, Norway	199.3	113.7	79.8	81.4	108.0	7.9	18.9	11.0	55.4
13	Seattle, WA, United States	196.1	147.5	59.5	73.0	83.2	5.9	35.4	26.4	71.9
14	Vienna, Austria	196.0	119.8	72.0	78.8	65.9	16.7	26.3	21.2	75.4
15	Copenhagen, Denmark	194.1	126.1	73.2	77.3	89.3	7.7	28.0	27.2	67.7
16	Vancouver, Canada	193.6	121.7	61.1	70.4	65.0	11.3	40.0	22.6	91.3
17	San Diego, CA, United States	191.9	123.2	62.2	73.3	76.2	6.9	34.8	40.1	97.0
18	Perth, Australia	190.7	133.2	52.5	70.0	85.1	8.6	33.7	30.2	91.4
19	Minneapolis, MN, United States	190.5	142.3	57.3	75.7	81.1	3.1	23.8	25.2	45.4
20	Ottawa, Canada	190.0	147.3	77.3	72.2	63.7	5.9	42.2	20.1	33.2
21	Hamilton, Canada	189.5	161.5	55.3	78.2	56.0	5.2	40.9	43.7	63.8
22	Boston, MA, United States	189.0	124.5	60.1	79.0	84.7	7.6	34.7	24.9	72.1
23	Sydney, Australia	188.3	136.6	56.8	71.7	80.9	11.6	41.4	29.0	88.8
24	Cape Town, South Africa	187.8	126.9	28.0	73.6	34.2	4.5	42.7	32.8	96.2
25	Reykjavik, Iceland	186.6	97.1	74.6	76.3	97.0	5.7	19.0	15.5	49.7
26	Hamburg, Germany	186.3	152.0	51.4	75.5	72.2	8.7	32.9	31.1	59.8
27	Monterrey, Mexico	185.7	167.4	48.6	56.6	39.1	2.8	27.5	55.1	65.9
28	Auckland, New Zealand	184.1	118.8	56.9	74.8	80.4	9.9	41.5	30.6	90.4
29	Calgary, Canada	183.3	162.5	67.6	66.7	70.6	5.1	37.1	31.0	32.5
30	Denver, CO, United States	182.5	127.5	65.7	83.5	78.2	4.8	41.7	33.3	57.6
31	Austin, TX, United States	181.7	139.2	58.8	75.6	70.2	5.4	34.8	46.4	68.3
32	Amsterdam, Netherlands	181.5	122.0	63.9	67.4	76.3	8.8	29.5	38.9	77.0
33	Portland, OR, United States	181.4	122.0	52.5	55.9	80.0	4.7	30.5	21.6	68.7
34	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	181.4	184.1	80.3	76.1	50.1	2.3	41.8	68.4	31.7
35	Stockholm, Sweden	180.5	130.3	57.0	71.1	83.5	14.6	39.9	11.4	60.6
36	Helsinki, Finland	180.2	129.8	68.7	75.4	79.6	10.2	31.0	21.4	39.4
37	Bursa, Turkey	179.4	80.7	73.2	78.8	43.6	3.9	40.0	25.7	57.5
38	Toronto, Canada	177.7	139.0	66.4	69.0	65.9	9.8	43.7	44.6	71.6
39	Seoul, South Korea	177.5	116.9	85.7	81.5	78.3	16.6	31.4	35.4	53.7
40	Berlin, Germany	177.4	122.7	61.5	76.0	66.3	8.6	33.5	38.0	62.3
41	Phoenix, AZ, United States	176.3	199.4	40.9	66.5	70.8	2.1	30.0	67.8	51.8
42	Thessaloniki, Greece	176.2	82.7	68.9	75.8	52.0	6.1	22.8	57.9	89.8
43	Gdansk, Poland	176.1	81.9	72.5	64.4	39.3	10.9	26.1	32.7	69.8
44	Lisbon, Portugal	175.4	76.2	65.2	68.6	50.9	12.1	35.8	34.4	96.1
45	Tallinn, Estonia	174.6	78.8	73.8	67.4	50.5	11.4	20.3	17.0	44.4
46	Brno, Czech Republic	172.4	93.7	70.1	72.0	41.7	9.7	26.3	43.3	62.1
47	Porto, Portugal	171.2	80.3	52.4	72.9	49.3	7.7	31.0	42.5	90.2
48	Edmonton, Canada	170.5	128.6	59.8	74.8	70.8	5.4	38.0	28.5	33.6
49	Ljubljana, Slovenia	169.9	91.6	71.9	58.4	53.0	10.6	21.9	33.0	56.1
50	Montreal, Canada	169.6	130.7	62.0	60.6	61.7	6.5	43.8	35.8	53.6
51	Atlanta, GA, United States	168.6	139.4	36.0	71.2	75.7	3.4	36.4	55.1	79.7
52	Pretoria, South Africa	168.4	172.7	19.2	62.9	34.9	1.8	48.5	75.3	95.6
53	Madrid, Spain	167.7	101.8	68.3	76.2	60.8	11.2	34.6	61.4	88.0
54	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	166.6	70.3	78.6	62.3	34.7	11.0	32.7	33.2	61.6
55	Timisoara, Romania	166.1	67.5	76.8	58.8	33.2	10.7	16.9	51.9	75.2
56	Tokyo, Japan	166.0	113.5	79.7	77.7	85.1	26.0	48.5	34.9	80.3
57	San Francisco, CA, United States	164.4	105.8	52.1	72.6	103.4	13.7	35.1	44.2	96.8
58	Prague, Czech Republic	163.9	90.6	68.9	71.7	43.1	12.8	37.5	42.1	65.6
59	Regina, Canada	163.2	148.4	54.5	63.3	67.2	3.7	30.6	35.8	15.2
60	Winnipeg, Canada	163.1	133.1	48.5	71.0	63.6	4.4	29.4	36.7	26.9
61	Oslo, Norway	162.8	126.3	62.0	70.0	96.0	9.4	38.8	25.1	36.1
62	Izmir, Turkey	162.5	66.7	69.2	84.0	43.5	6.5	37.7	65.5	90.6
63	Taipei, Taiwan	162.1	126.1	80.3	86.3	56.7	26.0	26.4	43.4	32.9
64	Dublin, Ireland	160.2	120.2	45.6	48.2	80.3	9.9	35.7	32.7	71.4
65	Zagreb, Croatia	159.9	70.9	68.5	63.7	49.0	12.3	33.7	37.6	71.6
66	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	159.2	158.2	83.3	56.7	61.5	5.1	28.9	55.2	0.3
67	Barcelona, Spain	159.0	111.1	58.2	70.8	62.9	9.8	35.6	71.0	89.3
68	Los Angeles, CA, United States	157.8	127.1	45.8	65.4	77.8	9.0	36.7	70.8	96.1
69	Manchester, United Kingdom	157.2	99.0	47.6	73.2	84.8	7.6	38.8	43.6	75.2
70	Bratislava, Slovakia	156.1	72.0	66.0	62.0	49.8	12.5	28.1	44.2	70.9
71	Chicago, IL, United States	155.9	127.7	32.7	63.8	85.1	4.3	40.2	39.3	61.0
72	Philadelphia, PA, United States	155.8	108.2	35.7	66.8	83.6	4.9	28.3	51.6	76.2
73	Novi Sad, Serbia	154.5	56.1	50.1	49.5	33.2	13.1	18.7	38.7	84.2
74	Warsaw, Poland	153.1	85.4	73.7	61.6	40.8	12.4	36.6	53.2	63.4
75	Banja Luka, Bosnia And Herzegovina	152.4	60.4	69.4	50.1	34.6	12.1	24.4	51.4	78.0
76	Brussels, Belgium	152.1	114.8	45.5	76.5	79.1	7.5	31.0	70.5	77.3
77	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	151.6	92.2	68.6	76.4	81.1	18.9	42.3	51.5	80.9
78	Houston, TX, United States	149.9	138.5	40.7	66.8	75.2	3.3	38.0	69.7	62.6
79	Miami, FL, United States	149.9	132.1	39.3	60.2	80.0	6.0	45.5	39.1	48.2
80	Durban, South Africa	148.9	120.0	20.1	43.2	33.3	3.0	38.7	53.6	76.8
81	Johannesburg, South Africa	148.5	130.0	16.6	60.3	37.6	3.0	44.8	73.7	92.2
82	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	143.8	129.7	77.2	59.7	70.1	5.6	32.7	58.1	8.4
83	Brasilia, Brazil	143.2	68.3	34.7	41.4	40.7	14.8	30.8	32.7	84.1
84	Wroclaw, Poland	142.0	80.1	65.9	56.7	38.8	10.2	44.7	56.6	64.6
85	Vilnius, Lithuania	141.4	62.2	62.0	69.2	46.7	13.2	29.9	25.4	24.4
86	Paris, France	141.1	112.5	45.9	74.8	81.6	18.0	37.0	64.7	78.5
87	Turin, Italy	140.5	99.6	40.5	68.5	68.1	12.3	27.7	78.8	90.6
88	Krakow (Cracow), Poland	139.7	81.0	64.3	65.7	38.5	12.3	31.7	69.7	62.3
89	Curitiba, Brazil	139.5	48.8	34.8	49.3	38.3	14.2	35.4	37.4	94.5
90	Hyderabad, India	138.1	94.6	57.3	73.4	24.1	6.7	42.5	83.7	61.6
91	Milan, Italy	138.1	93.3	50.2	74.9	73.9	17.0	39.2	63.1	78.1
92	Bangalore, India	138.0	113.9	50.0	58.4	25.9	8.2	48.9	83.5	75.2
93	Athens, Greece	138.0	64.7	51.3	52.7	56.0	9.7	35.5	62.7	91.7
94	Sofia, Bulgaria	137.6	66.0	50.9	53.1	37.6	8.9	31.4	58.3	71.0
95	Ankara, Turkey	137.2	81.9	53.8	66.9	44.0	6.2	38.2	66.5	58.4
96	Budapest, Hungary	136.9	60.6	58.9	51.8	42.6	10.1	34.4	52.7	66.9
97	Pune, India	135.9	109.1	53.4	68.9	26.6	10.2	49.5	81.5	65.1
98	Doha, Qatar	135.7	144.0	77.2	70.2	70.0	7.2	33.6	82.8	9.3
99	Santiago, Chile	135.2	68.8	53.1	62.3	46.1	9.5	35.0	78.1	88.9
100	Buenos Aires, Argentina	132.7	73.8	37.8	76.4	67.8	12.8	46.5	63.7	91.7
101	Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina	131.8	58.8	49.0	63.1	36.0	12.7	23.3	69.5	72.7
102	Istanbul, Turkey	130.5	60.2	53.6	71.8	48.7	11.7	59.3	63.8	89.1
103	Belgrade, Serbia	129.8	47.6	59.4	57.2	36.5	20.2	31.0	61.3	84.2
104	London, United Kingdom	128.0	94.9	51.6	73.8	94.8	33.5	45.9	54.3	92.6
105	Tbilisi, Georgia	126.2	30.8	77.8	56.8	29.6	15.7	34.7	74.6	82.2
106	Montevideo, Uruguay	124.8	52.0	42.4	65.5	57.0	13.9	52.3	56.7	91.9
107	Bucharest, Romania	123.7	60.0	69.7	52.5	37.4	11.5	38.9	72.4	61.0
108	Minsk, Belarus	123.3	40.1	75.3	60.0	40.5	22.1	31.1	39.7	35.6
109	New York, NY, United States	121.6	100.0	49.1	57.3	100.0	21.6	43.4	61.4	76.7
110	Almaty, Kazakhstan	119.9	61.8	50.3	66.4	31.3	13.1	24.3	72.1	46.0
111	Rome, Italy	119.7	89.5	44.1	55.3	70.0	20.2	46.4	72.8	91.4
112	Amman, Jordan	119.5	50.3	50.7	68.5	55.1	9.5	51.3	77.9	89.3
113	Skopje, North Macedonia	113.6	46.0	57.7	64.2	34.8	16.0	44.1	80.6	78.8
114	Chisinau, Moldova	110.8	32.1	53.4	52.6	25.9	18.7	35.3	63.2	67.7
115	Mexico City, Mexico	109.4	64.8	34.0	64.6	39.2	10.8	47.1	84.4	78.4
116	Porto Alegre, Brazil	109.0	59.0	24.0	51.7	41.6	13.9	40.2	65.2	77.0
117	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)	108.3	102.3	79.2	74.3	81.5	37.6	46.4	67.2	39.9
118	Beirut, Lebanon	106.0	65.4	48.9	71.9	66.4	15.1	39.6	93.0	73.4
119	Chennai, India	104.5	100.6	54.9	70.3	24.9	12.4	36.4	76.6	-9.5
120	Bogota, Colombia	100.8	41.4	40.7	70.9	32.4	20.0	47.4	74.8	71.2
121	Lima, Peru	99.6	53.7	29.9	65.4	41.7	14.2	39.5	88.6	76.7
122	Shanghai, China	97.6	83.1	68.2	58.0	60.5	30.2	49.5	86.5	63.7
123	Singapore, Singapore	93.1	110.5	84.2	69.1	83.7	23.2	43.4	38.8	-66.6
124	Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine	90.6	33.8	58.6	55.3	29.8	26.5	35.7	77.7	55.5
125	Saint Petersburg, Russia	89.9	57.6	55.2	59.8	42.3	15.4	52.0	70.0	23.7
126	Tehran, Iran	87.2	47.1	42.9	48.2	44.3	15.6	53.8	87.5	74.6
127	Moscow, Russia	84.6	64.5	53.6	55.8	44.3	23.4	56.5	63.5	25.3
128	Beijing, China	84.4	85.7	63.4	55.6	51.4	33.5	46.8	89.1	45.4
129	Sao Paulo, Brazil	84.0	45.1	24.1	53.4	42.9	20.7	46.2	90.2	90.1
130	Cairo, Egypt	82.4	39.6	41.7	46.4	37.7	10.4	53.5	99.1	75.6
131	Delhi, India	77.7	85.3	39.7	64.3	28.7	18.2	53.4	94.1	22.7
132	Karachi, Pakistan	75.1	50.8	30.3	55.2	28.6	11.1	40.6	88.6	27.5
133	Davao, Philippines	72.9	42.1	73.3	71.9	34.6	26.6	28.9	67.2	-33.3
134	Colombo, Sri Lanka	71.3	27.0	52.1	79.4	38.1	21.1	52.9	61.6	-2.2
135	Kolkata, India	62.9	80.6	51.3	50.5	24.8	10.1	71.5	81.6	-19.9
136	Jakarta, Indonesia	59.4	37.5	49.6	58.2	43.9	22.6	48.8	82.9	14.8
137	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	55.9	44.6	22.8	39.0	45.0	24.8	57.4	79.1	52.5
138	Mumbai, India	54.6	83.2	49.0	61.5	28.9	35.3	68.8	89.6	14.8
139	Bangkok, Thailand	51.5	50.3	54.7	82.3	48.7	22.3	50.7	73.3	-45.4
140	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	43.2	96.6	26.8	60.0	42.3	9.6	46.3	74.9	-83.3
141	Manila, Philippines	41.1	46.5	50.8	63.9	41.5	15.8	60.6	96.1	-20.0
142	Dhaka, Bangladesh	29.8	43.2	29.6	37.5	38.6	11.6	63.9	91.1	-10.5
143	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	8.9	25.0	41.4	43.9	42.5	31.7	33.2	94.0	-39.8

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