Quality of Life Index by City 2017 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
	Wellington, New Zealand	208.6	133.6	69.3	72.3	84.0	5.0	24.1	10.5	97.5
	Canberra, Australia	203.5	118.7	77.2	84.4	82.8	6.4	22.5	14.6	82.6
	Raleigh, NC, United States	202.9	137.8	74.5	75.9	75.8	2.4	31.6	20.3	81.1
	Eindhoven, Netherlands	193.1	101.6	76.4	85.7	77.8	5.1	28.2	20.5	85.3
	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	186.0	93.9	69.1	79.8	78.6	7.2	23.9	16.7	84.0
	Munich, Germany	185.7	108.2	83.6	83.6	80.3	13.6	34.3	17.4	76.6
	Mangalore, India	185.1	96.0	76.6	82.0	23.2	5.2	34.0	23.6	54.5
	Victoria, Canada	184.9	100.1	66.4	67.6	76.4	5.6	29.3	15.9	92.3
	Dallas, TX, United States	183.7	171.1	55.6	65.9	70.5	2.0	37.7	44.9	77.9
	Columbus, OH, United States	183.5	127.6	54.9	69.5	72.5	2.1	25.2	25.8	71.0
	San Diego, CA, United States	183.3	129.9	64.5	73.7	79.9	5.1	40.4	32.2	96.8
	Adelaide, Australia	182.2	105.8	66.4	73.3	86.1	5.6	33.3	21.9	94.6
	Zurich, Switzerland	180.7	126.3	81.3	74.7	149.5	9.5	36.0	15.6	82.2
	Portland, OR, United States	180.4	122.7	55.7	65.0	81.7	4.4	31.4	23.7	89.4
	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	179.3	104.7	73.8	77.7	87.4	11.7	34.4	18.4	84.3
	Malaga, Spain	179.2	84.5	72.0	71.4	57.6	5.7	27.6	28.8	93.3
	Brisbane, Australia	179.0	110.6	64.2	79.2	84.6	7.1	43.4	21.6	93.3
	Vienna, Austria	178.1	88.4	78.9	78.9	76.0	12.9	25.4	21.1	79.9
	Ottawa, Canada	177.3	110.3	76.9	70.5	71.2	6.0	36.0	13.5	41.3
	Copenhagen, Denmark	174.4	93.4	78.7	72.2	97.1	8.4	30.8	24.0	83.8
	Bursa, Turkey	173.2	55.7	78.9	85.4	41.2	5.0	36.4	31.9	90.0
	Sacramento, CA, United States	172.7	121.9	53.7	71.8	82.8	3.5	26.2	42.8	90.1
	Stuttgart, Germany	172.3	114.4	77.2	68.6	74.5	7.5	32.1	41.4	80.0
	Minneapolis, MN, United States	172.1	115.3	51.4	79.8	85.4	3.0	32.8	18.3	51.1
	Cork, Ireland	171.8	89.0	69.6	60.4	81.6	7.0	37.0	16.7	90.4
	Austin, TX, United States	171.6	122.7	64.6	74.0	78.1	3.8	40.2	36.9	74.6
	Helsinki, Finland	171.0	99.1	75.4	74.8	87.2	10.4	36.8	15.6	61.3
	Spokane, WA, United States	170.8	108.2	48.8	57.6	73.7	2.6	22.9	20.2	67.2
	Melbourne, Australia	170.7	111.5	58.4	75.8	86.1	8.9	37.2	30.1	94.2
	Perth, Australia	170.5	106.0	55.2	74.9	91.0	6.2	37.2	26.6	93.8
	Valencia, Spain	170.5	81.7	72.9	81.4	59.2	6.7	30.5	41.2	90.1
	Quebec City, Canada	170.3	101.7	82.9	77.2	71.9	4.5	30.0	36.7	47.1
	Seattle, WA, United States	170.1	121.3	58.4	71.7	93.3	5.0	45.7	30.4	91.5
	Gothenburg, Sweden	169.5	96.4	58.6	65.2	84.1	10.7	20.0	18.8	76.5
	Glasgow, United Kingdom	168.7	99.4	54.1	84.7	75.2	5.1	40.8	29.5	84.6
	Salt Lake City, UT, United States	168.7	137.7	73.2	68.9	70.3	3.0	34.9	57.0	65.8
	Pittsburgh, PA, United States	168.6	131.5	61.5	70.2	82.2	1.5	42.8	41.6	72.6
	Tampa, FL, United States	168.0	102.7	49.9	69.0	78.9	3.2	31.4	26.1	79.6
	Albuquerque, NM, United States	167.8	123.5	32.4	64.3	69.5	2.4	30.0	21.8	66.9
	San Jose, CA, United States	167.1	140.7	53.5	66.0	85.1	5.6	34.0	51.9	95.4
	Denver, CO, United States	167.0	129.4	61.7	77.4	81.7	4.0	36.9	39.9	56.8
	Boston, MA, United States	167.0	112.9	66.3	73.8	90.2	8.0	46.5	23.0	71.4
	Geneva, Switzerland	166.9	115.2	75.4	68.7	142.1	10.5	24.5	30.6	81.8
	Rotterdam, Netherlands	166.4	97.1	62.7	80.1	77.5	5.5	31.7	42.3	87.6
	Cincinnati, OH, United States	164.8	108.7	49.7	69.7	73.2	2.4	29.0	35.5	71.3
	Halifax, Canada	164.1	78.8	57.1	76.5	82.5	5.9	26.4	22.1	71.6
	Hamburg, Germany	164.0	95.8	53.6	81.1	81.9	9.2	30.5	30.7	83.2
	Calgary, Canada	163.7	117.9	67.6	70.3	76.1	5.0	39.8	26.0	36.2
	Amsterdam, Netherlands	163.2	85.2	65.6	72.7	88.2	9.7	27.5	31.0	87.1
	Reykjavik, Iceland	161.2	68.5	76.9	65.3	130.7	7.6	21.1	14.1	69.1
	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	160.9	125.0	86.5	63.9	67.8	4.5	27.8	49.6	21.3
	Taipei, Taiwan	160.5	98.3	82.6	85.6	71.4	16.6	35.8	48.6	80.4
	Sydney, Australia	160.3	102.7	61.1	72.4	91.4	12.0	42.8	30.3	94.7
	Tallinn, Estonia	160.2	62.4	78.6	69.4	57.5	10.5	34.1	20.8	63.5
	Berlin, Germany	159.5	96.7	60.9	76.5	72.3	9.6	32.1	41.8	83.3
	Ljubljana, Slovenia	159.2	62.9	75.3	66.1	64.4	11.9	26.1	26.4	76.1
	Gdansk, Poland	159.0	68.7	68.5	65.2	44.9	9.7	29.0	29.6	72.0
	Orlando, FL, United States	158.5	117.1	42.9	66.4	81.9	2.4	37.5	39.1	81.7
	Vancouver, Canada	158.4	81.8	65.0	72.1	74.7	14.3	41.4	24.4	91.4
	Frankfurt, Germany	158.1	98.0	59.6	67.5	84.2	9.1	27.0	39.8	84.2
	Las Vegas, NV, United States	156.3	137.4	45.0	63.3	74.0	2.2	32.3	49.7	59.4
	Auckland, New Zealand	156.0	90.8	52.7	71.0	91.0	10.4	42.6	27.7	99.9
	Houston, TX, United States	155.8	147.1	37.4	72.4	75.0	1.9	43.8	55.5	75.2
	Toronto, Canada	154.6	104.0	65.1	74.6	72.9	9.1	41.8	40.7	67.0
	Muscat, Oman	154.2	95.7	71.1	58.9	55.4	4.4	17.6	48.4	40.0
	Brno, Czech Republic	153.9	65.2	71.7	75.6	47.7	10.7	27.2	45.1	77.1
	Kelowna, Canada	153.0	95.1	53.0	69.1	73.2	5.3	33.0	33.9	59.6
	San Francisco, CA, United States	152.4	104.4	50.1	71.4	101.9	9.5	40.2	37.4	95.9
	Atlanta, GA, United States	152.3	136.0	35.3	65.9	80.7	2.6	45.0	50.3	85.8
	Zagreb, Croatia	152.1	58.9	72.4	68.5	55.8	11.0	33.0	35.0	80.8
	Prague, Czech Republic	151.4	67.2	71.6	73.6	50.9	14.9	36.0	37.2	81.6
	Montreal, Canada	151.2	99.2	65.1	61.7	70.4	6.5	41.0	33.3	52.7
	Edmonton, Canada	150.0	97.4	57.8	74.8	75.5	5.5	35.4	27.5	26.6
	Lisbon, Portugal	149.7	55.2	67.5	68.7	55.9	13.5	35.5	35.7	97.9
	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	149.5	50.2	77.5	66.7	39.8	12.2	29.2	38.3	72.6
	Hamilton, Canada	149.1	103.6	50.6	81.8	65.6	7.2	41.9	44.0	60.7
	Porto, Portugal	148.7	58.5	56.2	73.5	53.8	9.6	30.9	42.8	96.8
	Washington, DC, United States	147.7	107.9	42.0	67.9	96.0	5.5	41.7	36.9	79.6
	Stockholm, Sweden	147.6	88.1	52.8	68.4	91.2	16.3	38.8	16.0	69.6
	Tokyo, Japan	146.9	93.5	80.6	78.2	97.7	17.5	44.6	45.2	82.0
	Madrid, Spain	145.3	77.3	69.9	78.4	67.6	10.2	37.6	56.6	84.9
	Timisoara, Romania	145.3	52.1	77.1	64.5	38.8	10.1	22.1	56.4	79.9
	Bratislava, Slovakia	145.1	63.6	68.9	64.4	52.3	11.5	33.1	43.1	80.0
	Seoul, South Korea	145.0	84.1	71.7	85.7	85.9	19.2	36.9	38.7	65.9
	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	145.0	113.6	75.9	69.3	50.4	2.7	39.4	71.6	42.5
	Chicago, IL, United States	144.8	118.6	33.5	66.8	84.4	3.4	47.2	36.7	66.9
	Honolulu, HI, United States	144.6	84.9	61.9	66.5	103.3	9.2	38.2	40.9	87.8
	Phoenix, AZ, United States	144.2	122.7	43.6	71.8	71.4	2.7	28.5	62.5	52.4
	Los Angeles, CA, United States	144.1	118.1	52.8	63.5	82.1	5.8	47.1	61.4	95.2
	Vilnius, Lithuania	143.7	48.6	67.4	67.0	53.3	15.1	28.5	27.0	65.3
	Cape Town, South Africa	143.5	78.1	30.5	74.1	46.9	6.9	44.6	39.9	98.0
	Philadelphia, PA, United States	143.0	115.9	40.5	70.1	87.7	2.8	45.7	50.8	76.4
	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	140.3	93.0	71.2	75.3	92.1	20.0	38.2	52.1	89.0
	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	140.2	101.7	80.5	63.0	74.0	5.4	37.6	54.5	28.3
	Warsaw, Poland	140.0	67.9	73.7	61.6	46.3	11.3	37.3	51.3	74.3
	Oslo, Norway	139.2	86.7	53.6	73.3	114.8	11.9	40.0	25.0	60.0
	Miami, FL, United States	137.4	89.2	45.8	60.7	90.7	5.8	41.0	40.5	78.2
	Dublin, Ireland	137.2	82.1	48.3	50.8	88.5	8.4	39.4	34.6	86.3
	Manchester, United Kingdom	136.6	82.2	43.3	77.7	75.0	7.3	40.3	53.4	87.3
	Riga, Latvia	135.7	46.8	61.7	57.7	52.9	10.0	33.2	36.9	74.6
	Brussels, Belgium	134.9	86.8	48.0	77.6	82.7	7.2	33.7	64.6	86.3
	Singapore, Singapore	134.5	88.1	83.1	68.5	88.1	22.2	45.4	34.8	48.0
	Monterrey, Mexico	134.3	76.8	50.1	60.2	40.8	4.9	26.1	65.4	72.6
	Minsk, Belarus	133.0	34.6	76.4	58.9	36.1	17.3	27.8	38.4	64.2
	Regina, Canada	132.7	97.2	46.0	67.3	73.0	4.8	25.8	43.4	15.4
	Izmir, Turkey	132.1	44.0	73.0	71.6	41.7	8.8	38.4	63.9	84.9
	Detroit, MI, United States	131.4	124.4	27.6	52.1	79.5	1.0	46.2	53.2	67.5
	Doha, Qatar	130.9	97.5	84.1	68.2	69.9	6.1	34.5	72.4	24.4
	Thessaloniki, Greece	130.7	44.3	65.6	64.9	62.2	9.1	22.3	63.6	88.1
	Winnipeg, Canada	129.4	91.6	47.3	67.6	71.8	4.5	34.6	45.6	26.0
	Krakow (Cracow), Poland	129.2	67.9	72.4	62.2	44.1	10.9	32.2	71.1	72.4
	Novi Sad, Serbia	128.8	36.0	54.0	50.4	37.9	16.9	18.3	40.1	82.9
	Iasi, Romania	128.7	45.7	73.7	59.4	38.5	11.9	30.5	59.4	72.4
	Barcelona, Spain	128.6	70.9	62.6	71.7	68.0	13.1	33.4	70.1	91.1
	Wroclaw, Poland	128.3	58.6	66.6	58.2	44.4	10.1	37.3	60.0	77.8
	Johannesburg, South Africa	128.2	105.0	21.4	60.6	48.1	2.8	44.9	66.2	91.0
	New York, NY, United States	127.2	100.0	54.8	64.8	100.0	10.3	45.0	58.7	77.6
	Ankara, Turkey	126.4	52.7	57.5	70.4	43.2	6.7	33.7	74.7	91.0
	Durban, South Africa	124.7	83.2	21.8	44.0	44.5	2.9	35.1	54.9	86.5
	Curitiba, Brazil	124.3	43.7	35.3	57.9	50.9	11.5	37.2	39.8	98.4
	Guadalajara, Mexico	122.9	52.2	46.1	79.2	36.5	6.1	45.4	71.2	92.6
	Pune, India	121.5	88.5	56.6	61.9	30.5	8.5	48.1	78.3	71.9
	San Juan, Puerto Rico	121.1	89.1	31.2	64.8	74.0	4.3	39.2	57.2	62.3
	Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia	121.1	98.5	63.9	54.4	51.9	3.5	40.6	79.2	44.9
	Sofia, Bulgaria	120.9	51.4	55.4	53.5	41.8	9.4	30.8	60.5	74.3
	Budapest, Hungary	119.4	47.2	61.6	51.4	48.6	13.1	36.8	53.1	77.4
	Pretoria, South Africa	119.1	90.5	21.4	68.5	49.9	2.3	52.8	71.9	94.4
	Turin, Italy	118.9	73.5	46.1	67.4	71.6	9.5	28.3	76.4	85.1
	Hyderabad, India	117.3	65.5	61.9	68.6	26.9	7.2	43.4	80.1	61.1
	Bucharest, Romania	116.4	50.7	71.8	53.1	42.3	10.3	38.4	71.7	73.9
	Bangalore, India	115.5	86.8	50.2	67.7	30.2	8.0	52.9	83.7	74.8
	Brasilia, Brazil	115.5	37.7	35.4	45.3	56.1	17.8	32.1	33.9	97.0
	Paris, France	115.5	89.1	46.8	72.3	90.0	16.4	42.4	69.7	88.9
	Coimbatore, India	113.7	47.0	58.3	67.6	24.8	9.7	50.7	64.6	65.4
	Milan, Italy	113.6	61.8	53.8	72.0	84.3	17.7	36.7	64.6	87.3
	Buenos Aires, Argentina	113.0	50.9	37.3	72.2	58.8	13.1	44.2	59.2	94.6
	Yerevan, Armenia	112.6	31.1	70.4	48.9	36.1	13.3	29.1	61.0	63.1
	Chiang Mai, Thailand	111.7	28.1	70.3	86.8	47.5	16.8	30.5	74.4	65.3
	Athens, Greece	111.4	46.0	50.1	51.8	63.2	10.2	36.8	64.6	94.6
	London, United Kingdom	109.7	77.8	53.5	69.3	89.3	24.2	48.8	58.4	88.4
	Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina	109.4	42.3	54.1	61.3	41.9	13.4	30.4	71.3	76.1
	Medellin, Colombia	109.1	29.9	52.3	75.2	34.3	17.7	45.2	67.2	98.4
	Istanbul, Turkey	108.9	48.7	49.7	68.8	47.4	12.4	54.7	67.1	93.0
	Belgrade, Serbia	107.7	34.8	62.9	54.0	41.5	22.2	32.5	59.9	82.3
	Gurgaon, India	107.6	98.5	33.6	75.2	36.1	7.2	44.3	90.7	55.2
	Tbilisi, Georgia	106.1	26.7	79.6	52.8	33.1	14.5	41.1	77.4	83.2
	Santiago, Chile	105.7	46.3	50.6	63.9	55.0	13.8	37.1	75.6	90.1
	Ahmedabad, India	104.8	57.1	59.7	64.4	28.9	8.1	41.3	75.5	33.8
	Chennai, India	103.5	72.0	57.3	71.0	28.8	11.9	44.4	80.8	34.4
	Amman, Jordan	103.3	37.1	56.4	72.7	62.0	7.9	49.5	79.5	87.9
	Saint Petersburg, Russia	100.3	46.6	58.1	60.8	46.7	14.2	53.0	62.7	60.3
	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)	99.2	74.0	79.9	65.2	79.2	38.6	41.3	68.5	72.8
	Porto Alegre, Brazil	98.7	41.3	23.0	57.5	54.5	13.1	42.6	56.2	91.3
	Davao, Philippines	98.6	27.9	71.2	71.9	33.3	29.6	30.7	59.8	43.4
	Skopje, North Macedonia	97.9	37.5	54.9	62.9	37.3	15.1	34.8	83.0	76.8
	Rome, Italy	96.6	59.8	44.9	59.8	78.6	20.3	46.7	67.3	91.5
	Almaty, Kazakhstan	96.6	42.3	49.4	56.6	37.8	12.1	30.7	78.0	58.0
	Beirut, Lebanon	95.1	47.2	50.8	69.4	67.1	16.1	34.2	87.5	84.0
	Colombo, Sri Lanka	95.0	22.6	67.5	80.7	39.2	22.5	57.2	58.2	53.1
	Panama City, Panama	94.6	31.2	51.5	57.8	64.6	13.3	32.0	64.8	56.0
	Lviv, Ukraine	94.3	22.7	56.8	55.4	27.0	23.3	42.6	57.7	69.6
	Montevideo, Uruguay	94.1	29.3	44.1	59.8	72.9	19.4	45.6	58.8	96.9
	Mexico City, Mexico	93.8	54.6	34.6	64.7	40.8	10.1	50.3	87.9	92.4
	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	92.6	68.4	31.4	62.4	46.7	9.9	41.0	73.1	38.9
	Baku, Azerbaijan	91.6	25.3	73.3	40.5	32.8	20.7	33.3	83.9	85.4
	Lahore, Pakistan	91.1	45.8	50.1	58.5	32.3	12.4	46.9	80.4	60.6
	Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine	90.1	28.4	51.2	53.2	31.3	19.7	36.8	70.0	68.8
	Yekaterinburg, Russia	90.0	44.0	49.8	68.4	41.9	11.1	33.9	75.9	21.2
	Bogota, Colombia	89.8	33.7	37.3	66.9	38.2	20.0	48.4	74.5	97.2
	Moscow, Russia	89.1	51.5	54.8	57.5	50.7	20.5	55.3	62.7	54.5
	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	85.6	30.9	30.5	56.3	51.6	20.0	51.8	60.9	96.9
	Bangkok, Thailand	81.2	39.7	51.6	81.0	54.1	21.6	48.8	74.4	40.6
	Delhi, India	80.9	67.7	40.3	66.2	32.7	15.1	53.9	92.5	52.0
	Karachi, Pakistan	80.0	35.7	37.3	57.9	29.1	10.8	42.9	95.7	77.3
	Shanghai, China	78.3	62.8	67.1	58.9	56.0	36.9	47.3	87.7	78.8
	Lima, Peru	76.7	35.3	30.4	58.7	46.2	16.8	47.9	87.5	96.5
	Kolkata, India	75.4	48.0	49.8	53.7	28.3	13.3	66.9	79.3	45.1
	Jakarta, Indonesia	75.1	35.1	47.0	64.0	49.4	14.1	53.7	83.0	54.3
	Tehran, Iran	74.5	36.9	45.5	53.6	42.7	14.3	55.1	85.6	69.0
	Sao Paulo, Brazil	72.3	36.7	28.4	55.5	58.1	19.4	47.0	84.7	96.7
	Mumbai, India	71.6	61.5	54.6	64.4	32.9	31.6	59.0	86.3	57.5
	Beijing, China	70.1	75.5	61.8	64.3	47.5	37.8	51.2	92.5	53.4
	Cairo, Egypt	69.6	24.0	44.0	42.1	26.2	11.2	51.2	96.2	82.0
	Manila, Philippines	68.9	39.7	39.7	66.8	42.6	14.0	54.3	91.9	52.0
	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	66.6	33.2	42.9	54.7	44.1	18.4	31.0	93.8	45.8
	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	59.9	33.7	22.6	41.4	58.4	20.8	56.4	69.2	76.2
	Dhaka, Bangladesh	52.6	34.7	31.3	39.4	36.6	13.8	59.4	94.2	62.8
	Nairobi, Kenya	28.4	22.3	37.0	57.8	44.1	66.2	58.2	76.9	99.7
	Caracas, Venezuela	0.0	3.0	17.6	38.7	36.7	222.3	49.5	77.1	96.4