Quality of Life Index by City 2018

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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
	Canberra, Australia	221.3	139.4	78.8	83.9	80.9	6.2	22.7	13.9	82.6
	Wellington, New Zealand	208.4	118.6	70.1	71.4	80.9	5.9	26.6	11.9	97.6
	Raleigh, NC, United States	208.4	132.0	71.9	78.2	71.4	3.0	31.5	20.5	83.7
	Eindhoven, Netherlands	208.0	119.9	75.7	86.8	78.7	5.2	27.9	20.7	85.3
	Zurich, Switzerland	202.4	142.7	81.0	74.7	141.3	9.9	35.6	16.0	82.2
	Ottawa, Canada	201.3	145.3	76.1	72.8	69.9	5.0	35.5	13.6	44.5
	Brisbane, Australia	198.3	130.4	65.1	80.7	82.2	6.8	41.9	23.1	97.9
	San Diego, CA, United States	197.1	142.7	66.0	73.7	77.0	5.2	39.1	33.5	97.0
	Victoria, Canada	197.1	112.5	67.1	68.2	75.5	6.5	32.1	14.2	92.5
	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	195.2	127.4	71.4	79.0	95.4	10.3	34.9	20.1	82.8
	San Antonio, TX, United States	194.8	154.9	52.7	73.6	60.9	1.9	29.7	41.4	82.7
	Munich, Germany	194.6	118.2	82.5	83.8	84.8	15.0	33.2	18.7	75.3
	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	194.3	104.3	68.6	80.8	79.2	8.2	24.8	20.2	84.0
	Adelaide, Australia	193.7	113.9	65.7	72.5	86.0	5.5	34.3	21.1	94.9
	Austin, TX, United States	193.3	140.4	65.4	74.6	72.5	4.0	38.6	33.6	82.6
	Copenhagen, Denmark	192.9	113.3	78.4	73.8	97.6	8.4	30.8	23.4	83.8
	Columbus, OH, United States	191.3	125.5	54.9	70.2	69.1	2.4	25.6	24.4	71.9
	Dallas, TX, United States	191.1	162.4	54.8	67.1	65.9	2.4	37.6	41.8	82.8
	Perth, Australia	190.0	130.4	56.1	75.8	86.2	6.2	39.0	26.9	95.3
	Geneva, Switzerland	189.6	131.0	73.5	70.2	134.8	10.2	24.0	28.7	81.9
	Cork, Ireland	189.1	105.6	70.8	60.5	82.9	6.3	35.5	15.9	90.4
	Vienna, Austria	188.6	98.9	77.4	78.0	78.6	14.1	26.0	19.0	80.4
	Portland, OR, United States	188.1	125.6	55.6	66.4	78.4	5.1	31.4	26.6	89.6
	Seattle, WA, United States	187.9	144.6	56.3	70.8	88.0	5.0	44.8	31.3	91.7
	Sacramento, CA, United States	187.8	135.1	52.2	74.0	78.7	3.6	24.8	42.4	90.6
	Mangalore, India	187.7	94.5	75.3	78.0	25.5	5.6	33.6	24.9	67.6
	Helsinki, Finland	186.8	113.9	75.6	75.2	87.8	11.0	36.0	14.0	61.3
	Minneapolis, MN, United States	186.4	131.1	50.9	81.0	81.5	2.9	33.0	20.2	51.5
	Tucson, AZ, United States	186.0	138.1	47.4	59.3	63.0	2.3	33.1	23.4	72.7
	Melbourne, Australia	185.8	127.1	57.6	74.9	85.2	9.0	38.4	27.8	94.4
	Calgary, Canada	185.7	146.4	67.6	73.5	76.4	4.4	36.9	25.0	33.4
	Cincinnati, OH, United States	184.4	136.9	51.8	71.2	69.1	2.1	33.1	35.5	73.2
	Reykjavik, Iceland	184.1	88.9	78.2	66.3	123.8	6.9	23.5	13.9	69.6
	Gothenburg, Sweden	183.9	112.1	58.1	68.8	84.4	10.7	20.9	20.2	76.5
	Frankfurt, Germany	183.6	142.8	54.5	68.9	81.7	7.9	26.7	40.6	84.2
	Amsterdam, Netherlands	179.2	101.7	66.3	72.4	89.1	9.9	27.6	30.1	87.2
	Salt Lake City, UT, United States	178.9	148.6	73.8	69.5	66.8	3.5	36.1	59.0	66.9
	Sydney, Australia	178.6	118.8	61.8	74.6	90.8	11.1	43.4	30.1	96.9
	Rotterdam, Netherlands	177.8	102.0	63.6	81.4	82.6	6.2	30.1	40.9	88.0
	Albuquerque, NM, United States	177.2	123.6	31.9	68.2	65.7	2.7	29.7	20.7	67.5
	Hamburg, Germany	176.0	116.1	48.9	79.2	80.7	8.8	33.0	31.4	83.2
	Muscat, Oman	175.3	103.5	72.1	60.3	51.2	4.5	20.2	43.4	67.2
	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	175.1	131.2	86.4	62.0	65.0	5.0	28.7	51.2	43.9
	San Jose, CA, United States	174.8	134.8	53.4	70.4	82.9	6.7	33.1	51.1	95.0
	Leeds, United Kingdom	174.7	109.6	59.4	80.9	74.9	6.2	32.2	44.6	84.9
	Edmonton, Canada	174.4	131.9	58.3	76.0	76.0	4.3	35.0	26.1	26.6
	Orlando, FL, United States	173.8	129.0	43.3	61.8	76.6	2.6	38.0	36.5	88.4
	Valencia, Spain	172.7	90.7	57.9	83.4	60.3	7.1	32.0	42.4	94.4
	Bursa, Turkey	172.7	55.6	80.3	81.9	40.3	5.9	36.8	37.6	92.6
	Berlin, Germany	172.3	114.1	59.0	75.3	74.3	9.6	32.3	41.3	83.3
	Denver, CO, United States	171.6	130.1	62.2	70.4	77.3	4.4	37.4	41.6	56.9
	Boston, MA, United States	171.0	101.4	67.1	77.0	87.0	10.3	45.8	24.0	72.0
	Taipei, Taiwan	170.8	104.9	80.5	83.4	72.4	17.8	33.0	48.5	87.2
	Halifax, Canada	170.6	95.7	57.2	74.7	82.0	5.4	32.2	24.2	59.0
	Auckland, New Zealand	170.2	99.4	53.8	72.8	86.9	11.1	40.6	28.2	99.9
	Vancouver, Canada	169.4	96.8	64.0	72.7	75.6	16.0	41.2	25.0	91.4
	Tallinn, Estonia	169.3	74.0	79.5	69.2	60.5	9.9	36.9	21.8	63.6
	Atlanta, GA, United States	168.2	153.8	35.0	64.4	75.0	2.6	46.5	49.7	89.7
	Ljubljana, Slovenia	168.2	74.7	75.0	65.2	65.5	12.3	27.9	26.9	76.3
	Tokyo, Japan	168.1	106.4	83.1	79.0	93.8	13.8	43.6	46.9	85.6
	Montreal, Canada	167.6	120.3	66.6	62.4	69.2	6.4	39.3	34.4	51.5
	Houston, TX, United States	167.1	145.4	39.1	72.1	70.4	2.3	43.3	55.8	86.1
	Hamilton, Canada	166.2	122.7	55.0	82.4	65.3	6.9	36.8	48.5	62.3
	Las Vegas, NV, United States	165.7	148.8	44.8	57.0	71.0	2.3	31.2	50.6	58.8
	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	165.6	123.7	81.0	64.3	72.6	4.7	38.3	53.7	50.3
	Stockholm, Sweden	164.2	108.2	52.4	67.6	90.8	15.6	39.0	17.2	69.7
	Washington, DC, United States	163.3	120.6	42.5	70.4	91.9	5.4	43.9	38.2	83.1
	Toronto, Canada	162.6	106.8	64.6	74.3	75.2	10.7	42.6	37.7	67.3
	Baltimore, MD, United States	162.5	116.8	29.8	82.3	76.6	2.5	36.4	47.0	83.1
	Brno, Czech Republic	161.9	73.9	71.6	76.4	50.3	11.9	26.7	44.2	77.3
	Honolulu, HI, United States	161.8	103.1	58.3	66.9	94.1	9.0	42.0	41.5	95.2
	Prague, Czech Republic	160.3	77.1	72.4	73.6	53.8	16.2	34.0	36.8	80.6
	Oslo, Norway	159.4	102.9	56.0	72.8	117.2	12.2	37.4	24.3	60.0
	Seoul, South Korea	159.0	107.5	64.8	85.7	87.6	18.1	38.8	40.3	67.2
	Gdansk, Poland	158.6	72.8	58.5	62.4	49.0	10.3	28.9	28.7	72.0
	Doha, Qatar	158.5	120.9	85.5	70.3	66.1	4.9	34.8	70.4	45.5
	Zagreb, Croatia	158.2	64.2	74.0	65.5	58.0	11.5	33.5	35.9	81.6
	Porto, Portugal	157.5	63.3	56.9	73.9	54.9	10.9	31.5	39.0	96.9
	Madrid, Spain	156.7	96.4	58.6	79.2	67.6	9.6	36.7	54.8	85.3
	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	156.2	59.8	77.0	62.9	40.5	12.3	28.6	37.6	72.8
	San Francisco, CA, United States	155.4	93.0	50.8	72.6	97.8	12.3	43.2	37.4	97.2
	Lisbon, Portugal	155.3	58.5	66.5	68.8	57.7	13.9	35.7	36.3	98.6
	Phoenix, AZ, United States	155.2	139.3	43.3	69.3	66.9	2.8	30.2	64.0	52.1
	Philadelphia, PA, United States	154.2	116.1	41.5	72.0	83.5	3.1	47.0	49.6	79.0
	Bratislava, Slovakia	154.2	72.8	69.3	63.2	53.6	12.2	32.1	42.0	80.2
	Chicago, IL, United States	153.7	119.2	34.6	64.8	80.2	3.7	45.2	38.9	69.0
	Miami, FL, United States	153.7	97.8	45.8	64.1	86.0	5.8	43.7	39.5	85.7
	Vilnius, Lithuania	153.5	57.0	69.1	68.3	54.3	14.5	28.6	28.3	65.9
	Cape Town, South Africa	153.3	94.3	30.1	74.2	47.5	6.7	46.6	40.5	98.2
	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	152.1	129.2	66.6	66.9	48.2	2.7	37.8	72.2	44.7
	Brussels, Belgium	151.7	104.3	48.7	78.4	83.6	7.0	32.7	63.3	84.6
	Singapore, Singapore	150.5	95.9	83.8	69.6	91.4	22.2	46.0	33.9	58.0
	Manchester, United Kingdom	150.3	98.9	44.1	77.4	77.1	7.1	40.9	54.1	87.3
	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	147.4	101.4	59.6	74.3	90.4	21.8	40.6	49.3	93.8
	Izmir, Turkey	147.2	54.6	73.0	74.5	41.0	8.1	37.9	62.8	96.3
	Dublin, Ireland	147.0	88.1	49.4	51.2	89.9	9.9	39.7	35.2	86.4
	Winnipeg, Canada	146.6	114.6	45.7	67.1	71.2	4.0	33.4	44.7	26.0
	Regina, Canada	146.4	109.1	45.3	68.4	72.9	4.5	25.9	41.4	15.4
	Timisoara, Romania	146.2	59.1	76.7	66.0	41.6	10.3	25.1	63.0	80.5
	Detroit, MI, United States	146.0	131.6	28.6	56.7	70.2	1.0	47.4	52.1	68.6
	Los Angeles, CA, United States	145.4	109.0	51.6	64.3	82.3	8.4	47.4	61.9	95.9
	Warsaw, Poland	143.5	77.3	66.5	61.4	48.3	11.4	38.4	51.9	74.4
	Johannesburg, South Africa	142.3	126.0	21.1	61.4	50.0	2.5	44.9	65.6	91.4
	Minsk, Belarus	141.3	43.8	74.1	59.3	35.3	15.0	29.2	37.8	64.3
	Riga, Latvia	140.2	53.8	62.0	55.3	54.9	10.9	35.2	38.0	74.6
	Durban, South Africa	139.1	96.4	20.8	46.3	46.3	3.2	31.8	54.8	95.7
	Monterrey, Mexico	138.8	84.2	49.4	58.6	38.4	5.8	31.5	66.6	80.4
	Novi Sad, Serbia	138.7	48.4	55.9	51.9	38.9	15.5	19.4	42.0	83.3
	New York, NY, United States	138.4	100.0	55.3	63.5	100.0	12.3	44.4	55.7	81.1
	Guadalajara, Mexico	137.8	71.9	45.8	76.7	34.2	5.6	43.1	67.3	92.8
	Wroclaw, Poland	137.8	74.2	58.7	57.8	46.3	9.2	35.1	58.6	78.0
	Iasi, Romania	136.3	51.3	73.3	59.5	39.8	11.9	29.7	57.4	73.0
	Barcelona, Spain	135.2	77.3	54.2	72.0	69.7	14.0	31.9	69.8	95.7
	Thessaloniki, Greece	135.2	48.7	65.8	61.3	64.9	9.5	24.3	64.6	88.4
	Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia	134.0	113.2	51.2	56.7	51.0	3.5	39.2	79.0	63.9
	Turin, Italy	133.5	85.6	43.7	69.9	74.9	8.3	27.4	74.5	86.1
	Pune, India	132.8	99.4	58.2	66.1	29.7	8.5	44.7	80.2	74.3
	Curitiba, Brazil	132.7	46.3	34.6	60.9	49.4	12.2	36.9	37.8	99.6
	Pretoria, South Africa	132.6	108.1	21.5	65.8	53.2	2.2	51.4	69.7	95.8
	Krakow (Cracow), Poland	132.4	73.6	64.0	62.7	45.8	11.6	30.2	70.5	72.4
	Ankara, Turkey	131.8	56.9	56.6	69.9	41.2	7.1	34.4	73.7	91.0
	Hyderabad, India	130.8	80.9	62.0	68.6	26.9	6.5	43.0	81.2	74.4
	Paris, France	128.5	97.6	47.1	73.1	92.9	17.7	42.9	66.5	88.4
	Brasilia, Brazil	128.3	49.3	35.6	47.0	53.8	16.4	34.7	32.9	99.2
	Bangalore, India	128.2	100.3	50.3	67.0	30.3	7.7	52.8	83.7	87.4
	Milan, Italy	126.1	71.9	55.0	72.8	85.1	17.9	39.6	63.8	88.3
	Sofia, Bulgaria	125.7	60.7	55.4	52.5	43.1	9.6	33.0	62.8	74.7
	Budapest, Hungary	125.5	55.5	63.0	49.8	51.0	14.1	37.0	54.6	77.7
	London, United Kingdom	124.8	92.6	52.3	67.7	88.7	22.2	48.4	59.6	88.4
	Buenos Aires, Argentina	123.5	60.0	37.6	71.2	56.0	13.0	47.9	57.0	98.2
	Bucharest, Romania	122.9	58.7	71.1	54.7	44.4	10.6	39.6	72.1	74.5
	Coimbatore, India	122.5	53.2	60.2	68.4	24.6	10.2	52.5	65.7	79.4
	Ahmedabad, India	121.5	73.6	59.5	67.4	28.7	7.7	42.4	73.4	48.3
	Athens, Greece	120.6	52.9	50.4	51.1	64.7	10.7	37.8	62.7	95.2
	Tbilisi, Georgia	117.5	35.6	80.2	55.2	29.7	12.8	39.6	76.9	83.8
	Yerevan, Armenia	117.0	32.5	70.1	49.5	34.1	14.5	29.0	59.3	63.1
	Gurgaon, India	116.8	111.0	35.0	72.4	34.9	7.6	43.4	91.8	59.6
	Istanbul, Turkey	116.5	54.6	49.7	67.9	44.7	12.4	55.0	67.1	95.4
	Belgrade, Serbia	114.9	40.2	63.1	54.1	44.0	21.7	32.3	60.2	84.0
	Medellin, Colombia	113.7	29.3	54.6	77.0	35.9	20.4	42.1	66.5	99.8
	Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina	113.5	48.9	53.3	54.7	42.5	13.3	30.4	70.9	76.4
	Davao, Philippines	113.3	28.9	71.2	73.5	33.7	23.5	30.7	60.8	58.6
	Santiago, Chile	112.4	50.6	50.3	63.9	56.8	15.0	36.4	74.7	90.2
	Saint Petersburg, Russia	112.0	56.7	59.1	61.6	46.4	13.4	49.6	64.4	62.7
	Chennai, India	111.2	72.3	57.9	70.1	28.4	13.7	45.6	80.8	55.2
	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)	110.3	82.9	79.1	63.8	78.7	41.1	41.3	69.4	83.6
	Amman, Jordan	110.1	41.8	58.0	71.0	58.5	7.9	53.3	79.8	88.5
	Rome, Italy	109.8	72.8	45.7	59.5	78.8	20.5	46.9	67.5	92.7
	Porto Alegre, Brazil	109.1	46.3	22.9	57.6	53.9	12.6	40.9	57.6	98.5
	Montevideo, Uruguay	108.5	35.7	44.1	61.4	67.2	18.2	43.3	57.8	97.9
	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	106.7	80.7	31.8	62.4	46.3	11.1	42.1	73.0	57.0
	Panama City, Panama	104.5	38.2	51.7	57.6	57.2	13.2	37.5	67.9	69.9
	Beirut, Lebanon	104.4	52.7	50.1	69.4	65.0	17.4	33.3	90.3	93.9
	Lviv, Ukraine	103.7	26.9	60.1	55.6	25.3	20.2	42.2	58.1	69.6
	Almaty, Kazakhstan	103.3	46.8	49.9	56.1	36.0	12.1	29.7	77.6	58.3
	Skopje, North Macedonia	102.9	42.0	54.4	62.5	38.5	15.1	33.8	83.5	76.3
	Lahore, Pakistan	101.5	51.4	53.1	61.8	29.5	15.6	43.3	78.9	67.5
	Mexico City, Mexico	100.7	64.0	33.4	65.1	37.5	11.0	51.7	86.7	92.4
	Kharkiv, Ukraine	100.5	27.2	53.2	43.0	24.9	16.5	36.9	57.1	64.0
	Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine	100.3	37.5	52.1	53.2	27.5	17.4	37.8	68.8	68.9
	Bogota, Colombia	99.9	42.0	38.4	67.4	39.0	18.7	49.5	72.3	97.2
	Moscow, Russia	98.6	59.6	54.0	57.4	51.8	19.9	54.1	62.3	55.2
	Baku, Azerbaijan	98.5	29.2	73.2	36.7	31.3	19.7	33.3	82.5	90.0
	Bangkok, Thailand	98.2	44.9	52.9	81.8	55.8	20.9	44.9	74.3	58.4
	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	95.4	35.3	30.9	56.9	50.4	20.0	52.4	58.0	98.7
	Yekaterinburg, Russia	95.2	52.6	50.1	68.6	42.0	10.5	38.1	77.4	21.2
	Colombo, Sri Lanka	94.0	27.6	62.5	76.3	37.7	26.0	58.2	59.5	59.1
	Delhi, India	89.4	78.3	40.7	64.8	32.1	15.4	55.4	92.3	58.9
	Mumbai, India	88.8	73.5	55.5	64.7	32.6	28.2	58.4	86.2	71.5
	Kolkata, India	88.6	56.3	50.3	55.1	28.0	12.1	65.5	79.8	59.2
	Lima, Peru	86.2	39.6	31.6	56.5	43.9	16.8	44.0	85.9	97.6
	Tehran, Iran	82.4	43.3	46.2	52.2	37.8	13.8	54.5	85.8	69.5
	Karachi, Pakistan	82.1	39.1	37.8	58.2	27.1	11.0	45.2	94.5	71.0
	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	80.3	36.9	43.5	55.6	41.3	17.3	30.2	94.6	63.4
	Jakarta, Indonesia	78.7	34.8	46.9	61.2	46.5	17.6	54.3	82.3	63.3
	Shanghai, China	78.2	66.2	56.0	59.7	56.2	42.8	46.6	84.3	83.4
	Sao Paulo, Brazil	76.6	40.0	27.6	53.2	56.8	20.7	48.9	85.0	99.2
	Cairo, Egypt	76.0	25.3	44.1	43.7	26.5	12.5	49.6	94.7	88.5
	Manila, Philippines	74.6	43.0	40.8	66.8	42.4	16.9	56.1	91.0	60.2
	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	72.1	39.1	23.0	42.0	57.1	21.3	54.6	69.9	87.4
	Beijing, China	63.2	76.6	51.9	64.1	46.1	48.1	48.6	91.9	57.7
	Dhaka, Bangladesh	61.6	37.7	29.4	39.9	33.6	14.1	55.5	94.1	71.3
	Nairobi, Kenya	20.3	27.9	40.1	59.6	42.1	83.3	56.1	78.6	99.8
	Caracas, Venezuela	0.0	3.7	17.4	38.0	33.6	213.3	47.2	77.1	99.9