Quality of Life Index by City 2018 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
	Canberra, Australia	227.1	153.8	78.9	80.2	69.9	5.8	23.0	13.8	82.7
	Raleigh, NC, United States	220.6	156.0	74.1	78.2	69.2	2.7	32.3	18.4	83.9
	Eindhoven, Netherlands	208.4	121.8	74.7	84.0	72.8	5.1	27.1	20.7	85.4
	Wellington, New Zealand	205.5	116.4	69.7	70.3	71.5	6.6	27.8	13.5	97.8
	Zurich, Switzerland	203.2	142.4	81.2	74.5	128.6	10.2	34.6	16.4	81.5
	Adelaide, Australia	202.3	127.2	66.5	73.4	72.9	5.0	33.5	20.7	94.9
	Brisbane, Australia	202.1	134.5	65.7	80.6	70.5	6.9	42.0	21.8	98.1
	Ottawa, Canada	199.0	144.7	74.6	72.9	62.9	4.9	34.1	17.9	44.5
	San Diego, CA, United States	198.8	144.9	66.8	73.9	72.3	6.0	37.8	33.5	97.1
	Copenhagen, Denmark	196.4	114.1	77.2	77.1	87.9	8.3	30.5	21.3	83.7
	Perth, Australia	195.6	139.9	56.1	77.1	75.1	6.4	39.2	26.2	95.3
	Columbus, OH, United States	195.6	128.8	57.0	73.2	66.9	2.5	25.8	23.2	71.3
	Quebec City, Canada	194.9	140.2	84.0	70.9	65.1	3.4	30.8	33.3	48.0
	San Antonio, TX, United States	194.1	151.0	57.7	69.7	58.1	2.2	27.7	42.3	81.2
	Victoria, Canada	193.5	106.9	66.6	67.5	66.2	7.2	30.3	17.1	92.5
	Austin, TX, United States	193.3	151.2	65.1	71.1	70.5	3.9	38.2	38.1	82.0
	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	193.3	120.3	72.8	77.1	86.9	10.7	34.8	19.2	82.8
	Tampa, FL, United States	193.3	141.0	51.2	73.2	68.6	2.9	36.2	27.5	84.7
	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	192.5	110.2	67.3	79.5	70.7	8.2	27.5	24.0	84.0
	Vienna, Austria	192.4	104.6	76.7	78.5	70.9	13.3	25.6	19.1	80.4
	Sacramento, CA, United States	191.8	145.9	51.5	70.9	75.5	3.5	26.4	39.9	90.6
	San Jose, CA, United States	191.5	170.9	53.1	71.1	76.3	5.7	35.4	48.8	95.0
	Cork, Ireland	191.1	109.8	70.7	55.7	73.5	4.8	33.8	17.2	90.4
	Gothenburg, Sweden	190.4	122.3	55.8	70.6	69.8	9.9	21.9	18.9	77.5
	Munich, Germany	190.4	114.6	82.6	82.0	73.8	16.5	34.8	20.3	76.0
	Geneva, Switzerland	189.9	133.5	72.9	70.2	118.3	10.4	24.0	31.6	81.9
	Portland, OR, United States	189.4	126.0	55.0	68.4	74.2	5.1	31.7	26.0	89.6
	Dallas, TX, United States	189.0	153.4	54.8	65.4	64.3	2.6	37.0	38.9	82.6
	Melbourne, Australia	187.1	131.8	56.2	73.7	74.5	8.6	40.2	27.6	94.1
	Minneapolis, MN, United States	186.8	133.7	52.8	79.9	72.9	3.0	34.0	21.4	49.5
	Seattle, WA, United States	186.4	140.0	55.8	71.1	85.5	6.3	43.9	29.7	91.8
	Glasgow, United Kingdom	186.3	121.5	54.9	84.5	66.5	5.5	37.8	31.1	84.8
	Cincinnati, OH, United States	185.6	137.3	52.7	70.4	62.6	2.2	32.2	35.6	73.2
	Helsinki, Finland	185.6	108.8	77.7	74.1	80.6	12.2	36.2	13.5	62.8
	The Hague (Den Haag), Netherlands	185.3	102.3	71.0	78.7	76.7	6.9	41.5	26.1	90.6
	Stuttgart, Germany	185.1	130.1	72.8	71.4	67.5	9.1	31.1	41.1	80.6
	Saint Louis, MO, United States	184.3	149.1	34.0	78.7	69.0	2.1	28.5	37.9	74.2
	Sydney, Australia	184.3	128.3	62.4	73.0	79.9	10.3	43.9	29.3	96.9
	Calgary, Canada	184.2	138.5	68.9	74.1	68.9	5.1	35.5	24.9	33.1
	Reykjavik, Iceland	183.5	94.2	78.1	65.1	112.6	6.7	27.5	15.6	68.3
	Boston, MA, United States	182.3	124.6	67.7	76.5	80.5	8.9	44.6	24.9	71.7
	Rotterdam, Netherlands	181.7	111.0	64.2	82.0	74.1	6.5	30.1	41.8	87.9
	Salt Lake City, UT, United States	180.8	150.8	74.8	70.6	62.9	3.7	36.0	59.0	66.5
	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	180.7	153.7	81.8	67.5	53.3	3.4	42.4	53.2	50.3
	Albuquerque, NM, United States	180.7	128.3	32.4	70.8	64.3	2.7	27.8	22.0	67.5
	Mangalore, India	180.4	79.6	75.9	78.3	22.4	6.7	34.4	25.5	67.6
	Orlando, FL, United States	179.7	130.1	45.4	63.1	70.2	2.7	36.1	32.3	87.2
	Bristol, United Kingdom	179.0	117.2	60.2	71.7	69.6	8.0	27.7	41.0	88.5
	Tucson, AZ, United States	178.4	122.7	48.5	60.4	63.4	2.6	32.3	27.2	72.7
	Hamburg, Germany	178.0	113.3	50.9	80.2	72.2	9.8	31.4	29.5	82.8
	Frankfurt, Germany	177.3	132.9	54.8	72.1	71.6	10.0	27.5	44.2	84.7
	Amsterdam, Netherlands	176.5	98.9	66.6	71.5	82.1	10.9	29.8	30.1	87.5
	Houston, TX, United States	176.5	155.9	40.9	72.0	62.2	2.2	42.3	51.4	86.1
	Tokyo, Japan	176.5	113.1	84.0	80.6	84.8	13.0	40.3	44.7	85.3
	Mississauga, Canada	175.8	112.7	54.8	72.6	65.1	7.8	34.1	22.3	61.6
	Leeds, United Kingdom	175.6	119.6	58.4	82.1	68.3	6.7	36.6	46.1	84.8
	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	174.4	116.4	88.3	69.3	61.9	5.8	27.9	48.9	43.9
	Auckland, New Zealand	174.4	103.5	53.1	74.4	76.6	11.0	39.4	27.4	99.9
	Bursa, Turkey	173.6	57.9	77.0	82.9	33.7	5.9	36.4	37.3	93.4
	Edmonton, Canada	173.6	129.4	58.9	76.3	67.0	4.2	34.3	31.2	32.1
	Kelowna, Canada	172.9	109.0	54.6	69.7	66.6	5.6	34.5	24.4	59.7
	Halifax, Canada	172.9	99.9	59.4	71.4	70.9	5.9	30.2	25.3	59.0
	Tallinn, Estonia	172.3	74.2	80.1	70.2	55.2	10.3	32.9	22.9	66.2
	San Francisco, CA, United States	172.0	126.0	50.1	71.1	96.9	9.8	44.6	33.9	97.3
	Denver, CO, United States	171.0	130.3	59.3	69.3	72.0	4.8	35.4	41.5	56.3
	Ljubljana, Slovenia	170.5	78.0	75.7	65.4	56.3	12.9	29.0	25.9	77.1
	Valencia, Spain	170.4	90.3	56.8	81.3	55.3	7.7	31.8	43.2	93.8
	Stockholm, Sweden	169.9	115.8	52.6	66.0	77.2	14.2	38.8	16.6	69.7
	Vancouver, Canada	169.8	94.7	63.6	73.5	69.6	16.9	39.9	23.7	91.1
	Muscat, Oman	169.6	94.4	73.0	59.0	51.0	7.1	21.4	41.6	67.2
	Berlin, Germany	169.5	112.4	59.4	70.7	67.7	10.4	31.8	42.2	83.3
	Honolulu, HI, United States	169.3	113.6	57.2	69.7	93.7	8.1	42.4	38.6	95.3
	Atlanta, GA, United States	169.2	150.4	33.8	64.4	72.0	2.8	45.7	46.0	89.7
	Indianapolis, IN, United States	168.4	109.9	47.6	70.6	70.8	2.0	31.8	38.9	69.9
	Montreal, Canada	167.9	117.1	67.6	61.9	63.5	6.8	40.8	32.2	52.4
	Washington, DC, United States	167.5	131.5	43.0	69.6	88.5	5.2	43.2	39.0	81.6
	Hamilton, Canada	167.0	127.2	54.1	81.2	60.7	6.6	35.8	49.8	61.1
	Doha, Qatar	166.5	139.8	86.9	72.7	62.8	4.7	34.3	68.7	36.0
	Baltimore, MD, United States	166.4	127.8	28.6	80.7	73.9	2.5	37.2	44.9	81.2
	Oslo, Norway	166.0	104.3	59.1	74.9	107.1	11.1	35.6	23.4	60.0
	Brno, Czech Republic	162.7	75.1	72.8	75.9	44.6	12.6	25.9	44.8	77.3
	Taipei, Taiwan	162.2	95.6	80.1	84.0	65.8	21.1	33.3	50.4	84.4
	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	161.8	40.8	80.8	81.6	34.0	13.5	29.2	16.8	45.5
	Prague, Czech Republic	161.4	77.7	73.3	72.6	48.0	17.1	33.8	35.3	80.6
	Phoenix, AZ, United States	161.0	146.1	45.2	66.8	64.3	2.8	30.6	60.1	53.8
	Chicago, IL, United States	160.8	133.7	34.8	66.2	77.3	3.7	43.3	38.2	66.1
	Las Vegas, NV, United States	160.8	144.4	44.6	53.2	67.0	2.7	33.7	51.3	59.5
	Zagreb, Croatia	159.1	66.9	74.6	63.2	52.2	11.4	34.8	35.1	81.8
	Gdansk, Poland	158.9	76.2	55.0	59.3	42.8	10.1	27.8	27.9	72.0
	Vilnius, Lithuania	158.7	61.1	70.7	68.2	48.3	13.3	29.0	26.9	66.6
	Toronto, Canada	158.3	99.5	65.1	73.5	70.2	12.1	42.9	37.0	65.3
	Antwerp, Belgium	157.4	97.3	63.2	75.5	74.9	6.1	37.7	59.1	85.4
	Manchester, United Kingdom	156.3	107.7	48.9	77.4	69.9	6.7	41.5	55.0	87.0
	Singapore, Singapore	156.2	99.2	84.4	69.3	80.4	21.2	42.5	33.1	57.5
	Porto, Portugal	155.6	59.4	57.6	73.5	50.4	12.3	31.5	38.3	96.9
	Miami, FL, United States	153.5	90.0	48.0	63.4	75.8	6.1	43.0	38.0	85.9
	Philadelphia, PA, United States	153.1	109.3	42.0	73.2	79.2	3.5	44.9	49.6	78.0
	Bratislava, Slovakia	152.8	71.9	69.2	61.8	48.6	12.8	31.0	43.9	81.6
	Madrid, Spain	152.8	91.4	58.3	79.1	60.1	11.1	37.1	56.0	85.3
	Seoul, South Korea	152.6	102.6	62.8	84.4	82.0	17.8	39.7	45.9	68.4
	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	152.2	56.9	77.6	63.9	38.1	13.2	29.7	41.7	74.3
	Lisbon, Portugal	151.1	55.0	67.3	69.1	54.2	16.5	35.9	37.7	98.6
	Los Angeles, CA, United States	150.5	114.5	51.4	64.8	77.7	7.9	47.5	59.1	95.6
	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	150.2	125.4	64.5	63.7	48.7	2.7	33.9	72.0	44.4
	Brussels, Belgium	149.8	100.2	48.3	78.5	75.7	7.2	34.4	62.8	83.8
	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	149.5	93.7	61.5	74.7	77.4	20.9	39.6	47.3	93.9
	Regina, Canada	148.5	112.0	45.3	66.8	68.5	4.2	26.5	39.6	15.0
	Winnipeg, Canada	148.1	115.8	44.8	66.1	63.1	4.6	33.8	41.1	24.7
	Nicosia, Cyprus	147.5	74.1	70.4	50.0	61.0	7.1	23.2	61.8	86.0
	Izmir, Turkey	147.4	56.9	72.8	72.3	34.0	8.4	38.5	62.7	96.7
	Dublin, Ireland	146.0	89.3	49.7	49.0	80.3	11.0	37.5	37.4	85.9
	Timisoara, Romania	145.4	55.5	77.6	63.3	38.2	11.8	27.5	57.6	80.5
	Cape Town, South Africa	144.1	73.6	30.0	72.1	41.6	9.4	45.8	38.3	98.3
	Durban, South Africa	143.4	99.0	20.4	51.2	40.5	3.2	32.0	53.3	95.6
	Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia	143.1	117.3	53.0	58.1	50.0	3.0	36.1	74.4	66.2
	Warsaw, Poland	142.9	76.3	68.1	62.1	42.3	12.0	37.8	54.5	74.6
	Wroclaw, Poland	141.1	76.7	60.9	61.6	40.0	9.1	33.4	61.4	78.4
	Barcelona, Spain	141.0	80.5	54.7	73.7	62.2	13.1	32.1	66.8	95.7
	Riga, Latvia	140.9	56.6	61.9	56.1	50.8	10.8	35.2	40.0	74.7
	Minsk, Belarus	140.5	46.3	74.4	58.5	34.1	14.0	29.6	41.7	64.3
	Brasilia, Brazil	140.5	63.2	36.8	46.7	44.0	12.5	32.2	32.9	99.0
	New York, NY, United States	138.2	100.0	55.5	65.2	100.0	11.9	43.4	57.9	79.6
	Ankara, Turkey	138.1	64.6	57.2	68.6	34.8	6.2	35.2	70.2	91.0
	Iasi, Romania	138.0	53.7	74.1	60.8	36.5	11.2	29.4	59.4	73.0
	Johannesburg, South Africa	137.8	108.8	20.8	61.7	45.5	3.1	43.4	62.9	91.4
	Varna, Bulgaria	136.4	52.6	67.1	58.5	39.1	9.0	34.0	60.2	85.5
	Novi Sad, Serbia	135.8	50.2	54.3	48.6	35.4	15.7	19.1	45.1	84.0
	Thessaloniki, Greece	134.9	49.8	65.8	61.1	58.0	9.5	26.2	65.1	88.4
	Monterrey, Mexico	134.6	79.9	49.5	60.8	34.1	5.7	35.3	69.6	80.4
	Detroit, MI, United States	134.2	97.4	28.8	61.9	62.8	1.6	43.0	54.8	66.0
	Krakow (Cracow), Poland	132.9	70.7	65.6	63.8	39.5	12.0	29.7	71.1	73.5
	Turin, Italy	132.8	86.7	42.0	68.8	66.7	8.3	30.4	73.5	86.1
	Curitiba, Brazil	132.7	38.9	36.0	65.3	38.3	15.2	34.5	35.8	99.6
	Pretoria, South Africa	132.4	83.7	21.3	67.2	45.9	2.9	44.8	60.9	95.8
	Guadalajara, Mexico	131.7	64.7	45.0	77.6	31.5	7.9	41.6	70.1	92.8
	Pune, India	130.2	86.5	61.3	66.3	27.4	10.1	44.4	76.9	74.3
	London, United Kingdom	129.8	100.2	50.8	67.6	81.3	20.6	47.1	59.9	88.3
	Bangalore, India	128.9	96.5	52.4	67.7	26.8	8.0	54.0	82.7	89.4
	Hyderabad, India	128.9	78.0	62.5	67.4	23.6	7.0	45.7	79.5	73.9
	Paris, France	128.7	95.4	48.0	74.2	84.7	18.5	43.4	65.9	88.3
	Milan, Italy	128.0	74.9	55.2	70.8	73.9	17.1	39.4	64.6	88.3
	Montevideo, Uruguay	126.2	50.1	45.0	64.7	58.1	13.8	40.4	52.5	97.9
	Budapest, Hungary	125.9	57.5	63.6	46.1	43.7	14.5	37.7	53.5	78.4
	Sofia, Bulgaria	125.9	61.9	55.2	54.2	40.4	9.5	32.2	65.1	74.7
	Athens, Greece	124.9	52.5	51.3	53.3	60.4	10.5	37.6	59.2	95.2
	Coimbatore, India	124.4	56.5	61.1	70.0	22.4	11.4	52.5	64.3	78.1
	Gurgaon, India	121.5	113.9	37.1	73.2	30.7	7.6	40.5	91.2	59.6
	Ahmedabad, India	121.5	70.2	60.3	68.8	24.2	8.1	42.3	73.6	49.3
	Bucharest, Romania	121.0	58.6	71.5	54.0	40.4	10.9	42.6	73.2	75.6
	Yerevan, Armenia	120.8	33.4	74.6	49.5	33.2	14.5	28.0	58.6	63.4
	Buenos Aires, Argentina	119.7	59.8	37.9	70.2	38.6	17.8	47.8	57.6	98.2
	Tbilisi, Georgia	119.5	39.6	80.1	52.3	30.2	12.2	37.0	77.5	84.2
	Medellin, Colombia	118.8	34.0	53.6	75.6	33.8	18.2	38.8	66.1	99.8
	Belgrade, Serbia	116.0	41.0	62.4	56.5	40.1	21.2	32.8	61.0	84.2
	Amman, Jordan	114.5	45.4	59.1	65.6	54.7	7.3	47.8	78.6	88.8
	Santiago, Chile	114.2	51.8	49.6	65.1	50.4	15.3	38.7	71.7	90.2
	Istanbul, Turkey	113.7	50.1	50.2	67.6	37.9	12.5	54.1	69.3	93.0
	Davao, Philippines	113.3	26.4	71.1	74.2	33.6	22.3	30.7	61.6	58.6
	Panama City, Panama	112.8	43.5	54.1	59.2	54.9	11.5	36.2	64.1	67.5
	Porto Alegre, Brazil	112.4	48.6	22.8	59.8	40.6	11.1	39.3	60.6	98.7
	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	111.5	82.8	33.0	64.7	42.4	11.0	41.9	70.0	56.6
	Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina	111.5	49.7	48.7	53.1	39.2	13.0	29.8	72.3	78.2
	Saint Petersburg, Russia	111.3	57.0	59.0	59.0	39.3	13.7	48.6	64.5	60.5
	Rome, Italy	110.2	73.0	45.5	58.4	69.0	20.7	47.1	67.2	92.7
	Lviv, Ukraine	109.7	30.4	59.7	54.1	27.2	17.2	39.7	56.1	69.6
	Chennai, India	108.6	67.9	58.4	70.4	25.2	16.2	46.1	78.7	55.2
	Kharkiv, Ukraine	107.1	31.6	53.7	45.7	26.7	14.1	35.8	56.1	64.0
	Beirut, Lebanon	106.7	54.4	52.1	69.5	60.8	14.5	39.5	90.2	94.7
	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	106.2	35.9	32.4	60.0	40.5	17.9	46.0	54.4	98.7
	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)	104.5	76.5	78.0	66.8	74.7	46.9	40.3	67.9	83.6
	Skopje, North Macedonia	104.4	41.5	55.8	58.9	34.7	14.8	32.1	82.2	76.3
	Baku, Azerbaijan	104.1	34.3	70.4	37.4	29.4	16.3	35.8	79.6	91.4
	Almaty, Kazakhstan	101.9	43.4	50.6	53.7	32.5	12.5	29.7	76.7	58.3
	Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine	101.8	39.4	51.2	53.2	29.4	15.6	41.1	67.6	70.0
	Moscow, Russia	99.9	59.5	55.9	57.2	44.5	19.9	53.5	63.0	55.2
	Yekaterinburg, Russia	97.1	53.0	51.8	65.4	36.4	10.1	38.0	75.8	21.2
	Bogota, Colombia	96.4	37.4	38.6	66.4	35.0	21.7	48.3	71.2	97.1
	Bangkok, Thailand	96.0	44.5	53.0	78.9	53.6	21.7	44.4	75.1	58.4
	Lahore, Pakistan	94.9	39.8	56.6	63.6	25.8	19.0	46.7	78.6	67.6
	Kolkata, India	93.8	60.4	49.9	55.3	24.8	11.4	62.8	78.2	59.9
	Mexico City, Mexico	91.6	51.4	32.5	64.4	34.2	16.4	51.7	84.1	92.4
	Delhi, India	90.8	77.8	41.2	66.5	28.7	15.1	56.7	91.3	58.9
	Hanoi, Vietnam	88.4	44.1	54.3	48.5	38.3	19.8	35.2	91.4	79.0
	Colombo, Sri Lanka	87.0	27.5	61.0	71.2	36.0	31.2	59.5	57.2	59.1
	Lima, Peru	86.2	39.3	31.3	55.1	41.5	16.1	43.9	86.3	97.6
	Mumbai, India	86.0	67.7	56.1	66.8	29.0	31.0	58.2	85.0	71.5
	Karachi, Pakistan	81.9	36.7	41.2	57.2	23.9	14.9	43.0	92.2	72.0
	Tehran, Iran	81.7	40.9	46.2	52.6	34.2	15.1	54.7	84.9	71.0
	Sao Paulo, Brazil	79.2	41.2	28.2	54.7	44.2	20.9	51.4	82.9	99.0
	Cairo, Egypt	76.1	26.3	45.3	42.7	25.7	12.8	49.9	95.0	88.5
	Shanghai, China	75.3	72.2	46.3	60.4	50.4	44.0	48.3	83.4	83.6
	Kathmandu, Nepal	74.4	26.5	65.5	56.5	31.9	29.4	51.5	96.0	92.6
	Nairobi, Kenya	73.9	30.6	35.2	58.5	41.8	29.3	56.4	76.4	99.8
	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	72.3	30.4	43.2	57.0	37.8	22.4	33.1	93.9	63.4
	Jakarta, Indonesia	69.7	29.0	46.1	60.6	41.6	22.5	58.1	81.8	63.3
	Manila, Philippines	68.9	40.0	41.3	63.1	37.9	19.0	58.3	91.8	60.2
	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	68.8	36.6	22.2	43.3	44.1	24.6	53.2	71.6	87.4
	Beijing, China	66.4	79.5	43.7	62.7	43.9	44.3	46.2	89.7	57.7
	Dhaka, Bangladesh	60.2	41.2	32.7	38.8	31.6	13.1	63.9	95.6	71.3
	Caracas, Venezuela	0.0	4.2	17.6	38.8	27.8	163.2	42.7	75.7	99.9