Quality of Life Index by City 2024

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The Hague (Den Haag), Netherlands 217.3 124.3 79.7 80.1 59.6 5.5 22.0 18.2 90.6
Eindhoven, Netherlands 206.9 114.5 77.8 78.0 64.4 5.9 24.1 19.6 85.4
Luxembourg, Luxembourg 205.5 135.2 71.1 77.8 65.2 9.9 26.6 19.6 82.6
Rotterdam, Netherlands 203.7 116.4 71.6 80.2 61.9 5.7 23.4 24.7 87.9
Valencia, Spain 199.2 94.5 70.2 79.9 45.1 4.3 23.7 24.6 93.8
Helsinki, Finland 189.8 94.0 75.3 79.8 69.4 10.1 25.7 12.6 62.8
Vienna, Austria 189.1 93.4 70.3 79.0 66.2 12.5 23.0 17.5 81.8
Copenhagen, Denmark 187.3 95.1 73.8 76.6 79.0 9.0 28.6 22.6 83.7
Munich, Germany 186.7 109.7 79.0 76.7 66.7 13.4 30.9 25.8 76.0
Amsterdam, Netherlands 185.8 90.0 71.5 78.0 69.9 10.6 24.2 24.9 87.5
Zurich, Switzerland 185.7 132.7 77.8 70.0 118.3 13.6 41.1 23.2 81.5
Stuttgart, Germany 183.3 127.8 65.2 75.0 61.7 7.8 30.6 42.1 81.1
Reykjavik, Iceland 182.9 81.2 75.7 68.0 88.5 7.7 21.9 15.0 68.8
Madrid, Spain 182.7 86.4 73.2 79.9 52.7 7.4 25.2 35.4 85.5
Frankfurt, Germany 182.1 123.7 53.7 74.8 63.9 8.2 27.2 36.3 84.7
Porto, Portugal 182.0 61.5 68.2 79.5 45.6 7.7 24.0 24.7 96.6
Geneva, Switzerland 180.2 112.2 69.4 72.0 109.8 13.5 28.7 25.4 82.6
Gothenburg, Sweden 178.9 99.4 53.6 67.8 62.0 8.3 25.3 20.2 77.5
Tallinn, Estonia 178.7 73.1 77.1 75.4 55.6 10.3 24.6 18.7 64.3
Oslo, Norway 177.9 99.1 66.8 78.1 80.0 9.9 28.1 21.7 60.0
Edinburgh, United Kingdom 177.5 85.3 68.8 78.2 69.7 8.8 30.7 28.7 84.0
Seattle, WA, United States 177.4 153.0 45.4 66.1 87.7 5.6 47.0 38.5 91.7
Cologne, Germany 177.1 106.5 58.5 74.7 61.2 7.2 33.5 34.1 84.8
Muscat, Oman 176.0 82.7 80.2 60.7 45.6 4.3 20.2 37.3 67.2
Split, Croatia 174.5 59.1 69.6 74.2 45.1 15.7 18.2 24.7 96.3
Cork, Ireland 174.4 91.2 64.5 57.4 68.7 5.7 33.9 26.4 89.8
Dallas, TX, United States 174.2 138.3 48.4 66.0 72.6 3.0 40.0 43.2 81.9
Glasgow, United Kingdom 173.9 94.5 54.9 78.9 66.2 6.0 31.3 34.2 84.8
Austin, TX, United States 173.8 123.4 59.3 68.3 73.3 5.5 37.6 42.3 82.1
Charlotte, NC, United States 173.2 112.0 53.0 69.2 77.7 4.2 36.7 35.3 84.0
Hamburg, Germany 173.0 98.9 57.9 75.5 69.8 11.0 32.9 28.3 82.8
Indianapolis, IN, United States 172.2 135.3 40.2 71.6 71.3 1.5 33.2 43.2 69.9
Orlando, FL, United States 172.1 111.4 50.3 61.6 72.1 2.6 36.2 35.2 87.2
Tampa, FL, United States 171.9 107.4 54.1 67.0 82.0 4.3 36.7 33.5 84.7
Tokyo, Japan 171.6 98.6 75.9 78.6 57.4 11.9 39.9 42.2 85.3
Ljubljana, Slovenia 171.0 66.0 78.6 67.2 53.2 13.2 26.1 23.1 76.1
Raleigh, NC, United States 170.1 101.1 62.0 68.9 77.3 8.3 37.9 32.8 83.9
Brisbane, Australia 169.5 96.3 63.4 71.2 70.9 11.1 46.7 30.6 98.1
Columbus, OH, United States 169.1 106.2 50.4 68.5 71.0 5.3 31.1 32.7 71.3
Tucson, AZ, United States 167.0 105.4 45.7 61.3 78.2 3.0 31.9 29.9 72.7
Salt Lake City, UT, United States 166.6 131.7 66.3 67.7 70.3 2.4 35.4 62.2 66.5
Vilnius, Lithuania 166.2 64.1 72.6 75.6 50.2 13.1 26.4 25.2 66.6
Edmonton, Canada 166.1 106.1 53.6 76.3 64.6 4.0 29.0 29.1 32.1
Stockholm, Sweden 166.0 93.2 54.1 66.8 68.8 12.1 34.1 18.4 69.7
Brno, Czech Republic 165.8 76.5 74.0 75.7 44.8 13.7 26.2 40.3 78.2
San Antonio, TX, United States 165.4 115.9 51.8 68.1 67.5 8.2 33.5 43.9 80.6
Calgary, Canada 165.1 99.7 61.8 72.5 72.3 4.7 32.8 26.1 33.1
Minneapolis, MN, United States 164.9 124.5 44.2 70.4 75.0 4.4 39.1 30.3 49.5
Perth, Australia 164.8 97.1 57.6 67.5 75.6 9.3 48.9 30.8 95.7
Sacramento, CA, United States 164.4 116.3 49.6 67.6 83.7 4.8 36.0 49.6 90.6
Atlanta, GA, United States 164.3 139.2 36.0 67.8 80.3 5.7 44.4 45.6 89.7
Portland, OR, United States 164.0 103.5 43.1 69.1 82.3 5.3 38.5 35.5 89.6
Melbourne, Australia 164.0 100.5 56.2 69.1 70.2 10.9 50.1 30.7 94.3
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 162.9 105.9 87.1 68.4 59.3 6.4 39.6 49.4 43.9
Berlin, Germany 162.5 100.2 55.8 68.0 65.7 11.4 33.4 38.7 83.3
Singapore, Singapore 162.0 103.0 76.5 70.6 81.9 14.9 39.2 33.3 57.5
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 161.9 99.0 83.8 68.8 63.0 5.1 39.4 49.2 50.3
San Diego, CA, United States 161.7 102.6 59.1 67.0 86.4 10.9 40.7 42.2 97.1
Zagreb, Croatia 161.2 62.8 78.3 64.5 49.7 13.8 30.3 33.6 82.2
Boston, MA, United States 161.0 113.6 58.7 69.4 89.2 10.0 46.3 35.0 71.7
San Jose, CA, United States 160.3 139.7 49.7 61.1 90.5 8.5 46.3 54.0 95.5
Denver, CO, United States 160.0 117.8 53.2 69.3 78.8 4.3 36.8 44.3 56.3
Adelaide, Australia 159.6 72.2 66.7 68.0 81.7 11.3 45.7 28.8 95.0
Prague, Czech Republic 158.7 65.0 75.5 74.5 51.5 18.3 31.9 33.6 80.7
Houston, TX, United States 158.6 139.4 36.7 68.7 68.3 4.6 44.3 56.8 85.5
Pittsburgh, PA, United States 158.4 114.3 60.4 70.1 76.1 9.0 40.6 49.1 72.1
Auckland, New Zealand 157.9 95.4 50.4 67.9 73.2 13.4 44.7 34.2 99.9
Sydney, Australia 157.7 86.2 65.7 71.3 75.9 18.5 47.2 31.2 97.1
Doha, Qatar 157.7 109.6 84.0 72.2 55.6 7.4 31.1 60.9 36.0
Vancouver, Canada 156.1 71.9 58.0 72.1 74.4 16.5 38.2 27.0 91.2
Mississauga, Canada 155.3 88.8 56.5 67.7 67.1 12.3 37.3 26.1 58.7
Phoenix, AZ, United States 154.9 130.6 46.6 67.5 69.0 3.2 34.9 57.0 53.8
Wellington, New Zealand 154.8 68.2 66.2 63.0 73.3 14.5 47.2 26.9 97.7
Albuquerque, NM, United States 154.6 124.7 28.3 62.6 69.8 3.7 40.2 39.0 67.1
Washington, DC, United States 154.1 138.8 38.9 64.2 84.8 6.4 51.8 49.4 81.6
Honolulu, HI, United States 154.0 81.3 52.7 72.9 92.4 10.2 44.0 36.6 95.3
Canberra, Australia 153.9 66.2 71.6 66.6 87.5 13.0 44.6 27.8 82.7
Miami, FL, United States 153.7 90.9 47.4 63.8 77.7 5.7 42.1 38.7 85.7
Halifax, Canada 153.6 72.4 59.1 66.5 69.6 10.6 33.2 25.4 59.0
Birmingham, United Kingdom 153.4 97.5 36.4 71.9 61.6 6.1 33.2 49.4 87.7
San Francisco, CA, United States 153.3 136.0 38.1 63.9 92.5 7.1 52.7 53.1 97.3
Victoria, Canada 152.8 59.8 58.8 66.4 76.7 18.8 34.9 21.0 92.5
Cape Town, South Africa 152.4 86.9 26.4 68.7 34.6 5.4 42.4 38.4 98.2
Cluj-Napoca, Romania 151.6 56.9 77.4 65.7 41.6 12.7 29.3 44.0 74.3
Timisoara, Romania 151.2 54.2 74.3 71.2 38.7 10.2 23.9 56.2 82.0
Taipei, Taiwan 150.9 72.4 84.3 86.3 52.0 28.8 34.1 47.7 84.4
Lisbon, Portugal 150.5 42.3 70.0 73.5 51.1 18.2 34.2 34.9 98.6
Montreal, Canada 150.4 84.5 68.0 62.7 65.5 11.0 39.6 33.8 52.4
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel 150.2 81.6 73.3 73.9 72.5 23.6 36.5 46.3 93.9
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 150.1 103.1 73.7 63.7 51.2 3.1 34.2 64.4 44.4
Philadelphia, PA, United States 150.1 113.8 34.2 68.7 76.6 4.7 40.4 50.2 78.0
Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia 150.0 95.6 73.1 59.8 47.6 3.9 34.2 67.3 66.2
Ottawa, Canada 149.6 81.1 68.5 67.4 73.3 12.6 39.5 28.9 44.5
Quebec City, Canada 147.7 79.8 78.0 68.9 70.4 13.7 37.6 40.8 48.0
Bratislava, Slovakia 147.1 60.9 69.5 55.8 52.0 15.8 30.5 37.5 80.7
Los Angeles, CA, United States 146.7 135.8 47.0 61.1 85.1 5.2 58.0 66.9 95.5
Riga, Latvia 146.4 54.1 61.2 60.7 52.5 9.0 31.1 37.8 74.7
Las Vegas, NV, United States 146.0 106.8 43.9 54.5 70.8 3.2 27.9 53.0 57.4
Toronto, Canada 145.9 84.5 56.9 74.8 71.6 13.9 44.3 37.3 65.3
Chicago, IL, United States 145.5 119.9 33.7 64.4 80.0 3.2 42.6 51.8 66.1
Brussels, Belgium 144.3 93.5 45.1 73.4 67.3 6.7 36.9 61.7 83.8
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia 144.0 43.4 71.9 73.4 29.0 14.6 27.4 33.8 45.5
Manchester, United Kingdom 143.9 80.4 44.9 75.4 67.0 7.8 39.0 53.7 86.9
Pretoria, South Africa 142.9 99.4 18.2 66.7 34.2 1.8 45.1 55.1 95.8
Gdansk, Poland 142.8 77.6 66.0 50.3 42.8 12.1 30.3 52.4 75.5
Limassol, Cyprus 141.7 58.4 63.1 52.2 59.2 10.2 20.4 59.5 95.7
Barcelona, Spain 141.6 75.2 48.4 77.0 53.7 11.5 30.6 64.7 95.7
Pune, India 140.6 107.2 58.2 63.8 25.1 8.7 45.5 71.5 74.3
Dublin, Ireland 140.2 79.9 47.0 51.3 73.4 9.6 40.7 40.6 85.9
Bursa, Turkey 139.9 41.0 68.3 74.7 32.6 13.5 40.7 51.9 93.4
Varna, Bulgaria 139.2 51.5 64.5 63.7 38.4 9.3 28.9 59.9 85.1
Warsaw, Poland 138.5 73.0 73.8 58.2 46.0 12.5 35.5 61.3 74.6
Seoul, South Korea 138.3 91.3 75.5 82.5 70.3 24.9 42.2 58.1 68.4
Montevideo, Uruguay 137.7 53.0 44.2 68.4 54.4 9.5 38.8 47.0 98.0
Durban, South Africa 135.8 64.0 19.0 59.0 32.8 3.9 25.5 52.2 95.6
Izmir, Turkey 135.5 36.0 67.6 72.7 34.6 10.5 39.5 60.4 96.9
New York, NY, United States 134.9 100.0 50.0 62.7 100.0 11.0 43.6 58.3 79.7
Curitiba, Brazil 134.8 34.6 37.8 65.9 34.4 17.0 32.6 31.1 99.6
Wroclaw, Poland 134.6 69.0 71.4 54.5 43.1 11.2 35.6 65.1 78.4
Winnipeg, Canada 134.6 79.3 39.9 68.3 66.0 5.8 31.3 36.9 24.7
Poznan, Poland 134.5 70.5 68.5 50.0 42.1 9.8 34.3 63.8 77.4
Brasilia, Brazil 134.1 37.1 40.5 52.3 36.2 15.6 30.6 30.6 99.0
Hyderabad, India 134.1 87.7 56.9 65.6 24.2 5.7 42.6 76.1 73.5
Islamabad, Pakistan 134.0 24.7 68.8 65.7 20.3 15.1 35.5 41.1 76.9
Krakow (Cracow), Poland 132.7 73.8 73.2 54.6 44.8 11.5 32.6 71.6 73.9
Turin, Italy 132.1 66.2 48.7 66.6 59.6 8.4 27.8 68.5 85.7
Johannesburg, South Africa 132.1 88.3 19.3 60.5 36.1 2.8 40.8 61.2 91.4
Sofia, Bulgaria 131.2 69.0 59.0 57.6 41.6 8.9 31.0 68.7 76.0
Ankara, Turkey 130.4 43.5 60.7 69.2 33.5 10.4 36.2 65.4 91.5
Novi Sad, Serbia 128.8 41.1 59.5 49.4 40.0 17.1 18.3 52.5 84.0
London, United Kingdom 128.0 83.0 45.5 70.1 80.1 16.1 45.3 58.0 88.3
Kuwait City, Kuwait 127.6 100.8 70.2 57.8 44.6 10.1 34.5 68.8 20.2
Rome, Italy 127.3 61.4 49.5 63.6 57.9 15.8 38.4 56.8 93.7
Budapest, Hungary 127.0 54.2 65.6 52.2 46.8 14.2 39.0 54.1 78.4
Lviv, Ukraine 126.6 35.6 61.8 61.5 28.6 14.7 32.1 49.1 69.6
Paris, France 125.8 81.4 42.1 78.0 75.4 17.4 41.1 64.6 88.4
Bangalore, India 125.7 101.5 46.6 65.2 29.4 9.5 54.1 81.9 89.4
Chennai, India 125.3 82.6 60.4 69.5 22.7 8.2 46.8 74.5 53.2
Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina 125.3 54.5 57.3 60.4 36.8 13.3 27.6 66.8 78.2
Minsk, Belarus 123.5 45.2 47.9 48.8 28.2 12.8 31.0 42.6 64.4
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) 121.9 84.1 78.2 65.8 71.5 32.1 42.4 66.9 83.6
Bucharest, Romania 121.6 58.0 71.9 54.8 41.3 10.0 40.8 75.1 75.6
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 121.1 77.8 38.2 68.1 34.6 7.3 41.8 65.4 56.6
Monterrey, Mexico 120.4 44.6 51.8 69.3 51.8 9.7 31.7 70.7 80.4
Guadalajara, Mexico 120.2 41.0 37.7 79.8 45.0 12.9 41.3 59.8 92.8
Gurgaon, India 117.9 98.3 45.4 63.8 26.6 8.4 35.7 91.2 59.9
Moscow, Russia 117.8 60.6 64.0 67.0 35.7 18.6 50.0 55.1 55.8
Amman, Jordan 117.0 36.0 61.6 65.1 44.5 8.0 41.6 75.9 89.0
Yerevan, Armenia 117.0 28.8 77.4 57.3 40.2 18.3 30.5 59.6 63.4
Ahmedabad, India 116.1 50.5 67.6 64.9 24.2 10.0 38.9 72.7 49.3
Athens, Greece 115.9 43.3 43.9 56.7 55.9 14.9 38.2 57.2 95.2
Porto Alegre, Brazil 115.9 32.3 29.1 64.4 35.9 13.8 31.3 55.9 98.7
Panama City, Panama 113.3 35.6 51.4 59.5 49.1 10.8 32.8 61.5 67.8
Medellin, Colombia 113.2 26.6 44.7 78.5 32.7 19.4 39.0 63.4 99.8
Tbilisi, Georgia 112.7 27.8 74.5 54.2 39.2 14.0 39.5 71.6 84.2
Thessaloniki, Greece 111.5 38.0 46.2 55.4 55.5 14.9 29.7 64.5 88.4
Quito, Ecuador 111.3 31.6 37.1 70.1 35.5 14.4 40.1 64.4 99.0
Milan, Italy 111.3 49.8 48.4 71.1 69.7 20.5 36.3 67.6 88.1
Baku, Azerbaijan 111.0 31.0 69.6 47.7 33.5 14.4 36.8 74.4 91.4
Istanbul, Turkey 110.6 39.6 52.2 69.9 36.9 15.4 51.3 68.3 93.0
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 110.3 24.4 36.9 64.5 34.6 16.6 43.6 52.0 98.5
Saint Petersburg, Russia 108.7 49.8 60.9 61.0 31.3 17.8 48.5 61.6 60.6
Belgrade, Serbia 108.6 39.6 61.3 53.2 42.7 19.6 36.0 68.0 84.1
Odessa (Odesa), Ukraine 107.3 33.1 46.1 50.8 29.3 13.6 36.6 61.3 79.0
Kharkiv, Ukraine 106.7 32.7 51.7 48.1 28.7 13.3 38.2 56.9 65.4
Beijing, China 104.9 82.2 73.0 68.7 37.1 33.7 43.3 78.3 57.6
Lahore, Pakistan 104.6 26.3 63.3 62.3 19.7 13.4 34.6 78.6 67.6
Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine 102.9 34.8 54.8 57.9 32.3 17.3 43.0 64.4 70.0
Delhi, India 101.7 93.9 40.6 65.2 24.4 10.1 57.7 90.7 58.9
Skopje, North Macedonia 101.7 38.6 53.1 54.4 36.3 14.9 27.1 83.1 76.3
Santiago, Chile 100.2 35.7 37.4 64.8 43.1 18.3 37.9 70.8 90.2
Buenos Aires, Argentina 100.1 29.1 36.5 68.4 27.5 27.6 49.7 52.0 98.3
Kolkata, India 99.9 53.5 54.4 59.7 21.6 8.7 59.4 78.5 60.9
Hanoi, Vietnam 99.4 35.8 64.0 57.7 31.7 19.6 28.2 89.4 79.0
Nairobi, Kenya 96.9 30.2 40.9 61.6 25.9 11.1 53.4 79.8 99.8
Dnipro, Ukraine 95.3 33.1 45.1 52.9 28.4 11.9 33.0 80.4 69.5
Yekaterinburg, Russia 91.8 46.1 54.0 53.0 29.8 12.7 37.5 71.3 21.3
Tirana, Albania 91.7 31.5 58.6 48.5 44.6 16.7 39.0 86.6 86.4
Almaty, Kazakhstan 89.1 37.7 46.3 48.7 35.9 12.2 39.7 78.6 58.3
Shanghai, China 88.9 60.4 70.6 64.2 42.1 47.9 47.8 72.1 83.6
Bogota, Colombia 88.6 26.3 33.3 65.4 31.7 21.2 51.9 70.2 97.1
Mexico City, Mexico 85.1 34.0 32.2 66.0 47.3 16.5 52.9 81.1 92.4
Novosibirsk, Russia 84.9 38.1 53.5 56.8 29.6 15.5 41.3 69.1 16.1
Bangkok, Thailand 83.9 31.9 60.2 77.0 42.4 30.5 45.6 77.5 58.4
Karachi, Pakistan 82.2 23.8 43.8 56.2 19.3 12.5 42.7 89.5 71.3
Lima, Peru 77.0 25.2 28.9 58.2 34.4 17.6 50.3 85.8 97.7
Jakarta, Indonesia 76.9 35.5 47.3 57.1 32.0 19.1 52.4 84.8 63.8
Sao Paulo, Brazil 75.6 25.6 29.6 59.7 40.0 24.4 50.4 79.1 99.0
Mumbai, India 74.9 54.2 55.2 65.1 25.2 38.5 55.3 83.3 71.5
Colombo, Sri Lanka 74.9 15.2 57.8 71.3 35.2 34.6 59.5 60.7 59.1
Cairo, Egypt 72.5 15.3 49.4 46.1 29.6 17.7 50.0 90.9 88.5
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 67.6 20.7 22.6 46.0 38.7 25.3 51.2 67.4 88.2
Caracas, Venezuela 65.0 11.1 18.0 38.1 42.1 26.6 33.7 73.9 99.9
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 64.9 29.6 48.1 61.0 32.1 36.3 31.2 92.2 63.4
Beirut, Lebanon 62.0 14.7 53.4 64.8 48.0 41.0 39.3 93.9 94.7
Dhaka, Bangladesh 59.5 27.8 37.3 40.3 27.9 13.9 61.6 93.9 71.3
Tehran, Iran 55.4 18.2 43.4 53.2 29.7 35.7 52.5 80.5 71.0
Manila, Philippines 50.6 29.4 35.3 63.0 37.6 33.8 54.5 89.4 61.2
Lagos, Nigeria 46.7 9.8 32.0 47.5 21.9 17.3 67.4 89.0 60.8