The best cities in the world to live in

Mercer Consulting,10 April 2006

The analysis is part of Mercer Consulting's annual 'World-wide Quality of Living Survey', covering more than 350 cities. Each city is based on an evaluation of 39 criteria, including political, social, economic and environmental factors, personal safety and health, education, transport, and other public services. Cities are ranked against New York as the base city, which has an index score of 100.
The world's top cities offering the best quality of life
(New York is the base city with a score of 100 points)

2006 Rank	2005 Rank	City	Country	Points
1	1	Zurich	Switzerland	108.2
2	2	Geneva	Switzerland	108.1
3	3	Vancouver	Canada	107.7
4	3	Vienna	Austria	107.5
5	8	Auckland	New Zealand	107.3
6	5	Düsseldorf	Germany	107.2
7	6	Frankfurt	Germany	107.0
8	7	Munich	Germany	106.8
9	9	Bern	Switzerland	106.5
9	9	Sydney	Australia	106.5
11	11	Copenhagen	Denmark	106.2
12	14	Wellington	New Zealand	105.8
13	12	Amsterdam	Netherlands	105.7
14	13	Brussels	Belgium	105.6
15	16	Toronto	Canada	105.4
16	16	Berlin	Germany	105.1
17	14	Melbourne	Australia	105.0
18	18	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	104.8
18	21	Ottawa	Canada	104.8
20	19	Stockholm	Sweden	104.7
21	20	Perth	Australia	104.5
22	22	Montreal	Canada	104.3
23	22	Nürnberg	Germany	104.1
24	22	Dublin	Ireland	103.8
25	25	Calgary	Canada	103.6
26	25	Hamburg	Germany	103.4
27	25	Honolulu	USA	103.3
28	28	San Francisco	USA	103.2
29	29	Adelaide	Australia	103.1
29	29	Helsinki	Finland	103.1
31	31	Brisbane	Australia	102.8
31	32	Oslo	Norway	102.8
33	33	Paris	France	102.7
34	35	Singapore	Singapore	102.5
35	34	Tokyo	Japan	102.3
36	36	Boston	USA	101.9
37	37	Lyon	France	101.6
37	37	Yokohama	Japan	101.6
39	39	London	UK	101.2
40	40	Kobe	Japan	101.0
41	41	Washington	USA	100.4
41	52	Chicago	USA	100.4
43	42	Portland	USA	100.3
44	43	Barcelona	Spain	100.2
45	44	Madrid	Spain	100.1
46	46	New York City	USA	100.0
47	46	Seattle	USA	99.9
48	47	Lexington	USA	99.8
49	48	Winston Salem	USA	99.7
51	50	Osaka	Japan	99.6
51	51	Milan	Italy	99.6
51	50	Milan	Italy	98
53	52	Lisbon	Portugal	97.5
53	52	Tsukuba	Japan	97.5