Most Livable Cities

The rankings of the cities below are obviously arbitrary. No weight is given to any particular category since that is a very individual decision. Use this as a guide and see how a particular city rates for you.
 

5 Excellent                          Tie *
4 Good
3 Satisfactory
2 Poor
1 Avoid

City

People

Language

Culture

Safety

Sights

Food

Access

Lodging

Amsterdam

5

4

4

5

3

4

5

3

Paris

4

3

5

4

5

5

5

2

Madrid

3

2

4

3

4

3

4

2

Lahore

5

3

2

3

3

3

3

4

New Delhi

3

4

2

3

3

3

3

4

New Orleans

5

5

4

2

3

5

4

3

Rio de Janeiro

5

2

3

2

5

4

2

2

Buenos Aires

4

3

4

5

4

3

2

3

Singapore

4

4

2

5

3

5

3

2

Sydney

5

5

3

5

5

5

2

3

Wellington 

5

5

3

5

4

4

2

3

Budapest 

4

3

3

3

3

5

3

5

Prague

2

2

3

3

4

1

3

3

Tangier

3

2

1

3

3

4

2

5

Bangkok

5

2

2

5

4

4

4

5

Zurich

4

3

2

5

3

2

3

2

Shanghai

2

2

3

5

3

2

2

2

 

 City

 Expense

 Weather

 Pub.Transp

 Pollution

 Pol.Freed

 Work

 Overall

 Rank 

Amsterdam

4

2

5

5

5

 

54

2*

Paris

2

2

5

3

5

 

50

4

Madrid

2

3

4

3

5

 

42

8*

Lahore 

5

2

1

3

2

 

39

9

New Delhi

5

2

1

1

5

3

42

8*

New Orleans

4

3

1

4

5

5

53

3

Rio de Janiero

2

3

2

3

3

 

38

10*

Buenos Aires

3

4

4

3

3

 

45

7

Singapore 

3

3

5

5

1

4

49

5

Sydney 

3

4

4

5

5

4

58

1

Wellington 

3

3

4

5

5

3

54

2*

Budapest 

5

2

4

4

4

 

48

6

Prague

4

2

3

4

4

 

38

10*

Tangier

5

3

1

4

2

 

38

10*

Bangkok

5

3

4

2

5

 

50

4

Zurich

2

2

4

5

5

 

42

8*

Shanghai

3

2

1

3

1

 

31

11

 
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