As it turns out, once again, Vienna (Wein), Austria is the MOST livable city in the world, that’s according to a recent study by Mercer. The rest of the top ten is dominated by cities in Germany (Munich, Dusseldorf, and Frankfurt came in 3rd, 6th, and 7th respectively) and Switzerland (Zürich, Geneva, and Basel came in 2nd, 9th, and 10th respectively).
In fact, the only cities outside of Europe to make the top ten list are Vancouver in Canada and Auckland in New Zealand. Cities in the United Kingdom did not make the Top 20, with London coming in the highest at #41.
The place one lives in directly affects their lifestyle and quality of life. The house and environment one grows up in is a direct product of the cultural setting of a nation. So don’t hesitate to consult this list to live the life of your dreams and make the most of it!
Most Liveable Cities The World For 2019:
| Rank | City | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vienna | Austria |
| 2 | Zürich | Switzerland |
| 3 | Vancouver | Canada |
| 3 | Munich | Germany |
| 3 | Auckland | New Zealand |
| 6 | Düsseldorf | Germany |
| 7 | Frankfurt | Germany |
| 8 | Copenhagen | Denmark |
| 9 | Geneva | Switzerland |
| 10 | Basel | Switzerland |
| 11 | Sydney | Australia |
| 11 | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| 13 | Berlin | Germany |
| 14 | Bern | Switzerland |
| 15 | Wellington | New Zealand |
| 16 | Toronto | Canada |
| 17 | Melbourne | Australia |
| 18 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| 19 | Ottawa | Canada |
| 19 | Hamburg | Germany |
| 21 | Perth | Australia |
| 21 | Montréal | Canada |
| 23 | Nuremburg | Germany |
| 23 | Stockholm | Sweden |
| 25 | Oslo | Norway |
| 25 | Singapore | Singapore |
| 27 | Stuttgart | Germany |
| 28 | Brussels | Belgium |
| 29 | Adelaide | Australia |
| 30 | Canberra | Australia |
| 31 | Helsinki | Finland |
| 32 | Calgary | Canada |
| 33 | Dublin | Ireland |
| 34 | San Francisco | United States |
| 35 | Brisbane | Australia |
| 36 | Boston | United States |
| 37 | Lisbon | Portugal |
| 37 | Honolulu | United States |
| 39 | Paris | France |
| 40 | Lyon | France |
| 41 | Milan | Italy |
| 41 | London | United Kingdom |
| 43 | Barcelona | Spain |
| 44 | New York | United States |
| 45 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom |
| 46 | Madrid | Spain |
| 46 | Seattle | United States |
| 48 | Glasgow | United Kingdom |
| 49 | Kobe | Japan |
| 49 | Tokyo | Japan |
| 49 | Birmingham | United Kingdom |
| 49 | Chicago | United States |
| 53 | Washington | United States |
| 54 | Philadelphia | United States |
| 55 | Yokohama | Japan |
| 56 | Rome | Italy |
| 57 | Aberdeen | United Kingdom |
| 58 | Osaka | Japan |
| 59 | Pittsburgh | United States |
| 60 | Leipzig | Germany |
| 61 | Minneapolis | United States |
| 62 | Nagoya | Japan |
| 63 | Dallas | United States |
| 64 | Belfast | United Kingdom |
| 64 | Atlanta | United States |
| 66 | Houston | United States |
| 66 | Los Angeles | United States |
| 66 | Miami | United States |
| 69 | Prague | Czech Republic |
| 70 | St. Louis | United States |
| 71 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR |
| 72 | Pointe-à-Pitre | Guadeloupe (France) |
| 72 | Detroit | United States |
| 74 | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| 74 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates |
| 76 | Budapest | Hungary |
| 77 | Seoul | South Korea |
| 78 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates |
| 78 | Montevideo | Uruguay |
| 80 | Bratislava | Slovakia |
| 81 | Vilnius | Lithuania |
| 82 | Warsaw | Poland |
| 83 | Port Louis | Mauritius |
| 84 | Taipei | Taiwan |
| 85 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| 86 | Limassol | Cyprus |
| 86 | Tallinn | Estonia |
| 88 | Durban | South Africa |
| 89 | Athens | Greece |
| 90 | Riga | Latvia |
| 91 | Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| 92 | San Juan | Puerto Rico |
| 93 | Santiago | Chile |
| 94 | Busan | South Korea |
| 95 | Cape Town | South Africa |
| 96 | Johannesburg | South Africa |
| 97 | Panama City | Panama |
| 98 | Zagreb | Croatia |
| 98 | Victoria | Seychelles |
| 100 | Wroclaw | Poland |
| 101 | Johor Bahru | Malaysia |
| 101 | Taichung | Taiwan |
| 103 | Shanghai | China |
| 104 | Tel Aviv | Israel |
| 105 | Muscat | Oman |
| 106 | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei |
| 107 | Brasilia | Brazil |
| 108 | San José | Costa Rica |
| 109 | Bucharest | Romania |
| 110 | Noumea | New Caledonia |
| 110 | Doha | Qata |
| 112 | Nassau | Bahamas |
| 113 | Monterrey | Mexico |
| 114 | Tunis | Tunisia |
| 115 | Asunción | Paraguay |
| 116 | Sofia | Bulgaria |
| 117 | Rabat | Morocco |
| 118 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| 119 | São Paulo | Brazil |
| 120 | Beijing | China |
| 120 | Amman | Jordan |
| 122 | Guangzhou | China |
| 122 | Quito | Ecuador |
| 124 | Casablanca | Morocco |
| 124 | Lima | Peru |
| 126 | Kuwait City | Kuwait |
| 127 | Manaus | Brazil |
| 128 | Bogotá | Colombia |
| 129 | Mexico City | Mexico |
| 130 | Istanbul | Turkey |
| 131 | Windhoek | Namibia |
| 132 | Shenzhen | China |
| 133 | Bangkok | Thailand |
| 134 | Chengdu | China |
| 135 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic |
| 136 | Manama | Bahrain |
| 137 | Manila | Philippines |
| 138 | Colombo | Sri Lanka |
| 139 | Belgrade | Serbia |
| 140 | Nanjing | China |
| 141 | Gaborone | Botswana |
| 142 | Jakarta | Indonesia |
| 143 | Hyderabad | India |
| 143 | Pune | India |
| 145 | Xian | China |
| 146 | Qingdao | China |
| 147 | Port of Spain | Trinidad & Tobago |
| 148 | Chongqing | China |
| 149 | Bengaluru | India |
| 150 | Lusaka | Zambia |
| 151 | Chennai | India |
| 152 | Kingston | Jamaica |
| 153 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam |
| 154 | Mumbai | India |
| 155 | Hanoi | Vietnam |
| 156 | La Paz | Bolivia |
| 156 | Sarajevo | Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| 158 | Shenyang | China |
| 158 | Guatemala City | Guatemala |
| 160 | Kolkata | India |
| 161 | Skopje | Macedonia |
| 162 | New Delhi | India |
| 163 | Dakar | Senegal |
| 164 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia |
| 165 | Accra | Ghana |
| 166 | Libreville | Gabon |
| 167 | Moscow | Russia |
| 168 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia |
| 169 | Jilin | China |
| 170 | Yerevan | Armenia |
| 171 | Vientiane | People's Democratic Republic of Laos |
| 172 | Kampala | Uganda |
| 173 | Kyiv | Ukraine |
| 174 | St. Petersburg | Russia |
| 175 | Tirana | Albania |
| 175 | San Salvador | El Salvador |
| 177 | Cairo | Eqypt |
| 177 | Almaty | Kazakhstan |
| 179 | Banjul | Gambia |
| 180 | Managua | Nicaragua |
| 181 | Blantyre | Malawi |
| 182 | Cotonou | Benin |
| 183 | Maputo | Mozambique |
| 184 | Beirut | Lebanon |
| 185 | Algiers | Algeria |
| 186 | Nairobi | Kenya |
| 187 | Tbilisi | Georgia |
| 188 | Minsk | Belarus |
| 189 | Djibouti | Djibouti |
| 189 | Tegucigalpa | Honduras |
| 191 | Kigali | Rwanda |
| 192 | Havana | Cuba |
| 193 | Yaounde | Cameroon |
| 194 | Islamabad | Pakistan |
| 195 | Baku | Azerbaijan |
| 196 | Phnom Penh | Cambodia |
| 197 | Douala | Cameroon |
| 198 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania |
| 199 | Luanda | Angola |
| 199 | Tehran | Iran |
| 201 | Karachi | Pakistan |
| 202 | Caracas | Venezuela |
| 203 | Yangon | Myanmar |
| 203 | Lome | Togo |
| 203 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan |
| 206 | Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan |
| 207 | Lahore | Pakistan |
| 208 | Abidjan | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 209 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia |
| 210 | Harare | Zimbabwe |
| 211 | Ashgabat | Turkmenistan |
| 212 | Lagos | Nigeria |
| 213 | Abuja | Nigeria |
| 214 | Antananarivo | Madagascar |
| 215 | Dushanbe | Tajikistan |
| 216 | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso |
| 217 | Dhaka | Bangladesh |
| 218 | Tripoli | Libya |
| 218 | Niamey | Niger |
| 220 | Bamako | Mali |
| 221 | Nouakchott | Mauritania |
| 222 | Conakry | Guinea Republic |
| 223 | Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 224 | Brazzaville | Congo |
| 225 | Damascus | Syria |
| 226 | N'Djamena | Chad |
| 227 | Khartoum | Sudan |
| 228 | Port au Prince | Haiti |
| 229 | Sana'a | Yemen Arab Republic |
| 230 | Bangui | Central African Republic |
| 231 | Baghdad | Iraq |
Vienna, Austria
One-third of the whole population on Vienna is not Austrian by origin, making the city a real melting pot of cultures! The public transport here is outstanding. It costs a meagre sum of 365 euros annually for a transport card that allows access on all public transport like buses, trams and metros. It is a relatively compact city- most of it is accessible within thirty minutes, meaning there is no need for long commutes in the irritating traffic. The city is within close proximity to other areas around Central Europe. The healthcare system here is fantastic. The quality of life in Vienna is top-notch.
A flourishing economy, a stable political framework, Austria’s excellent farmland, and its social assorted variety, everything add to a brilliant way of life for local people and visitors alike. Education is provided free of cost in Austria. Austria provides free instruction to all understudies. However, one has to pay a social charge and understudy association expense which is never more than €380 per semester. Because of this low expense, a large number of undergraduate students look forward to pursue studies in Austria at top Austrian colleges.
Zurich, Switzerland
One of the most popular reasons for living here is the security and low crime rate. One doesn’t really feel afraid of walking around at night, which is really nice for families. It has an incredible transport system, with everything organized and on time. The cost of living is higher, yet the inhabitants have got lower charge and other monetary advantages that way, so it makes a superior financial condition for you to develop yourself by and by. Additionally, it is a very reputable nation.
Vancouver, Canada
The Economist ranks Vancouver in as 3rd most livable city, and we agree to it! Vancouver is celebrated for its striking natural beauty, ready access to beaches and the outdoors, mild year-round climate and the public transportation, including walking and cycling. Its vibrant economy incorporates very significant development in the green and technology segments, while it is also quickly expanding the creative sector. Among the cities in North America, Vancouver offers astoundingly low corporate tax and hydro rates. Businesses also benefit from dedicated tax incentives from various levels of government. Canada is one of the best places to pursue your higher studies and the country attracts thousands of students each year from abroad. International students can get very good education at exceptionally low expenses in contrast with different nations over the globe. Canada has an excellent health insurance framework set up for its residents.
Munich, Germany
Munich strikes a strong balanced city that’s fun to live in, yet runs like a well-oiled machine. The public transportation of the city is comfy and sanitized, and the streets are safe and well-maintained. Economically, Munich shines just as strongly. Munich’s unemployment rate is at a very impressive 4%, which is even lower among the youth! Munich has eighteen universities attracting international students and a higher percentage of foreign residents.
Auckland, New Zealand
The climate of this place is the perfect incentives to choose Auckland as your new home. The summer time in Auckland is beautiful and warm, but not too hot. During winters, the weather is moderate. The city of Auckland has an exceptionally high-ranking standard of education, and is one of the best in the game when it comes to it. This makes a city like Auckland virtually the best place to start a new life without compromising on something as paramount as studies. Because of its relatively remote geographic location, sea transportation is mostly used for removals to the city of New Zealand.
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