Where should you live?
Compare 1,103 cities across 68 countries by what actually matters — cost of living, climate and natural-disaster safety. Pick a country to explore its cities.
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Scores are 0–100, higher = better. Cost = affordability (higher = cheaper) · Climate = year-round comfort · Safety = natural-disaster + crime safety · Livability = the three combined.
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Browse cities country-by-country — each country page lets you sort and filter its cities by cost, climate and safety.
Albania68
Argentina71
Australia72
Austria67
Bahrain53
Belgium70
Brazil70
Bulgaria67
Cambodia62
Canada68
Chile68
Colombia69
Costa Rica66
Croatia69
Cyprus64
Czechia66
Denmark68
Dominican Republic64
Ecuador70
Estonia62
Finland63
France71
Georgia68
Germany68
Greece67
Hungary67
India63
Indonesia65
Ireland71
Italy69
Japan62
Latvia62
Lithuania66
Malaysia64
Malta68
Mauritius70
Mexico70
Montenegro66
Morocco69
Netherlands70
New Zealand70
Norway68
Oman62
Panama60
Paraguay68
Peru68
Philippines65
Poland66
Portugal72
Qatar51
Romania66
Saudi Arabia63
Singapore65
Slovakia66
Slovenia65
South Africa72
Spain71
Sri Lanka68
Sweden68
Switzerland67
Taiwan65
Thailand64
Turkey69
United Arab Emirates53
United Kingdom70
United States67
Uruguay69
Vietnam69
Highest-livability major cities worldwide
Porto
Portugal · top risk: wildfire72
Hobart
Australia · top risk: flooding72
Bilbao
Spain · top risk: flooding71
Bordeaux
France · top risk: flooding71
Puerto Vallarta
Mexico · top risk: earthquake70
Cardiff
United Kingdom · top risk: flooding70
Loja
Ecuador · top risk: earthquake70
Florianópolis
Brazil · top risk: flooding70
North Shore
New Zealand · top risk: earthquake70
Pietermaritzburg
South Africa · top risk: flooding70
Ðà Lạt
Vietnam · top risk: storms (hurricane/cyclone)69
Popayán
Colombia · top risk: earthquake69
Formula: livability=0.35*cost+0.30*climate+0.35*safety; cost=country PPP index x city-size premium (real population); safety=0.55*disaster_safety+0.45*crime_safety - urban-crime penalty (city size); disaster_safety=100-sum(hazard_weight*tier)/5*100 over 8 hazards (real earthquake/heat/cold + modelled flood/storm/wildfire/drought/tsunami); crime_safety=100-homicide*3
Sources: climate — WorldClim (real, offline); cost — World Bank price level (real, open); disaster — USGS earthquakes + FEMA/INFORM; crime — World Bank homicide.
Sources: climate — WorldClim (real, offline); cost — World Bank price level (real, open); disaster — USGS earthquakes + FEMA/INFORM; crime — World Bank homicide.