Vienna, Austria, remained at the top of the Mercer Quality of Living Rankings out of 230 cities in 2015, boasting the best quality of living for expatriates. Zurich, Switzerland, and Auckland, New Zealand followed.
Athens, Greece, ranked 85th, on a par with Durban, South Africa, and just a point behind Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, though faring slightly better than Limassol in Cyprus.
The lowest ranking city was Baghdad, worse than Bangui (229), Port-au-Prince (228) and Khartoum (227).
Here’s the list of the top 100:
1 Vienna, Austria
2 Zurich,Switzerland
3 Auckland, New Zealand
4 Munich Germany
5 Vancouver Canada
6Dusseldorf Germany
7 Frankfurt Germany
8 Geneva Switzerland
9 Copenhagen Denmark
10 Sydney Australia
11 Amsterdam Netherlands
12 Wellington New Zealand
13Bern Switzerland
14 Berlin Germany
15 Toronto Canada
16Hamburg Germany
16 Melbourne Australia
16 Ottawa Canada
19Luxembourg Luxembourg
19 Stockholm Sweden
21 Stuttgart Germany
22 Brussels Belgium
22 Perth Australia
24Montreal Canada
25 Nurnberg Germany
26 Singapore Singapore
27 Adelaide Australia
27 Paris France
27 San Francisco United States
30 Canberra Australia
31 Helsinki Finland
31 Oslo Norway
33 Calgary Canada
34 Boston United States
34 Dublin Ireland
36 Honolulu United States
37 Brisbane Australia
38 Barcelona Spain
39 Lyon France
40 London United Kingdom
41 Lisbon Portugal
41 Milan Italy
43 Chicago United States
44 New York City United States
44 SeattleUnited States
44 Tokyo Japan
47 Kobe Japan
48 Los Angeles United States
48 Yokohama Japan
50Washington United States
51 Madrid Spain
52 Birmingham United Kingdom
52 Rome Italy
54 Pittsburgh United States
55 Glasgow United Kingdom
55 Philadelphia United States
57 Aberdeen United Kingdom
58 Osaka Japan
59 Leipzig Germany
60 Minneapolis United States
61 Nagoya Japan
62 Dallas United States
63 Belfast United Kingdom
64 Houston United States
65 Miami United States
66 Atlanta United States
67 St. Louis United States
68 Prague Czech Republic
69 Pointe-a-Pitre Guadeloupe
70 Detroit United States
70 Hong KongHong Kong
72 San Juan Puerto Rico
72 Seoul South Korea
74 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates
75 Budapest Hungary
75 LjubljanaSlovenia
77 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
78 Montevideo Uruguay
79 Vilnius Lithuania
79 Warsaw Poland
81 Bratislava Slovakia
82 Port Louis Mauritius
83 Taipei Taiwan
84 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
85 Athens Greece
85 Durban South Africa
87 LimassolCyprus
88 TallinnEstonia
89 Riga Latvia
90Busan South Korea
91 Buenos Aires Argentina
91 Cape Town South Africa
93 Santiago Chile
94 Johannesburg South Africa
95 Panama City Panama
96Victoria Seychelles
97 Zagreb Croatia
98 Cheonan South Korea
99Taichung Taiwan
100Wroclaw Poland
