What is the Best City in the World?
- Capital Frontiers
- Jun 17, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 24, 2021
We aggregated 22 different sets of rankings of the "best" cities in the world, as measured by a range of criteria - dynamism, livability, beauty, and other overall qualities. Here's what they revealed. Welcome the debate.
The aggregate consensus "best" cities in the world:
The Consensus Top Tier:
1. London
Best rank: 1
Worst rank: 24
Average rank: 9
2. Paris
Best rank: 1
Worst rank: 39
Average rank: 10
3. New York
Best rank: 1
Worst rank: 44
Average rank: 10
The Second Tier:
4. Barcelona
Best rank: 3
Worst rank: 43
Average rank: 13
5. Singapore
Best rank: 4
Worst rank: 29
Average rank: 14
6. Sydney
Best rank: 2
Worst rank: 39
Average rank: 15
7. Tokyo
Best rank: 4
Worst rank: 30
Average rank: 15
8. Chicago
Best rank: 2
Worst rank: 49
Average rank: 16
9. Montreal
Best rank: 2
Worst rank: 51
Average rank: 16
10. Berlin
Best rank: 1
Worst rank: 36
Average rank: 16
11. Vancouver
Best rank: 3
Worst rank: 49
Average rank: 16
12. Amsterdam
Best rank: 4
Worst rank: 49
Average rank: 16
13. San Francisco
Best rank: 8
Worst rank: 34
Average rank: 16
14. Rome
Best rank: 2
Worst rank: 56
Average rank: 16
15. Vienna
Best rank: 1
Worst rank: 31
Average rank: 16
16. Toronto
Best rank: 5
Worst rank: 25
Average rank: 16
17. Melbourne
Best rank: 2
Worst rank: 51
Average rank: 1
18. Lisbon
Best rank: 6
Worst rank: 37
Average rank: 17
19. Cape Town
Best rank: 3
Worst rank: 95
Average rank: 18
20. Madrid
Best rank: 11
Worst rank: 46
Average rank: 19
21. Washington, DC
Best rank: 1
Worst rank: 53
Average rank: 19
22. Dubai
Best rank: 6
Worst rank: 74
Average rank: 19
23. Los Angeles
Best rank: 5
Worst rank: 66
Average rank: 20
24. Hong Kong
Best rank: 5
Worst rank: 71
Average rank: 20
25. Prague
Best rank: 4
Worst rank: 69
Average rank: 20
26: Philadelphia
Best rank: 11
Worst rank: 54
Average rank: 22
27: Boston
Best rank: 11
Worst rank: 51
Average rank: 22
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