Best places to live

Ranked by overall livability — cost, climate and disaster safety combined. Top pick: Punta del Este, Uruguay.

Best places to live — top 12

#	City	Country	Livability	Livability	Cost	Climate	Safety
1	Punta del Este	Uruguay	75	75	55	100	73
2	Maldonado	Uruguay	73	73	51	100	73
3	Melo	Uruguay	73	73	52	100	70
4	Dundalk	Ireland	73	73	52	97	73
5	Porto	Portugal	72	72	54	100	65
6	Hobart	Australia	72	72	48	100	71
7	Bendigo	Australia	72	72	50	100	69
8	City of Port Phillip	Australia	72	72	50	100	69
9	Ballarat	Australia	72	72	50	100	69
10	Mercedes	Uruguay	72	72	52	98	70
11	Galway	Ireland	72	72	50	99	70
12	Swords	Ireland	72	72	52	98	70
13	Limerick	Ireland	72	72	50	99	70
14	Bhisho	South Africa	72	72	49	100	70
15	Herceg Novi	Montenegro	72	72	54	100	66
16	Cetinje	Montenegro	72	72	54	98	67
17	Tivat	Montenegro	72	72	56	98	65
18	Albufeira	Portugal	71	71	54	100	62
19	Santander	Spain	71	71	49	100	68
20	Logroño	Spain	71	71	49	98	69
21	Bilbao	Spain	71	71	47	100	69
22	Donostia / San Sebastián	Spain	71	71	49	100	69
23	Bordeaux	France	71	71	48	99	69
24	Rouen	France	71	71	50	95	72
25	Angers	France	71	71	49	98	69
26	Perpignan	France	71	71	50	100	67
27	Caen	France	71	71	50	98	69
28	Geelong	Australia	71	71	48	100	70
29	Boquete	Panama	71	71	56	100	62
30	Zugdidi	Georgia	71	71	52	99	65
31	La Plata	Argentina	71	71	48	100	69
32	Pedro Juan Caballero	Paraguay	71	71	51	97	70
33	Paysandú	Uruguay	71	71	51	94	70
34	Rivera	Uruguay	71	71	51	97	70
35	Tacuarembó	Uruguay	71	71	51	96	70
36	Cork	Ireland	71	71	49	100	69
37	Tallaght	Ireland	71	71	50	96	70
38	Waterford	Ireland	71	71	51	99	68
39	Dubrovnik	Croatia	71	71	53	100	64
40	Mbombela	South Africa	71	71	50	100	66
41	Budva	Montenegro	71	71	54	98	66
42	Kotor	Montenegro	71	71	57	92	67
43	Braga	Portugal	70	70	48	100	65
44	Coimbra	Portugal	70	70	49	100	65
45	Leiria	Portugal	70	70	49	100	65
46	Viseu	Portugal	70	70	50	100	64
47	Faro	Portugal	70	70	51	100	63
48	Lagos	Portugal	70	70	52	100	62
49	Tavira	Portugal	70	70	54	98	62
50	Pamplona	Spain	70	70	48	96	69

Climate real (WorldClim); cost real (World Bank); hazard tiers indicative.

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Punta del Este, Uruguay — see the full ranking of 1103 cities.

From open data: climate (WorldClim), cost (World Bank), disaster risk (USGS/FEMA/INFORM), combined into a livability score.