Complete Ranking of 54 European Cities

Written By Jackie King

Where are the best cities in Europe to live currently? Here is a complete ranking, best to worst, with 12 different metrics of 54 European cities to live in. Included here is the compiled, overall ranking — see other pages for the rankings of each individual metric (described in the methodology page).

Complete Ranking of European Cities Based on 12 Metrics

The Top 10

  1. Vienna, Austria

  1. Vienna, Austria
  2. Madrid, Spain
  3. London, England
  4. Amsterdam, Netherlands
  5. Barcelona, Spain
  6. Zurich, Switzerland
  7. Berlin, Germany
  8. Paris, France
  9. Copenhagen, Denmark
  10. Lisbon, Portugal

11-20

15. Rome, Italy

  1. Rotterdam, Netherlands
  2. Stockholm, Sweden
  3. Prague, Czech Republic
  4. Milan, Italy
  5. Rome, Italy
  6. Helsinki, Finland
  7. Hamburg, Germany
  8. Antwerp, Belgium
  9. Oslo, Norway
  10. Birmingham, England

21-30

26. Dublin, Ireland

  1. Andorra La Vella, Andorra
  2. Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  3. Ljubljana, Slovenia
  4. Marseille, France
  5. Krakow, Poland
  6. Dublin, Ireland
  7. Athens, Greece
  8. Moscow, Russia
  9. Warsaw, Poland
  10. Monaco City, Monaco

31-40

32. Reykjavik, Iceland

  1. Serravalle, San Marino
  2. Reykjavik, Iceland
  3. Budapest, Hungary
  4. Vilnius, Lithuania
  5. Zagreb, Croatia
  6. Nicosia, Cyprus
  7. Tallinn, Estonia
  8. Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  9. Schaan, Liechtenstein
  10. Birkirkara, Malta

41-50

44. Bucharest, Romania

  1. Saint Petersburg, Russia
  2. Bratislava, Slovakia
  3. Riga, Latvia
  4. Bucharest, Romania
  5. Belgrade, Serbia
  6. Sofia, Bulgaria
  7. Podgorica, Montenegro
  8. Minsk, Belarus
  9. Kyiv, Ukraine
  10. Chisinau, Moldova

51-54

54. Kharkiv, Ukraine

  1. Skopje, North Macedonia
  2. Tirana, Albania
  3. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  4. Kharkiv, Ukraine
Jackie King