The annual Mercer Quality of Living Ranking report is in and the result falls in favour of Durban. The city came in at 89th place globally and ranked as the second best city to live in on the entire African continent, narrowly missing out the top spot to the Mauritian city of Port Louis which came in 83th place.
According to the report, “Port Louis (83) is the highest ranking African city for quality of living followed by the Durban (89), Cape Town (94) and Johannesburg (95). N’Djamena (226), Khartoum (227) and Bangui (230) stay the lowest ranked in the region. Persistent political instability, poverty, extreme climates and lack of appropriate infrastructure investments means these cities have the lowest quality of living worldwide.”
European cities managed to walk off with the majority of the accolades with the only North American spot in the top 10 being occupied by Canada’s beautiful Vancouver. Dubai continues to rank highest in the Middle-East while Singapore took top prize in Asia, and several Australian cities performed very well.
Here are the top 10 for 2018:
The Top 10 City Rankings Worldwide
- Vienna (Austria)
- Zurich (Switzerland)
- Auckland (New Zealand)
- Munich (Germany)
- Vancouver (Canada)
- Dusseldorf (Germany)
- Frankfurt (Germany)
- Geneva (Switzerland)
- Copenhagen (Denmark)
- Basel (Switzerland)
- Sydney (Australia)
While Mpumalanga may not have officially made it onto the top 100 list, locals know well just how beautiful the countryside is so while we congratulate the residents of Durban, it’s worthwhile to remember that there are all sorts of hidden gems available when searching for property for sale here in Standerton as well.
