The World’s Best Places to love 2009. Each year Mercer Consulting assembles its ranking of 215 cities worldwide based on a quality of living point-scoring index that uses New York City as a base comparison. Europe once again dominates the list. The top three cities are, by rank, Vienna, Zurich (last years winner), and Geneva.

the full list of the top 30 World’s Best Places to Live 2009 after the jump…

The rankings take into consideration 10 key categories and 39 separate criteria ranging from health care, political stabilty to recreation and consumer goods.  

Out of US cities, the only ones making within the top 30 worldwide are Honolulu (29) and San Francisco (30). From Asia, only Singapore (26) comes within the top 30.

Here are the World’s top best places to live 2009:

1. Vienna, Austria

2. Geneva, Switzerland

3. Zurich, Switzerland

4. (tie) Vancouver, Canada

5. (tie) Auckland, New Zealand

6. Dusseldorf, Germany

7. Muchich, Germany

8. Frankfurt, Germany

9. Bern, Switzerland

10. Sydney, Australia

11. Copenhagen, Demark

12. Wellington, New Zealand

13. Amsterdam, Netherlands

14. Brussels, Belgium

15. Toronto, Canada

16. Ottawa, Canada

17. Berlin, Germany

18. Melbourne, Australia

19. Luxembourg

20. Stockholm, Sweden

21. Perth, Australia

22. Montreal, Canada

23. Nuremberg, Germany

24. Oslo, Norway

25. Dublin, Ireland

26. (tie) Singapore

26. (tie) Calgary

28. Hamburg, Germany

29. Honolulu, US

30 San Francisco, US

I would say if we didn’t have so much rain in Vancouver during the Winter months, Vancouver would have topped the list!

Do you agree with the list ? Where do you think is the best place to live?

photo taken by me out from Granville Island, possibly the world’s best city Vancouver according me!

source: Business Week