Sydney beats Melbourne in world's top cities league

Sydney has retained its spot in the top ten of the world's most liveable cities - beating Melbourne by eight places.

Sydney remains stable in tenth place in the global survey, scoring 106.3 points and overshadowing Melbourne, which ranks 18th on 104.8 points.

Australia's other state capitals are out of the world's top 20, but still in the top 40, with Perth ranked 21st, Canberra 26th, Adelaide 32nd and Brisbane 36th.

Most liveable ... Vienna is ranked number one. Photo: Reuters

But all Australia's major cities were beaten by the Kiwis, with Auckland taking out fourth position, equal with Vancouver, Canada.

New Zealand's capital also did well, with Wellington holding its 12th position from last year.

Sydney Morning Herald

It found the most liveable city in the world is Vienna, Austria, with 108.6 points, while Switzerland's Zurich and Geneva followed in second and third position respectively.

Baghdad in Iraq is ranked last with just 14.7 points, coming in below Bangui in the Central African Republic and N'Djamena in Chad.

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Brace yourself Sydney-siders - here comes another 'Sydney bash' from those insecure Melbournites...

Herewego... | Sydney - May 26, 2010, 11:18AM

I love Zurich and Sydney

Suspect Bangui gets less of a rap. Maybe not. Nice music!

Is it the "World's most boring cities" ranking?!

Nice cities top in the first positions but can't believe Sydney is less liveable than Vienna or Geneva!!

I guess this would have to be the first time I heard that Sydney is more livable than Melbourne... And I would question how the criteria are assessed and judged to arrive to such a conclusion??? Is there more info on the study methodology?

Where have you been living? Under a rock?!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_most_livable_cities   -                                  Yes they call this rock know your facts! Historically Melbourne was miles ahead of Sydney!