Study reveals best city to live for expats
A Burgess Hill firm has revealed the best cities to live after conducting a global study into the mental wellbeing on expats.
The Expatriate Group looked at 40 cities that are popular with expats and discovered that Auckland, New Zealand, ranked the highest in terms of positive mental wellbeing.
The study was divided into eight categories and ranked including sunshine hours per year, sleep quality, fitness facilities, amount of green space, work-life balance, healthcare, happiness and friendliness to expats. Scores from each category were then added together to give an overall ranking for the top 20 cities.
Coming in second place after Auckland was Sydney, followed by Abu Dhabi, Buenos Aires, and Vienna.
Also in the top 10 list was Toronto, Helsinki, Madrid, Lisbon and Dublin.
Prague, Beijing and Singapore were ranked top three for the amount of green space and Stockholm won for best work-life balance.
In terms of friendliness to expats, Mexico City, Lisbon and Buenos Aires were placed in top three.
Lee Gerry, Expatriate Group director, said: “Highlighting the very best cities for expat mental wellbeing (and breaking them down into categories) hopefully encourages expats who want to improve their physical and mental wellbeing to perhaps venture to a new city.”