★ Best places to live
Cities with the best public transport
Get around without a car — cities ranked by the quality of their public transit.
This ranking covers 87 cities from our index, sorted by Transit. Tokyo comes out on top at 98/100, ahead of Zurich and Singapore. Open any city for its full cost-of-living, tax and quality-of-life breakdown — or compare two side by side.
- 1TokyoJapan98/100
- 2ZurichSwitzerland95/100
- 3SingaporeSingapore95/100
- 4LondonUnited Kingdom92/100
- 5MunichGermany92/100
- 6SeoulSouth Korea92/100
- 7BerlinGermany90/100
- 8MadridSpain90/100
- 9ViennaAustria90/100
- 10ParisFrance88/100
- 11AmsterdamNetherlands88/100
- 12BarcelonaSpain88/100
- 13OsakaJapan88/100
- 14New YorkUnited States85/100
- 15PragueCzech Republic85/100
- 16FrankfurtGermany85/100
- 17NagoyaJapan84/100
- 18MilanItaly82/100
- 19WarsawPoland82/100
- 20BudapestHungary82/100
- 21HamburgGermany82/100
- 22RotterdamNetherlands82/100
- 23FukuokaJapan82/100
- 24San FranciscoUnited States80/100
- 25SydneyAustralia80/100
- 26MelbourneAustralia80/100
- 27LyonFrance80/100
- 28CologneGermany80/100
- 29StuttgartGermany80/100
- 30SapporoJapan80/100
- 31ChicagoUnited States78/100
- 32LisbonPortugal78/100
- 33TorontoCanada78/100
- 34VancouverCanada78/100
- 35TallinnEstonia78/100
- 36MontrealCanada78/100
- 37BordeauxFrance76/100
- 38BostonUnited States75/100
- 39RomeItaly75/100
- 40ValenciaSpain74/100
- 41NiceFrance74/100
- 42TurinItaly74/100
- 43WashingtonUnited States72/100
- 44Buenos AiresArgentina72/100
- 45IstanbulTurkey72/100
- 46AthensGreece72/100
- 47ManchesterUnited Kingdom72/100
- 48SeattleUnited States70/100
- 49Mexico CityMexico70/100
- 50PortoPortugal70/100
- 51MarseilleFrance70/100
- 52PhiladelphiaUnited States68/100
- 53MedellínColombia68/100
- 54São PauloBrazil68/100
- 55FlorenceItaly68/100
- 56NaplesItaly66/100
- 57DublinIreland65/100
- 58BangkokThailand65/100
- 59Kuala LumpurMalaysia65/100
- 60PortlandUnited States62/100
- 61DubaiUnited Arab Emirates60/100
- 62MumbaiIndia60/100
- 63MinneapolisUnited States58/100
- 64Los AngelesUnited States55/100
- 65DenverUnited States55/100
- 66TbilisiGeorgia55/100
- 67GuadalajaraMexico55/100
- 68San DiegoUnited States50/100
- 69MiamiUnited States50/100
- 70AtlantaUnited States48/100
- 71Las VegasUnited States45/100
- 72BishkekKyrgyzstan45/100
- 73BangaloreIndia45/100
- 74ChennaiIndia45/100
- 75HoustonUnited States42/100
- 76DetroitUnited States42/100
- 77PuneIndia42/100
- 78AustinUnited States40/100
- 79DallasUnited States40/100
- 80PhoenixUnited States40/100
- 81ColumbusUnited States40/100
- 82San AntonioUnited States38/100
- 83CharlotteUnited States35/100
- 84Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam35/100
- 85NashvilleUnited States30/100
- 86Chiang MaiThailand30/100
- 87BaliIndonesia20/100
? Frequently asked questions
Which cities top this ranking?
Tokyo leads at 98/100, followed by Zurich and Singapore. The full ranking of 87 cities is listed above.
How is this ranking calculated?
We sort all 87 cities in our index by Transit. Figures are calibrated estimates, refreshed as we expand coverage — a practical guide, not official statistics.
Can I compare these cities in detail?
Yes. Open any city for its cost of living, rent, taxes, visas and quality of life, or use CostTrek’s side-by-side comparison to weigh two cities against each other.