New York City is one of the ten best cities in the world, according to a new ranking. New York landed number two globally and number one in the United States in the latest World’s Best Cities 2020 by Resonance Consultancy. The Big Apple is ahead of several popular cities, including Dubai (No. 6), Singapore (No. 7) Barcelona (No. 8), Los Angeles (No. 9), and Rome (No. 10) in the global rankings but comes second after London.

The study looked at six different categories – Place, Product, Programming, People, Prosperity and Promotion – in order to compile a 2020 list of the world’s best cities. Factors included safety, weather, landmarks and attractions, diversity, culture, dining and economic prosperity.

London took the first place, followed by New York (No. 2), Paris (No. 3), Tokyo (No. 4), and Moscow (No. 5).

Investment Climate Score by the CEOWORLD magazine: Following our initial list, we also ranked cities based on the investment climate. In our recent ranking of the best-performing cities, we used five measures of economic health. We ranked the 100 global cities for which all five measures were available and then averaged those rankings together to make a composite score. Government policy, quality of life, safety, investment climate, and skilled workforce. These are the world’s 100 best-performing cities for 2020 with their investment climate score by the CEOWORLD magazine.

World's 100 best performing cities with their investment climate score for 2020

Rank City Country CEOWORLD Investment Climate Score 1 London United Kingdom 78.2 2 New York United States 72 3 Paris France 70.5 4 Tokyo Japan 70.3 5 Moscow Russia 70.1 6 Dubai United Arab Emirates 69.9 7 Singapore Singapore 69.8 8 Barcelona Spain 69.8 9 Los Angeles United States 69.5 10 Rome Italy 68.3 11 San Francisco United States 68.2 12 Madrid Spain 66.9 13 Chicago United States 66.8 14 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 66.6 15 Amsterdam Netherlands 66 16 Beijing China 65.8 17 Toronto Canada 65.2 18 Doha Qatar 65 19 Hong Kong China 64.2 20 San Diego United States 64 21 Boston United States 63.9 22 Sydney Australia 63.4 23 Las Vegas United States 62.6 24 Miami United States 62.4 25 San Jose United States 62.2 26 Washington United States 62.1 27 Zürich Switzerland 62.1 28 Berlin Germany 61.3 29 Prague Czech Republic 60.7 30 Seoul South Korea 60.4 31 Milan Italy 60 32 Houston United States 60 33 Melbourne Australia 59.1 34 Seattle United States 59.1 35 St. Petersburg Russia 59 36 Vienna Austria 58.7 37 Munich Germany 58.4 38 Dallas United States 58.4 39 Istanbul Turkey 57.9 40 Austin United States 57.3 41 Vancouver Canada 57 42 Dublin Ireland 56.9 43 Orlando United States 56.9 44 Osaka Japan 56.7 45 Montreal Canada 56.1 46 Stuttgart Germany 56 47 Frankfurt Germany 55.8 48 Calgary Canada 55.5 49 Phoenix United States 55.4 50 Lisbon Portugal 55.2 51 Budapest Hungary 54.1 52 Denver United States 53.8 53 Philadelphia United States 53.4 54 Tel Aviv Israel 52.7 55 Atlanta United States 52.6 56 Minneapolis United States 52.1 57 Portland United States 52 58 Bangkok Thailand 51.6 59 Sao Paulo Brazil 51.4 60 Lyon France 51.3 61 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 51.2 62 Brisbane Australia 51 63 Perth Australia 51 64 Hamburg Germany 50.6 65 Copenhagen Denmark 50.3 66 Valencia Spain 49.1 67 Athens Greece 47.3 68 Stockholm Sweden 47.3 69 Marseille France 47 70 Adelaide Australia 46.4 71 New Orleans United States 45.2 72 Buenos Aires Argentina 44.7 73 Oslo Norway 43.4 74 Warsaw Poland 42 75 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 41.9 76 Brussels Belgium 39.4 77 Ottawa Canada 39.3 78 Seville Spain 39.2 79 Nashville United States 36.5 80 Baltimore United States 36 81 Delhi India 35.8 82 Sacramento United States 35.3 83 Edmonton Canada 34.7 84 Helsinki Finland 33.8 85 Salt Lake City United States 32.8 86 Charlotte United States 31.9 87 Shanghai China 28.5 88 anover Germany 28.2 89 Cologne Germany 27.9 90 St. Louis United States 27.6 91 Tucson United States 27.3 92 Raleigh United States 27.2 93 San Antonio United States 27 94 Columbus United States 26.3 95 Santiago Chile 25.8 96 Mexico City Mexico 25.7 97 Tampa United States 25.6 98 Auckland New Zealand 25.6 99 Pittsburgh United States 25.2 100 Nuremberg Germany 22.7

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