Welcome to the fifth annual Monocle survey of top 25 liveable cities around the world. Here’s how they rank. For our Quality-of-Life issue, Monocle has been busy researching the world’s top cities.

1 at Christopher St.-Sheridan Sq. Monocle editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé opened this 188-square-foot storefront in August, 2010, as a retail extension of his travel and lifestyle magazine.