2. Perth, Western Australia
Numbeo rank: 2
Expatistan rank:3
Average: 2.5
As astronaut John Glenn passed the city overhead aboard Friendship 7 in 1962, residents of Perth lit their streetlights and house lights to commemorate this event. Now known as the “City of Light”, it shines brightly also because it is ranked as the 8th most livable city in the world in August 2015 by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The city has experienced a recent construction boom, due in part to a boom in mining.
