A new ranking of the friendliest cities in the world is out now.
Even though this country has a reputation for being friendly, only one Canadian city made the global list.
Recently, Time Out revealed which places are the most “welcoming and friendly.”
This new friendliest cities in the world ranking is based on the opinions of locals in those cities.
Earlier this year, Time Out polled 18,500 residents of cities around the world and asked them about their hometowns.
The survey included questions about happiness, arts and culture, green spaces and more.
Locals in these cities were also asked how likely they were to describe their hometown as “welcoming and friendly.”
Time Out used that data to rank the 20 most amiable destinations in the world.
Montreal is the only Canadian city on the list and one of just three North American locations to be named as the world’s friendliest places.
Even though it didn’t crack the top 10 or the top 15, it still did better than every other city in Canada!
These are the friendliest cities in the world, based on the percentage of locals who would describe their hometown as friendly:
- Porto, Portugal
- Bilbao, Spain
- Medellin, Colombia
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Brighton, UK
- Madrid, Spain
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Chicago, USA
- Belfast, UK
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- New Orleans, USA
- Valencia, Spain
- Glasgow, UK
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Montreal, Canada
- Seville, Spain
- Brisbane, Australia
- Dubai, UAE
Looking at the top city in this ranking, 85% of locals in Porto told Time Out that their city is “welcoming and friendly.”
That’s much higher than the second and third-friendliest places in the world.
It was revealed that 71% of Bilbao locals and 69% of Medellin locals said their hometown is a friendly place.
The percentage of Montrealers who think the city is welcoming hasn’t been shared by Time Out.
But it’s likely much lower than the 69% that Medellin got as the third-friendliest city, since Montreal is ranked 17th overall.