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Methodology · Daily life · reviewed November 14, 2026

Daily life, measured.

Infrastructure, air links and real scheduled flight times, clean air on IQAir, traffic on the TomTom Traffic Index, English on the EF index, hours of sun and the cost of the life.

What is measured

Infrastructure, air links with real scheduled flight times, clean air, traffic, English, hours of sun, and the cost of the life.

Where it comes from

Clean air on IQAir, traffic on the TomTom Traffic Index, English on the EF index. Flight times are real scheduled flights, never a distance formula.

How it enters the score

Carried into the Patrician.ch 100, 100 places on one scale.

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