Australian cities have rebounded from the pandemic years and rocketed back up the world's most liveable city rankings for 2023.
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Melbourne has soared to third spot this year behind Vienna, Austria and Copenhagen, Denmark, after slipping to equal 10th in 2022.
The Victorian capital pipped Sydney by 0.3 index points with the Harbour city following in fourth place.
The two cities have "bounced up and down the rankings during the pandemic" according to the Global Liveability Index 2023 report by The Economist Intelligence Unit.
"They have seen their scores in the healthcare category improve since last year, when they were still affected by COVID waves that stressed their healthcare systems," the report said.
Perth was the third biggest climber in the rankings moving 21 places to 12th in 2023.
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The Western Australian city drew equal with Adelaide as both scored 95.9 on the liveability index.
Over the ditch Auckland, New Zealand took out the equal 10th position alongside Osaka, Japan, a gain of 25 places.
Vienna has gone back-to-back as the world's most liveable city with its "unsurpassed combination of stability, good infrastructure, strong education and healthcare services, and plenty of culture and entertainment".
But it does have too few major sporting events, according to the report.
Unrest plagues least liveable cities
Syrian city Damascus remains at the bottom of the list, "held back by social unrest, terrorism and conflict".
And after a year left out of the rankings, Kiev in Ukraine has fallen into the bottom 10 due to the impact of the Russian invasion, particularly on stability and infrastructure.
The fallout of the war in Ukraine has also had an affect on the liveability of other European cities.
