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rank_cities

Rank cities by composite quality score

A tool of cityparity — Cost-of-Living & Quality-of-Life Comparison

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Rank supported cities by composite quality-of-life score across five weighted dimensions (financial, healthcare, vacation, childcare, safety_net). Returns top N (default 10), with filters for country, countries, region (europe/asia/north_america/south_america/oceania), has_universal_healthcare, include_cities, and exclude_cities. Use this to shortlist across many cities; for a head-to-head between two named cities use compare_cities. The same scenario is applied to every city so scores are directly comparable (default: single person, 2BR rent, $100k USD-equivalent gross). Read-only, no side effects; returns a text summary plus structured JSON.

Input schema

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
weightsobjectnoOverride the composite-score weights. Defaults: financial 30, healthcare 20, vacation 15, childcare 15, safety_net 20.
filterobjectnoRestrict which cities are ranked, by country, region, universal-healthcare flag, or explicit include/exclude slug lists. Omit to rank all supported cities.
scenarioobjectnoOverride the default ranking scenario. The same scenario is applied to every city so scores are comparable.
limitintegernoMax results to return. Default 10.
Raw JSON schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "weights": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "financial": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 100
        },
        "healthcare": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 100
        },
        "vacation": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 100
        },
        "childcare": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 100
        },
        "safety_net": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 100
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "description": "Override the composite-score weights. Defaults: financial 30, healthcare 20, vacation 15, childcare 15, safety_net 20."
    },
    "filter": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "country": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 64,
          "description": "Restrict to one country (case-insensitive match against city_data.country, e.g. \"Germany\", \"USA\", \"United Kingdom\")."
        },
        "countries": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 64
          },
          "maxItems": 50,
          "description": "Restrict to multiple countries."
        },
        "region": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "europe",
            "asia",
            "north_america",
            "south_america",
            "oceania"
          ],
          "description": "Restrict to one region."
        },
        "has_universal_healthcare": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "If true, only return cities with universal healthcare; if false, only without."
        },
        "include_cities": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 64
          },
          "maxItems": 100,
          "description": "Restrict to a specific set of city slugs. Combined with other filters via intersection."
        },
        "exclude_cities": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 64
          },
          "maxItems": 100,
          "description": "Skip these specific city slugs from the result."
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "description": "Restrict which cities are ranked, by country, region, universal-healthcare flag, or explicit include/exclude slug lists. Omit to rank all supported cities."
    },
    "scenario": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "gross_salary_usd": {
          "type": "number",
          "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
          "maximum": 5000000,
          "description": "USD-equivalent salary to model in each city (converts to local currency). Default 100000."
        },
        "has_partner": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "Default false."
        },
        "partner_gross_salary_usd": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 5000000,
          "description": "Required when has_partner=true."
        },
        "kids_ages": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 25
          },
          "maxItems": 10,
          "description": "Default []."
        },
        "bedrooms": {
          "type": "integer",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 5,
          "description": "Default 2."
        },
        "housing_mode": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "rent",
            "own",
            "own_outright"
          ],
          "description": "Default rent."
        },
        "lifestyle": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "frugal",
            "typical",
            "generous"
          ],
          "description": "Default typical."
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "description": "Override the default ranking scenario. The same scenario is applied to every city so scores are comparable."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 50,
      "description": "Max results to return. Default 10."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

First seen 2026-09-14 · last seen 2026-09-14