Full of life Houston has regained its rightful place among the many high 50 greatest cities on the planet, based on a prestigious new report by Resonance Consultancy.
The Canada-based actual property and tourism advertising and marketing advisors ranked Houston the fortieth greatest metropolis worldwide for 2025 in its annual “World’s Finest Cities” listing.
The report quantifies the relative qualities of livability, “lovability,” and prosperity for the world’s high 100 cities with metropolitan populations of 1 million or extra. New to the tenth anniversary version, Resonance partnered with international market researchers Ipsos to incorporate perception-based knowledge into the rankings, surveying over 22,000 individuals in 30 international locations worldwide to find out “probably the most fascinating locations to go to, reside or work.”
Houston made a significant rebound after plummeting to No. 73 in final yr’s report. In 2022, Houston ranked No. 42.
Resonance refers to its earlier “World’s Finest Cities” stories and its 2024 “America’s Finest Cities” listing – which ranked Houston within the high 10 – when explaining the Bayou Metropolis’s successes. The report praised Houston’s huge cultural range and positioned a terrific give attention to its financial prosperity, even going as far as to counsel Houston residents earn more money “and may sock extra away.”
“…[W]right here America’s fourth-largest metropolis actually takes off is in its financial heft and wealth, rating No. 9 globally for GDP per Capita and No. 14 for Fortune 500 corporations on the town,” the report mentioned. “All that rolls up into an general Prosperity index rating of No. 36, which is much more spectacular given the No. 14-ranked Worth-to Earnings Ratio [of the city].”
Elsewhere in Texas, Austin and Dallas additionally earned spots on the World’s Finest Cities listing for 2025, however just one made the same rebound from the earlier yr’s rankings. Dallas moved up from No. 66 in final yr’s report back to its present rank as No. 55. In the meantime, Austin took its first tumble out of the forty third spot (which it had occupied for 2 years straight) and now ranks No. 53.
London held onto its crown because the No. 1 greatest metropolis on the planet for 2025, adopted by New York (No. 2), Paris (No. 3), Tokyo (No. 4), and Singapore (No. 5).
