Singapore lagged Hong Kong in world's 'most favourite' cities survey

It only grabbed 13th spot.

New York City, London, Paris, Abu Dhabi and Sydney have been voted the world’s favourite cities in the largest ever global survey of its kind by Ipsos on Global @dvisor, covering 18,147 people in 24 countries.

Out of the 48 cities evaluated, Singapore came in at #13 on an overall basis, five notches lower than Hong Kong which came in at #8.

The survey found out that when it comes to the best cities to do business in, Singapore tied with Los Angeles at #9. Singapore also ranked #9 among the top cities to visit, alongside Bangkok and Hong Kong.

As a city to live in, Singapore ranked #11 - on par with Auckland, Copenhagen and Rome. Note that these votes were made by global citizens outside of Singapore.