Mérida in Mexico has been rated the friendliest city on the planet in the Friendliest Cities Index 2026, a ranking commissioned by travel platform Fernwayer, with a score of 95 out of 100. Second and third places went to Glasgow, Scotland (94.9) and Bogotá, Colombia (94.5). Bodrum, Manchester, Hamburg, Perth, São Paulo, Mexico City as well as Nashville completed the top 10. Delhi's score of 43.6 put it among the ten lowest-scoring cities, and Buenos Aires in Argentina finished bottom at 42.0. The rankings draw on online remarks about how friendly, welcoming and hospitable residents are, so they do not mean every resident of a city is unfriendly.