Forget about New York, Washington, Miami, Chicago or San Francisco.

The top U.S. city listed in Monocle magazine's ranking of top worldwide cities for quality of life is Honolulu.

The ranking by the magazine places Hawai'i's capital as the 12th best city worldwide, coming in just behind Sydney and before Madrid.

The only other U.S. cities included on the ranking were Minneapolis at No. 19 and Portland at No. 25.

In addition the magazine named Paris as the "Best Global City" and Madrid as the "Best Business City."

Berlin was tagged as the "Best Cultural City," while Copenhagen reigned as the "Best Design City." The best retail city was Fukuoka.

The list is as follows:

1. Copenhagen

2. Munich

3. Tokyo

4. Zurich

5. Helsinki

6. Vienna

7. Stockholm

8. Vancouver

9. Melbourne

10. Paris

11. Sydney

12. Honolulu

13. Madrid

14. Berlin

15. Barcelona

16. Montreal

17. Fukuoka

18. Amsterdam

19. Minneapolis

20. Kyoto

21. Hamburg

22. Singapore

23. Geneva

24. Lisbon

25. Portland