Hot carriages, long delays, the constant threat of someone’s sweaty armpit getting slightly too close to your face: commuting, let’s be honest, is pretty rubbish.

Wherever you are, chances are your commute is not your favourite part of the day. But, it turns out, some cities are marginally better than others when it comes to navigating your way to work, with a new study from comparison site Expert Market revealing the best – and worst – cities for commuting.

Researchers compared 74 global cities on a number of factors: cost of travel relative to income and ease, distance and time spent commuting.

Rio de Janeiro topped the list, where workers spend on average 95 minutes getting to and from work every day on an average journey of 12.3km.

Unsurprisingly, London did not do well. The cost of travelling for Londoners is, on average, £132 a month – around 5% of monthly earnings.

Leicester fared a lot better – people using public transport in the city had the most straightforward journeys, to start, with only 32% having to change during a journey. Public transport was also high quality (the third best of all the cities reviewed), and time spent waiting for it was also low, at an average of 12 minutes.

The world’s worst commutes are revealed – is yours one of them?