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Best cities for digital nomads (2026)

Editorial ranking optimized for remote workers: low cost (35%), fast internet (25%), safety (20%), healthcare (20%).

Why this list matters

The digital nomad score is designed for the canonical remote-worker profile: foreign income, multi-month stays, optimizing for runway × bandwidth × livability. It's deliberately cost-weighted (35%) because nomads typically gain more from cheap rent than from premium amenities.

Pair the score with the city's visa landscape — high-scoring cities without a usable long-stay visa for your nationality remain operationally hard.

How we ranked

Editorial composite: cost-affordability (35%), internet speed normalized to 250 Mbps (25%), safety (20%), healthcare (20%). Internet caps at 250 Mbps — beyond that doesn't materially affect remote work.

#	City	Nomad score	Internet
1	TaipeiTaiwan	85	300 Mbps
2	OsakaJapan	83	250 Mbps
3	SeoulSouth Korea	81	280 Mbps
4	TallinnEstonia	81	290 Mbps
5	BusanSouth Korea	81	300 Mbps
6	TokyoJapan	80	280 Mbps
7	Cluj-NapocaRomania	78	300 Mbps
8	BangkokThailand	77	280 Mbps
9	BudapestHungary	76	210 Mbps
10	BucharestRomania	76	300 Mbps
11	Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates	75	250 Mbps
12	ValenciaSpain	74	220 Mbps
13	GothenburgSweden	74	250 Mbps
14	LyonFrance	74	220 Mbps
15	MadridSpain	73	220 Mbps
16	DubaiUnited Arab Emirates	73	250 Mbps
17	WarsawPoland	73	200 Mbps
18	PortoPortugal	72	190 Mbps
19	DebrecenHungary	72	200 Mbps
20	BarcelonaSpain	72	240 Mbps
21	JeddahSaudi Arabia	72	180 Mbps
22	AmsterdamNetherlands	72	260 Mbps
23	MunichGermany	72	200 Mbps
24	Chiang MaiThailand	72	150 Mbps
25	Kuala LumpurMalaysia	72	168 Mbps
26	RotterdamNetherlands	71	240 Mbps
27	HamburgGermany	71	200 Mbps
28	FrankfurtGermany	71	200 Mbps
29	LisbonPortugal	71	200 Mbps
30	ShanghaiChina	70	150 Mbps
31	ParisFrance	70	250 Mbps
32	RiyadhSaudi Arabia	70	180 Mbps
33	SingaporeSingapore	70	260 Mbps
34	Hong KongHong Kong	69	220 Mbps
35	BeijingChina	69	150 Mbps
36	MontrealCanada	69	180 Mbps
37	BerlinGermany	68	180 Mbps
38	CopenhagenDenmark	68	200 Mbps
39	AustinUnited States	68	280 Mbps
40	SalzburgAustria	68	150 Mbps
41	PenangMalaysia	67	120 Mbps
42	KrakowPoland	67	150 Mbps
43	OsloNorway	67	180 Mbps
44	ZurichSwitzerland	66	250 Mbps
45	ValparaisoChile	66	180 Mbps
46	SantiagoChile	66	180 Mbps
47	VancouverCanada	66	200 Mbps
48	PragueCzech Republic	65	120 Mbps
49	Tel AvivIsrael	65	180 Mbps
50	FlorenceItaly	65	180 Mbps
51	BangaloreIndia	64	100 Mbps
52	EdinburghUnited Kingdom	64	170 Mbps
53	BrnoCzech Republic	64	100 Mbps
54	StockholmSweden	64	150 Mbps
55	ViennaAustria	63	100 Mbps
56	GenevaSwitzerland	63	220 Mbps
57	SeattleUnited States	63	300 Mbps
58	ChicagoUnited States	62	250 Mbps
59	AntwerpBelgium	62	120 Mbps
60	WellingtonNew Zealand	62	120 Mbps
61	RomeItaly	61	120 Mbps
62	TorontoCanada	61	150 Mbps
63	ManchesterUnited Kingdom	61	180 Mbps
64	HanoiVietnam	61	100 Mbps
65	MiamiUnited States	60	240 Mbps
66	Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam	60	75 Mbps
67	São PauloBrazil	60	120 Mbps
68	AucklandNew Zealand	60	120 Mbps
69	Los AngelesUnited States	59	300 Mbps
70	DublinIreland	59	170 Mbps
71	Rio de JaneiroBrazil	58	150 Mbps
72	MedellinColombia	58	90 Mbps
73	MilanItaly	58	130 Mbps
74	AthensGreece	57	70 Mbps
75	BrusselsBelgium	57	120 Mbps
76	ArequipaPeru	57	70 Mbps
77	BogotaColombia	57	90 Mbps
78	DelhiIndia	57	60 Mbps
79	MumbaiIndia	57	60 Mbps
80	Buenos AiresArgentina	57	112 Mbps
81	MelbourneAustralia	56	90 Mbps
82	CairoEgypt	56	40 Mbps
83	BrisbaneAustralia	56	90 Mbps
84	CordobaArgentina	56	70 Mbps
85	AlexandriaEgypt	56	40 Mbps
86	MarrakechMorocco	56	50 Mbps
87	Mexico CityMexico	55	104 Mbps
88	LondonUnited Kingdom	55	170 Mbps
89	CorkIreland	54	150 Mbps
90	GuadalajaraMexico	54	80 Mbps
91	AnkaraTurkey	54	40 Mbps
92	JakartaIndonesia	54	50 Mbps
93	LimaPeru	54	80 Mbps
94	ThessalonikiGreece	53	50 Mbps
95	CasablancaMorocco	53	50 Mbps
96	CebuPhilippines	53	60 Mbps
97	San FranciscoUnited States	52	280 Mbps
98	BaliIndonesia	52	50 Mbps
99	ManilaPhilippines	52	60 Mbps
100	SydneyAustralia	52	90 Mbps
101	Cape TownSouth Africa	51	60 Mbps
102	IstanbulTurkey	50	40 Mbps
103	New YorkUnited States	50	280 Mbps
104	JohannesburgSouth Africa	50	60 Mbps

What this list doesn't tell you

The score weights aren't universal. If you have kids or a chronic health condition, weight healthcare and safety higher; if you're optimizing pure runway, cost matters more. Use the per-axis breakdowns to re-weight to your situation.