Data Sources
Every figure on this site traces to one of the sources below; detail pages name the exact series, station or record.
| Source | What it supplies | Timeliness |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Backpacker research desk | Daily cost estimates by tier and category, monthly rent and coworking estimates, lifestyle-fit scores, editorial metrics, destination and country text, visa and programme summaries | Dated per record; reviewed on change |
| WMO World Weather Information Service (national meteorological services) | Monthly climate normals: maximum and minimum temperature, rainfall, rain days, with station and producing service | Weekly pipeline; normals change rarely |
| Financial Modeling Prep | Indicative daily exchange rates per USD for destination currencies | Daily; delayed, indicative mid-rates |
| U.S. Department of State | Travel advisory levels and dates by country (RSS) | Daily |
| UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | Travel advice links and advisory updates (Atom feed) | Hourly in news; linked on country pages |
| Government immigration sites | Official source for every visa rule and programme (linked per row) | Last-verified date per row |
| Natural Earth | Country boundaries for the atlas (public domain) | Static |
| Wikimedia Commons photographers | Licensed photographs of real places, credited with licence on each image | Static |
| Mainstream news feeds | The Guardian, The New York Times, BBC Travel, Los Angeles Times, Skift, AFAR, Atlas Obscura, The Points Guy, Conde Nast Traveler, CNN Travel, Nomadic Matt, official advisory feeds: credited and linked out | Hourly |
| Anthropic Claude | AI assistance for Ask the Data answers, data briefs and interface translations, always from our own data | On demand |
Data may be incomplete or revised by its source at any time; verify against primary sources before acting.