Destinations

Explore the World Your Way

World → continent → country → destination. One database behind every page, tool and calculator: change an estimate once and every view updates.

Budget filter: the monthly figure is our mid-range one-bedroom rent estimate plus three-quarters of the daily living estimate for 30 days. Month filter: WMO climate normals scored against a warm-and-dry preference, or the editorial best months where no station data exists. Safety: the country-level advisory is shown on each destination page.

Guatemala

Antigua Guatemala

Three volcanoes, a ruined colonial capital and the cheapest Spanish lessons in the Americas.

$33–$196/day Best Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr Nomad 3/5

Greece

Athens

The Acropolis above, a city of neighbourhood tavernas and rooftops below, and the islands beyond.

$64–$292/day Best Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct Nomad 4/5

Indonesia

Bali (Canggu and Ubud)

Surf, rice terraces, temples and the world's most crowded nomad scene.

$35–$235/day Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep Nomad 5/5

Thailand

Bangkok

The hinge of Southeast Asia: everyone passes through, and the smart ones stay a while.

$32–$208/day Best Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb Nomad 4/5

Spain

Barcelona

Beach, Gaudi, late nights and a city that has decided how many of you it wants.

$76–$372/day Best May, Jun, Sep, Oct Nomad 4/5

Hungary

Budapest

Thermal baths, ruin bars and a grand river city at Central Europe's best prices.

$54–$256/day Best Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct Nomad 5/5

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Paris on the Rio de la Plata: steak, tango, bookshops and a long tourist stamp.

$40–$223/day Best Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov Nomad 4/5

South Africa

Cape Town

Mountain, two oceans, vineyards and a nomad season that follows the northern winter.

$47–$265/day Best Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr Nomad 4/5

Colombia

Cartagena

Walled Caribbean beauty, Getsemani's street life and the Rosario islands offshore.

$43–$255/day Best Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr Nomad 3/5

Thailand

Chiang Mai

The original digital nomad capital, still the gentlest big town in Thailand.

$26–$165/day Best Nov, Dec, Jan Nomad 5/5

Peru

Cusco

The Inca capital at 3,400 metres, and the only sensible place to wait for your lungs before Machu Picchu.

$38–$211/day Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep Nomad 2/5

Vietnam

Da Nang

A beach city with fibre internet: central Vietnam's practical nomad base.

$27–$168/day Best Feb, Mar, Apr, May Nomad 5/5

Portugal

Funchal (Madeira)

A subtropical island with Europe's first digital nomad village and year-round spring.

$65–$287/day Best Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct Nomad 4/5

Vietnam

Hanoi

A thousand-year-old capital eaten one bowl of pho at a time.

$25–$165/day Best Oct, Nov, Mar, Apr Nomad 4/5

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City

Saigon: nine million scooters, a thousand coffee shops and the fastest-moving city in the region.

$28–$180/day Best Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar Nomad 4/5

Vietnam

Hoi An

Lanterns, tailors and rice paddies on the central coast.

$28–$175/day Best Feb, Mar, Apr Nomad 3/5

Türkiye (Turkey)

Istanbul

Two continents, sixteen million people and a Bosphorus ferry for the price of a simit.

$49–$248/day Best Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct Nomad 4/5

Nepal

Kathmandu

The front door to the Himalaya, chaotic, sacred and cheaper than almost anywhere.

$23–$143/day Best Oct, Nov, Mar, Apr Nomad 2/5

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

The most underrated long-stay city in Asia: modern, multilingual and cheap for what it offers.

$30–$181/day Best Jun, Jul, Aug Nomad 5/5

Japan

Kyoto

Two thousand temples, a thousand years of capital, and back lanes the tour buses never reach.

$67–$342/day Best Apr, May, Oct, Nov Nomad 3/5

Spain

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Europe's winter nomad capital: a city beach, 22°C in January and Spanish prices.

$65–$271/day Best Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr Nomad 5/5

Peru

Lima

The gastronomic capital of the Americas on a desert cliff above the Pacific.

$38–$212/day Best Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr Nomad 4/5

Portugal

Lisbon

Seven hills, Atlantic light and Europe's most established nomad capital.

$69–$317/day Best Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct Nomad 5/5

Laos

Luang Prabang

Saffron robes at dawn, the Mekong at dusk, and nothing much that needs doing in between.

$26–$168/day Best Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb Nomad 2/5

Morocco

Marrakech

The red city: medina, mountains and desert three hours from Europe.

$37–$211/day Best Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov Nomad 3/5

Colombia

Medellín

The city of eternal spring, a metro that transformed it and South America's biggest nomad scene.

$38–$208/day Best Dec, Jan, Feb, Jun, Jul, Aug Nomad 5/5

Mexico

Mexico City

A world capital of food, art and neighbourhood life at 2,240 metres.

$43–$243/day Best Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar Nomad 5/5

Mexico

Oaxaca

Mezcal, mole and Zapotec markets in Mexico's most beloved colonial city.

$38–$208/day Best Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar Nomad 4/5

Thailand

Pai

A valley town of 762 curves, waterfalls and hammocks where days stop being counted.

$25–$136/day Best Nov, Dec, Jan Nomad 2/5

Mexico

Playa del Carmen

Caribbean beach, cenotes and the Riviera Maya's easiest long-stay base.

$50–$280/day Best Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr Nomad 4/5

Portugal

Porto

Granite, port wine and the Douro: Lisbon's grittier, cheaper northern rival.

$62–$286/day Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep Nomad 4/5

Czechia

Prague

Spires, beer and a city that was never bombed into modernity.

$57–$270/day Best Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct Nomad 4/5

Brazil

Rio de Janeiro

Beaches between granite peaks and rainforest: the most beautiful city setting on earth.

$45–$257/day Best Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov Nomad 4/5

South Korea

Seoul

Mountains inside the city limits, the fastest internet on earth, and a 24-hour food culture.

$52–$295/day Best Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov Nomad 4/5

Cambodia

Siem Reap

Angkor's gateway, and a quietly excellent town to live in after the temples are done.

$27–$160/day Best Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb Nomad 3/5

Croatia

Split

A Roman palace turned living city, with the islands of the Adriatic at the end of the pier.

$70–$332/day Best May, Jun, Sep Nomad 4/5

Georgia

Tbilisi

Sulphur baths, 8,000 vintages, carved balconies and a one-year visa-free welcome.

$38–$189/day Best May, Jun, Sep, Oct Nomad 5/5

Albania

Tirana

The Balkans' most colourful capital, a year-long welcome for Americans, and a coast and mountains no one has priced in yet.

$41–$189/day Best Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct Nomad 4/5

Japan

Tokyo

The largest city on earth, and somehow the most orderly.

$70–$362/day Best Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov Nomad 3/5

Tanzania

Zanzibar (Stone Town and Paje)

Swahili coast: a spice-trade capital and a kitesurfing east coast with a rising remote-work scene.

$43–$265/day Best Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct Nomad 3/5

Daily figures are per person, USD, editorial estimates dated on each destination page (backpacker to comfortable tier). “Best” months combine WMO normals with editorial judgement. Nomad scores are editorial assessments out of five, not visitor ratings.