Digital Nomad Cities by Cleanliness: Tier List

This tier list places every city by its Cleanliness score alone, our 1 to 10 rating for cleanliness. It is one of the 13 factors behind the overall Nomad Score, isolated here so you can see which cities lead on cleanliness and which lag.

Tiers follow the Cleanliness score: S is 9 to 10, A is 8, B is 7, C is 6, D is 5, F is below 5. Tap any city for its full breakdown, or see the all-round tier list and the ranked lists.

S9.0 and up45 cities

TokyoSingaporeZurichLucerneDubaiViennaGenevaCopenhagenStockholmOsloHelsinkiReykjavikOsakaKyotoFukuokaSapporoNagoyaAbu DhabiDohaQueenstownStavangerSalzburgInnsbruckGrazBaselLausanneBergenGothenburgMalmöAarhusTampereSan SebastiánBathTrondheimTromsøTurkuOuluLuxembourg CityFreiburgHiroshimaKanazawaCalgaryVictoriaOttawaCanberra

A8.0 to 8.956 cities

TallinnSeoulVancouverSydneyMelbourneAucklandKigaliHong KongLjubljanaDubrovnikRotterdamUtrechtHamburgBusanJeju IslandDenverTorontoMuscatBrisbanePerthAdelaideWellingtonGold CoastChristchurchHobartBilbaoAnnecyMunichFrankfurtDresdenHeidelbergGironaCascaisBrugesMaastrichtEindhovenTartuBledPiranTriesteOxfordCambridgeYorkGroningenThe HagueNurembergStuttgartDüsseldorfAix-en-ProvenceKaohsiungGwangjuDaeguSan DiegoWindhoekSalalahRiyadh

B7.0 to 7.994 cities

LisbonSplitPortoLas PalmasMontevideoBarcelonaBerlinPragueAmsterdamAustinMiamiTaipeiTel AvivSantiagoLondonEdinburghLyonNiceMadridValenciaSevilleMálagaTenerifeWarsawKrakowRigaVilniusSan Miguel de AllendeZagrebGdańskWrocławBrnoFaroAntwerpGhentShenzhenMontrealPortlandSeattleBarilocheMauritiusByron BayCairnsEriceiraVallettaFuerteventuraGijónPoznańBordeauxToulouseMontpellierNantesCologneLeipzigTurinVeronaPalma de MallorcaMarbellaGranadaCoimbraFunchalPonta DelgadaBristolKaunasKlaipėdaKošiceBratislavaSibiuPulaZadarPaphosSantoriniHaifaEilatManamaLecceAlicanteZaragozaLeuvenStrasbourgGrenobleChiang RaiKhao LakSanurKuchingDavaoTainanBostonCancúnQuerétaroJeddahKuwait CityDarwinNouméa

C6.0 to 6.970 cities

MedellínBudapestCape TownKuala LumpurPenangSan JuanPuerto VallartaSan JoséTamarindoPanama CityDublinManchesterParisMilanFlorenceCreteCyprusCluj-NapocaBakuAntalyaMéridaBrusselsCorkLangkawiIpohFlorianópolisCórdobaMendozaGuanajuatoCuencaPunta CanaBoquetePlovdivTarifaRabatBolognaIbizaCádizBrightonGlasgowGalwayBrașovTimișoaraVarnaNovi SadKotorChaniaRhodesBodrumFethiyeCappadociaMalaccaKota KinabaluGenoaKanchanaburiJohor BahruIloiloHueNinh BinhChicagoNashvilleMazatlánLeónManizalesPereiraRosarioMar del PlataPraiaRamallahYazd

D5.0 to 5.982 cities

Chiang MaiTbilisiMexico CityBuenos AiresPlaya del CarmenBelgradeOaxacaBangkokDa NangCasablancaLimaCuscoBogotáCartagenaValparaísoQuitoSanta CruzGuadalajaraAntiguaRomePalermoAthensThessalonikiBucharestSofiaPodgoricaSarajevoSkopjeYerevanBatumiIstanbulPhuketUbudKochiYogyakartaHoi AnHua HinKoh SamuiSão PauloTulumArequipaCaliSanto DomingoSayulitaJohannesburgEssaouiraChefchaouenAmmanPhu QuocMarseilleBariCataniaMostarOhridSarandëPrizrenIzmirKutaisiAqabaLuang PrabangKrabiDa LatQuy NhonPalawanBoracayDumagueteMalangSucreVilcabambaPattayaSoloBaguioCan ThoVang ViengBattambangLos AngelesBarranquillaGuayaquilTrujilloRecifeArushaSuva

Fbelow 5.063 cities

Bali (Canggu)Ho Chi Minh CityHanoiManilaCebuSiem ReapPokharaBangaloreGoaColomboMarrakechAccraNairobiLa PazAsunciónTiranaKoh PhanganPuneVientianeJaipurNha TrangWeligamaSanta MartaSalvadorMontañitaPuerto EscondidoLake AtitlánDakarZanzibarTunisTaghazoutAddis AbabaBeirutCangguNaplesGyumriPaiKampotSapaSiargaoEl NidoLombokBandungSurabayaSemarangNusa PenidaCochabambaMáncoraHuanchacoMedanMakassarSihanoukvilleNew YorkLuxorAlexandriaKampalaMaputoPhnom PenhKathmanduMumbaiCairoLagosDar es Salaam