This tier list places every city by its Culture score alone, our 1 to 10 rating for culture. It is one of the 13 factors behind the overall Nomad Score, isolated here so you can see which cities lead on culture and which lag.
Tiers follow the Culture 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.
Mexico City
Barcelona
Berlin
Prague
Tokyo
Siem Reap
Cairo
Cusco
Vienna
London
Paris
Rome
Florence
Madrid
Athens
Istanbul
Kyoto
Oxford
New York
Luxor
Yazd
Lisbon
Bali (Canggu)
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Porto
Oaxaca
Bangkok
Seoul
Amsterdam
Melbourne
Hanoi
Kathmandu
Mumbai
Marrakech
Quito
Antigua
Edinburgh
Milan
Seville
Krakow
Ubud
San Miguel de Allende
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Dubrovnik
Osaka
Yogyakarta
Hoi An
Jaipur
Montreal
São Paulo
Salvador
Guanajuato
Valletta
Munich
Dresden
Salzburg
Naples
Granada
Bruges
Cappadocia
Luang Prabang
Lecce
Cambridge
York
Bath
Aix-en-Provence
Hue
Hiroshima
Kanazawa
Tainan
Los Angeles
Chicago
Boston
Alexandria
Chiang Mai
Tbilisi
Cape Town
Tallinn
Split
Ho Chi Minh City
Belgrade
Penang
Austin
Sydney
Taipei
Tel Aviv
Lima
Bogotá
Cartagena
Santiago
Valparaíso
San Juan
Guadalajara
Zurich
Geneva
Dublin
Manchester
Lyon
Nice
Palermo
Valencia
Thessaloniki
Crete
Warsaw
Riga
Vilnius
Sarajevo
Yerevan
Mérida
Hong Kong
Oslo
Helsinki
Brussels
Gdańsk
Wrocław
Hamburg
Antwerp
Ghent
Toronto
Portland
Seattle
Arequipa
Cuenca
Tunis
Amman
Beirut
Wellington
Plovdiv
Bilbao
Bordeaux
Marseille
Cologne
Leipzig
Heidelberg
Basel
Bologna
Turin
Verona
Girona
Coimbra
Glasgow
Mostar
Kotor
Ohrid
Paphos
Chania
Rhodes
Malacca
Sucre
Trieste
Genoa
San Sebastián
The Hague
Nuremberg
Strasbourg
Chiang Rai
Solo
Ninh Binh
Gwangju
Nashville
Ottawa
Querétaro
Trujillo
Recife
Ramallah
Canberra
Medellín
Kuala Lumpur
Montevideo
Singapore
Miami
Vancouver
Auckland
Manila
Phnom Penh
Bangalore
Goa
Colombo
Casablanca
La Paz
Málaga
Cyprus
Bucharest
Sofia
Baku
Antalya
Reykjavik
Ljubljana
Zagreb
Brno
Rotterdam
Utrecht
Busan
Fukuoka
Kochi
Pune
Sapporo
Nagoya
Denver
Córdoba
Mendoza
Cali
Santo Domingo
Lake Atitlán
Zanzibar
Essaouira
Chefchaouen
Addis Ababa
Abu Dhabi
Brisbane
Adelaide
Rabat
Poznań
Toulouse
Montpellier
Nantes
Frankfurt
Innsbruck
Graz
Lausanne
Lucerne
Bari
Catania
Palma de Mallorca
Cádiz
Brighton
Bristol
Galway
Maastricht
Bergen
Gothenburg
Malmö
Aarhus
Kaunas
Bratislava
Sibiu
Brașov
Novi Sad
Prizren
Pula
Zadar
Santorini
Izmir
Haifa
Sapa
Zaragoza
Trondheim
Turku
Groningen
Leuven
Luxembourg City
Stuttgart
Düsseldorf
Freiburg
Kanchanaburi
Sanur
Kuching
Can Tho
Battambang
Kaohsiung
San Diego
Victoria
Mazatlán
Barranquilla
Rosario
Salalah
Riyadh
Jeddah
Las Palmas
Dubai
Da Nang
Cebu
Pokhara
Accra
Nairobi
Lagos
Puerto Vallarta
San José
Panama City
Cluj-Napoca
Tirana
Skopje
Phuket
Faro
Cork
Vientiane
Jeju Island
Ipoh
Florianópolis
Tulum
Bariloche
Johannesburg
Dakar
Mauritius
Muscat
Doha
Perth
Christchurch
Hobart
Canggu
Stavanger
Gijón
Annecy
Cascais
Funchal
Eindhoven
Tampere
Tartu
Klaipėda
Košice
Timișoara
Varna
Bled
Piran
Bodrum
Fethiye
Kutaisi
Gyumri
Da Lat
Lombok
Bandung
Surabaya
Malang
Semarang
Cochabamba
Alicante
Tromsø
Grenoble
Medan
Makassar
Baguio
Iloilo
Vang Vieng
Daegu
Calgary
Cancún
León
Manizales
Guayaquil
Mar del Plata
Praia
Kampala
Maputo
Arusha
Suva
Nouméa
Playa del Carmen
Kigali
Santa Cruz
Asunción
Tenerife
Podgorica
Batumi
Langkawi
Shenzhen
Koh Samui
Nha Trang
Weligama
Santa Marta
Puerto Escondido
Sayulita
Dar es Salaam
Queenstown
Gold Coast
Byron Bay
Cairns
Ericeira
Tarifa
Ibiza
Marbella
Ponta Delgada
Sarandë
Aqaba
Manama
Pai
Krabi
Kampot
Quy Nhon
Kota Kinabalu
Palawan
Dumaguete
Nusa Penida
Vilcabamba
Huanchaco
Oulu
Khao Lak
Johor Bahru
Davao
Pereira
Windhoek
Kuwait City
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Frequently asked questions
What is this tier list based on?
Each city is placed purely by its Culture score, our 1 to 10 rating for culture. S tier is 9 to 10, down to F for below 5.
Which cities are S tier?
Mexico City, Barcelona, Berlin, Prague, Tokyo, Siem Reap, Cairo, Cusco, Vienna, London, Paris, Rome, Florence, Madrid, Athens, Istanbul, Kyoto, Oxford, New York, Luxor, Yazd, Lisbon, Bali (Canggu), Budapest, Buenos Aires, Porto, Oaxaca, Bangkok, Seoul, Amsterdam, Melbourne, Hanoi, Kathmandu, Mumbai, Marrakech, Quito, Antigua, Edinburgh, Milan, Seville, Krakow, Ubud, San Miguel de Allende, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Dubrovnik, Osaka, Yogyakarta, Hoi An, Jaipur, Montreal, São Paulo, Salvador, Guanajuato, Valletta, Munich, Dresden, Salzburg, Naples, Granada, Bruges, Cappadocia, Luang Prabang, Lecce, Cambridge, York, Bath, Aix-en-Provence, Hue, Hiroshima, Kanazawa, Tainan, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Alexandria. S tier is deliberately rare.
Is a lower-tier city a bad place to live?
Not necessarily. The tiers rank one dimension, so a lower-tier city can still be a great fit if it is strong in the things you care about most. Open any city to see its full breakdown.
How often is it updated?
It is generated directly from our city data, so it updates whenever scores change or new cities are added.















