Digital Nomad Cities by English: Tier List

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

Tiers follow the English 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.

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Overall

All cities tier list

By region

EuropeAsiaLatin AmericaAfricaMiddle EastNorth America & the CaribbeanOceania

By country

SpainMexicoThailandPortugalIndonesiaVietnamColombiaItaly

By category

AffordabilityWiFiSafetyClimateNightlifeNatureFoodNomad communityVisa accessCultureCleanlinessAir quality

For a kind of nomad

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Frequently asked questions

What is this tier list based on?

Each city is placed purely by its English score, our 1 to 10 rating for getting by in English. S tier is 9 to 10, down to F for below 5.

Which cities are S tier?

Cape Town, Amsterdam, Singapore, Austin, Miami, Vancouver, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Dublin, London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cork, Denver, Toronto, Portland, Seattle, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Wellington, Queenstown, Gold Coast, Christchurch, Byron Bay, Cairns, Hobart, Brighton, Bristol, Glasgow, Galway, Oxford, Cambridge, York, Bath, San Diego, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston, Nashville, Calgary, Victoria, Darwin, Canberra, San Francisco, New Orleans, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Atlanta, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Asheville, Halifax, Liverpool, Cardiff, Belfast, Leeds, Dunedin, Houston, Tampa, Dallas, Salt Lake City, Newcastle, Rotorua, Nelson, Broome, Santa Fe, Bozeman, Kelowna, Savannah, Napier, Wollongong, Geelong, New Plymouth, Boise, Spokane, Burlington, Nanaimo, St John's, Bridgetown, Hamilton, George Town, Nassau, St George's, Castries, Port of Spain, San Pedro, Rarotonga, Basseterre, Kingstown, English Harbour, Road Town, Charlotte Amalie, Providenciales, The Valley, Gibraltar, Douglas, Saint Helier, Saint Peter Port, Brades, Stanley, Aberdeen, Inverness, Dundee, Derry, Kilkenny, Swansea, Hull, Plymouth, Whangarei, Townsville, Launceston, Tallinn, Berlin, Dubai, Manila, Cebu, Bangalore, Tel Aviv, Accra, Nairobi, Lagos, San Juan, Zurich, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki, Reykjavik, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Johannesburg, Abu Dhabi, Valletta, Stavanger, Frankfurt, Maastricht, Eindhoven, Bergen, Gothenburg, Malmö, Aarhus, Tampere, Dumaguete, Trondheim, Tromsø, Turku, Oulu, Groningen, The Hague, Ottawa, Wanaka, Delft, Bohol, Montego Bay, Durban, Knysna, Diani Beach, Hermanus, Gqeberha, Cape Coast, Maun, Nadi, Oudtshoorn, Nanyuki, Oranjestad, Roseau, Georgetown, Blantyre, Victoria Falls, Lusaka, Mahe, Apia, Philipsburg, Kralendijk, Freetown, Maseru, Mbabane, Koror, Hagatna, Saipan, Pago Pago, Alofi, Longyearbyen, Odense, Umea, Nelspruit, Kumasi. 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.