This tier list places every city on a transparent blend of the categories that matter most for families, scored 0 to 10. It is a lens on the same data behind the Nomad Score, tuned for one kind of nomad. Hover any city for its summary.
Tiers follow the Families match score, a weighted blend of existing category scores: S is 9.0+, A is 8.0 to 8.9, and so on down to F below 5.0. See the all-round tier list and the matching ranked lists.
Las Palmas
Geneva
Oslo
Dubrovnik
Perth
Gold Coast
Fuerteventura
Tartu
Hiroshima
Lisbon
Singapore
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Osaka
Cairns
Tarifa
Annecy
Aarhus
Kanazawa
Ottawa
Canberra
Vancouver
Sydney
Auckland
Vienna
Ljubljana
Bariloche
Boquete
Christchurch
Graz
Palma de Mallorca
Pula
Zadar
Santorini
Gothenburg
Piran
Paphos
Bath
Salalah
Tallinn
Split
Porto
Melbourne
Faro
Nagoya
Brisbane
Adelaide
Heidelberg
Basel
Ibiza
Kotor
San Diego
Mauritius
Aix-en-Provence
Taipei
Crete
Ubud
Denver
Girona
Galway
Maastricht
Sibiu
Chania
Fethiye
Groningen
Málaga
Bilbao
Gijón
Coimbra
Cappadocia
Krabi
Alicante
Oxford
The Hague
Khao Lak
Kaohsiung
Koh Phangan
Busan
Valletta
Phu Quoc
Bruges
Brașov
Siargao
Trieste
Stuttgart
Sanur
Bali (Canggu)
Barcelona
Berlin
Dubai
Valencia
San Miguel de Allende
Zagreb
Hoi An
Langkawi
Muscat
Abu Dhabi
Dresden
Marbella
Rhodes
Eilat
Da Lat
El Nido
Cambridge
Düsseldorf
Grenoble
Nouméa
Kigali
Hong Kong
Brno
Utrecht
Florianópolis
Taghazout
Eindhoven
Klaipėda
Palawan
Boracay
Lecce
Nuremberg
Cancún
Windhoek
Darwin
Prague
Da Nang
Tamarindo
Edinburgh
Nice
Cyprus
Antalya
Mérida
Gdańsk
Cork
Ghent
Toronto
Mendoza
Essaouira
Chefchaouen
Canggu
Granada
Malmö
Bodrum
Luang Prabang
Kota Kinabalu
Vilcabamba
York
Chiang Rai
Kuching
Ninh Binh
Chiang Mai
Seoul
Amsterdam
Austin
Vilnius
Weligama
Tulum
Sayulita
Doha
Bordeaux
Nantes
Verona
Cádiz
Kanchanaburi
Vang Vieng
Tainan
Gwangju
Daegu
Manizales
Montevideo
Puerto Vallarta
Madrid
Krakow
Cluj-Napoca
Phuket
Rotterdam
Hamburg
Koh Samui
Montreal
Cuenca
Punta Cana
Kaunas
Bratislava
Ohrid
Lombok
Nusa Penida
Leuven
Davao
Praia
Miami
Tel Aviv
Cusco
Dublin
Seville
Warsaw
Riga
Portland
Seattle
Lake Atitlán
Toulouse
Brighton
Košice
Varna
Kutaisi
Haifa
Aqaba
Pai
Quy Nhon
Sapa
Boston
Tbilisi
Batumi
Wrocław
Kochi
Hua Hin
Plovdiv
Montpellier
Bologna
Bristol
Dumaguete
Zaragoza
Strasbourg
Querétaro
Mazatlán
Arusha
Medellín
Playa del Carmen
Oaxaca
London
Ipoh
Guanajuato
Puerto Escondido
Zanzibar
Poznań
Cologne
Frankfurt
Leipzig
Turin
Baguio
Hue
Mar del Plata
Jeddah
Yazd
Suva
Budapest
Pokhara
Goa
Lyon
Yogyakarta
Córdoba
Montañita
Sarandë
Máncora
Genoa
Nashville
Penang
Florence
Arequipa
Kampot
Pereira
Riyadh
Santiago
San José
Antigua
Yerevan
Nha Trang
Glasgow
Timișoara
Novi Sad
Mostar
Malacca
Sucre
Iloilo
Cape Town
Sofia
Shenzhen
Gyumri
Can Tho
Kuala Lumpur
Bangkok
Siem Reap
Cartagena
San Juan
Paris
Milan
Athens
Antwerp
Amman
Bari
Manama
Pattaya
Chicago
Panama City
Manchester
Rome
Palermo
Podgorica
Catania
Battambang
Los Angeles
New York
Kuwait City
Thessaloniki
Marseille
Izmir
Malang
Huanchaco
Belgrade
Baku
Santa Marta
Rabat
Buenos Aires
Brussels
Pune
Bandung
Sihanoukville
Asunción
Bucharest
Sarajevo
Istanbul
Vientiane
Prizren
León
Trujillo
Recife
Hanoi
Bogotá
Valparaíso
Quito
Solo
Makassar
Johor Bahru
Rosario
Luxor
Kampala
Ramallah
Mexico City
Cebu
Colombo
Marrakech
Semarang
Ho Chi Minh City
Bangalore
Santa Cruz
La Paz
Guadalajara
Tirana
Skopje
Santo Domingo
Dakar
Naples
Medan
AlexandriaMore tier lists
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Frequently asked questions
What is this tier list based on?
Each city is placed by our Families match score, a weighted blend of the existing categories that matter for this kind of nomad. S tier is 9.0 and up, down to F for below 5.0.
Which cities are S tier?
No city reaches S tier here, the top cities sit in A tier: Reykjavik, Queenstown, Lucerne and more.
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.


























































