This tier list places every city by its Nature score alone, our 1 to 10 rating for nature and the outdoors. It is one of the 13 factors behind the overall Nomad Score, isolated here so you can see which cities lead on nature and the outdoors and which lag.
Tiers follow the Nature 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.
Cape Town
Vancouver
Pokhara
Reykjavik
Jeju Island
Bariloche
Lake Atitlán
Queenstown
Cairns
Annecy
Innsbruck
Lucerne
Ponta Delgada
Bergen
Kotor
Bled
Krabi
Sapa
Kota Kinabalu
Siargao
Palawan
El Nido
Lombok
Nusa Penida
Tromsø
Grenoble
Ninh Binh
Calgary
Arusha
Bali (Canggu)
Split
Auckland
Goa
Cusco
Tamarindo
Tenerife
Crete
Phuket
Koh Phangan
Ubud
Oslo
Dubrovnik
Langkawi
Sapporo
Weligama
Denver
Florianópolis
Santa Marta
Tulum
Mendoza
Puerto Escondido
Boquete
Zanzibar
Taghazout
Mauritius
Gold Coast
Christchurch
Byron Bay
Hobart
Ericeira
Tarifa
Phu Quoc
Stavanger
Salzburg
Funchal
Brașov
Ohrid
Sarandë
Pula
Chania
Fethiye
Cappadocia
Luang Prabang
Pai
Boracay
Vilcabamba
San Sebastián
Trondheim
Freiburg
Chiang Rai
Khao Lak
Kanchanaburi
Kuching
Vang Vieng
San Diego
Victoria
Manizales
Windhoek
Darwin
Suva
Nouméa
Chiang Mai
Playa del Carmen
Las Palmas
Sydney
Da Nang
Kathmandu
Nairobi
La Paz
Puerto Vallarta
Antigua
Zurich
Geneva
Nice
Palermo
Sarajevo
Batumi
Antalya
Ljubljana
Faro
Koh Samui
Nha Trang
Portland
Seattle
Arequipa
Salvador
Montañita
Punta Cana
Sayulita
Essaouira
Chefchaouen
Perth
Wellington
Canggu
Fuerteventura
Gijón
Marseille
Munich
Lausanne
Catania
Palma de Mallorca
Ibiza
Cádiz
Granada
Girona
Cascais
Galway
Tampere
Sibiu
Varna
Mostar
Zadar
Piran
Paphos
Rhodes
Santorini
Bodrum
Kutaisi
Eilat
Aqaba
Kampot
Da Lat
Quy Nhon
Dumaguete
Máncora
Turku
Oulu
Aix-en-Provence
Baguio
Davao
Sihanoukville
Los Angeles
Cancún
Mazatlán
Pereira
Mar del Plata
Recife
Praia
Kampala
Salalah
Canberra
Lisbon
Medellín
Tbilisi
Porto
Oaxaca
Barcelona
Miami
Melbourne
Cebu
Siem Reap
Kigali
Cartagena
Santiago
Valparaíso
Quito
San Juan
San José
Edinburgh
Valencia
Málaga
Cyprus
Cluj-Napoca
Podgorica
Tirana
Yerevan
Stockholm
Helsinki
Gdańsk
Cork
Kyoto
Busan
Kochi
Yogyakarta
Hoi An
Hua Hin
Ipoh
Cuenca
Muscat
Brisbane
Adelaide
Bilbao
Montpellier
Heidelberg
Graz
Turin
Verona
Naples
Bari
Marbella
Brighton
Glasgow
Gothenburg
Tartu
Klaipėda
Košice
Prizren
Gyumri
Haifa
Bandung
Malang
Huanchaco
Lecce
Trieste
Genoa
Alicante
Oxford
Bath
The Hague
Luxembourg City
Stuttgart
Sanur
Medan
Makassar
Can Tho
Hue
Hiroshima
Kanazawa
Kaohsiung
Daegu
Ottawa
Trujillo
Luxor
Maputo
Yazd
Tallinn
Penang
Montevideo
Austin
Taipei
Tel Aviv
Marrakech
Bogotá
Santa Cruz
Panama City
Vienna
Dublin
Florence
Athens
Thessaloniki
Krakow
Sofia
Riga
Skopje
San Miguel de Allende
Zagreb
Brno
Fukuoka
Montreal
Córdoba
Guanajuato
Cali
Santo Domingo
Dakar
Dar es Salaam
Tunis
Addis Ababa
Amman
Beirut
Plovdiv
Bordeaux
Toulouse
Dresden
Basel
Coimbra
Bristol
Maastricht
Malmö
Aarhus
Bratislava
Izmir
Sucre
Cochabamba
Cambridge
York
Groningen
Nuremberg
Düsseldorf
Strasbourg
Pattaya
Iloilo
Battambang
Tainan
Gwangju
Chicago
Boston
Nashville
Querétaro
Guayaquil
Alexandria
Jeddah
Ramallah
Mexico City
Budapest
Kuala Lumpur
Belgrade
Berlin
Prague
Tokyo
Seoul
Colombo
Cairo
Casablanca
Accra
Lima
Guadalajara
Manchester
Lyon
Rome
Madrid
Seville
Vilnius
Baku
Istanbul
Mérida
Hong Kong
Copenhagen
Wrocław
Utrecht
Hamburg
Ghent
Osaka
Pune
Vientiane
Jaipur
Nagoya
Toronto
Johannesburg
Valletta
Rabat
Poznań
Nantes
Cologne
Frankfurt
Leipzig
Bologna
Bruges
Kaunas
Timișoara
Novi Sad
Semarang
Zaragoza
Leuven
Solo
Johor Bahru
New York
León
Barranquilla
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Frequently asked questions
What is this tier list based on?
Each city is placed purely by its Nature score, our 1 to 10 rating for nature and the outdoors. S tier is 9 to 10, down to F for below 5.
Which cities are S tier?
Cape Town, Vancouver, Pokhara, Reykjavik, Jeju Island, Bariloche, Lake Atitlán, Queenstown, Cairns, Annecy, Innsbruck, Lucerne, Ponta Delgada, Bergen, Kotor, Bled, Krabi, Sapa, Kota Kinabalu, Siargao, Palawan, El Nido, Lombok, Nusa Penida, Tromsø, Grenoble, Ninh Binh, Calgary, Arusha, Bali (Canggu), Split, Auckland, Goa, Cusco, Tamarindo, Tenerife, Crete, Phuket, Koh Phangan, Ubud, Oslo, Dubrovnik, Langkawi, Sapporo, Weligama, Denver, Florianópolis, Santa Marta, Tulum, Mendoza, Puerto Escondido, Boquete, Zanzibar, Taghazout, Mauritius, Gold Coast, Christchurch, Byron Bay, Hobart, Ericeira, Tarifa, Phu Quoc, Stavanger, Salzburg, Funchal, Brașov, Ohrid, Sarandë, Pula, Chania, Fethiye, Cappadocia, Luang Prabang, Pai, Boracay, Vilcabamba, San Sebastián, Trondheim, Freiburg, Chiang Rai, Khao Lak, Kanchanaburi, Kuching, Vang Vieng, San Diego, Victoria, Manizales, Windhoek, Darwin, Suva, Nouméa. 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.






























