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



























