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































