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




































