Nomad Score

30-city score leaderboard

Composite 0-100 score weighted for the long-term nomad: cost 30% · productivity 25% · sustainability 20% · lifestyle 15% · tax 10%. Unlike traveler-weighted indexes, this rewards 12-month-base setups, not 1-3 month visits.

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30 cities

#	City	Score	Tier	Cost	Productivity	Sustainability	Lifestyle	Tax
1	Tbilisi· Georgia	82	A	87.55888888888889	75	84	71	95
2	Chiang Mai· Thailand	77	A	89.83472222222223	78	71	67	65
3	Da Nang· Vietnam	76	A	92.09138888888889	79	61	75	55
4	Medellín· Colombia	76	A	82.61166666666666	73	79	72	65
5	Bali (Canggu)· Indonesia	75	A	84	74	76	60	70
6	Bangkok· Thailand	74	B	83.69277777777778	75	74	60	65
7	Kuala Lumpur· Malaysia	74	B	85.12694444444445	74	66	64	75
8	Porto· Portugal	74	B	69.0838888888889	66	88	77	80
9	Buenos Aires· Argentina	73	B	82.245	73	72	69	50
10	Ho Chi Minh City· Vietnam	73	B	89.45472222222222	77	54	74	55
11	Budapest· Hungary	72	B	74.91972222222222	68	76	74	65
12	Mexico City· Mexico	72	B	68.38138888888889	69	83	73	70
13	Istanbul· Türkiye	71	B	79.70277777777778	73	62	71	55
14	Lisbon· Portugal	70	B	60.58722222222224	64	86	73	80
15	Cape Town· South Africa	69	B	74.98750000000001	68	70	69	50
16	Prague· Czech Republic	68	B	65.03777777777778	65	76	74	60
17	Madrid· Spain	67	B	63.30555555555556	64	78	72	55
18	Taipei· Taiwan	65	B	72.57972222222222	65	60	66	50
19	Barcelona· Spain	64	C	56.611111111111114	60	81	71	55
20	Berlin· Germany	58	C	54.083333333333336	62	66	67	35
21	Dubai· UAE	58	C	42.77777777777778	52	72	55	100
22	Osaka· Japan	57	C	60.111111111111114	60	53	64	40
23	Seoul· South Korea	57	C	54.333333333333336	55	64	67	40
24	Tokyo· Japan	52	D	47.75	55	51	62	40
25	Singapore· Singapore	49	D	33.30555555555556	49	58	54	70
26	Paris· France	48	D	38.30555555555556	49	65	56	30
27	Amsterdam· Netherlands	47	D	27.694444444444443	46	67	63	45
28	Austin· United States	45	D	38.60888888888889	45	56	56	30
29	London· United Kingdom	37	D	11.055555555555555	45	60	44	40
30	New York City· United States	32	D	0	42	54	50	30

How the score is computed

Each city is scored on 5 sub-dimensions (each 0-100), then weighted-averaged. Weights are deliberately tuned for long-term-base nomads (12+ months), not 1-3 month travelers.

Cost (30%) — long-term lease + local food + part-time coworking + transit + amortized visa + SIM. Anchored $400 (cheap) → $4,000 (priciest).
Productivity (25%) — coworking value + mobile data + gym access + healthcare proxy + internet speed (10-200 Mbps anchor).
Sustainability (20%) — nomad-visa quality (50%) + long-term-vs-Airbnb friction ratio (30%) + foreigner banking access (20%).
Lifestyle (15%) — coffee value + food variety + transit + English proficiency (EF EPI) + air quality (AQI).
Tax (10%) — hard-coded nomad-friendly tax regime (PwC + official sources). UAE/Georgia/Paraguay/Panama = top tier; US/FR/DE = bottom.

Dataset: cities.json. Refreshed weekly via GitHub Action. Formula changes are documented in lib/scoring.ts.