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	88.1511111111111	75	82	71	95
2	Chiang Mai· Thailand	78	A	90.99361111111111	78	74	64	65
3	Medellín· Colombia	77	A	82.56166666666668	74	82	71	65
4	Kuala Lumpur· Malaysia	76	A	83.65333333333334	74	72	67	75
5	Bali (Canggu)· Indonesia	75	A	83.63888888888889	74	77	61	70
6	Da Nang· Vietnam	75	A	93.52777777777777	78	57	72	55
7	Bangkok· Thailand	74	B	84.70472222222222	75	73	60	65
8	Buenos Aires· Argentina	74	B	82.29083333333334	73	74	72	50
9	Ho Chi Minh City· Vietnam	74	B	90.1411111111111	77	56	72	55
10	Porto· Portugal	74	B	69.45666666666666	66	86	76	80
11	Budapest· Hungary	72	B	73.18472222222222	68	75	74	65
12	Lisbon· Portugal	71	B	61.50111111111111	64	84	76	80
13	Mexico City· Mexico	71	B	70.25361111111111	68	79	70	70
14	Istanbul· Türkiye	70	B	82.73277777777778	73	56	70	55
15	Cape Town· South Africa	69	B	76.69555555555554	68	70	68	50
16	Prague· Czech Republic	69	B	69.67055555555557	66	73	71	60
17	Madrid· Spain	67	B	61	63	82	74	55
18	Taipei· Taiwan	66	B	70.91916666666667	66	65	68	50
19	Barcelona· Spain	65	B	56.86111111111111	61	83	72	55
20	Berlin· Germany	60	C	58.02777777777778	61	68	67	35
21	Osaka· Japan	58	C	62.44444444444445	61	52	64	40
22	Seoul· South Korea	57	C	53.44444444444445	57	67	64	40
23	Dubai· UAE	56	C	36.27777777777778	49	75	55	100
24	Tokyo· Japan	51	D	47.66666666666667	54	50	61	40
25	Paris· France	48	D	32.22222222222222	50	69	58	30
26	Amsterdam· Netherlands	47	D	25.972222222222225	48	69	62	45
27	Singapore· Singapore	47	D	31.36111111111111	49	55	48	70
28	Austin· United States	46	D	39.07833333333334	46	58	57	30
29	London· United Kingdom	37	D	10.694444444444445	45	58	47	40
30	New York City· United States	30	D	0	36	56	47	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.