Nomad data insights

Bali and Chiang Mai still dominate nomad rankings — but the gap between them widened sharply in 2025. Here's the actual side-by-side for accommodation, food, coworking, and visa.

Forty countries now offer some flavor of digital nomad visa. Most are useless — high income thresholds, short validity, no path to residency. These are the four that actually work.

Median rent vs median income misses tourist-driven price spikes. Coffee-to-stay ratio doesn't.

Tbilisi has zero hype, a 1-year visa-free policy, 1% freelance tax, and a real city of 1.2M people. The leverage is the math no one talks about.

Lisbon used to be the easy answer. After five years of price compression, Porto and Madrid both look better than Lisbon for most working nomads. Here's the actual side-by-side.

Bali Canggu used to make the list. It doesn't anymore. Here are the 5 cities that actually clear $1,200/mo all-in for working nomads in 2026 — long-term lease, real food, working coworking.

The monthly burn lies. Once you add visa cycles, flights, and the inevitable expensive month, the annual number shifts. Here's the real 2026 math for 4 nomad archetypes.