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	87.96472222222222	75	82	70	95
2	Chiang Mai· Thailand	78	A	91.12166666666667	78	73	64	65
3	Medellín· Colombia	77	A	82.26833333333333	74	82	71	65
4	Bali (Canggu)· Indonesia	75	A	83.75	74	78	60	70
5	Bangkok· Thailand	75	A	84.1263888888889	75	74	62	65
6	Da Nang· Vietnam	75	A	93.92666666666668	79	57	70	55
7	Kuala Lumpur· Malaysia	75	A	83.75555555555555	74	71	66	75
8	Buenos Aires· Argentina	74	B	82.00305555555556	73	75	72	50
9	Ho Chi Minh City· Vietnam	74	B	90.51722222222222	78	54	71	55
10	Porto· Portugal	74	B	69.88305555555556	66	85	76	80
11	Budapest· Hungary	72	B	73.47416666666666	68	75	74	65
12	Mexico City· Mexico	71	B	69.83694444444446	68	79	70	70
13	Istanbul· Türkiye	70	B	83.09055555555555	73	55	69	55
14	Lisbon· Portugal	70	B	60.278611111111104	64	85	76	80
15	Cape Town· South Africa	69	B	75.99611111111109	68	72	68	50
16	Prague· Czech Republic	69	B	70.44861111111112	67	72	71	60
17	Madrid· Spain	67	B	61.55555555555555	62	81	73	55
18	Taipei· Taiwan	66	B	71.58444444444444	67	65	67	50
19	Barcelona· Spain	65	B	56.277777777777786	61	84	72	55
20	Berlin· Germany	60	C	58.833333333333336	61	68	67	35
21	Osaka· Japan	58	C	62.38888888888889	61	53	64	40
22	Dubai· UAE	57	C	36.916666666666664	50	75	54	100
23	Seoul· South Korea	57	C	53.52777777777777	57	67	64	40
24	Tokyo· Japan	51	D	47.55555555555556	53	50	60	40
25	Paris· France	48	D	31.833333333333336	50	69	59	30
26	Amsterdam· Netherlands	47	D	25.916666666666664	48	69	60	45
27	Austin· United States	47	D	39.324999999999996	46	58	58	30
28	Singapore· Singapore	47	D	30.333333333333336	49	55	50	70
29	London· United Kingdom	38	D	12.805555555555555	45	57	47	40
30	New York City· United States	31	D	0	36	58	48	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.