City rankings

Every ranking is computed from the same 33 city dossiers — none of them express a separate opinion. "Best for nomads" is the composite field score (cost, infrastructure, community and liveability, weighted from advisory experience); "Cheapest" is the raw single-person monthly budget and nothing else; "Safest" leans on the 2026 safety assessments pinned to each dossier. That is why the same city can sit high in one table and low in another: each table answers one narrow question, and all of them say which question up front.

Start with best cities for digital nomads for the headline answer, then open the individual dossiers before you move on the numbers — the score is context, the line-item budget is the decision. Figures were re-verified in the September 2026 review.