Best cities for digital nomads

Best mix of low cost, warm climate and safety for remote workers. Top pick: Swords, Ireland.

Best cities for digital nomads — top 12

#	City	Country	Nomad score	Livability	Cost	Climate	Safety
1	Swords	Ireland	74	77	52	98	83
2	Dundalk	Ireland	74	77	52	97	85
3	Herceg Novi	Montenegro	74	77	54	100	79
4	Porto	Portugal	74	76	54	100	77
5	Cetinje	Montenegro	74	76	54	98	80
6	Tivat	Montenegro	74	76	56	98	78
7	Bendigo	Australia	73	76	50	100	82
8	City of Port Phillip	Australia	73	76	50	100	81
9	Ballarat	Australia	73	76	50	100	81
10	Galway	Ireland	73	76	50	99	83
11	Cork	Ireland	73	76	49	100	82
12	Limerick	Ireland	73	76	50	99	83
13	Waterford	Ireland	73	76	51	99	81
14	Budva	Montenegro	73	76	54	98	78
15	Albufeira	Portugal	73	75	54	100	75
16	Dubrovnik	Croatia	73	75	53	100	76
17	Kotor	Montenegro	73	75	57	92	79
18	Punta del Este	Uruguay	73	74	55	100	72
19	Santander	Spain	72	76	49	100	81
20	Donostia / San Sebastián	Spain	72	76	49	100	81
21	Hobart	Australia	72	76	48	100	83
22	Geelong	Australia	72	76	48	100	82
23	Tavira	Portugal	72	75	54	98	75
24	Logroño	Spain	72	75	49	98	82
25	Bilbao	Spain	72	75	47	100	82
26	Rouen	France	72	75	50	95	83
27	Angers	France	72	75	49	98	81
28	Perpignan	France	72	75	50	100	78
29	Caen	France	72	75	50	98	81
30	Tallaght	Ireland	72	75	50	96	82
31	Coimbra	Portugal	72	74	49	100	78
32	Leiria	Portugal	72	74	49	100	78
33	Viseu	Portugal	72	74	50	100	77
34	Faro	Portugal	72	74	51	100	75
35	Lagos	Portugal	72	74	52	100	74
36	Lleida	Spain	72	74	49	99	79
37	Zugdidi	Georgia	72	74	52	99	76
38	Koper	Slovenia	72	74	53	96	76
39	Zadar	Croatia	72	74	51	100	75
40	Bar	Montenegro	72	74	54	97	75
41	Le Mans	France	71	75	49	97	81
42	Southampton	United Kingdom	71	75	48	98	81
43	Braga	Portugal	71	74	48	100	78
44	Setúbal	Portugal	71	74	50	100	75
45	Queluz	Portugal	71	74	50	100	75
46	Pamplona	Spain	71	74	48	96	81
47	Tarragona	Spain	71	74	49	100	77
48	Perugia	Italy	71	74	50	97	77
49	Nantes	France	71	74	47	99	80
50	Bordeaux	France	71	74	48	99	80

Climate real (WorldClim); cost real (World Bank); hazard tiers indicative. livability=0.35*cost+0.30*climate+0.35*safety; cost=country PPP index x city-size premium (real population); safety=0.55*disaster_safety+0.45*crime_safety - urban-crime penalty (city size); disaster_safety=100-sum(hazard_weight*tier)/5*100 over 8 hazards (real earthquake/heat/cold + modelled flood/storm/wildfire/drought/tsunami); crime_safety=100-homicide*3

FAQ

What is the #1 best cities for digital nomads?

Swords, Ireland — see the full ranking of 1103 cities.

How is this ranked?

From open data: climate (WorldClim), cost (World Bank), disaster risk (USGS/FEMA/INFORM), combined into a livability score.

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