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| ⭐️ Total score | 153 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Spain |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 40 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 15°C 58°F + 😊 Comfy (58%) = feels 14°C 57°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 63 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 49 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 108 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Co.lab |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Bilbao Lab Coworking |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 350,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $26,695 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 11x11m (121m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 89% 👱♀️ 11% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | easyjet |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Iberia |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,366 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,326 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,410 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,260 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,611 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,070 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $75 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $379 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $12 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $8,622 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $27 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $11,365 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $33,727 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $110,442 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 468° cold | 5513° cool | 5412° cool | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 6418° cool | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 6116° cool | 5211° cool | 5412° cool |
| Real | 479° cold | 5513° cool | 5412° cool | 5312° cool | 5815° cool | 6418° cool | 6820° mild | 6720° mild | 6820° mild | 6016° cool | 5211° cool | 5412° cool |
| Humidity | nice 42% | nice 37% | nice 40% | nice 36% | nice 40% | nice 41% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 42% | nice 40% | nice 43% | nice 40% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain | rainy 131mm | rainy 119mm | rainy 66mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 76mm | dry 23mm | dry 20mm | rainy 82mm | rainy 53mm | rainy 140mm | rainy 110mm |
| Cloud | pockets 50% | cloudy 51% | pockets 46% | pockets 49% | cloudy 51% | pockets 47% | pockets 46% | pockets 43% | pockets 49% | pockets 40% | cloudy 53% | pockets 44% |
| Air quality | clean 42 US AQI | okay 59 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 500 people | 457 people | 450 people | 600 people | 444 people | 689 people | 533 people | 650 people | 560 people | 644 people | 375 people | 644 people |
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Cool city if you want to practice surfing and eat some basque food. The weather is cool (maybe a little rainy), warm and not too hot. The only downside is the housing price :/
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 12° 54° 13° 56°🚕3h$3,327 / mo38Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 10° 50° 11° 52°🚕4h$2,470 / mo40Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 7° 45° 9° 49°✈️13min$3,900 / mo42Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 53😷✈️21min$3,531 / mo88MbpsIt is more expensve than expected. Depending whete you live, streets can be dirty. It seems the government only uses the tax money to invest in the high en areas. Thwre are is a lot of inequality. People are very racist. I am Mexican, and the first thing people ask me here, is whete do I come from. I have never felt as discriminated as here and to be honest I dont think I have it as bad as other people.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 9° 48° 10° 51°AQI 50✈️26min$3,949 / mo108MbpsRenting a flat as a freelancer here is incredibly difficult. The city isn't small but there's not enough to do in my opinion apart from drinking and eating. Locals mostly keep to themselves and don't mix much. Not enough nomadlisters. The co-working space here is alright (Harry Cow is €20 per day) but when it gets busy with 4-5 people having meetings and generally not being mindful of others, it's headache inducing. A lot of homeless weirdos with dogs asking for change who will insult you if y
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 83😷✈️28min$3,785 / mo30MbpsGreat place to set up your business/residency as the tax is 10x lower than in Spain. Apart from that, Andorra is a ski/mountain town. There are also some great spas & thermal baths. In the past years, a lot of rich DNs moved there from Spain to establish residence and take advantage of the tax breaks. It's a bit on the expensive side, I'd recommend it if you want to escape Barcelona for a few days. In COVID times, there were almost no cases or restrictions.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 5° 41° 6° 44°✈️30min$4,676 / mo136MbpsGreat small city on the beach! A few weeks in late summer were lovely, not too hot or rainy. Great food and drink, super cheap, with a beautiful old city and a roman lighthouse! Connectivity was good and people were friendly
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 13° 55° 14° 56°✈️35min$3,546 / mo35MbpsI live in Nantes and i'll say that it's mostly lgbt friendly in the city center even though it's really hard to navigate public spaces at times when you're a Trans person!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 11° 52° 13° 55°AQI 27✈️36min$3,683 / mo35MbpsI don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 112😷✈️38min$3,761 / mo117MbpsValencia is just a paradise on earth, and you realise it when you feel so blessed just walking around in this vibrant yet calm, small yet big city. The parks, the activities, the beaches everything is accessible and affordable. Life is simple here and you do not need much to have a nice life, we all do the same things. This is a gem in Europe and we are blessed to have found it.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°AQI 42✈️38min$3,200 / mo97MbpsWas there for one month. Beautiful place, but not a lot to do. We were happy to leave.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 11° 52° 12° 54°AQI 62😷✈️39min$2,384 / mo35MbpsIt is more expensve than expected. Depending whete you live, streets can be dirty. It seems the government only uses the tax money to invest in the high en areas. Thwre are is a lot of inequality. People are very racist. I am Mexican, and the first thing people ask me here, is whete do I come from. I have never felt as discriminated as here and to be honest I dont think I have it as bad as other people.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 9° 48° 10° 51°AQI 50✈️26min$3,949 / mo108MbpsBeen living here for few months and absolutely love it. Chosen to live near the sea and can go on walks on the beach when fancy it as well as enjoying a - small - but animated city center from time to time. If you search a little you can find restaurant Jems and go very easily to some cute places around such as Howth, Malahide and others. The downs : cost of living and fluctuating weather but at least you see the sun once in a while !
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 2° 36° 5° 42°AQI 61😷✈️2h$5,046 / mo66MbpsI don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 112😷✈️38min$3,761 / mo117MbpsCool city if you want to practice surfing and eat some basque food. The weather is cool (maybe a little rainy), warm and not too hot. The only downside is the housing price :/
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 12° 54° 13° 56°🚕3h$3,327 / mo38MbpsMálaga is great. I don't agree on the comment that says it is not used to digital nomads, the person hasn't made a proper research. There are a lot of hostels, amazing night life, people are very cool and respectful, young people know English, and it has lots of COWORKING areas, even in banks. But not all of this is only in the center of the city, you need to discover also Costa del Sol, with places like Benalmádena, Fuengirola and Marbella, where is full of digital nomads that come the area b
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 16° 61° 16° 62°AQI 51😷✈️59min$3,195 / mo110MbpsI don't understand why London has so high safety rating. Your phone could be stolen and your bicycle WILL be stolen here (or a part of it). I live here 8.5 years and I experienced the above multiple times. Police seems only cares about crime against person by whatever reason. Insure everything expensive that you own. I would also add that antisocial behaviour is quite common here and teenagers are heavily involved in crimes as police don't do anything with them because of their age. Basically th
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 59😷✈️1h$5,616 / mo29MbpsValencia is just a paradise on earth, and you realise it when you feel so blessed just walking around in this vibrant yet calm, small yet big city. The parks, the activities, the beaches everything is accessible and affordable. Life is simple here and you do not need much to have a nice life, we all do the same things. This is a gem in Europe and we are blessed to have found it.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°AQI 42✈️38min$3,200 / mo97MbpsIt used to be a nice city for nomads, but its out-priced now and don't recommend it. I am a single female- remote worker from USA with residence permit of 2 years and have to say its not what it used to be. Stormy tropical weather as we speak so unpredictable these days. Landlords charging ridiculous prices and amenities just don't match quality that should be given. Looking into Spain as we speak..
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 12° 54° 13° 56°AQI 62😷✈️42min$2,751 / mo91Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 53😷✈️21min$3,531 / mo88MbpsI spent around 3 months in this city. Pros: - beautiful city (arquitecture- WOW)!! -Not so cold in winter -Lovely people Cons: It gets VERY HOT!! The summer is insanely hot and I could never live all year round in Seville. Conservative vibe Very dry climate.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 62😷✈️56min$3,106 / mo76MbpsI've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌨 Feels 2° 36° 4° 39°AQI 63😷✈️2h$3,933 / mo78MbpsLived in Copenhagen for just under three years, and for the whole time, I have worked remotely as a freelancer. It's pretty much as perfect as you're going to get in terms of urban design; getting around is easy and safe by bike, and the public transport network is efficient and reasonably-priced. Lots of fun things to do for a relatively small city, and the locals are—from personal experience—incredibly friendly. Pros: - Very safe. You can walk around most areas round-the-clock and not h
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌨 Feels -1° 30° 2° 36°AQI 26✈️2h$5,230 / mo87MbpsIt is more expensve than expected. Depending whete you live, streets can be dirty. It seems the government only uses the tax money to invest in the high en areas. Thwre are is a lot of inequality. People are very racist. I am Mexican, and the first thing people ask me here, is whete do I come from. I have never felt as discriminated as here and to be honest I dont think I have it as bad as other people.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 9° 48° 10° 51°AQI 50✈️26min$3,949 / mo🌇 Also went here93 peopleI don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 112😷✈️38min$3,761 / mo🌇 Also went here92 peopleValencia is just a paradise on earth, and you realise it when you feel so blessed just walking around in this vibrant yet calm, small yet big city. The parks, the activities, the beaches everything is accessible and affordable. Life is simple here and you do not need much to have a nice life, we all do the same things. This is a gem in Europe and we are blessed to have found it.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°AQI 42✈️38min$3,200 / mo🌇 Also went here51 peopleIt used to be a nice city for nomads, but its out-priced now and don't recommend it. I am a single female- remote worker from USA with residence permit of 2 years and have to say its not what it used to be. Stormy tropical weather as we speak so unpredictable these days. Landlords charging ridiculous prices and amenities just don't match quality that should be given. Looking into Spain as we speak..
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 12° 54° 13° 56°AQI 62😷✈️42min$2,751 / mo🌇 Also went here57 peopleOnce you figure out housing (not an easy thing but doable, especially once you stop looking in the touristic areas), Lisbon is a very charming, safe (even though I'll admit this is getting worse in certain areas), and fun city to live in. In most neighbourhoods you have the feeling of living in a small town instead of an urban area. There's aways something to do or see so it's hard to be bored living here. I still find Lisbon (and Portugal in general), to be one of the most attractive places in
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 35✈️58min$3,622 / mo🌇 Also went here87 peopleI have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 11° 52° 12° 54°AQI 53😷✈️59min$5,152 / mo🌇 Also went here83 peopleI don't understand why London has so high safety rating. Your phone could be stolen and your bicycle WILL be stolen here (or a part of it). I live here 8.5 years and I experienced the above multiple times. Police seems only cares about crime against person by whatever reason. Insure everything expensive that you own. I would also add that antisocial behaviour is quite common here and teenagers are heavily involved in crimes as police don't do anything with them because of their age. Basically th
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 59😷✈️1h$5,616 / mo🌇 Also went here83 peopleI recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety ✈️2h$5,343 / mo🌇 Also went here74 peopleA walking stereotype. Overcrowded, messy, expensive. Literally nothing works. There are more USA people than in Lisbon, which I thought was impossible. Yes, Italians are awesome and food is great.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°✈️2h$4,498 / mo🌇 Also went here47 peopleLived in Prague for 8 years. It's a beautiful international European city. Never learned Czech, but was fine. Almost all cafes and restaurants have English menus. Superb food delivery apps (Wolt is the best). All the food you can imagine. Vietnamese food is world-class because of the huge Vietnamese population. If you want hipster bars and cafes, there's plenty of that. If you want old-world-charm there's plenty of that. If you want posh luxury there's some of Europes best restaurants and cockta
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 2° 36° 4° 39°AQI 67😷✈️2h$2,765 / mo🌇 Also went here58 peopleI've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌨 Feels 2° 36° 4° 39°AQI 63😷✈️2h$3,933 / mo🌇 Also went here82 peopleVienna is a great place to visit but do not DN here. The internet is either awful of non-existent—even in coffee shops.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 17✈️2h$3,828 / mo🌇 Also went here50 peopleStayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 11° 52° 11° 51°AQI 51😷✈️2h$2,283 / mo🌇 Also went here59 peopleNew York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 9° 48° 9° 48°✈️8h$9,246 / mo🌇 Also went here52 peopleMy favorite city for nomading. Cheap, great food, lots to do, modern amenities, plenty of travel options nearby.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 👍 Liked 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 38° 100° 34° 94°🥵AQI 87😷✈️13h$1,394 / mo🌇 Also went here53 people
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