Homepage⚙️ Settings🌗 Toggle dark mode ❤️ Your favorites🚑 Nomad insurance
| ⭐️ Overall Score | 197 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Region | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | North Macedonia |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 34 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 12°C 54°F + 💦 Damp (90%) = feels 12°C 54°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 80 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😷 161 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Makedonskiing,snowboarding,snow |
| 💸 100 MKD in USD | USD 1.95 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MKD 10,000 = USD 195 |
| 💻 Best coworking space | NewMan's BA |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Drama Coffee House |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Red Caffe |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Hotel Dolce |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 540,000 people |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Comparto Depa |
| 🏥 Best hospital | My Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,256 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $784 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,327 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $379 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $234 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $86 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $757 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $35 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (176 listings) | $1,346 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $44 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 373° cold | 489° cold | 6418° cool | 6418° cool | 6820° mild | 8630° warm | 9133° hot | 9736° hot | 8429° warm | 7524° warm | 6116° cool | 489° cold |
| Real | 373° very cold | 489° cold | 6317° cool | 6317° cool | 6820° mild | 8228° very warm | 8630° very warm | 9133° hot | 8228° very warm | 7524° warm | 6116° cool | 489° cold |
| Humidity | nice 68% | nice 62% | nice 54% | nice 60% | nice 64% | nice 64% | nice 60% | nice 48% | nice 57% | nice 60% | damp 77% | damp 74% |
| Rain | dry 27mm | dry 8mm | dry 4mm | dry 28mm | dry 31mm | rainy 200mm | dry 24mm | dry 10mm | dry 19mm | dry 8mm | dry 36mm | dry 23mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 64% | pockets 27% | pockets 29% | pockets 46% | pockets 38% | pockets 28% | pockets 21% | pockets 12% | pockets 30% | clear 2% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 70% |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 3 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Nomad List members | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people |
Based on Skopje's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
Dirty cheap, you can live a very comfortable life there for way less than 1,000 USD. It’s literally a “new” country, young crowd, mostly unemployed but very hardworking. Energy is vibrant and people are really welcoming. It’s safe and not much to see and do, what is great for getting the work done.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 7° 45° 7° 45°AQI 38🚕3h$1,835 / mo10MbpsIt's a gem! Niš is a tiny city full of green places to walk and friendly people. Cost of living is ridiculously cheap (current $2,137 / month listed here in nomadlist is probably wrong, as you can live here comfortably for half of that or even less, even living in the main street in downtown and eating out everyday).
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 9° 48° 9° 48°AQI 53✈️12min$1,301 / mo33MbpsBig no from me. After being around all the balkans, this place felt off. Locals are friendly IF they know you're a tourist, otherwise, they're loud and rude to each other. The way they converse, drive, or behave is a intimidating to say the least. Electricity outages as seen in India or Nepal (sometimes daily occurrence!) Everything seems to be of low quality, Locals seem disinterested in learning from other cultures. Locals prefer to sit in cafes all day, they DRIVE to that cafe even though it
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 32✈️12min$1,294 / mo13MbpsBansko is booming! Some of the reviews and scores are well and truly outdated. In 'cons' - "very hard to make friends"!!! HA!!! Perhaps a few years ago. Bansko is now teeming with hundreds of remote workers (on top of the large number of tourists), with an extremely active and welcoming social scene. There are now 4 different coworking companies in Bansko (up from 1 less than a year ago), with the largest 'Coworking Bansko' having 100+ members and locations around Bansko. The town itself is also
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 8° 46° 8° 46°AQI 30✈️14min$1,625 / mo26MbpsSofia is one of the most amazing cities ever, it has old buildings because of the low economic status of the country, but the main cause is from the low number of tourists visiting this lovely country. The food is amazing and cheap, the population is very fun, but they are a little bit homophobics and racists (not everyone, but there are a lot of people who really are). Bulgaria has amazing views, parks, coffeehouses and of course the most beautiful beaches and sunsets, the temperature of the wa
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 7° 45° 7° 45°AQI 15✈️14min$1,399 / mo30MbpsI really like Budva. It has paradisiac beaches, with extremely clear waters and very affordable prices for almost everything (Coming from Central Europe/Germany). Internet costs here 15€ for 500GB (no joke) and you can set up your life quite easily here. The gym costs around 40€ a month without a contract and the usual Taxi ride doesnt exceed 5€. You have very nice beaches everywhere and the boat ride is not so expensive. Specially after September on prices get really cheap for renting.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 13✈️17min$2,310 / mo23Mbpsbeautiful city and surrounding area - have never seen anything like it. it's very solid for up to a week, or longer if you come with a significant other
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 36✈️18min$2,161 / mo17MbpsI've been here for the last 5 months. People are extremely friendly, the weather has been amazing (on the too hot side, during the summer). You can drink tap water, Nomadlist, check that. It is very cheap, walkable, plenty of cafes, bars and restaurants. It is very safe. The gym scene is not great but you can survive. Not many hipsters, but overloaded with instagrammers (like everywhere else, I guess). All in all, it's a beautiful city, safe, affordable, welcoming (if you are white). Racist gra
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 10° 50° 10° 51°AQI 18✈️22min$1,519 / mo32MbpsDoesn't matter what you're interested in, Saint Petersburg has it. It's the largest "small" city in Europe. Such a large population, but everything you want in nightlife and action is packed into several districts. Best city in Europe for nightlife. Not sure why nomadlist has "safety" as a con because it's safer than any western europe city and every american city. Cheaper than Thailand, but winter is COLD.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°AQI 8✈️3h$1,640 / mo18MbpsI visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism. I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 45✈️1h$2,237 / mo36MbpsSuper fun and beautiful city. I find Parisians are actually very patient and warm if you at least attempt to speak French; in my experience, most people who complain that they're rude are the ones making zero effort to speak the language. Expensive though and not very easy to meet other nomads.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 80😷✈️2h$4,120 / mo32MbpsBig no from me. After being around all the balkans, this place felt off. Locals are friendly IF they know you're a tourist, otherwise, they're loud and rude to each other. The way they converse, drive, or behave is a intimidating to say the least. Electricity outages as seen in India or Nepal (sometimes daily occurrence!) Everything seems to be of low quality, Locals seem disinterested in learning from other cultures. Locals prefer to sit in cafes all day, they DRIVE to that cafe even though it
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 32✈️12min$1,294 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleSofia is one of the most amazing cities ever, it has old buildings because of the low economic status of the country, but the main cause is from the low number of tourists visiting this lovely country. The food is amazing and cheap, the population is very fun, but they are a little bit homophobics and racists (not everyone, but there are a lot of people who really are). Bulgaria has amazing views, parks, coffeehouses and of course the most beautiful beaches and sunsets, the temperature of the wa
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 7° 45° 7° 45°AQI 15✈️14min$1,399 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleRome has tourist fatigue. Servers are curt and it's hard to find a decent restaurant.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 34✈️59min$4,197 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleVienna is nice if you're a tourist and want to see beautiful old architecture. And I guess it's nice if you want to live here for a long time, since it's quite safe and clean. But it's borderline impossible to live and work here short-term as a nomad. There's no good cafes to work from, the coworkings here are of extremely mediocre to bad quality here. Except for greaaaat Asian food, other food is difficult to get, there's either affordable takeaway fast food or expensive in-door fancy dining re
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 9° 48° 10° 49°AQI 70✈️1h$2,880 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleI visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism. I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 45✈️1h$2,237 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleZurich is a nice city, not very big but charming, especially the old town where you can find bars and restaurants. Good party culture, a lot of different clubs. A lot if different things to do and other cities like the capital (Bern) are within a 1 hour train ride.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 15✈️2h$5,229 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleBerlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 60°AQI 49✈️2h$3,021 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleLived in Barcelona for a year and a half. I would agree that the weather is perfect and Barcelona does have a great tech scene as well as food and has everything landscape and lifestyle wise that you could think of. Bureaucracy isn't too bad if you nip it in the bu** early and have patience. Also, some clubs are free. (Jamboree!). The metro is also, very efficient with red and purple being the busiest lines. Very walkable city too. Plenty of opportunity to meet people as well. The beaches are ok
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 31✈️2h$3,165 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleSuper fun and beautiful city. I find Parisians are actually very patient and warm if you at least attempt to speak French; in my experience, most people who complain that they're rude are the ones making zero effort to speak the language. Expensive though and not very easy to meet other nomads.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 80😷✈️2h$4,120 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleHow did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 32✈️3h$4,270 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleDoesn't matter what you're interested in, Saint Petersburg has it. It's the largest "small" city in Europe. Such a large population, but everything you want in nightlife and action is packed into several districts. Best city in Europe for nightlife. Not sure why nomadlist has "safety" as a con because it's safer than any western europe city and every american city. Cheaper than Thailand, but winter is COLD.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°AQI 8✈️3h$1,640 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 39° 102° 32° 90°🥵AQI 46✈️11h$1,426 / mo🌇 Also went here5 peopleIf you stay in Roma or Polanco you'll be fine. Mexico City was a little too chaotic for my taste, but also had some really beautiful and cool neighborhoods and a must visit if you find yourself in the middle of Mexico. Uber runs here so that makes it easy to get around. It can be as cheap or expensive as you want it to be, a decent hostel will run you $15 - $20/night. I cook many of my meals and prefer to splurge at nice restaurants a few nights a week vs eating at cheap places for every meal
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 89😷✈️14h$1,505 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people
Don't know which email/username you used? Check any emails you got from Nomad List before.
You can also use your Twitter, Slack or Instagram username if it's connected to your Nomad List account.
Not getting any log in emails? We also send a log in link to your Slack via DM.
You can copy-paste the link from the email in the login box above too.
If it still doesn't work, see the FAQ or tweet @nomadlist.
Nomad List 
as seen on
Nomad List💖 Thanks for signing up!
📬 First, please go to your email and click the confirm link first to verify your email address, check your spam folder if you can't find it
💌 After you confirm your email we'll send you an email with more info
👩💻 You can start using most of the Nomad List member-only features now!
