Frontpage
🌗 Dark mode
❤️ Your favorites
🚑 Nomad insurance
| ⭐️ Total score | 236 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 55 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 35°C 96°F + 😊 Comfy (60%) = feels 45°C 113°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 58 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31.25 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Downtown |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Central Southwest |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | AT&T |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Paper Co. Coffee |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Boomtown Coffee |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Southside Espresso |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,500,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 28,747 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 29x29m (841m²) per person |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | American Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | US Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | The Menninger Clinic |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,544 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,639 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,507 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,573 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,200 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $199 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,544 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $72 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 262 listings) | $3,618 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $119 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $12 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to make friends
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 6418° cool | 6317° cool | 7222° mild | 7725° warm | 9032° hot | 10943° scorching | 11144° scorching | 11747° scorching | 9937° hot | 9334° hot | 7021° mild | 7725° warm |
| Real | 6317° cool | 6217° cool | 7222° mild | 7625° warm | 8127° warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 9133° hot | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7021° mild | 7725° warm |
| Humidity | damp 75% | damp 80% | nice 76% | nice 79% | sweaty 91% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 90% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 78% | nice 75% | nice 86% |
| Rain | rainy 90mm | rainy 70mm | rainy 85mm | rainy 101mm | rainy 324mm | rainy 242mm | rainy 253mm | rainy 146mm | rainy 182mm | rainy 107mm | rainy 50mm | rainy 59mm |
| Cloud | pockets 40% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 53% | pockets 44% | pockets 31% | pockets 44% | pockets 29% | cloudy 69% |
| Air quality | clean 24 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI |
| Sun | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 520 people | 444 people | 600 people | 500 people | 500 people | 491 people | 375 people | 417 people | 571 people | 543 people | 657 people | 891 people |
If you'd like to filter destinations based on their climate, try Nomad List's Climate Finder
Based on Houston's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 45° 113° 35° 95°🥵AQI 52🚕2h$3,023 / mo53Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 39° 102° 32° 90°🥵AQI 60🚕3h$5,119 / mo47Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 49° 120° 35° 94°🥵AQI 53✈️10min$2,484 / mo46Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 44° 111° 35° 95°🥵AQI 52✈️11min$4,254 / mo58Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 41° 106° 33° 92°🥵AQI 53✈️11min$2,856 / mo64Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 44° 111° 35° 95°🥵AQI 52✈️11min$4,141 / mo65Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 49° 120° 35° 94°🥵AQI 41✈️15min$3,067 / mo42Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 47° 117° 35° 95°🥵AQI 53✈️17min$3,137 / mo48MbpsAll in, Austin is a good city. We live in Hill Country now so we're a bit removed. But it's beautiful area once you get away from the highways. A good tech scene. Not too expensive (~$2100 for a nice 2 bedroom apt) for the U.S. Has wineries and breweries galore. Not a great place if you are a recovering alcoholic (!). Cons: extremely hot in the summer; reaches 110 F (43.3 C) in summer afternoons from June - September. Not very diverse. Highways are loud and obnoxious.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 45° 113° 36° 96°🥵AQI 55✈️19min$3,926 / mo37Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 41° 106° 35° 95°🥵AQI 44✈️19min$3,454 / mo67Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 43° 109° 36° 96°🥵AQI 44✈️21min$4,126 / mo61Mbpsdon't ever come here. all the people that live here hate it and end up getting into drugs. fr
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 40° 104° 35° 96°🥵AQI 47✈️22min$3,270 / mo59MbpsAll in, Austin is a good city. We live in Hill Country now so we're a bit removed. But it's beautiful area once you get away from the highways. A good tech scene. Not too expensive (~$2100 for a nice 2 bedroom apt) for the U.S. Has wineries and breweries galore. Not a great place if you are a recovering alcoholic (!). Cons: extremely hot in the summer; reaches 110 F (43.3 C) in summer afternoons from June - September. Not very diverse. Highways are loud and obnoxious.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 45° 113° 36° 96°🥵AQI 55✈️19min$3,926 / mo37MbpsI really enjoyed my first week here, but as I got to know more locals and heard their stories, I was disturbed at the security situation. Almost everyone I met has horror stories about being robbed at gunpoint, robbed by the police, and in one case even drugged and robbed by a taxi driver. It's not even safe to walk a short distance at night (locals told me to just take Uber). Beyond the security issues, scams also abound, and the covid policy is wacky, with hand sanitizer being forced on you ev
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 28✈️2h$1,559 / mo11MbpsI've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 28° 83°AQI 53✈️3h$5,660 / mo34MbpsHow 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 18✈️10h$5,175 / mo14MbpsBoston is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is the capital of the state, the largest city in New England, and the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The city proper is home to about 617,900 people, making it the largest city in New England and the 26th largest in the United States.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 33° 91° 30° 85°🥵AQI 21✈️3h$5,812 / mo38MbpsThe city of Dallas has captivated me to an extent that I never will find another place so memorizing to live in, with all the opportunities and amenities present.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 42° 108° 36° 96°🥵AQI 80😷✈️29min$3,230 / mo44MbpsSeattle is a great city, especially if you like nature, there are plenty of outdoor activities to do all year round. People are generally open-minded and friendly. The cost of living is high but it allows you to be able to afford other places on earth easily if you can find a job here. You can also find plenty of good restaurants and arts around in the city. I recommend to stay at least 3-6 months to get the feel of living a PNW life.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 29° 84° 28° 83°AQI 61✈️4h$5,070 / mo79MbpsI'd avoid Toronto. Weather is miserable for 4-5 months a year. Nightlife is average. Taxes are high. Every conversation with someone from here devolves into how expensive it is (and honestly, it's not particularily expensive... compared to other large english speaking cities). Transit isn't great. City doesn't feel particularily well planned. If you want to live in a cold city, then go to Montreal or Berlin.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 25✈️3h$3,684 / mo19MbpsI've been to New Orleans plenty of time as a tourist, but this is my first time being a digital nomad and working down here for 3 weeks. Something about New Orleans always brings me back. Such a unique and one-of-a-kind place that while has gotten more expensive over the years, still is far more affordable than many places in the US. A lot of cheap good fun to have here and some amazing food. I will admit your safety factor will depend heavily on the area you're staying at.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 85°🥵AQI 39✈️41min$4,097 / mo49MbpsHow did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 22✈️4h$7,075 / mo83Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 36° 97° 30° 86°🥵AQI 30✈️2h$1,317 / mo6MbpsTouristy circus of a place. Everyone is trying to rip you off... even as fluent Spanish speaker. Check out PV or anywhere west coast instead.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 37° 99° 30° 87°🥵AQI 21✈️2h$1,577 / mo6MbpsAll in, Austin is a good city. We live in Hill Country now so we're a bit removed. But it's beautiful area once you get away from the highways. A good tech scene. Not too expensive (~$2100 for a nice 2 bedroom apt) for the U.S. Has wineries and breweries galore. Not a great place if you are a recovering alcoholic (!). Cons: extremely hot in the summer; reaches 110 F (43.3 C) in summer afternoons from June - September. Not very diverse. Highways are loud and obnoxious.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 45° 113° 36° 96°🥵AQI 55✈️19min$3,926 / mo🌇 Also went here113 peopleI've been to New Orleans plenty of time as a tourist, but this is my first time being a digital nomad and working down here for 3 weeks. Something about New Orleans always brings me back. Such a unique and one-of-a-kind place that while has gotten more expensive over the years, still is far more affordable than many places in the US. A lot of cheap good fun to have here and some amazing food. I will admit your safety factor will depend heavily on the area you're staying at.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 85°🥵AQI 39✈️41min$4,097 / mo🌇 Also went here102 peopleI really enjoyed my trip to DC for one week. I did NOT feel comfortable walking around many places alone because there are a lot of mentally ill/drugged out people. During daylight with other people I felt fine. There are soo many restaurants, interesting boutique gyms, cool libraries and more. The variety you can find in DC is closer to NYC than you can find most places. The memorials are pretty cool. There are a lot of free museums which are impressive. I liked the Lincoln Memorial/Gettysburg
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 34° 93° 30° 87°🥵AQI 31✈️3h$5,539 / mo🌇 Also went here106 peopleLas Vegas is a great tourist destination for me personally. The strip contains every amenities that I need and also there is a lot of stuff to do there without going away from the strip. Las Vegas is inside of a desert so expect it to be really hot in the summer. Otherwise than that, the strip located in Vegas has many things to do, from going to concerts, fancy restaurants, gambling (if that's your thing), attractions (stratosphere, high roller), entertainments, and so many more things to do th
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 35° 95° 38° 101°🥵AQI 43✈️3h$3,838 / mo🌇 Also went here95 peopleI spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 31° 88° 29° 84°AQI 69✈️3h$4,849 / mo🌇 Also went here127 peopleI've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 28° 83°AQI 53✈️3h$5,660 / mo🌇 Also went here159 peopleHow did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 22✈️4h$7,075 / mo🌇 Also went here138 peopleGood: - Great local food - Portuguese people are amazingly friendly - Vibrant DN community. It's like the city has been overtaken by remote workers. You will see everyone working on their laptop everywhere you go. - Amazing views whenever you want; you can just get a beer and climb to one of the viewpoints to see the sunset. Easy and magical. - Super cheap Ubers, easy subway Bad: - Housing prices. I'm not kidding, it's the worst I've ever seen. Ultra overpriced. I guess that's the problem when
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 27✈️10h$2,390 / mo🌇 Also went here98 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 18✈️10h$5,175 / mo🌇 Also went here144 peopleA top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 19° 66° 18° 65°AQI 23✈️11h$5,947 / mo🌇 Also went here108 peopleLived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 32✈️11h$4,600 / mo🌇 Also went here145 peopleBest city in Spain. Weather is great even in December and the clubbing scene is fun. There's lots to do and it's a beautiful city overall. You have to watch out for pickpockets but as long as you aren't leaving things unattended or obviously in your pockets you'll be fine. If you're into hostels, Hostel One Paralelo is BY FAR the best hostel in the area, worth every penny. Will definitely be back, and I never say that.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 30✈️11h$3,622 / mo🌇 Also went here96 peopleRome has tourist fatigue. Servers are curt and it's hard to find a decent restaurant.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 36° 97° 34° 93°🥵AQI 42✈️12h$4,784 / mo🌇 Also went here105 peopleI cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 39° 102° 31° 88°🥵AQI 68✈️20h$1,268 / mo🌇 Also went here102 peopleLike everywhere, Singapore has pros and cons. // Pros: // Everything works very well, it's clean, you can use the trains and transport system with a bank card, Grab taxis are efficient and safe, the airport is amazing // Everyone speaks English // Population seems well educated and cosmopolitan // There are lots of parks and green spaces. // Cons: // It's very expensive. For what you get it feels overpriced compared to most Western countries for example. // It's hot and very, very humid. Unti
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 39° 102° 31° 87°🥵AQI 17✈️21h$3,693 / mo🌇 Also went here100 people
