Data for long-term moves
Compare rent bands, cost of living, and visa checkpoints across major destination hubs. Built for professionals planning a permanent or long-term relocation.
Top settlement hubs
Scoring: long-stay, work-visa, and related migration signals are converted into a 1–100 relative score. A higher score means stronger interest within this list; it is not live policy, an official ranking, or a visa success rate.
Scoring: long-stay, work-visa, and related migration signals are converted into a 1–100 relative score. A higher score means stronger interest within this list; it is not live policy, an official ranking, or a visa success rate.
Symbol key (national inputs for this composite)
- * — Direct official national statistics for that country (details in site data).
- # — International organization series (wider coverage; definitions may differ by country).
- @ — Preliminary estimate, to be updated when official statistics are available.
Scores compare relative interest within these 110 cities only. Some cities use country or regional data as an estimate, so this is not an official ranking, live policy tracker, or personal visa advice.