Editorial rankings

Remote-work & nomad-style buzz

This table highlights cities with active cost-of-living chatter, laptop-friendly services, and nomad-visa discourse.

Ordering is an internal editorial composite for storytelling and navigation — not competitor API scores.

Remote-work & nomad-style buzz

Emphasizes cost-of-living discussion — directional only.

Rank	Prior rank	Rank change	Prior heat score	Current heat score	Heat score change	City	Country hub
1	13	+12	98	110	+12	Chiang Mai	Thailand
2	52	+50	59	109	+50	Lisbon	Portugal
3	3	—	108	108	—	Bangkok	Thailand
4	4	—	107	107	—	Mexico City	Mexico
5	42	+37	69	106	+37	Barcelona	Spain
6	82	+76	29	105	+76	Berlin	Germany
7	100	+93	11	104	+93	Budapest	Hungary
8	8	—	103	103	—	Taipei	Taiwan
9	9	—	102	102	—	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam
10	10	—	101	101	—	Valencia	Spain
11	11	—	100	100	—	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
12	12	—	99	99	—	Buenos Aires	Argentina
13	16	+3	95	98	+3	Krakow	Poland
14	61	+47	50	97	+47	Prague	Czech Republic
15	54	+39	57	96	+39	Cape Town	South Africa
16	81	+65	30	95	+65	Porto	Portugal
17	106	+89	5	94	+89	Zagreb	Croatia
18	18	—	93	93	—	Athens	Greece
19	76	+57	35	92	+57	Miami	United States
20	20	—	91	91	—	Phoenix	United States
21	32	+11	79	90	+11	Atlanta	United States
22	63	+41	48	89	+41	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
23	48	+25	63	88	+25	Jakarta	Indonesia
24	24	—	87	87	—	Manila	Philippines
25	25	—	86	86	—	Singapore	Singapore
26	26	—	85	85	—	Hong Kong	Hong Kong SAR
27	27	—	84	84	—	Istanbul	Turkey
28	97	+69	14	83	+69	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
29	29	—	82	82	—	Warsaw	Poland
30	30	—	81	81	—	Bucharest	Romania
31	41	+10	70	80	+10	Hanoi	Vietnam
32	1	-31	110	79	-31	Seville	Spain
33	33	—	78	78	—	Lyon	France
34	34	—	77	77	—	Marseille	France
35	46	+11	65	76	+11	Toulouse	France
36	36	—	75	75	—	Toronto	Canada
37	37	—	74	74	—	Vancouver	Canada
38	98	+60	13	73	+60	Sydney	Australia
39	21	-18	90	72	-18	Melbourne	Australia
40	74	+34	37	71	+34	Montreal	Canada
41	31	-10	80	70	-10	Calgary	Canada
42	5	-37	106	69	-37	Dublin	Ireland
43	43	—	68	68	—	Stockholm	Sweden
44	44	—	67	67	—	Copenhagen	Denmark
45	87	+42	24	66	+42	Oslo	Norway
46	84	+38	27	65	+38	Helsinki	Finland
47	57	+10	54	64	+10	Vienna	Austria
48	101	+53	10	63	+53	Amsterdam	Netherlands
49	49	—	62	62	—	Rotterdam	Netherlands
50	90	+40	21	61	+40	Frankfurt	Germany
51	39	-12	72	60	-12	Munich	Germany
52	2	-50	109	59	-50	Zurich	Switzerland
53	59	+6	52	58	+6	Geneva	Switzerland
54	110	+56	1	57	+56	Rome	Italy
55	55	—	56	56	—	Milan	Italy
56	56	—	55	55	—	San Francisco	United States
57	47	-10	64	54	-10	Seattle	United States
58	17	-41	94	53	-41	Boston	United States
59	28	-31	83	52	-31	Washington DC	United States
60	60	—	51	51	—	Dallas	United States
61	14	-47	97	50	-47	Houston	United States
62	104	+42	7	49	+42	Chicago	United States
63	99	+36	12	48	+36	Los Angeles	United States
64	7	-57	104	47	-57	New York City	United States
65	22	-43	89	46	-43	London	United Kingdom
66	72	+6	39	45	+6	Paris	France
67	66	-1	45	44	-1	Tokyo	Japan
68	68	—	43	43	—	Osaka	Japan
69	69	—	42	42	—	Seoul	South Korea
70	70	—	41	41	—	Busan	South Korea
71	71	—	40	40	—	Shanghai	China
72	107	+35	4	39	+35	Beijing	China
73	89	+16	22	38	+16	Tel Aviv	Israel
74	40	-34	71	37	-34	Bengaluru (Bangalore)	India
75	91	+16	20	36	+16	Mumbai	India
76	19	-57	92	35	-57	Delhi NCR	India
77	65	-12	46	34	-12	São Paulo	Brazil
78	78	—	33	33	—	Perth	Australia
79	35	-44	76	32	-44	Brisbane	Australia
80	53	-27	58	31	-27	Auckland	New Zealand
81	51	-30	60	30	-30	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia
82	50	-32	61	29	-32	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia
83	23	-60	88	28	-60	Moscow	Russia
84	38	-46	73	27	-46	Saint Petersburg	Russia
85	79	-6	32	26	-6	Novosibirsk	Russia
86	86	—	25	25	—	Yekaterinburg	Russia
87	88	+1	23	24	+1	Johannesburg	South Africa
88	45	-43	66	23	-43	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates
89	73	-16	38	22	-16	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates
90	67	-23	44	21	-23	Ajman	United Arab Emirates
91	75	-16	36	20	-16	Dammam	Saudi Arabia
92	92	—	19	19	—	Al Khobar	Saudi Arabia
93	93	—	18	18	—	Manchester	United Kingdom
94	94	—	17	17	—	Birmingham	United Kingdom
95	95	—	16	16	—	Edinburgh	United Kingdom
96	96	—	15	15	—	Hamburg	Germany
97	85	-12	26	14	-12	Cologne	Germany
98	83	-15	28	13	-15	Stuttgart	Germany
99	58	-41	53	12	-41	Brussels	Belgium
100	64	-36	47	11	-36	Da Nang	Vietnam
101	80	-21	31	10	-21	Denpasar	Indonesia
102	102	—	9	9	—	Florence	Italy
103	103	—	8	8	—	Granada	Spain
104	62	-42	49	7	-42	Kyoto	Japan
105	105	—	6	6	—	Madrid	Spain
106	77	-29	34	5	-29	Nice	France
107	6	-101	105	4	-101	George Town, Penang	Malaysia
108	108	—	3	3	—	Phuket	Thailand
109	109	—	2	2	—	Queenstown	New Zealand
110	15	-95	96	1	-95	Venice	Italy

How to read this (remote-work buzz ranking)

“Heat score” is a simple transform of rank so you can compare year to year: a higher score means a higher rank on this list. With 110 cities, it is roughly (110 + 1 − this year’s rank). The prior-year column uses last year’s rank the same way.
The order is an editorial lineup we keep for navigation — not booking demand, border arrivals, or live charts from other sites.

The “prior year” columns use our earlier saved ranking for the same 110 cities. Heat scores come from rank for side-by-side years — not government visitor statistics, bookings, or UN DESA counts.