Explore 185 of the most livable cities in the world, ranked by the weather all year, safety and internet, for people who can live anywhere.
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Which cities are best to live in if your work is online? This free finder ranks 185 cities and islands by what shapes a day there: the weather all year, safety and the internet.
In this guide, I'll show you:
- What makes a city livable for remote work
- The 20 most livable places, with their weather, internet and prices
- The most livable places in each region
- How livability is scored
Open any place for its full guide.
TL;DRKey takeaways
What is a livable city?
A livable city is one where everyday life is easy and pleasant. For someone who works online, that comes down to weather you can enjoy most of the year, feeling safe, and internet that keeps up.
The well-known liveability indexes rank cities for residents with local jobs, schools and healthcare. This one ranks them for people who can live anywhere.
Who is the most livable cities finder for?
It's for anyone choosing a longer-term base:
- Digital nomad visa finder – remote workers who want to stay a year or more
- 183-day rule calculator – anyone whose stay could change their tax residency
- Territorial tax map – people comparing how countries tax income from abroad
- Digital nomad locations – nomads comparing places by their own picks
A place you'll live in for months needs the paperwork sorted as much as the weather.
The 20 most livable places
Here are the places that score highest, among those whose US travel advice is Level 1 or 2:
San Diego- Mild, dry months
- 12 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 119 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 100% of US prices
Los Angeles- Mild, dry months
- 11 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 107 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 100% of US prices
Santa Cruz de Tenerife- Mild, dry months
- 10 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 91 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 64% of US prices
Funchal, Madeira- Mild, dry months
- 12 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 91 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 60% of US prices
Tarifa- Mild, dry months
- 8 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 122 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 64% of US prices
Alicante- Mild, dry months
- 8 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 92 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 64% of US prices
Nice- Mild, dry months
- 5 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 148 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 77% of US prices
Ericeira- Mild, dry months
- 6 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 94 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 60% of US prices
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria- Mild, dry months
- 12 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 52 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 64% of US prices
Valletta, Malta- Mild, dry months
- 4 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 92 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 66% of US prices
Florianópolis- Mild, dry months
- 0 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 92 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 46% of US prices
San Francisco- Mild, dry months
- 5 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 113 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 100% of US prices
Miami- Mild, dry months
- 5 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 115 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 100% of US prices
Granada- Mild, dry months
- 5 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 113 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 64% of US prices
Gold Coast- Mild, dry months
- 7 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 87 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 90% of US prices
Austin- Mild, dry months
- 5 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 157 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 100% of US prices
Palma, Mallorca- Mild, dry months
- 7 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 88 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 64% of US prices
Auckland- Mild, dry months
- 7 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 94 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 86% of US prices
Barcelona- Mild, dry months
- 6 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 90 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 64% of US prices
Bridgetown, Barbados- Mild, dry months
- 8 of 12
- Internet (M-Lab)
- 83 Mbps
- Everyday prices
- 110% of US prices
A mild, dry month has an average afternoon from 64 to 84°F (18 to 29°C) and under 3.5 inches (90 mm) of rain.
The most livable places in each region
Here are the top three in each region, by the same score:
- Europe – Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Funchal, Madeira, Tarifa
- Asia – Busan, Taipei, Kyoto
- Latin America – Florianópolis, Bridgetown, Barbados, São Paulo
- North America – San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco
- Africa – Grand Baie, Mauritius, Cape Town, Taghazout
- Oceania – Gold Coast, Auckland, Sydney
Pick a region in the finder, sort by most livable, and every place there lines up.
How livability is scored
Each place gets a score from 0 to 1, from three parts:
- Weather all year (40%) – each month's closeness to 75°F (24°C) afternoons and how dry it is, averaged over 12 months
- Safety (30%) – the US travel advice, with Levels 1 and 2 both counting as everyday travel
- Internet (30%) – where the place ranks in M-Lab's speed tests among these places
A place without an internet figure counts as the middle for that part. Cost isn't in the score; the best value sort adds it.
Where the numbers come from
Every figure comes from an open source, and each place's page names its own:
- Weather – NOAA's monthly station summaries where a station is close, IDEAM's normals for Medellín, and NASA POWER's climate averages elsewhere
- Internet – M-Lab's open speed tests within 25 km of each place over the last 12 months
- Everyday prices – the World Bank's price level for the country, where 100% means US prices
- Safety – the US State Department's travel advisory level, with Levels 1 and 2 both counting as everyday travel
- Air – fine particles (PM2.5) from OpenAQ's open air quality data, the stations within 25 km whose license allows commercial use, each month's average since 2023
The videos and photos come from Pexels, Coverr, Pixabay and Wikimedia Commons, each credited on its place.
More ways to find your next place
These tools use the same places and data, each for a different question:
- Digital nomad locations – every place, with your own picks for the month
- Climate finder – where the weather is right in any month
- Best places to travel right now – this month's best places
- Fastest internet cities – the places ranked by M-Lab's speed tests
- Cleanest air cities – the places ranked by the fine particles in their air
- Best value cities – the most livable places for what life costs
- Random travel destination generator – one place, picked for you
- Visa-free countries – how long your passport lets you stay
- Internet speed test – your own line, on the same M-Lab test
Every place links to its own guide, with the weather by month, the internet and the visa, tax and money tools for its country.
Most livable cities FAQs
Questions about it? Here's what to know.
For people who work online, San Diego scores highest of these 185 places.
The score counts the weather all year, safety and internet.
By this ranking, San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Funchal and Tarifa lead.
The finder ranks every place the same way.
Most rankings score cities for residents, with schools, hospitals and local jobs.
This one scores what matters when your work comes with you: weather, safety and internet.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Funchal, Tarifa and Alicante score highest in Europe.
Pick Europe in the finder for the rest.
Florianópolis, Bridgetown, São Paulo and Valparaíso score highest in Latin America.
Pick Latin America in the finder for the rest.
No, the livability score leaves cost out.
Sort by best value to weigh in everyday prices.
I did. I'm Navid Moazzez, and the most livable cities finder is one of my free tools on navid.me.
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Navid Moazzez
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Navid Moazzez helps creators and founders master AI and build their own AI Operating System (AI OS) to automate their business and life.
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