Nomad InsidersHONEST CITY FILES
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COST INDEXUSD/MO · ▲▼ VS LAST YEAR
Armenia$1,050Asunción$1,100▲ +6%Balneário Camboriú$1,700▲ +6%Barranquilla$1,200Bogotá$1,500▲ +9%Bucaramanga$1,100Buenos Aires$2,000▲ +36%Cali$1,400Curitiba$1,300▲ +6%Florianópolis$1,700▲ +9%Fortaleza$1,500▲ +6%João Pessoa$1,300▲ +6%Lima$1,500Manizales$1,050Medellín$1,400▲ +14%Mendoza$1,000Montevideo$1,850▲ +8%Natal$1,250▲ +6%Rio de Janeiro$1,900▲ +6%São Paulo$1,900▲ +6%Viña del Mar$1,850Chicago$3,250▲ +1.4%Guadalajara$1,650Las Vegas$3,300▲ +6.8%Mérida$1,900Mexico City$2,200▲ +8.7%Miami$4,200▼ -2%Nashville$2,900New York City$5,000Oaxaca City$1,400Playa del Carmen$2,000Puerto Vallarta$2,200San Miguel de Allende$1,900Toronto$2,950▼ -0.6%Vancouver$3,100▼ -4%Athens$1,800▲ +9%Barcelona$2,500▲ +3%Belgrade$1,500Bologna$2,080▲ +3%Budapest$1,700▲ +7%Chania$1,500Edinburgh$3,000▲ +1%Florence$2,500▲ +7%Funchal$2,300Ibiza$3,900Istanbul$1,800▲ +15%Kraków$1,800▲ +5%Las Palmas$2,250▲ +9%Lisbon$2,900▲ +12%London$4,000▲ +2.2%Madrid$2,350▲ +8%Málaga$2,100▲ +6%Milan$2,650▲ +1%Mykonos$2,970▲ +5.0%Porto$2,500▲ +5%Prague$2,200▲ +6%Rome$2,350▲ +5%Santorini$3,600Seville$1,900▲ +5%Split$1,900Tallinn$2,200▲ +4%Tbilisi$1,300▲ +4%Thessaloniki$1,500▲ +5%Tirana$1,500▲ +10%Valencia$2,300▲ +8%Bangkok$1,900▲ +5%Canggu$2,000▲ +12%Cebu City$1,250▲ +6%Chiang Mai$1,300▲ +6%Da Nang$1,300▲ +8%Hanoi$1,300▲ +6%Ho Chi Minh City$1,400▲ +6%Kuala Lumpur$1,450▲ +6%Penang$1,600▲ +6%Phnom Penh$1,300▲ +8%Phuket$2,200▲ +6%Singapore$4,300▲ +5%Seoul$2,100Taipei$1,700Tokyo$2,600Cape Town$2,000Dubai$3,400Melbourne$2,900Panama City$2,100Sydney$3,600▲ +7%Armenia$1,050Asunción$1,100▲ +6%Balneário Camboriú$1,700▲ +6%Barranquilla$1,200Bogotá$1,500▲ +9%Bucaramanga$1,100Buenos Aires$2,000▲ +36%Cali$1,400Curitiba$1,300▲ +6%Florianópolis$1,700▲ +9%Fortaleza$1,500▲ +6%João Pessoa$1,300▲ +6%Lima$1,500Manizales$1,050Medellín$1,400▲ +14%Mendoza$1,000Montevideo$1,850▲ +8%Natal$1,250▲ +6%Rio de Janeiro$1,900▲ +6%São Paulo$1,900▲ +6%Viña del Mar$1,850Chicago$3,250▲ +1.4%Guadalajara$1,650Las Vegas$3,300▲ +6.8%Mérida$1,900Mexico City$2,200▲ +8.7%Miami$4,200▼ -2%Nashville$2,900New York City$5,000Oaxaca City$1,400Playa del Carmen$2,000Puerto Vallarta$2,200San Miguel de Allende$1,900Toronto$2,950▼ -0.6%Vancouver$3,100▼ -4%Athens$1,800▲ +9%Barcelona$2,500▲ +3%Belgrade$1,500Bologna$2,080▲ +3%Budapest$1,700▲ +7%Chania$1,500Edinburgh$3,000▲ +1%Florence$2,500▲ +7%Funchal$2,300Ibiza$3,900Istanbul$1,800▲ +15%Kraków$1,800▲ +5%Las Palmas$2,250▲ +9%Lisbon$2,900▲ +12%London$4,000▲ +2.2%Madrid$2,350▲ +8%Málaga$2,100▲ +6%Milan$2,650▲ +1%Mykonos$2,970▲ +5.0%Porto$2,500▲ +5%Prague$2,200▲ +6%Rome$2,350▲ +5%Santorini$3,600Seville$1,900▲ +5%Split$1,900Tallinn$2,200▲ +4%Tbilisi$1,300▲ +4%Thessaloniki$1,500▲ +5%Tirana$1,500▲ +10%Valencia$2,300▲ +8%Bangkok$1,900▲ +5%Canggu$2,000▲ +12%Cebu City$1,250▲ +6%Chiang Mai$1,300▲ +6%Da Nang$1,300▲ +8%Hanoi$1,300▲ +6%Ho Chi Minh City$1,400▲ +6%Kuala Lumpur$1,450▲ +6%Penang$1,600▲ +6%Phnom Penh$1,300▲ +8%Phuket$2,200▲ +6%Singapore$4,300▲ +5%Seoul$2,100Taipei$1,700Tokyo$2,600Cape Town$2,000Dubai$3,400Melbourne$2,900Panama City$2,100Sydney$3,600▲ +7%
HONEST CITY FILES · UPDATED DAILY

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The facts behind the freedom: what a city really costs, which visas you’ll actually get, and the news that moves each one. Sourced, dated, no influencer fluff.

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CITY FILES
85
across 38 countries
VISA PROGRAMS
138
sourced & confidence-rated
AVG COST · MO
$2,106
across 85 tracked cities
CURRENCIES
159
live FX, updated daily
[01]

Count the real cost

Rent, food, transport and the rest, itemised per city and stamped with the date we last checked it. When a number moves, you can see that it moved.

[02]

Find the visa that fits

Every programme we can source, with the income bar, the paperwork and where the rule is written. Confidence-rated, so you know how sure we are.

[03]

Know before it reaches you

A live wire on the cities you are watching. A city only carries a warning when the coverage earns it, so a quiet badge means quiet.

§ 01: Destinations

Top-scored cities

TOP-SCORED · FROM THE AUDITED CITY FILES
#CITYCOST·MOREGIONSCORETRENDVERDICT
01🇲🇽Mexico CityMexico$2,200North America4.1▲ +8.7%Go, but stay alert02🇨🇴MedellínColombia$1,400South America3.6▲ +14%Go, but stay alert03🇪🇸ValenciaSpain$2,300Europe4.2▲ +8%Go04🇹🇭BangkokThailand$1,900Southeast Asia4.1▲ +5%Go05🇲🇾Kuala LumpurMalaysia$1,450Southeast Asia4.1▲ +6%Go06🇵🇹PortoPortugal$2,500Europe4.1▲ +5%Go
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§ 02: The Toolkit

Everything on the desk

Visa IntelligenceEvery program sourced and confidence-rated→Currency & FXLive rates plus the dollar-strength board→US Expat TaxesFEIE, FBAR, and what actually applies to you→GlossaryEvery term in the files, defined in plain English→Nomad WireThe news that moves visas, costs, and cities→
Las Palmas, SpainFEATURED CITY FILE
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Las Palmas

Spain
4.0SCORE
$2,250/moGo

Europe's winter office: 21C Januaries, fiber to the sand, and a 3km city beach. The catch is a ticking Schengen clock and a rental market under siege.

Live weather
⛅22°C
Feels like 23° · Partly cloudy
Humidity84%
Wind17 km/h
SUN🌤️28°
MON🌤️29°
TUE☀️31°
WED🌤️29°
THU🌦️25°
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