CityLivably Blog

Original, data-backed articles on where to live — written from 1,103 cities of open data, not opinion.

Most relocation advice is anecdote. The CityLivably blog takes the opposite approach: every article is built from the same open datasets that power our city scores — World Bank price levels for cost of living, WorldClim temperature normals for climate, and USGS earthquake records plus modelled flood, storm, wildfire, heat and tsunami exposure for safety. The articles below explain how we measure each factor and surface the cities that come out on top, so you can see the reasoning rather than trust a verdict.

Where should you live? A data-driven way to decide
Gut feeling is a bad way to pick a city. Here's a framework that weighs the three things t…
Best cities for digital nomads in 2026
Nomad rankings usually ignore weather and disaster risk. Ours doesn't — here's the best mi…
How natural-disaster risk should affect where you live
Earthquakes, floods, storms and wildfires shape insurance cost, property value and safety.…
The cheapest cities to live in (and how we measure cost)
'Cheap' should mean real purchasing power, not a guess. Here's how we price cost of living…
Moving abroad: what really changes about your cost of living
The same lifestyle costs wildly different amounts by country. Here's what drives the gap —…
Finding your ideal climate: the best weather to live in
Climate shapes daily happiness and energy bills. Here's how we score it from real data — a…

How to read these articles

Each piece answers one practical question — where it is cheapest to live, which climate is most comfortable, how natural-disaster risk should shape your choice — and links straight into the city sorter and individual city pages so you can act on it. Figures are planning indicators drawn from public data and refresh as the sources update; always verify visas, healthcare and current rents for your own situation before moving. New articles are added as we expand the dataset and add layers like internet speed and visa rules.

Topics we cover

The blog spans the questions that decide a move: how to choose where to live with a repeatable framework rather than a gut feeling; the cheapest cities and how we measure cost of living from World Bank price levels instead of crowd-sourced guesses; the most comfortable climates scored from real WorldClim temperature data; how earthquake, flood, storm and wildfire risk should shape your choice and your insurance budget; the best bases for digital nomads on a cost-plus-climate basis; and what actually changes about your cost of living when you move abroad. Each links back to the live data so you can check the numbers yourself.

Highest-livability major cities worldwide