Best cities for digital nomads

Best mix of low cost, warm climate and safety for remote workers. Top pick: Punta del Este, Uruguay.

Best cities for digital nomads — top 12

#	City	Country	Nomad score	Livability	Cost	Climate	Safety
1	Punta del Este	Uruguay	73	75	55	100	73
2	Maldonado	Uruguay	71	73	51	100	73
3	Melo	Uruguay	71	73	52	100	70
4	Dundalk	Ireland	71	73	52	97	73
5	Porto	Portugal	71	72	54	100	65
6	Herceg Novi	Montenegro	71	72	54	100	66
7	Tivat	Montenegro	71	72	56	98	65
8	Boquete	Panama	71	71	56	100	62
9	Bendigo	Australia	70	72	50	100	69
10	City of Port Phillip	Australia	70	72	50	100	69
11	Ballarat	Australia	70	72	50	100	69
12	Mercedes	Uruguay	70	72	52	98	70
13	Galway	Ireland	70	72	50	99	70
14	Swords	Ireland	70	72	52	98	70
15	Limerick	Ireland	70	72	50	99	70
16	Bhisho	South Africa	70	72	49	100	70
17	Cetinje	Montenegro	70	72	54	98	67
18	Albufeira	Portugal	70	71	54	100	62
19	Pedro Juan Caballero	Paraguay	70	71	51	97	70
20	Rivera	Uruguay	70	71	51	97	70
21	Waterford	Ireland	70	71	51	99	68
22	Dubrovnik	Croatia	70	71	53	100	64
23	Budva	Montenegro	70	71	54	98	66
24	Kotor	Montenegro	70	71	57	92	67
25	Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	70	70	56	100	59
26	Atenas	Costa Rica	70	70	56	100	58
27	Hobart	Australia	69	72	48	100	71
28	Santander	Spain	69	71	49	100	68
29	Logroño	Spain	69	71	49	98	69
30	Donostia / San Sebastián	Spain	69	71	49	100	69
31	Bordeaux	France	69	71	48	99	69
32	Rouen	France	69	71	50	95	72
33	Angers	France	69	71	49	98	69
34	Perpignan	France	69	71	50	100	67
35	Caen	France	69	71	50	98	69
36	Geelong	Australia	69	71	48	100	70
37	Zugdidi	Georgia	69	71	52	99	65
38	La Plata	Argentina	69	71	48	100	69
39	Paysandú	Uruguay	69	71	51	94	70
40	Tacuarembó	Uruguay	69	71	51	96	70
41	Cork	Ireland	69	71	49	100	69
42	Tallaght	Ireland	69	71	50	96	70
43	Mbombela	South Africa	69	71	50	100	66
44	Faro	Portugal	69	70	51	100	63
45	Lagos	Portugal	69	70	52	100	62
46	Tavira	Portugal	69	70	54	98	62
47	Cartago	Costa Rica	69	70	53	100	62
48	Sokhumi	Georgia	69	70	51	97	67
49	Koper	Slovenia	69	70	53	96	64
50	Zadar	Croatia	69	70	51	100	63

Climate real (WorldClim); cost real (World Bank); hazard tiers indicative.

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Punta del Este, Uruguay — see the full ranking of 1103 cities.

From open data: climate (WorldClim), cost (World Bank), disaster risk (USGS/FEMA/INFORM), combined into a livability score.