Budget-friendly Digital Nomad Cities in January
BUDGET-FRIENDLY DIGITAL NOMAD CITIES IN JANUARY
Find Budget-friendly digital nomad destinations in January, ranked by seasonal weather, cost, events, hub activity, and air quality.
DESTINATIONS
| Rank | City | Score | Season | Weather | Cost | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #361 |
🇨🇲 Nkongsamba
Cameroon
|
72.7 | Dry comfort window | 22.1°C 4.6 rain |
$1,166 | 0 | City → |
| #362 |
🇳🇮 Las Penitas
Nicaragua
|
72.7 | Hot season | 28.4°C 2.7 rain |
$830 | 0 | City → |
| #363 |
🇨🇮 Daloa
Ivory Coast
|
72.7 | Dry comfort window | 26.5°C 1.9 rain |
$1,418 | 0 | City → |
| #364 |
🇱🇷 Gbarnga
Liberia
|
72.6 | Dry comfort window | 26.4°C 4.6 rain |
$1,609 | 0 | City → |
| #365 |
🇳🇬 Benin City
Nigeria
|
72.6 | Shoulder season | 27.6°C 2.1 rain |
$1,228 | 0 | City → |
| #366 |
🇴🇲 Ibri
Oman
|
72.6 | Dry comfort window | 19.5°C 1.5 rain |
$1,860 | 0 | City → |
| #367 |
🇵🇷 San Juan
Puerto Rico
|
72.6 | Shoulder season | 24.7°C 10.8 rain |
$3,330 | 0 | City → |
| #368 |
🇪🇹 Bishoftu
Ethiopia
|
72.6 | Shoulder season | 17.8°C 0.8 rain |
$359 | 0 | City → |
| #369 |
🇬🇭 Tamale
Ghana
|
72.6 | Hot season | 28.4°C 0.0 rain |
$465 | 0 | City → |
| #370 |
🇹🇭 Trat
Thailand
|
72.6 | Shoulder season | 26.0°C 5.4 rain |
$921 | 0 | City → |
| #371 |
🇸🇩 Nyala
Sudan
|
72.5 | Dry comfort window | 23.0°C 0.0 rain |
$2,627 | 0 | City → |
| #372 |
🇳🇬 Uyo
Nigeria
|
72.5 | Shoulder season | 27.2°C 4.5 rain |
$1,017 | 0 | City → |
| #373 |
🇦🇷 Bariloche
Argentina
|
72.5 | Shoulder season | 16.6°C 3.3 rain |
$1,728 | 0 | City → |
| #374 |
🇦🇷 El Bolson
Argentina
|
72.5 | Shoulder season | 18.2°C 5.2 rain |
$1,854 | 0 | City → |
| #375 |
🇸🇩 Meroe
Sudan
|
72.5 | Dry comfort window | 23.4°C 0.0 rain |
$3,709 | 0 | City → |
| #376 |
🇺🇾 Carmelo
Uruguay
|
72.5 | Shoulder season | 25.4°C 7.4 rain |
$2,805 | 0 | City → |
| #377 |
🇬🇹 Antigua
Guatemala
|
72.4 | Shoulder season | 16.2°C 1.7 rain |
$2,447 | 0 | City → |
| #378 |
🇻🇳 Ninh Binh
Vietnam
|
72.4 | Dry comfort window | 23.8°C 3.1 rain |
$1,143 | 0 | City → |
| #379 |
🇻🇳 Phan Thiet
Vietnam
|
72.4 | Dry comfort window | 25.4°C 2.5 rain |
$1,496 | 0 | City → |
| #380 |
🇲🇽 Todos Santos
Mexico
|
72.4 | Shoulder season | 16.7°C 2.5 rain |
$2,000 | 0 | City → |
| #381 |
🇪🇸 Maspalomas
Spain
|
72.4 | Dry comfort window | 18.7°C 2.7 rain |
$3,794 | 0 | City → |
| #382 |
🇲🇽 Tepoztlan
Mexico
|
72.4 | Shoulder season | 17.5°C 1.2 rain |
$1,713 | 0 | City → |
| #383 |
🇨🇷 Jacó
Costa Rica
|
72.4 | Shoulder season | 25.6°C 10.1 rain |
$3,572 | 0 | City → |
| #384 |
🇮🇳 Coorg
India
|
72.4 | Dry comfort window | 20.6°C 3.1 rain |
$707 | 0 | City → |
| #385 |
🇿🇦 Swellendam
South Africa
|
72.4 | Shoulder season | 22.7°C 7.0 rain |
$1,423 | 0 | City → |
| #386 |
🇳🇿 Auckland
New Zealand
|
72.4 | Shoulder season | 20.0°C 13.5 rain |
$4,453 | 0 | City → |
| #387 |
🇨🇻 Boa Vista
Cape Verde
|
72.4 | Dry comfort window | 22.6°C 0.8 rain |
$1,814 | 0 | City → |
| #388 |
🇴🇲 Duqm
Oman
|
72.4 | Dry comfort window | 21.9°C 0.0 rain |
$2,614 | 0 | City → |
| #389 |
🇿🇦 Sedgefield
South Africa
|
72.3 | Shoulder season | 20.7°C 8.5 rain |
$1,508 | 0 | City → |
| #390 |
🇨🇱 Antofagasta
Chile
|
72.3 | Dry comfort window | 20.3°C 0.0 rain |
$2,508 | 0 | City → |
| #391 |
🇴🇲 Sohar
Oman
|
72.3 | Dry comfort window | 20.5°C 2.1 rain |
$1,938 | 0 | City → |
| #392 |
🇨🇴 Barranquilla
Colombia
|
72.3 | Shoulder season | 27.2°C 1.4 rain |
$2,177 | 0 | City → |
| #393 |
🇳🇿 Picton
New Zealand
|
72.3 | Shoulder season | 17.4°C 6.8 rain |
$3,727 | 0 | City → |
| #394 |
🇬🇹 San Marcos La Laguna
Guatemala
|
72.3 | Shoulder season | 18.0°C 5.8 rain |
$2,007 | 0 | City → |
| #395 |
🇧🇩 Rangamati
Bangladesh
|
72.3 | Dry comfort window | 19.6°C 0.8 rain |
$922 | 0 | City → |
| #396 |
🇪🇸 Lanzarote
Spain
|
72.2 | Shoulder season | 15.6°C 3.1 rain |
$2,595 | 0 | City → |
| #397 |
🇰🇪 Nanyuki
Kenya
|
72.2 | Dry comfort window | 18.2°C 3.3 rain |
$901 | 0 | City → |
| #398 |
🇻🇪 Barquisimeto
Venezuela
|
72.2 | Dry comfort window | 24.4°C 4.3 rain |
$150 | 0 | City → |
| #399 |
🇾🇪 Socotra
Yemen
|
72.1 | Dry comfort window | 21.4°C 1.5 rain |
$2,454 | 0 | City → |
| #400 |
🇿🇦 Hoedspruit
South Africa
|
72.1 | Shoulder season | 25.0°C 12.8 rain |
$1,587 | 0 | City → |
BEST BY REGION
Africa
| Rank | City | Score | Season | Weather | Cost | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
🇳🇪 Dosso
Niger
|
80.2 | Dry comfort window | 24.6°C 0.0 rain |
$599 | 0 | City → |
| #2 |
🇸🇳 Kafountine
Senegal
|
80.0 | Dry comfort window | 25.5°C 0.0 rain |
$1,414 | 0 | City → |
| #3 |
🇨🇫 Mbaïki
Central African Republic
|
79.4 | Dry comfort window | 26.0°C 1.2 rain |
$1,846 | 0 | City → |
| #4 |
🇬🇲 Sanyang
Gambia
|
79.4 | Dry comfort window | 24.3°C 0.0 rain |
$1,941 | 0 | City → |
| #5 |
🇳🇪 Tahoua
Niger
|
79.3 | Dry comfort window | 23.5°C 0.0 rain |
$810 | 0 | City → |
Antarctica
| Rank | City | Score | Season | Weather | Cost | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
🇦🇶 McMurdo Station
Antarctica
|
55.9 | Cold season | -6.5°C 2.5 rain |
$4,280 | 0 | City → |
| #2 |
🇹🇫 Port-aux-Francais
French Southern Territories
|
46.3 | Cold season | 7.1°C 15.5 rain |
$3,408 | 0 | City → |
| #3 |
🇦🇶 Port Lockroy
Antarctica
|
43.8 | Rainy season | 0.4°C 17.6 rain |
$7,300 | 0 | City → |
| #4 |
🇦🇶 Villa Las Estrellas
Antarctica
|
42.8 | Rainy season | 1.2°C 19.9 rain |
$2,610 | 0 | City → |
| #5 |
🇬🇸 Grytviken
South Georgia
|
42.3 | Rainy season | 4.7°C 23.2 rain |
$2,985 | 0 | City → |
Asia
| Rank | City | Score | Season | Weather | Cost | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
🇹🇭 Bangkok
Thailand
|
85.8 | Dry comfort window | 26.7°C 1.7 rain |
$2,263 | 0 | City → |
| #2 |
🇮🇳 Bangalore
India
|
83.4 | Dry comfort window | 21.1°C 2.1 rain |
$1,693 | 0 | City → |
| #3 |
🇹🇭 Kanchanaburi
Thailand
|
82.5 | Dry comfort window | 25.3°C 1.2 rain |
$1,456 | 0 | City → |
| #4 |
🇮🇳 Mysore
India
|
82.0 | Dry comfort window | 22.4°C 2.3 rain |
$1,036 | 0 | City → |
| #5 |
🇹🇭 Chiang Mai
Thailand
|
81.4 | Dry comfort window | 21.6°C 3.5 rain |
$2,041 | 0 | City → |
Europe
| Rank | City | Score | Season | Weather | Cost | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
🇪🇸 Los Cristianos
Spain
|
78.5 | Dry comfort window | 18.5°C 1.2 rain |
$3,056 | 0 | City → |
| #2 |
🇪🇸 Fuerteventura
Spain
|
75.3 | Shoulder season | 16.2°C 1.7 rain |
$3,501 | 0 | City → |
| #3 |
🇪🇸 Alicante
Spain
|
73.5 | Shoulder season | 12.4°C 2.3 rain |
$3,570 | 2 | City → |
| #4 |
🇪🇸 Playa del Ingles
Spain
|
72.7 | Dry comfort window | 18.6°C 2.9 rain |
$2,952 | 0 | City → |
| #5 |
🇪🇸 Maspalomas
Spain
|
72.4 | Dry comfort window | 18.7°C 2.7 rain |
$3,794 | 0 | City → |
North America
| Rank | City | Score | Season | Weather | Cost | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
🇲🇽 Mazatlán
Mexico
|
81.9 | Dry comfort window | 19.8°C 0.6 rain |
$2,744 | 0 | City → |
| #2 |
🇸🇻 El Zonte
El Salvador
|
81.7 | Shoulder season | 27.4°C 1.9 rain |
$2,335 | 0 | City → |
| #3 |
🇲🇽 Puerto Escondido
Mexico
|
80.8 | Dry comfort window | 19.2°C 1.0 rain |
$3,535 | 0 | City → |
| #4 |
🇲🇽 Puerto Vallarta
Mexico
|
80.7 | Dry comfort window | 21.1°C 1.0 rain |
$2,368 | 0 | City → |
| #5 |
🇸🇻 Sonsonate
El Salvador
|
80.5 | Dry comfort window | 26.1°C 2.5 rain |
$1,550 | 0 | City → |
Oceania
| Rank | City | Score | Season | Weather | Cost | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
🇦🇺 Perth
Australia
|
82.1 | Dry comfort window | 25.1°C 0.0 rain |
$5,096 | 0 | City → |
| #2 |
🇦🇺 Melbourne
Australia
|
78.0 | Shoulder season | 20.5°C 7.9 rain |
$5,328 | 0 | City → |
| #3 |
🇦🇺 Adelaide
Australia
|
76.8 | Dry comfort window | 22.2°C 4.3 rain |
$4,561 | 0 | City → |
| #4 |
🇦🇺 Geraldton
Australia
|
76.1 | Dry comfort window | 26.1°C 0.4 rain |
$4,226 | 0 | City → |
| #5 |
🇦🇺 Fremantle
Australia
|
76.0 | Dry comfort window | 24.5°C 0.6 rain |
$3,948 | 0 | City → |
South America
| Rank | City | Score | Season | Weather | Cost | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
🇦🇷 Buenos Aires
Argentina
|
81.9 | Shoulder season | 25.0°C 7.9 rain |
$1,746 | 0 | City → |
| #2 |
🇨🇱 Chillán
Chile
|
81.3 | Dry comfort window | 21.5°C 1.2 rain |
$1,922 | 0 | City → |
| #3 |
🇨🇱 Iquique
Chile
|
79.5 | Dry comfort window | 21.6°C 0.0 rain |
$2,464 | 0 | City → |
| #4 |
🇺🇾 Montevideo
Uruguay
|
78.0 | Shoulder season | 23.1°C 7.7 rain |
$3,023 | 0 | City → |
| #5 |
🇦🇷 Mendoza
Argentina
|
77.5 | Shoulder season | 25.7°C 5.4 rain |
$1,432 | 0 | City → |
EVENTS IN JANUARY
| Event | Place | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afterwork Digital Nomad & Remote Worker [Bi-weekly] | 🇫🇷 Montpellier | Jan 1 | View → |
| Afterwork Digital Nomad & Remote Worker [Bi-weekly] | 🇫🇷 Montpellier | Jan 15 | View → |
| AWD - After Work Drinks | 🇪🇸 Alicante | Jan 22 | View → |
| The Sunday afternoon Socialise conversation at the Fire...... | 🇨🇭 Zurich | Jan 24 | View → |
| AWD - After Work Drinks | 🇪🇸 Alicante | Jan 29 | View → |