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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #561 |
🇲🇽 León
Mexico
|
70.0 | Shoulder season | 16.2°C 1.2 rain |
$2,433 | 0 | City → |
| #562 |
🇰🇪 Malindi
Kenya
|
70.0 | Shoulder season | 27.7°C 5.6 rain |
$1,846 | 0 | City → |
| #563 |
🇵🇦 Contadora Island
Panama
|
70.0 | Shoulder season | 27.3°C 6.8 rain |
$3,580 | 0 | City → |
| #564 |
🇦🇺 Sydney
Australia
|
70.0 | Shoulder season | 22.2°C 15.1 rain |
$5,469 | 0 | City → |
| #565 |
🇦🇴 Lobito
Angola
|
70.0 | Shoulder season | 26.1°C 6.0 rain |
$482 | 0 | City → |
| #566 |
🇦🇷 Mar del Plata
Argentina
|
69.9 | Shoulder season | 21.1°C 7.4 rain |
$1,672 | 0 | City → |
| #567 |
🇲🇺 Flic en Flac
Mauritius
|
69.9 | Rainy season | 27.1°C 20.7 rain |
$2,222 | 0 | City → |
| #568 |
🇨🇱 Hanga Roa
Chile
|
69.9 | Shoulder season | 22.8°C 7.5 rain |
$2,305 | 0 | City → |
| #569 |
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Hong Kong
|
69.9 | Shoulder season | 15.0°C 4.1 rain |
$4,761 | 0 | City → |
| #570 |
🇵🇪 Tacna
Peru
|
69.9 | Dry comfort window | 19.8°C 2.7 rain |
$1,639 | 0 | City → |
| #571 |
🇨🇻 Ribeira Grande
Cape Verde
|
69.9 | Dry comfort window | 18.7°C 2.7 rain |
$1,736 | 0 | City → |
| #572 |
🇰🇪 Watamu
Kenya
|
69.9 | Shoulder season | 27.8°C 6.2 rain |
$1,912 | 0 | City → |
| #573 |
🇦🇪 Khor Fakkan
United Arab Emirates
|
69.9 | Dry comfort window | 20.6°C 2.7 rain |
$3,306 | 0 | City → |
| #574 |
🇦🇷 San Martin de los Andes
Argentina
|
69.9 | Shoulder season | 17.4°C 3.1 rain |
$1,811 | 0 | City → |
| #575 |
🇮🇩 Kuta
Indonesia
|
69.9 | Rainy season | 26.6°C 26.1 rain |
$2,084 | 0 | City → |
| #576 |
🇬🇹 Lake Atitlán
Guatemala
|
69.9 | Shoulder season | 18.0°C 6.4 rain |
$2,160 | 0 | City → |
| #577 |
🇬🇶 Malabo
Equatorial Guinea
|
69.8 | Shoulder season | 27.1°C 4.1 rain |
$1,758 | 0 | City → |
| #578 |
🇪🇸 Puerto de Mogan
Spain
|
69.8 | Dry comfort window | 18.6°C 3.5 rain |
$2,872 | 0 | City → |
| #579 |
🇪🇹 Gonder
Ethiopia
|
69.8 | Shoulder season | 17.5°C 0.8 rain |
$297 | 0 | City → |
| #580 |
🇲🇲 Pyin Oo Lwin
Myanmar
|
69.8 | Shoulder season | 17.6°C 3.5 rain |
$848 | 0 | City → |
| #581 |
🇹🇿 Zanzibar City
Tanzania
|
69.8 | Hot season | 28.1°C 13.0 rain |
$2,118 | 0 | City → |
| #582 |
🇦🇺 Brisbane
Australia
|
69.8 | Rainy season | 24.2°C 17.6 rain |
$4,927 | 0 | City → |
| #583 |
🇪🇸 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Spain
|
69.8 | Shoulder season | 17.8°C 6.4 rain |
$3,172 | 0 | City → |
| #584 |
🇹🇭 Phuket
Thailand
|
69.8 | Shoulder season | 26.8°C 10.3 rain |
$2,245 | 0 | City → |
| #585 |
🇺🇾 Colonia del Sacramento
Uruguay
|
69.8 | Shoulder season | 24.6°C 8.3 rain |
$2,808 | 0 | City → |
| #586 |
🇯🇲 Treasure Beach
Jamaica
|
69.7 | Shoulder season | 25.3°C 7.9 rain |
$1,838 | 0 | City → |
| #587 |
🇨🇺 Varadero
Cuba
|
69.7 | Shoulder season | 22.8°C 7.5 rain |
$2,330 | 0 | City → |
| #588 |
🇹🇨 Cockburn Town
Turks and Caicos
|
69.7 | Shoulder season | 25.2°C 7.7 rain |
$4,340 | 0 | City → |
| #589 |
🇲🇺 Trou aux Biches
Mauritius
|
69.7 | Rainy season | 26.5°C 19.9 rain |
$1,843 | 0 | City → |
| #590 |
🇵🇾 Asunción
Paraguay
|
69.7 | Hot season | 28.8°C 9.9 rain |
$2,550 | 0 | City → |
| #591 |
🇻🇪 Los Teques
Venezuela
|
69.7 | Shoulder season | 18.4°C 14.5 rain |
$134 | 0 | City → |
| #592 |
🇻🇪 Caracas
Venezuela
|
69.7 | Shoulder season | 20.0°C 15.3 rain |
$228 | 0 | City → |
| #593 |
🇨🇴 Mompos
Colombia
|
69.7 | Hot season | 28.0°C 5.6 rain |
$1,305 | 0 | City → |
| #594 |
🇿🇦 Mossel Bay
South Africa
|
69.7 | Shoulder season | 21.3°C 7.7 rain |
$2,329 | 0 | City → |
| #595 |
🇳🇬 Abeokuta
Nigeria
|
69.6 | Hot season | 28.9°C 1.0 rain |
$1,014 | 0 | City → |
| #596 |
🇬🇭 Akosombo
Ghana
|
69.6 | Hot season | 28.0°C 2.1 rain |
$2,199 | 0 | City → |
| #597 |
🇰🇪 Lamu
Kenya
|
69.6 | Shoulder season | 27.6°C 4.6 rain |
$2,163 | 0 | City → |
| #598 |
🇮🇳 Pondicherry
India
|
69.6 | Shoulder season | 25.3°C 8.9 rain |
$945 | 0 | City → |
| #599 |
🇧🇯 Cotonou
Benin
|
69.6 | Shoulder season | 27.8°C 5.6 rain |
$2,346 | 0 | City → |
| #600 |
🇵🇫 Rangiroa
French Polynesia
|
69.6 | Rainy season | 26.8°C 21.7 rain |
$5,175 | 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 → |