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Budget-friendly nomad cities in January

Find Budget-friendly digital nomad destinations in January, ranked by seasonal weather, cost, events, hub activity, and air quality.

Destinations

3129 cities scored for January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#641 BT Paro Bhutan 50 Cold season 0.9°C 4.8 rain days $1,399 0 City
#642 HR Osijek Croatia 42 Cold season 3.1°C 10.3 rain days $1,399 0 City
#643 ME Pljevlja Montenegro 39 Cold season 0.2°C 12.4 rain days $1,399 0 City
#644 RW Karongi Rwanda 59 Rainy season 19.7°C 20.7 rain days $1,400 0 City
#645 BR Porto de Galinhas Brazil 63 Rainy season 26.6°C 20.3 rain days $1,401 0 City
#646 AZ Sumgayit Azerbaijan 46 Cold season 5.6°C 5.2 rain days $1,401 0 City
#647 DO Bayahibe Dominican Republic 69 Shoulder season 24.4°C 5.8 rain days $1,402 0 City
#648 CM Kribi Cameroon 57 Rainy season 26.2°C 21.1 rain days $1,402 0 City
#649 BA Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina 43 Cold season 3.6°C 10.3 rain days $1,402 0 City
#650 ZA Jeffreys Bay South Africa 70 Shoulder season 22.0°C 5.6 rain days $1,403 0 City
#651 TJ Khujand Tajikistan 46 Cold season 2.0°C 5.0 rain days $1,403 0 City
#652 CF Bambari Central African Republic 66 Shoulder season 27.2°C 0.2 rain days $1,404 0 City
#653 PK Islamabad Pakistan 57 Shoulder season 10.2°C 6.0 rain days $1,406 0 City
#654 ST São Tomé São Tomé and Príncipe 58 Rainy season 26.4°C 27.7 rain days $1,407 0 City
#655 RU Omsk Russia 41 Cold season -14.7°C 6.8 rain days $1,409 0 City
#656 BD Chittagong Bangladesh 66 Dry comfort window 19.3°C 0.8 rain days $1,410 0 City
#657 BR Cumbuco Brazil 64 Rainy season 27.2°C 19.0 rain days $1,410 0 City
#658 TN Tozeur Tunisia 60 Shoulder season 11.9°C 0.6 rain days $1,410 0 City
#659 FM Weno Micronesia 57 Rainy season 26.8°C 18.0 rain days $1,410 0 City
#660 MR Atar Mauritania 65 Dry comfort window 21.7°C 0.0 rain days $1,411 0 City
#661 MK Tetovo North Macedonia 44 Cold season 2.6°C 9.9 rain days $1,411 0 City
#662 SN Kafountine Senegal 67 Dry comfort window 25.5°C 0.0 rain days $1,414 0 City
#663 BO Sucre Bolivia 55 Rainy season 14.5°C 23.2 rain days $1,414 0 City
#664 VN Sa Pa Vietnam 45 Cold season 10.0°C 12.4 rain days $1,414 0 City
#665 CU Santiago de Cuba Cuba 66 Shoulder season 24.0°C 5.2 rain days $1,415 0 City
#666 MW Mzuzu Malawi 52 Rainy season 19.8°C 28.1 rain days $1,415 0 City
#667 ZA Oudtshoorn South Africa 72 Dry comfort window 24.4°C 2.5 rain days $1,417 0 City
#668 PH Dumaguete Philippines 65 Rainy season 26.2°C 25.7 rain days $1,417 0 City
#669 CI Daloa Ivory Coast 68 Dry comfort window 26.5°C 1.9 rain days $1,418 0 City
#670 ID Bandung Indonesia 61 Rainy season 22.6°C 23.6 rain days $1,418 0 City
#671 JO Dead Sea Jordan 60 Shoulder season 17.8°C 3.9 rain days $1,418 0 City
#672 MG Antsirabe Madagascar 56 Rainy season 19.0°C 22.3 rain days $1,418 0 City
#673 ID Ambon Indonesia 57 Rainy season 27.1°C 25.0 rain days $1,421 0 City
#674 MW Zomba Malawi 57 Rainy season 21.7°C 25.5 rain days $1,421 0 City
#675 KH Don Khon Cambodia 68 Dry comfort window 26.7°C 2.9 rain days $1,422 0 City
#676 IN Margao India 74 Dry comfort window 25.4°C 2.1 rain days $1,423 0 City
#677 ZA Swellendam South Africa 70 Shoulder season 22.7°C 7.0 rain days $1,423 0 City
#678 GH Ho Ghana 68 Shoulder season 27.9°C 2.3 rain days $1,424 0 City
#679 BT Punakha Bhutan 53 Shoulder season 10.8°C 3.7 rain days $1,428 0 City
#680 TH Chiang Dao Thailand 69 Dry comfort window 21.3°C 4.1 rain days $1,429 0 City
641–680 of 3,129

Best by region

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 EG Dahab Egypt 77 Dry comfort window 18.9°C 1.0 rain days $1,292 0 City
#2 ZA Cape Town South Africa 77 Dry comfort window 21.1°C 2.9 rain days $2,991 0 City
#3 KE Nairobi Kenya 73 Shoulder season 19.5°C 7.7 rain days $2,739 0 City
#4 CV Praia Cape Verde 73 Dry comfort window 22.8°C 0.6 rain days $1,133 0 City
#5 EG Hurghada Egypt 73 Shoulder season 17.9°C 0.6 rain days $1,374 0 City

All of Africa in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 AQ McMurdo Station Antarctica 41 Cold season -6.5°C 2.5 rain days $4,280 0 City
#2 AQ Palmer Station Antarctica 35 Rainy season 0.9°C 20.1 rain days $1,080 0 City
#3 TF Port-aux-Francais French Southern Territories 33 Cold season 7.1°C 15.5 rain days $3,408 0 City
#4 AQ Villa Las Estrellas Antarctica 31 Rainy season 1.2°C 19.9 rain days $2,610 0 City
#5 GS Grytviken South Georgia 31 Rainy season 4.7°C 23.2 rain days $2,985 0 City

All of Antarctica in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 TH Bangkok Thailand 83 Dry comfort window 26.7°C 1.7 rain days $2,263 0 City
#2 IN Bangalore India 81 Dry comfort window 21.1°C 2.1 rain days $1,693 0 City
#3 KH Siem Reap Cambodia 79 Dry comfort window 25.2°C 1.5 rain days $1,287 0 City
#4 TH Chiang Mai Thailand 79 Dry comfort window 21.6°C 3.5 rain days $2,041 0 City
#5 KH Phnom Penh Cambodia 78 Dry comfort window 26.3°C 2.1 rain days $1,629 0 City

All of Asia in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 ES Los Cristianos Spain 70 Dry comfort window 18.5°C 1.2 rain days $3,056 0 City
#2 ES Playa del Ingles Spain 69 Dry comfort window 18.6°C 2.9 rain days $2,952 0 City
#3 ES Alicante Spain 67 Shoulder season 12.4°C 2.3 rain days $3,570 2 City
#4 ES Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spain 67 Shoulder season 17.8°C 6.4 rain days $3,172 0 City
#5 ES Maspalomas Spain 67 Dry comfort window 18.7°C 2.7 rain days $3,794 0 City

All of Europe in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 MX Puerto Vallarta Mexico 76 Dry comfort window 21.1°C 1.0 rain days $2,368 0 City
#2 CR Liberia Costa Rica 74 Dry comfort window 26.7°C 2.5 rain days $1,697 0 City
#3 MX Cabo San Lucas Mexico 74 Dry comfort window 20.5°C 0.4 rain days $2,989 0 City
#4 SV Santa Ana El Salvador 74 Dry comfort window 24.7°C 2.5 rain days $1,560 0 City
#5 MX San Pancho Mexico 74 Dry comfort window 20.8°C 0.4 rain days $1,534 0 City

All of North America in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 AU Melbourne Australia 68 Shoulder season 20.5°C 7.9 rain days $5,328 0 City
#2 AU Fremantle Australia 68 Dry comfort window 24.5°C 0.6 rain days $3,948 0 City
#3 AU Perth Australia 68 Dry comfort window 25.1°C 0.0 rain days $5,096 0 City
#4 AU Adelaide Australia 67 Dry comfort window 22.2°C 4.3 rain days $4,561 0 City
#5 AU Margaret River Australia 65 Dry comfort window 20.7°C 2.3 rain days $3,437 0 City

All of Oceania in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 AR Buenos Aires Argentina 83 Shoulder season 25.0°C 7.9 rain days $1,746 0 City
#2 CO Santa Marta Colombia 76 Shoulder season 27.4°C 2.5 rain days $2,204 0 City
#3 AR Mendoza Argentina 76 Shoulder season 25.7°C 5.4 rain days $1,432 0 City
#4 CL Santiago Chile 76 Dry comfort window 21.7°C 0.6 rain days $2,633 0 City
#5 PE Lima Peru 75 Dry comfort window 21.6°C 1.9 rain days $2,277 0 City

All of South America in January

Events in January

Events in January
EventPlaceDateLink
Afterwork Digital Nomad & Remote Worker [Bi-weekly] FR Montpellier Jan 1 View
✪ Ultimate Frisbee ✪ - Sunday SE Stockholm Jan 3 View
Kemi in Almaty KZ Almaty Jan 3 View
Sprachencafe- let's speak German together AT Innsbruck Jan 5 View
Afterwork Digital Nomad & Remote Worker [Bi-weekly] FR Montpellier Jan 14 View
Afterwork Digital Nomad & Remote Worker [Bi-weekly] FR Montpellier Jan 15 View
Sprachencafe- let's speak German together AT Innsbruck Jan 19 View
AWD - After Work Drinks ES Alicante Jan 22 View
The Sunday afternoon Socialise conversation at the Fire...... CH Zurich Jan 24 View
Afterwork Digital Nomad & Remote Worker [Bi-weekly] FR Montpellier Jan 28 View
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