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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1001 |
🇳🇿 Napier
New Zealand
|
65.6 | Shoulder season | 18.9°C 11.6 rain |
$3,730 | 0 | City → |
| #1002 |
🇳🇮 Jinotega
Nicaragua
|
65.6 | Shoulder season | 19.8°C 10.3 rain |
$1,493 | 0 | City → |
| #1003 |
🇲🇻 Dhiffushi
Maldives
|
65.6 | Shoulder season | 27.2°C 14.1 rain |
$1,749 | 0 | City → |
| #1004 |
🇵🇦 Gamboa
Panama
|
65.6 | Shoulder season | 25.5°C 13.4 rain |
$1,930 | 0 | City → |
| #1005 |
🇹🇹 Chaguanas
Trinidad and Tobago
|
65.6 | Shoulder season | 25.4°C 9.7 rain |
$2,488 | 0 | City → |
| #1006 |
🇼🇸 Mulifanua
Samoa
|
65.6 | Rainy season | 26.6°C 26.1 rain |
$2,111 | 0 | City → |
| #1007 |
🇪🇨 Puerto López
Ecuador
|
65.5 | Shoulder season | 25.0°C 12.2 rain |
$1,100 | 0 | City → |
| #1008 |
🇧🇷 Recife
Brazil
|
65.5 | Rainy season | 26.6°C 18.8 rain |
$1,779 | 0 | City → |
| #1009 |
🇵🇷 Cabo Rojo
Puerto Rico
|
65.5 | Shoulder season | 24.4°C 12.4 rain |
$2,560 | 0 | City → |
| #1010 |
🇬🇭 Axim
Ghana
|
65.5 | Shoulder season | 27.0°C 14.9 rain |
$383 | 0 | City → |
| #1011 |
🇨🇮 Sassandra
Ivory Coast
|
65.5 | Shoulder season | 26.9°C 15.3 rain |
$1,784 | 0 | City → |
| #1012 |
🇳🇿 Franz Josef
New Zealand
|
65.5 | Shoulder season | 16.5°C 14.3 rain |
$3,715 | 0 | City → |
| #1013 |
🇭🇰 Discovery Bay
Hong Kong
|
65.5 | Shoulder season | 16.3°C 4.1 rain |
$4,084 | 0 | City → |
| #1014 |
🇧🇷 Buzios
Brazil
|
65.5 | Shoulder season | 25.8°C 11.4 rain |
$2,341 | 0 | City → |
| #1015 |
🇳🇨 Bourail
New Caledonia
|
65.5 | Rainy season | 24.8°C 24.0 rain |
$3,773 | 0 | City → |
| #1016 |
🇪🇨 Montañita
Ecuador
|
65.5 | Shoulder season | 24.9°C 13.0 rain |
$1,925 | 0 | City → |
| #1017 |
🇦🇷 Villa La Angostura
Argentina
|
65.5 | Shoulder season | 15.0°C 6.0 rain |
$1,338 | 0 | City → |
| #1018 |
🇻🇨 Union Island
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
65.4 | Shoulder season | 26.2°C 14.5 rain |
$1,315 | 0 | City → |
| #1019 |
🇨🇳 Zhuhai
China
|
65.4 | Shoulder season | 16.2°C 3.1 rain |
$1,325 | 0 | City → |
| #1020 |
🇰🇾 Seven Mile Beach
Cayman Islands
|
65.4 | Shoulder season | 26.0°C 11.2 rain |
$7,152 | 0 | City → |
| #1021 |
🇨🇱 Pichilemu
Chile
|
65.4 | Shoulder season | 16.0°C 0.8 rain |
$2,486 | 0 | City → |
| #1022 |
🇳🇿 Tauranga
New Zealand
|
65.4 | Shoulder season | 19.1°C 13.4 rain |
$4,197 | 0 | City → |
| #1023 |
🇨🇾 Paphos
Cyprus
|
65.4 | Shoulder season | 13.0°C 11.0 rain |
$2,660 | 0 | City → |
| #1024 |
🇺🇸 Sarasota
United States
|
65.4 | Shoulder season | 16.1°C 7.7 rain |
$4,330 | 0 | City → |
| #1025 |
🇪🇬 Siwa Oasis
Egypt
|
65.4 | Shoulder season | 13.7°C 0.8 rain |
$511 | 0 | City → |
| #1026 |
🇹🇹 San Fernando
Trinidad and Tobago
|
65.4 | Shoulder season | 25.6°C 11.6 rain |
$2,820 | 0 | City → |
| #1027 |
🇨🇴 Bogotá
Colombia
|
65.3 | Shoulder season | 13.1°C 9.9 rain |
$2,255 | 0 | City → |
| #1028 |
🇮🇩 Uluwatu
Indonesia
|
65.3 | Rainy season | 26.9°C 27.1 rain |
$2,694 | 0 | City → |
| #1029 |
🇦🇺 Airlie Beach
Australia
|
65.3 | Rainy season | 26.2°C 18.2 rain |
$5,346 | 0 | City → |
| #1030 |
🇹🇿 Mikumi
Tanzania
|
65.3 | Rainy season | 25.4°C 19.2 rain |
$650 | 0 | City → |
| #1031 |
🇮🇱 Tel Aviv
Israel
|
65.3 | Shoulder season | 13.9°C 10.5 rain |
$5,690 | 0 | City → |
| #1032 |
🇵🇾 San Bernardino
Paraguay
|
65.3 | Shoulder season | 27.9°C 9.9 rain |
$2,665 | 0 | City → |
| #1033 |
🇦🇴 Luanda
Angola
|
65.3 | Shoulder season | 26.6°C 9.9 rain |
$2,825 | 0 | City → |
| #1034 |
🇨🇱 Temuco
Chile
|
65.3 | Shoulder season | 16.1°C 4.3 rain |
$2,124 | 0 | City → |
| #1035 |
🇧🇹 Phuentsholing
Bhutan
|
65.3 | Shoulder season | 16.3°C 3.7 rain |
$625 | 0 | City → |
| #1036 |
🇹🇼 Penghu
Taiwan
|
65.3 | Shoulder season | 17.5°C 4.6 rain |
$1,390 | 0 | City → |
| #1037 |
🇬🇭 Elmina
Ghana
|
65.3 | Shoulder season | 26.9°C 10.5 rain |
$1,441 | 0 | City → |
| #1038 |
🇲🇫 Grand Case
Saint Martin
|
65.2 | Shoulder season | 25.6°C 10.8 rain |
$3,552 | 0 | City → |
| #1039 |
🇲🇻 Ukulhas
Maldives
|
65.2 | Shoulder season | 27.3°C 13.5 rain |
$1,873 | 0 | City → |
| #1040 |
🇬🇾 Anna Regina
Guyana
|
65.2 | Rainy season | 24.5°C 25.5 rain |
$1,867 | 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 → |