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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

3128 cities scored for January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1561 RO Oradea Romania 41 Cold season 2.2°C 11.4 rain days $2,213 0 City
#1562 SK Banská Bystrica Slovakia 41 Cold season 0.6°C 11.8 rain days $2,214 0 City
#1563 SH Half Tree Hollow Saint Helena 58 Shoulder season 20.3°C 10.8 rain days $2,215 0 City
#1564 RO Iași Romania 48 Cold season 1.3°C 7.4 rain days $2,216 0 City
#1565 CV Sal Cape Verde 69 Dry comfort window 22.8°C 0.2 rain days $2,217 0 City
#1566 JP Shimoda Japan 49 Cold season 8.1°C 7.0 rain days $2,217 0 City
#1567 OM Nizwa Oman 67 Dry comfort window 19.4°C 1.4 rain days $2,218 0 City
#1568 SV El Sunzal El Salvador 71 Shoulder season 27.3°C 1.9 rain days $2,220 0 City
#1569 ZA Bloemfontein South Africa 65 Shoulder season 22.3°C 10.3 rain days $2,220 0 City
#1570 MU Flic en Flac Mauritius 62 Rainy season 27.1°C 20.7 rain days $2,222 0 City
#1571 MX Ajijic Mexico 71 Shoulder season 17.7°C 0.8 rain days $2,223 0 City
#1572 YE Ibb Yemen 62 Dry comfort window 18.0°C 1.9 rain days $2,223 0 City
#1573 NG Lekki Nigeria 61 Shoulder season 27.7°C 8.5 rain days $2,223 0 City
#1574 BW Gaborone Botswana 63 Shoulder season 24.7°C 10.5 rain days $2,225 0 City
#1575 MM Naypyidaw Myanmar 64 Dry comfort window 22.6°C 1.4 rain days $2,227 0 City
#1576 JP Hakone Japan 48 Cold season 5.9°C 5.2 rain days $2,228 0 City
#1577 MV Fulidhoo Maldives 59 Shoulder season 27.2°C 13.4 rain days $2,229 0 City
#1578 AL Velipoje Albania 42 Cold season 8.0°C 13.5 rain days $2,229 0 City
#1579 TH Koh Lanta Thailand 72 Shoulder season 27.3°C 7.4 rain days $2,230 0 City
#1580 BR Santos Brazil 59 Rainy season 26.0°C 21.1 rain days $2,232 0 City
#1581 RO Brașov Romania 44 Cold season -0.4°C 11.4 rain days $2,232 0 City
#1582 LS Maseru Lesotho 60 Shoulder season 19.6°C 14.5 rain days $2,234 0 City
#1583 BB Speightstown Barbados 59 Rainy season 25.7°C 17.6 rain days $2,235 0 City
#1584 KZ Almaty Kazakhstan 56 Cold season -5.0°C 4.5 rain days $2,235 0 City
#1585 JP Nagoya Japan 51 Cold season 3.9°C 4.8 rain days $2,236 0 City
#1586 BR Gramado Brazil 59 Rainy season 20.1°C 19.7 rain days $2,237 0 City
#1587 CZ Telc Czech Republic 35 Cold season -0.7°C 11.0 rain days $2,239 0 City
#1588 TZ Dar es Salaam Tanzania 64 Shoulder season 27.8°C 14.9 rain days $2,240 0 City
#1589 PA Pedasi Panama 63 Shoulder season 26.5°C 9.3 rain days $2,240 0 City
#1590 PA Bocas del Toro Panama 61 Rainy season 25.3°C 24.2 rain days $2,240 0 City
#1591 AG English Harbour Antigua and Barbuda 63 Shoulder season 25.4°C 12.0 rain days $2,241 0 City
#1592 TO Vavau Tonga 53 Rainy season 26.7°C 20.5 rain days $2,244 0 City
#1593 TH Phuket Thailand 70 Shoulder season 26.8°C 10.3 rain days $2,245 0 City
#1594 JP Sapporo Japan 45 Cold season -6.2°C 14.3 rain days $2,246 0 City
#1595 TO Nuku'alofa Tonga 53 Rainy season 26.4°C 23.8 rain days $2,249 0 City
#1596 HU Kecskemét Hungary 41 Cold season 2.3°C 7.4 rain days $2,249 0 City
#1597 CO Cartagena Colombia 73 Shoulder season 27.5°C 2.3 rain days $2,250 0 City
#1598 IQ Karbala Iraq 52 Shoulder season 11.9°C 1.9 rain days $2,250 0 City
#1599 ID Ubud Indonesia 67 Rainy season 25.1°C 26.9 rain days $2,252 0 City
#1600 SA Tabuk Saudi Arabia 55 Shoulder season 11.9°C 1.0 rain days $2,253 0 City
1,561–1,600 of 3,128

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
In The Fall Art Experience US San Diego Jan 14 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
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