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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
#2001 JP Kyoto Japan 51 Cold season 3.1°C 6.8 rain days $2,434 0 City
#2002 IN McLeod Ganj India 51 Cold season 4.5°C 8.7 rain days $1,351 0 City
#2003 CL Puerto Natales Chile 51 Rainy season 11.4°C 16.8 rain days $1,448 0 City
#2004 FR Perpignan France 51 Cold season 8.3°C 3.9 rain days $2,527 0 City
#2005 BG Varna Bulgaria 51 Cold season 4.8°C 7.2 rain days $1,988 0 City
#2006 YT Mamoudzou Mayotte 51 Rainy season 26.8°C 25.5 rain days $4,350 0 City
#2007 RE Cilaos Reunion 51 Rainy season 19.2°C 25.0 rain days $3,426 0 City
#2008 CK Avarua Cook Islands 51 Rainy season 25.9°C 16.1 rain days $4,090 0 City
#2009 NZ Arrowtown New Zealand 51 Shoulder season 16.2°C 9.5 rain days $5,040 0 City
#2010 UZ Samarkand Uzbekistan 51 Cold season 1.5°C 6.4 rain days $1,935 0 City
#2011 TR Izmir Turkey 51 Cold season 9.8°C 9.9 rain days $2,605 0 City
#2012 IR Sari Iran 51 Cold season 7.5°C 5.8 rain days $384 0 City
#2013 KY Seven Mile Beach Cayman Islands 51 Shoulder season 26.0°C 11.2 rain days $7,152 0 City
#2014 IR Gorgan Iran 51 Cold season 7.6°C 4.8 rain days $647 0 City
#2015 NR Meneng Nauru 51 Rainy season 25.8°C 26.3 rain days $2,596 0 City
#2016 PK Lahore Pakistan 51 Shoulder season 11.2°C 3.7 rain days $1,581 0 City
#2017 NZ Hokitika New Zealand 51 Shoulder season 16.6°C 12.0 rain days $3,741 0 City
#2018 CR Playa Flamingo Costa Rica 51 Rainy season 24.4°C 24.2 rain days $5,242 0 City
#2019 AM Tatev Armenia 50 Cold season -1.8°C 4.8 rain days $1,628 0 City
#2020 IT Cagliari Italy 50 Shoulder season 11.1°C 8.7 rain days $3,114 0 City
#2021 PW Melekeok Palau 50 Rainy season 26.8°C 27.1 rain days $3,160 0 City
#2022 AS Tafuna American Samoa 50 Rainy season 27.1°C 26.3 rain days $2,930 0 City
#2023 TR Adana Turkey 50 Shoulder season 11.0°C 9.1 rain days $1,873 0 City
#2024 PW Babeldaob Palau 50 Rainy season 26.6°C 27.1 rain days $3,590 0 City
#2025 NC Poindimie New Caledonia 50 Rainy season 25.9°C 25.2 rain days $3,698 0 City
#2026 JP Kagoshima Japan 50 Cold season 7.4°C 7.9 rain days $1,672 0 City
#2027 JP Hakone Japan 50 Cold season 5.9°C 5.2 rain days $2,228 0 City
#2028 TR Selcuk Turkey 50 Cold season 9.1°C 11.8 rain days $707 0 City
#2029 GR Kalamata Greece 50 Shoulder season 10.8°C 11.4 rain days $3,056 0 City
#2030 CN Shanghai China 50 Cold season 5.3°C 5.0 rain days $3,211 0 City
#2031 TR Konya Turkey 50 Cold season 1.7°C 6.4 rain days $1,438 0 City
#2032 TJ Isfara Tajikistan 50 Cold season 1.9°C 4.5 rain days $604 0 City
#2033 AU Nimbin Australia 50 Rainy season 23.1°C 19.9 rain days $4,258 0 City
#2034 PT Ericeira Portugal 50 Shoulder season 11.9°C 10.1 rain days $3,720 0 City
#2035 MK Prilep North Macedonia 50 Cold season 1.8°C 7.4 rain days $1,351 0 City
#2036 WF Alele Wallis and Futuna 50 Rainy season 27.5°C 23.8 rain days $3,533 0 City
#2037 US Taos United States 50 Cold season -4.2°C 5.0 rain days $2,765 0 City
#2038 GF Matoury French Guiana 50 Rainy season 25.0°C 26.5 rain days $3,292 0 City
#2039 TN Bizerte Tunisia 50 Shoulder season 11.6°C 8.3 rain days $1,718 0 City
#2040 PT Comporta Portugal 50 Shoulder season 12.2°C 7.2 rain days $3,022 0 City
2,001–2,040 of 3,128

Best by region

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 EG Dahab Egypt 78 Dry comfort window 18.9°C 1.0 rain days $1,292 0 City
#2 ZA Cape Town South Africa 75 Dry comfort window 21.1°C 2.9 rain days $2,991 0 City
#3 GM Banjul Gambia 75 Dry comfort window 25.4°C 0.0 rain days $701 0 City
#4 ET Adama Ethiopia 75 Dry comfort window 19.7°C 0.8 rain days $505 0 City
#5 CV Praia Cape Verde 75 Dry comfort window 22.8°C 0.6 rain days $1,133 0 City

All of Africa in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 AQ McMurdo Station Antarctica 43 Cold season -6.5°C 2.5 rain days $4,280 0 City
#2 AQ Palmer Station Antarctica 36 Rainy season 0.9°C 20.1 rain days $1,080 0 City
#3 TF Port-aux-Francais French Southern Territories 35 Cold season 7.1°C 15.5 rain days $3,408 0 City
#4 AQ Villa Las Estrellas Antarctica 33 Rainy season 1.2°C 19.9 rain days $2,610 0 City
#5 GS Grytviken South Georgia 33 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 82 Dry comfort window 26.7°C 1.7 rain days $2,263 0 City
#2 KH Siem Reap Cambodia 80 Dry comfort window 25.2°C 1.5 rain days $1,287 0 City
#3 KH Phnom Penh Cambodia 79 Dry comfort window 26.3°C 2.1 rain days $1,629 0 City
#4 TH Chiang Mai Thailand 79 Dry comfort window 21.6°C 3.5 rain days $2,041 0 City
#5 IN Bangalore India 78 Dry comfort window 21.1°C 2.1 rain days $1,693 0 City

All of Asia in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 ES Playa del Ingles Spain 71 Dry comfort window 18.6°C 2.9 rain days $2,952 0 City
#2 ES Los Cristianos Spain 71 Dry comfort window 18.5°C 1.2 rain days $3,056 0 City
#3 ES Maspalomas Spain 68 Dry comfort window 18.7°C 2.7 rain days $3,794 0 City
#4 ES El Medano Spain 68 Dry comfort window 18.6°C 1.2 rain days $3,634 0 City
#5 ES Alicante Spain 67 Shoulder season 12.4°C 2.3 rain days $3,570 2 City

All of Europe in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 MX Puerto Vallarta Mexico 77 Dry comfort window 21.1°C 1.0 rain days $2,368 0 City
#2 SV San Salvador El Salvador 76 Dry comfort window 24.3°C 2.3 rain days $1,745 0 City
#3 CR Liberia Costa Rica 76 Dry comfort window 26.7°C 2.5 rain days $1,697 0 City
#4 SV Santa Ana El Salvador 75 Dry comfort window 24.7°C 2.5 rain days $1,560 0 City
#5 MX Cabo San Lucas Mexico 75 Dry comfort window 20.5°C 0.4 rain days $2,989 0 City

All of North America in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 AU Fremantle Australia 69 Dry comfort window 24.5°C 0.6 rain days $3,948 0 City
#2 AU Perth Australia 68 Dry comfort window 25.1°C 0.0 rain days $5,096 0 City
#3 AU Melbourne Australia 67 Shoulder season 20.5°C 7.9 rain days $5,328 0 City
#4 AU Margaret River Australia 67 Dry comfort window 20.7°C 2.3 rain days $3,437 0 City
#5 AU Adelaide Australia 67 Dry comfort window 22.2°C 4.3 rain days $4,561 0 City

All of Oceania in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 AR Buenos Aires Argentina 78 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 Ica Peru 75 Dry comfort window 24.9°C 2.9 rain days $1,536 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
Sprachencafe- let's speak German together AT Innsbruck Jan 5 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 29 View
AWD - After Work Drinks ES Alicante Jan 29 View