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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
#2041 AF Kabul Afghanistan 50 Cold season -1.3°C 5.4 rain days $799 0 City
#2042 UZ Nukus Uzbekistan 50 Cold season -2.0°C 2.5 rain days $1,353 0 City
#2043 AM Vagharshapat Armenia 50 Cold season -0.8°C 4.3 rain days $1,782 0 City
#2044 RO Curtea de Arges Romania 50 Cold season 1.4°C 7.5 rain days $1,130 0 City
#2045 PF Raiatea French Polynesia 50 Rainy season 26.0°C 27.1 rain days $4,866 0 City
#2046 JP Atami Japan 50 Cold season 6.3°C 5.4 rain days $2,090 0 City
#2047 PK Swat Pakistan 50 Cold season 7.8°C 7.0 rain days $517 0 City
#2048 BM Flatts Village Bermuda 50 Shoulder season 18.7°C 14.1 rain days $4,590 0 City
#2049 MT Mdina Malta 50 Shoulder season 13.1°C 8.3 rain days $2,845 0 City
#2050 US Pensacola United States 50 Shoulder season 11.5°C 8.9 rain days $3,340 0 City
#2051 PK Gilgit Pakistan 50 Cold season 4.8°C 9.3 rain days $402 0 City
#2052 FR Nice France 50 Cold season 8.5°C 6.6 rain days $4,067 0 City
#2053 MK Strumica North Macedonia 50 Cold season 4.0°C 7.9 rain days $1,527 0 City
#2054 DZ Constantine Algeria 50 Cold season 7.7°C 7.0 rain days $1,896 0 City
#2055 KR Gwangju South Korea 50 Cold season 0.5°C 4.5 rain days $2,006 0 City
#2056 NZ Hanmer Springs New Zealand 50 Shoulder season 15.8°C 13.0 rain days $3,902 0 City
#2057 CD Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo 50 Rainy season 25.7°C 16.3 rain days $4,893 0 City
#2058 SB Honiara Solomon Islands 50 Rainy season 26.3°C 25.2 rain days $4,397 0 City
#2059 AU Noosa Heads Australia 50 Rainy season 24.7°C 17.6 rain days $6,141 0 City
#2060 IT Alghero Italy 50 Shoulder season 11.5°C 10.3 rain days $2,595 0 City
#2061 GR Spetses Greece 50 Shoulder season 11.8°C 7.4 rain days $3,183 0 City
#2062 PG Port Moresby Papua New Guinea 50 Rainy season 26.3°C 20.9 rain days $4,281 0 City
#2063 PG Lae Papua New Guinea 50 Rainy season 27.2°C 17.8 rain days $4,154 0 City
#2064 PT Nazaré Portugal 50 Shoulder season 11.9°C 10.3 rain days $2,579 0 City
#2065 IT Palermo Italy 50 Shoulder season 12.2°C 12.4 rain days $3,235 0 City
#2066 IO Danger Island British Indian Ocean Territory 50 Rainy season 26.8°C 25.5 rain days $3,770 0 City
#2067 CO Providencia Colombia 50 Rainy season 14.3°C 25.4 rain days $1,247 0 City
#2068 TR Bozcaada Turkey 50 Cold season 9.6°C 10.5 rain days $800 0 City
#2069 NZ Te Anau New Zealand 50 Shoulder season 15.0°C 10.5 rain days $3,995 0 City
#2070 RO Craiova Romania 50 Cold season 2.5°C 7.0 rain days $1,640 0 City
#2071 HU Budapest Hungary 50 Cold season 2.0°C 7.7 rain days $2,865 0 City
#2072 CN Guilin China 50 Shoulder season 10.2°C 11.0 rain days $1,207 0 City
#2073 AZ Baku Azerbaijan 50 Cold season 5.1°C 5.0 rain days $1,650 0 City
#2074 US Denver United States 50 Cold season -3.9°C 4.8 rain days $5,335 0 City
#2075 JP Nagano Japan 50 Cold season -4.7°C 8.9 rain days $1,938 0 City
#2076 GR Andros Greece 50 Shoulder season 12.5°C 11.8 rain days $2,572 0 City
#2077 IN Mussoorie India 50 Cold season 6.4°C 6.4 rain days $1,366 0 City
#2078 PT Sesimbra Portugal 50 Shoulder season 12.4°C 7.9 rain days $3,761 0 City
#2079 AU Broome Australia 50 Hot season 29.5°C 12.8 rain days $5,807 0 City
#2080 GR Nafplio Greece 50 Shoulder season 10.2°C 6.6 rain days $3,189 0 City
2,041–2,080 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