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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #321 |
🇲🇽 San Miguel de Allende
Mexico
|
73.3 | Shoulder season | 14.6°C 1.0 rain |
$3,340 | 0 | City → |
| #322 |
🇿🇦 Franschhoek
South Africa
|
73.2 | Dry comfort window | 22.4°C 3.5 rain |
$2,894 | 0 | City → |
| #323 |
🇲🇷 Nouadhibou
Mauritania
|
73.2 | Dry comfort window | 20.4°C 0.2 rain |
$1,681 | 0 | City → |
| #324 |
🇳🇬 Asaba
Nigeria
|
73.2 | Hot season | 28.2°C 1.0 rain |
$999 | 0 | City → |
| #325 |
🇮🇳 Palolem
India
|
73.2 | Dry comfort window | 26.0°C 1.9 rain |
$1,677 | 0 | City → |
| #326 |
🇹🇼 Tainan
Taiwan
|
73.2 | Shoulder season | 17.4°C 3.3 rain |
$2,116 | 0 | City → |
| #327 |
🇧🇸 Governor's Harbour
Bahamas
|
73.2 | Shoulder season | 23.2°C 7.4 rain |
$6,435 | 0 | City → |
| #328 |
🇧🇷 Foz do Iguacu
Brazil
|
73.1 | Shoulder season | 26.9°C 13.9 rain |
$1,324 | 0 | City → |
| #329 |
🇨🇻 Santa Maria
Cape Verde
|
73.1 | Dry comfort window | 22.8°C 0.2 rain |
$1,647 | 0 | City → |
| #330 |
🇻🇳 Phu Quoc
Vietnam
|
73.1 | Shoulder season | 26.1°C 8.5 rain |
$1,555 | 0 | City → |
| #331 |
🇪🇹 Jimma
Ethiopia
|
73.1 | Dry comfort window | 18.8°C 2.7 rain |
$289 | 0 | City → |
| #332 |
🇮🇳 Kovalam
India
|
73.1 | Shoulder season | 26.9°C 6.8 rain |
$1,508 | 0 | City → |
| #333 |
🇨🇲 Yaoundé
Cameroon
|
73.1 | Dry comfort window | 24.1°C 1.9 rain |
$2,017 | 0 | City → |
| #334 |
🇨🇴 Rincon del Mar
Colombia
|
73.1 | Shoulder season | 27.2°C 6.2 rain |
$1,135 | 0 | City → |
| #335 |
🇲🇦 Tamraght
Morocco
|
73.0 | Shoulder season | 17.6°C 1.2 rain |
$2,036 | 0 | City → |
| #336 |
🇦🇺 Mildura
Australia
|
73.0 | Dry comfort window | 26.4°C 3.1 rain |
$4,103 | 0 | City → |
| #337 |
🇹🇨 Grand Turk
Turks and Caicos
|
73.0 | Shoulder season | 25.2°C 7.7 rain |
$3,400 | 0 | City → |
| #338 |
🇾🇪 Zabid
Yemen
|
73.0 | Dry comfort window | 25.5°C 2.3 rain |
$1,300 | 0 | City → |
| #339 |
🇵🇷 Ponce
Puerto Rico
|
73.0 | Shoulder season | 24.9°C 7.2 rain |
$3,260 | 0 | City → |
| #340 |
🇸🇦 Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
|
73.0 | Dry comfort window | 23.8°C 3.5 rain |
$3,680 | 0 | City → |
| #341 |
🇹🇿 Moshi
Tanzania
|
73.0 | Shoulder season | 25.3°C 5.4 rain |
$1,089 | 0 | City → |
| #342 |
🇨🇺 Santiago de Cuba
Cuba
|
73.0 | Shoulder season | 24.0°C 5.2 rain |
$1,415 | 0 | City → |
| #343 |
🇸🇱 Freetown
Sierra Leone
|
73.0 | Shoulder season | 27.3°C 1.9 rain |
$2,138 | 0 | City → |
| #344 |
🇨🇳 Sanya
China
|
73.0 | Dry comfort window | 20.9°C 2.3 rain |
$2,171 | 0 | City → |
| #345 |
🇹🇭 Prachuap Khiri Khan
Thailand
|
72.9 | Dry comfort window | 26.1°C 3.1 rain |
$1,059 | 0 | City → |
| #346 |
🇨🇱 Valparaíso
Chile
|
72.9 | Shoulder season | 17.2°C 0.6 rain |
$2,206 | 0 | City → |
| #347 |
🇨🇷 Tamarindo
Costa Rica
|
72.9 | Shoulder season | 27.7°C 3.9 rain |
$2,922 | 0 | City → |
| #348 |
🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
|
72.9 | Shoulder season | 26.0°C 14.7 rain |
$2,664 | 0 | City → |
| #349 |
🇪🇹 Axum
Ethiopia
|
72.8 | Dry comfort window | 18.5°C 0.2 rain |
$1,062 | 0 | City → |
| #350 |
🇳🇦 Keetmanshoop
Namibia
|
72.8 | Shoulder season | 27.2°C 3.7 rain |
$1,972 | 0 | City → |
| #351 |
🇹🇬 Kpalime
Togo
|
72.8 | Hot season | 28.2°C 1.0 rain |
$1,448 | 0 | City → |
| #352 |
🇲🇦 Taghazout
Morocco
|
72.8 | Shoulder season | 17.3°C 1.5 rain |
$1,857 | 0 | City → |
| #353 |
🇳🇦 Windhoek
Namibia
|
72.8 | Shoulder season | 23.1°C 12.0 rain |
$2,090 | 0 | City → |
| #354 |
🇲🇷 Nouakchott
Mauritania
|
72.8 | Dry comfort window | 23.2°C 0.0 rain |
$2,370 | 0 | City → |
| #355 |
🇵🇷 Bayamon
Puerto Rico
|
72.8 | Shoulder season | 24.2°C 12.0 rain |
$2,070 | 0 | City → |
| #356 |
🇬🇹 Monterrico
Guatemala
|
72.8 | Dry comfort window | 26.9°C 1.2 rain |
$1,575 | 0 | City → |
| #357 |
🇪🇸 Playa del Ingles
Spain
|
72.7 | Dry comfort window | 18.6°C 2.9 rain |
$2,952 | 0 | City → |
| #358 |
🇻🇪 Puerto La Cruz
Venezuela
|
72.7 | Dry comfort window | 25.5°C 2.7 rain |
$159 | 0 | City → |
| #359 |
🇨🇻 Sao Filipe
Cape Verde
|
72.7 | Dry comfort window | 19.5°C 1.9 rain |
$2,096 | 0 | City → |
| #360 |
🇧🇭 Manama
Bahrain
|
72.7 | Shoulder season | 17.7°C 2.7 rain |
$3,351 | 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 → |