Changelog

City scores Santa Cruz

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• Accommodation cost 4.9 ⁠3.8
• Airport connectivity 6.5 ⁠7.5
• Cost of living 5.9 ⁠5.1

Local SIM Card Availability 7.9 → 8.6. Immediate online eSIM, close to researched domestic peers. Source

City scores Sagres

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• Coworking quality 3.9 ⁠6
• Digital nomad visa availability 8.3 ⁠8.7
• Ease of business registration 5.2 ⁠7
• Freedom of speech 8.6 ⁠8.4
• Natural disaster risk 8.3 ⁠5.5
• Political stability 8.6 ⁠6.5
• Tax friendliness 5.6 ⁠5.2
• Transportation cost 5.4 ⁠7.2
• Visa ease 7.5 ⁠7

Light review across all 14 categories; recorded sources and comparison cities, reused the country exchange rate, clarified unsupported claims and marked 38 unchecked factors as low confidence.

City scores Porto Santo

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• Digital nomad visa availability 7.8 ⁠8.7
• Freedom of speech 8.6 ⁠8.4
• Networking opportunities 2.6 ⁠4.5
• Nomad friendly 4 ⁠6
• Online community presence 2.1 ⁠5.5
• Political stability 8.4 ⁠6.5
• Public transit 3.5 ⁠5
• Tax friendliness 5.1 ⁠5.2
• Visa ease 7.1 ⁠7

Completed a light review with comparison cities, source provenance and explicit uncertainty for retained estimates.

City scores Portimao

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• Cost of living 6.3 ⁠5.1
• Digital nomad visa availability 8.2 ⁠8.7
• Freedom of speech 8.9 ⁠8.4
• Political stability 8.6 ⁠6.5
• Tax friendliness 5.7 ⁠5.2
• Visa ease 7.3 ⁠7

City scores Ponta do Sol

• Accommodation cost 4.3 ⁠5
• Airport connectivity 5.3 ⁠7.1
• Cost of living 5.5 ⁠6
• Freedom of speech 8.9 ⁠8.4
• Natural disaster risk 7.9 ⁠6.5
• Nightlife 3 ⁠4.5
• Political stability 8.5 ⁠6.5
• Tax friendliness 5.6 ⁠5.2
• Visa ease 7.8 ⁠7

completed source checks across all 14 categories; added evidence, comparison cities, country-prep alignment and explicit limits for unchecked factors (https://digitalnomads.startupmadeira.eu/pontadosol/).