Nomad Watch

Changelog

Every change to our researched data, with the old and new value and why it changed. Records are researched from official sources and published through review.

  1. City scores Guimarães

    • Method Generated ⁠Researched
    • Coworking quality 4.6 ⁠6.2
    • Digital nomad visa availability 8.6 ⁠8.7
    • Freedom of speech 8.9 ⁠8.4
    • Freelance ecosystem 4.2 ⁠5.5
    • Natural disaster risk 8.4 ⁠6.8
    • Networking opportunities 4 ⁠5.5
    • Political stability 8.6 ⁠6.5

    Airport Connectivity and Intercity Travel Options explanations corrected for the Porto metro transfer and roughly 75-minute train journey; scores retained (https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Guimar%C3%A3es).

  2. City scores Fundao

    • Method Generated ⁠Researched
    • Accommodation cost 7.7 ⁠7
    • Cost of living 7.9 ⁠6.8
    • Coworking quality 4.6 ⁠6
    • Coworking spaces availability 3.4 ⁠6
    • Digital nomad visa availability 8 ⁠8.7
    • Freedom of speech 8.8 ⁠8.4
    • Gym membership cost 7.1 ⁠6.3
    • Local sim card availability 7.6 ⁠9
    • Natural disaster risk 7.7 ⁠6.2
    • Political stability 8.3 ⁠6.5
    • Startup scene 3.6 ⁠6
    • Tax friendliness 5.3 ⁠5.2
    • Visa ease 7.1 ⁠7

    Local SIM Card Availability 7.6 → 9.0; Online activation removes much of the small-town retail disadvantage. Source

  3. City scores Funchal

    • Method Generated ⁠Researched
    • Digital nomad visa availability 8.5 ⁠8.7
    • Food groceries 6.3 ⁠6.8
    • Freedom of speech 8.9 ⁠8.4
    • Political stability 8.5 ⁠6.5
    • Tax friendliness 5.7 ⁠5.2
    • Visa ease 7.2 ⁠7

    Light review added source evidence, comparison cities and explicit limits for retained estimates; gym opening conflict recorded (https://www.topfit.fitness/pt/funchal/).

  4. City scores Faro

    • Method Generated ⁠Researched
    • Cost of living 6 ⁠5
    • Digital nomad visa availability 8.9 ⁠8.7
    • Female friendly 8.4 ⁠8
    • Freedom of speech 8.8 ⁠8.4
    • Natural disaster risk 7.8 ⁠5.5
    • Political stability 8.5 ⁠6.5
    • Safety 8.7 ⁠8
    • Tax friendliness 5.9 ⁠5.2
    • Visa ease 7.9 ⁠7

    Female Friendly: 8.4 -> 8; corrected against the opened evidence and comparison cities (https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/portugal/safety-and-security).

  5. City scores Évora

    • Tax friendliness 5.4 ⁠5.2

    Digital Nomad Visa Availability 8.1 → 8.7; aligned with the unchanged Portugal country assessment (https://vistos.mne.gov.pt/en/national-visas/necessary-documentation/temporary-stay).

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