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 Estepona

    • Method Generated ⁠Researched
    • Accommodation cost 4.4 ⁠4.9
    • Coworking quality 4.9 ⁠7.2
    • Digital nomad visa availability 8.2 ⁠8.4
    • Freedom of speech 8.6 ⁠7.5

    Political Stability 8.0 → 5.7 aligned with the Spain prep and the World Bank series (https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/Spain/wb_political_stability/).

  2. City scores El Medano

    • Method Generated ⁠Researched
    • Cost of living 5.6 ⁠4.7
    • Digital nomad visa availability 8.3 ⁠8.4
    • Environmental quality 7.9 ⁠7.2
    • Freedom of speech 8.9 ⁠7.5
    • Political stability 7.9 ⁠5.7
    • Tax friendliness 4.9 ⁠5.3
    • Visa ease 7.7 ⁠7

    corrected the Time Zone Favorability explanation for the return to UTC on 25 October, keeping its score unchanged (https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/spain/santa-cruz).

  3. City scores El Hierro

    • Method Generated ⁠Researched
    • Coworking quality 2.4 ⁠6
    • Coworking spaces availability 1.9 ⁠3
    • Digital nomad visa availability 7.8 ⁠8.4
    • Freedom of speech 8.7 ⁠7.5
    • Freelance ecosystem 2.7 ⁠4
    • Political stability 7.8 ⁠5.7
    • Tax friendliness 5.9 ⁠5.3

    Light review added category evidence, comparison cities and explicit verification gaps; retained mobile coverage after reading dwelling-level 4G and 5G figures (https://www.octsi.es/actualidad/noticias-del-octsi/cobertura-banda-ancha-canarias-2025).

  4. City scores El Cotillo

    • Method Generated ⁠Researched
    • Accommodation cost 5.3 ⁠4.8
    • Cost of living 6.3 ⁠5.5
    • Coworking quality 4.5 ⁠6.5
    • Coworking spaces availability 3.3 ⁠4.5
    • Digital nomad visa availability 8.2 ⁠8.4
    • Freedom of speech 8.7 ⁠7.5
    • Political stability 8.1 ⁠5.7
    • Tax friendliness 4.7 ⁠5.3
    • Visa ease 7.2 ⁠7

    Light category review completed, sources recorded and unverified factors marked with low confidence; exchange rate and country prep reused unchanged Source

  5. City scores Denia

    • Method Generated ⁠Researched
    • Accommodation cost 4.4 ⁠5.4
    • Coworking quality 4.6 ⁠7.3
    • Digital nomad visa availability 8.3 ⁠8.4
    • Freedom of speech 8.6 ⁠7.5
    • Natural disaster risk 8.2 ⁠5.5
    • Political stability 8 ⁠5.7
    • Tax friendliness 5.7 ⁠5.3
    • Visa ease 7.5 ⁠7

    Public Transit and Intercity Travel Options explanations corrected: rail runs south to Benidorm, with onward Alicante connections; Valencia is a coach destination. Scores retained (https://www.tramalacant.es/wp-content/uploadsTram/2025/01/Horarios-L9-TRAM-Alacant-desde-28-enero-2025.pdf, https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/D%C3%A9nia).

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