Changelog

City scores Ciutadella

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• Accommodation cost 3.9 ⁠6.2
• Air quality 8.7 ⁠9.3
• Cost of living 5.1 ⁠6.6
• Coworking quality 3.9 ⁠7
• Coworking spaces availability 3.8 ⁠5
• Digital nomad visa availability 7.1 ⁠8.4
• Female friendly 8.7 ⁠8.2
• Freedom of speech 8.5 ⁠7.5
• Freelance ecosystem 3.7 ⁠5

Female Friendly: 8.7 -> 8.2; Near Alicante/Madrid 8.2; lower than the old assessment given current sexual-offence reporting. (https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/spain/safety-and-security).

City scores Cadiz

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• Accommodation cost 5.8 ⁠6.2
• Digital nomad visa availability 8.3 ⁠8.4
• Ease of opening bank account 5.4 ⁠6
• Freedom of speech 8.6 ⁠7.5
• Natural disaster risk 8 ⁠6.3
• Political stability 7.8 ⁠5.7
• Visa ease 6.8 ⁠7

Visa Ease 6.8 to 7.0 and Digital Nomad Visa Availability 8.3 to 8.4 follow the unchanged Spain prep and distinct short-stay and telework routes (https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/spain/entry-requirements).

City scores Cadaques

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• Accommodation cost 3.1 ⁠2.4
• Cost of living 4.2 ⁠3.5
• Currency stability 9.5 ⁠9.2
• Digital nomad visa availability 8.1 ⁠8.4
• Freedom of speech 8.5 ⁠7.5
• Natural disaster risk 8 ⁠6.8
• Political stability 7.9 ⁠5.7
• Visa ease 6.9 ⁠7

Visa Ease changed 6.9 to 7.0 and Digital Nomad Visa Availability changed 8.1 to 8.4 to match Spain country prep and the ministry's dedicated telework route (https://www.inclusion.gob.es/web/unidadgrandesempresas/teletrabajadores).

City scores Benidorm

• Accommodation cost 5.8 ⁠6.1
• Coworking quality 5.7 ⁠7.2
• Cycling 4.8 ⁠6.8
• Digital nomad visa availability 8.1 ⁠8.4
• Food groceries 6.9 ⁠6.7
• Freedom of speech 8.5 ⁠7.5
• Natural disaster risk 7.9 ⁠6.3
• Networking opportunities 4.9 ⁠5.8
• Online community presence 3.4 ⁠4.5
• Political stability 7.9 ⁠5.7
• Power grid reliability 9 ⁠8.3
• Startup scene 3.8 ⁠4.8
• Tax friendliness 5.5 ⁠5.3

Online Community Presence 3.4 → 4.5; An organizer page with 164 members and actual dated events contradicts a nearly absent local online community. Source