Nomad hub index
2,985 cities ranked as nomad hubs for September 2026, from AI hub factors, events, communities, fundamentals and Wikipedia reading. Momentum compares Wikivoyage reading with the same months last year.
Top hub
Bangkok
90 / 100 · Thailand
Biggest climber
Chania
+13 ranks, now #279
Rising
200
cities with growing travel interest
Cooling
168
cities with falling travel interest
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Score mix
Top hubs
| Rank | City | Momentum | Hub score |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
 TH
Bangkok
Thailand
|
Steady | 90 |
| #2 |
 GE
Tbilisi
Georgia
|
Rising | 88 |
| #3 |
 MY
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
|
Steady | 88 |
| #4 |
 ID
Canggu
Indonesia
|
Steady | 86 |
| #5 |
TH
Chiang Mai
Thailand
|
Steady | 86 |
| #6 |
 ES
Valencia
Spain
|
Rising | 84 |
| #7 |
 JP
Osaka
Japan
|
Steady | 83 |
| #8 |
 AR
Buenos Aires
Argentina
|
Steady | 83 |
| #9 |
 MX
Mexico City
Mexico
|
Rising Fast | 82 |
| #10 |
 TR
Istanbul
Turkey
|
Rising | 82 |
| #11 |
 TW
Taipei
Taiwan
|
Steady | 82 |
| #12 |
 KR
Seoul
South Korea
|
Steady | 81 |
| #13 |
 PT
Lisbon
Portugal
|
Steady | 81 |
| #14 |
 CO
Bogotá
Colombia
|
Steady | 80 |
| #15 |
 CZ
Prague
Czech Republic
|
Steady | 80 |
Rising
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#51
PT
Funchal
Established Hub · Rising Fast
70
+158%
-
#392
DK
Odense
Active Hub · Rising
51
+142%
-
#308
CN
Sanya
Active Hub · Rising
53
+117%
-
#690
DE
Bremen
Active Hub · Rising
46
+116%
-
#58
LT
Vilnius
Established Hub · Rising
69
+107%
-
#517
AT
Graz
Active Hub · Rising Fast
49
+107%
-
#145
AD
Andorra la Vella
Established Hub · Rising
61
+104%
-
#522
MX
Ensenada
Active Hub · Rising Fast
49
+103%
-
#296
TH
Udon Thani
Established Hub · Rising Fast
54
+96%
-
#801
SE
Umea
Active Hub · Rising
44
+95%
Emerging
-
#1,175
IN
Mangalore
Emerging · Rising Fast
40
+159%
-
#1,622
GR
Ithaca
Emerging · Rising
34
+150%
-
#1,477
NZ
Dunedin
Emerging · Rising Fast
36
+108%
-
#1,734
GH
Tamale
Emerging · Rising
33
+99%
-
#1,174
CA
Windsor
Emerging · Rising Fast
40
+90%
-
#1,049
CA
Whistler
Emerging · Rising Fast
41
+85%
-
#1,367
HK
Tsim Sha Tsui
Emerging · Rising
37
+80%
-
#1,189
IT
Ravenna
Emerging · Rising Fast
39
+75%
-
#1,296
LA
Pakse
Emerging · Rising
38
+73%
-
#1,003
BE
Liège
Emerging · Rising Fast
42
+70%
Cooling
-
#393
CN
Tianjin
Active Hub · Cooling
51
-59%
-
#443
GT
Panajachel
Active Hub · Cooling
50
-54%
-
#376
BR
Campinas
Active Hub · Cooling
52
-53%
-
#523
BR
Niteroi
Active Hub · Cooling
49
-50%
-
#389
TH
Nakhon Ratchasima
Active Hub · Cooling
51
-49%
-
#195
CN
Xiamen
Established Hub · Cooling
58
-49%
-
#742
JP
Nara
Active Hub · Cooling
45
-48%
-
#557
ES
Nerja
Active Hub · Cooling
48
-45%
-
#342
DO
Santo Domingo
Active Hub · Cooling
52
-44%
-
#748
AM
Gyumri
Active Hub · Cooling
45
-44%
Quiet alternatives
-
#1,319
PH
General Luna
Quiet Alternative
38
-
#983
LK
Dikwella
Quiet Alternative
42
-
#901
PH
Tagbilaran City
Quiet Alternative · Steady
43
+16%
-
#2,022
VN
Mai Chau
Quiet Alternative
29
-
#2,200
TR
Pamukkale
Quiet Alternative
26
-
#1,561
MU
Beau Bassin-Rose Hill
Quiet Alternative
35
-
#1,423
VN
Quy Nhon
Quiet Alternative
37
-
#1,581
TR
Urla
Quiet Alternative
35
-
#1,384
CO
Filandia
Quiet Alternative
37
-
#2,079
PH
Naga City
Quiet Alternative
28
Busiest event calendars
-
#1
TH
Bangkok
Established Hub · Steady
90
+81%
-
#6
ES
Valencia
Established Hub · Rising
84
+78%
-
#10
TR
Istanbul
Established Hub · Rising
82
+63%
-
#13
PT
Lisbon
Established Hub · Steady
81
+9%
-
#25
ES
Barcelona
Established Hub · Steady
76
+10%
-
#31
JP
Tokyo
Established Hub · Steady
75
+23%
-
#33
SE
Stockholm
Established Hub · Rising
74
+59%
-
#80
IE
Dublin
Established Hub · Rising
66
+48%
-
#3
MY
Kuala Lumpur
Established Hub · Steady
88
+35%
-
#2
GE
Tbilisi
Established Hub · Rising
88
+31%
Strongest communities
-
#5
TH
Chiang Mai
Established Hub · Steady
86
+68%
-
#6
ES
Valencia
Established Hub · Rising
84
+78%
-
#7
JP
Osaka
Established Hub · Steady
83
+40%
-
#8
AR
Buenos Aires
Established Hub · Steady
83
+17%
-
#9
MX
Mexico City
Established Hub · Rising Fast
82
+69%
-
#14
CO
Bogotá
Established Hub · Steady
80
+11%
-
#18
CO
Medellín
Established Hub · Steady
80
-18%
-
#20
BR
Rio de Janeiro
Established Hub · Rising
78
+33%
-
#23
US
San Francisco
Established Hub · Steady
77
+6%
-
#24
US
Austin
Established Hub · Steady
77
-16%
Regional hub rankings
Top five hubs per region this month
Anglosphere
Arab World
Balkans
Baltic States
Francophone
Hispanophone
How the index works
- Hub score
- Seven parts, most of them a percentile among all cities: AI hub factors (nomad popularity, meetups, community presence, networking, coworking, nomad cafés), upcoming in-person events (at most 20 per source) and live groups and members (both scored against the busiest cities), fundamentals (nomad score, internet, cost), Wikipedia reach across languages, international pull (reading outside the country's own languages) and travel intent (Wikivoyage reading against Wikipedia reading).
- Momentum
- A city's share of all English Wikivoyage reading over the last three months, against the same three months a year earlier, compared with the typical city's change so shifts that hit every city cancel out. Wikipedia reading must move the same way for Rising or Cooling; without enough Wikivoyage reading, Wikipedia alone decides with stricter thresholds.
- Ranking
- Cities are ranked once they have at least 75% of the score's weight, which means a matched Wikipedia article. Months are scored only once they are complete.
- Sources
- Wikimedia page views (human traffic, each day capped at three times the median of the 28 days before it), Wikidata, our AI city scores, imported events and the community directory. Our own page views are not used.