Nomad hub index
3,180 cities ranked as nomad hubs for October 2026, from AI hub factors, events, communities and city fundamentals. Momentum labels are paused while we collect our own AI travel demand data.
Top hub
Buenos Aires
97 / 100 · Argentina
Biggest climber
Marbella
+652 ranks, now #234
Momentum
Paused
collecting our own AI travel demand data; back once three months exist
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Score mix
Top hubs
| Rank | City | Momentum | Hub score |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
 AR
Buenos Aires
Argentina
|
Paused | 97 |
| #2 |
 ES
Valencia
Spain
|
Paused | 96 |
| #3 |
 TH
Bangkok
Thailand
|
Paused | 95 |
| #4 |
 GE
Tbilisi
Georgia
|
Paused | 95 |
| #5 |
 CO
Bogotá
Colombia
|
Paused | 92 |
| #6 |
 MY
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
|
Paused | 92 |
| #7 |
 ID
Canggu
Indonesia
|
Paused | 91 |
| #8 |
 MX
Mexico City
Mexico
|
Paused | 90 |
| #9 |
 ZA
Cape Town
South Africa
|
Paused | 88 |
| #10 |
CO
Medellín
Colombia
|
Paused | 88 |
| #11 |
TH
Chiang Mai
Thailand
|
Paused | 87 |
| #12 |
 JP
Osaka
Japan
|
Paused | 85 |
| #13 |
 KR
Seoul
South Korea
|
Paused | 85 |
| #14 |
 CZ
Prague
Czech Republic
|
Paused | 84 |
| #15 |
 VN
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
|
Paused | 84 |
Quiet alternatives
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#1,150
TR
Pamukkale
Quiet Alternative
33
-
#965
TH
Trat
Quiet Alternative
36
-
#1,032
IN
Wayanad
Quiet Alternative
35
-
#1,040
LK
Nuwara Eliya
Quiet Alternative
35
-
#987
TR
Didim
Quiet Alternative
36
-
#1,142
GE
Gori
Quiet Alternative
33
-
#1,318
GE
Akhaltsikhe
Quiet Alternative
32
-
#994
TR
Sapanca
Quiet Alternative
35
-
#1,171
RO
Provița de Jos
Quiet Alternative
33
-
#1,074
LK
Sigiriya
Quiet Alternative
34
Busiest event calendars
-
#2
ES
Valencia
Established Hub
96
-
#3
TH
Bangkok
Established Hub
95
-
#4
GE
Tbilisi
Established Hub
95
-
#6
MY
Kuala Lumpur
Established Hub
92
-
#24
TR
Istanbul
Established Hub
81
-
#34
PT
Lisbon
Established Hub
76
-
#58
SE
Stockholm
Established Hub
70
-
#39
ES
Barcelona
Established Hub
74
-
#17
JP
Tokyo
Established Hub
82
-
#113
IE
Dublin
Established Hub
62
Strongest communities
-
#1
AR
Buenos Aires
Established Hub
97
-
#2
ES
Valencia
Established Hub
96
-
#5
CO
Bogotá
Established Hub
92
-
#8
MX
Mexico City
Established Hub
90
-
#9
ZA
Cape Town
Established Hub
88
-
#10
CO
Medellín
Established Hub
88
-
#11
TH
Chiang Mai
Established Hub
87
-
#12
JP
Osaka
Established Hub
85
-
#19
BR
Rio de Janeiro
Established Hub
82
-
#27
US
Austin
Established Hub
78
Rising
- Momentum labels are paused while we collect our own AI travel demand data; they return once three months of data exist.
Emerging
- Momentum labels are paused while we collect our own AI travel demand data; they return once three months of data exist.
Cooling
- Momentum labels are paused while we collect our own AI travel demand data; they return once three months of data exist.
Regional hub rankings
Top five hubs per region this month
Anglosphere
Arab World
Balkans
Baltic States
Francophone
Hispanophone
How the index works
- Hub score
- Four parts: AI hub factors (nomad popularity, meetups, community presence, networking, coworking, nomad cafés) and fundamentals (nomad score, internet, cost) as percentiles among all cities, and upcoming in-person events (at most 20 per source) and live groups and members, both scored against the busiest cities.
- Momentum
- Momentum labels are paused while we collect our own AI travel demand data; they return once three months of data exist. Rising, Emerging and Cooling lists stay empty until then.
- Ranking
- Cities are ranked once they have at least 75% of the score's weight. Months are scored only once they are complete.
- Sources
- Our own data only: AI-researched city scores, our events and community directories, and city fundamentals. AI travel demand observed in our own logs joins once enough history exists.