250 of the best places on Earth
Cost of living, vibe, safety, and tax at a glance. Take the quiz to see which fits you.
Europe
Algarve
Portugal
~$1,900/mo
Amalfi Coast
Italy
~$2,800/mo
Amsterdam
Netherlands
~$4,000/mo
Antwerp
Belgium
~$3,000/mo
Athens
Greece
~$1,700/mo
Bansko
Bulgaria
~$1,300/mo
Barcelona
Spain
~$2,600/mo
Belgrade
Serbia
~$1,400/mo
Berlin
Germany
~$2,700/mo
Bologna
Italy
~$2,300/mo
Bordeaux
France
~$2,700/mo
Bratislava
Slovakia
~$1,900/mo
Brussels
Belgium
~$2,700/mo
Bucharest
Romania
~$1,600/mo
Budapest
Hungary
~$1,600/mo
Canary Islands
Spain
~$2,200/mo
Cluj-Napoca
Romania
~$1,500/mo
Cologne
Germany
~$3,100/mo
Copenhagen
Denmark
~$4,500/mo
Crete
Greece
~$1,500/mo
Dublin
Ireland
~$4,000/mo
Dubrovnik
Croatia
~$2,200/mo
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
~$3,200/mo
Ericeira
Portugal
~$1,900/mo
Florence
Italy
~$2,500/mo
Gdansk
Poland
~$1,700/mo
Geneva
Switzerland
~$6,500/mo
Gothenburg
Sweden
~$3,700/mo
Greek Islands
Greece
~$1,700/mo
Hamburg
Germany
~$3,300/mo
Helsinki
Finland
~$3,200/mo
Krakow
Poland
~$1,500/mo
Lake Bled
Slovenia
~$1,900/mo
Lake Como
Italy
~$3,000/mo
Lisbon
Portugal
~$2,300/mo
Ljubljana
Slovenia
~$1,900/mo
London
United Kingdom
~$5,500/mo
Lyon
France
~$2,700/mo
Madeira
Portugal
~$1,700/mo
Madrid
Spain
~$2,700/mo
Málaga
Spain
~$2,400/mo
Marseille
France
~$2,500/mo
Milan
Italy
~$3,000/mo
Montenegro Coast
Montenegro
~$1,600/mo
Mostar
Bosnia and Herzegovina
~$1,100/mo
Munich
Germany
~$4,200/mo
Naples
Italy
~$1,800/mo
Nice
France
~$3,200/mo
Oslo
Norway
~$4,500/mo
Paris
France
~$3,500/mo
Porto
Portugal
~$1,900/mo
Prague
Czech Republic
~$2,100/mo
Puglia
Italy
~$1,600/mo
Reykjavik
Iceland
~$4,500/mo
Riga
Latvia
~$1,500/mo
Rome
Italy
~$2,500/mo
Rotterdam
Netherlands
~$3,300/mo
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
~$1,200/mo
Seville
Spain
~$2,100/mo
Sofia
Bulgaria
~$1,500/mo
Split
Croatia
~$2,000/mo
Stockholm
Sweden
~$4,200/mo
Tallinn
Estonia
~$2,000/mo
Thessaloniki
Greece
~$1,500/mo
Tirana
Albania
~$1,300/mo
Valencia
Spain
~$2,300/mo
Valletta
Malta
~$2,600/mo
Vienna
Austria
~$2,900/mo
Vilnius
Lithuania
~$1,500/mo
Warsaw
Poland
~$1,700/mo
Zurich
Switzerland
~$6,800/mo
Asia
Almaty
Kazakhstan
~$1,400/mo
Aqaba
Jordan
~$1,300/mo
Bahrain
Bahrain
~$2,600/mo
Baku
Azerbaijan
~$1,500/mo
Bali
Indonesia
~$1,500/mo
Bangkok
Thailand
~$1,500/mo
Batumi
Georgia
~$1,200/mo
Bengaluru
India
~$1,300/mo
Busan
South Korea
~$2,300/mo
Canggu
Indonesia
~$1,500/mo
Cebu
Philippines
~$1,100/mo
Chiang Mai
Thailand
~$1,100/mo
Colombo
Sri Lanka
~$1,200/mo
Da Lat
Vietnam
~$1,050/mo
Da Nang
Vietnam
~$1,000/mo
Doha
Qatar
~$3,500/mo
Dumaguete
Philippines
~$950/mo
Fukuoka
Japan
~$2,400/mo
Goa
India
~$1,100/mo
Hanoi
Vietnam
~$1,100/mo
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
~$1,200/mo
H
Hoi An
Vietnam
~$1,100/mo
Hong Kong
China
~$5,500/mo
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
~$2,200/mo
Kathmandu
Nepal
~$950/mo
Koh Phangan
Thailand
~$1,300/mo
Koh Samui
Thailand
~$1,600/mo
Krabi
Thailand
~$1,300/mo
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
~$1,400/mo
Kyoto
Japan
~$2,600/mo
Langkawi
Malaysia
~$1,200/mo
Lombok
Indonesia
~$1,200/mo
Luang Prabang
Laos
~$1,050/mo
Mumbai
India
~$1,700/mo
Muscat
Oman
~$2,200/mo
Nha Trang
Vietnam
~$1,100/mo
Okinawa
Japan
~$2,200/mo
Osaka
Japan
~$2,500/mo
Pai
Thailand
~$850/mo
Palawan
Philippines
~$1,100/mo
Penang
Malaysia
~$1,300/mo
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
~$1,100/mo
Phuket
Thailand
~$1,700/mo
Pokhara
Nepal
~$850/mo
Pondicherry
India
~$1,000/mo
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
~$2,400/mo
Seoul
South Korea
~$2,600/mo
Siargao
Philippines
~$1,100/mo
Siem Reap
Cambodia
~$950/mo
Singapore
Singapore
~$4,800/mo
Taipei
Taiwan
~$1,700/mo
Tbilisi
Georgia
~$1,300/mo
Tokyo
Japan
~$3,200/mo
Ubud
Indonesia
~$1,400/mo
Udaipur
India
~$950/mo
Vientiane
Laos
~$1,050/mo
Yerevan
Armenia
~$1,300/mo
Yogyakarta
Indonesia
~$900/mo
North America
Antigua
Guatemala
~$1,200/mo
Atlanta
United States
~$3,200/mo
Austin
United States
~$3,600/mo
Barbados
Barbados
~$2,800/mo
Boston
United States
~$4,500/mo
Cabo San Lucas
Mexico
~$2,000/mo
Calgary
Canada
~$2,900/mo
Charleston
United States
~$3,200/mo
Chicago
United States
~$3,400/mo
Curaçao
Curaçao
~$2,300/mo
Denver
United States
~$3,500/mo
Guadalajara
Mexico
~$1,400/mo
Havana
Cuba
~$1,100/mo
Honolulu
United States
~$5,000/mo
Lake Atitlan
Guatemala
~$1,000/mo
Los Angeles
United States
~$4,500/mo
Mérida
Mexico
~$1,400/mo
Mexico City
Mexico
~$1,800/mo
Miami
United States
~$4,200/mo
Montreal
Canada
~$2,600/mo
Nashville
United States
~$3,300/mo
New Orleans
United States
~$2,700/mo
New York City
United States
~$6,000/mo
Nosara
Costa Rica
~$2,400/mo
Oaxaca
Mexico
~$1,300/mo
Panama City
Panama
~$1,900/mo
Phoenix
United States
~$3,300/mo
Playa del Carmen
Mexico
~$1,700/mo
Portland
United States
~$3,400/mo
Puerto Vallarta
Mexico
~$1,600/mo
Punta Cana
Dominican Republic
~$1,500/mo
Roatan
Honduras
~$1,500/mo
Salt Lake City
United States
~$3,200/mo
San Diego
United States
~$4,500/mo
San Francisco
United States
~$6,500/mo
San José
Costa Rica
~$1,700/mo
San Juan
Puerto Rico
~$2,400/mo
San Miguel de Allende
Mexico
~$1,900/mo
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
~$1,400/mo
Savannah
United States
~$2,600/mo
Sayulita
Mexico
~$1,700/mo
Seattle
United States
~$4,200/mo
Tamarindo
Costa Rica
~$1,900/mo
Toronto
Canada
~$3,800/mo
Tulum
Mexico
~$2,100/mo
Vancouver
Canada
~$4,000/mo
Washington DC
United States
~$4,200/mo
South America
Arequipa
Peru
~$1,050/mo
Asuncion
Paraguay
~$1,050/mo
Bariloche
Argentina
~$1,300/mo
Bogotá
Colombia
~$1,300/mo
Buenos Aires
Argentina
~$1,500/mo
Cali
Colombia
~$1,200/mo
Cartagena
Colombia
~$1,400/mo
Cordoba
Argentina
~$1,200/mo
Cuenca
Ecuador
~$1,100/mo
Cusco
Peru
~$1,100/mo
Florianópolis
Brazil
~$1,700/mo
La Paz
Bolivia
~$900/mo
Lima
Peru
~$1,400/mo
Medellín
Colombia
~$1,400/mo
Mendoza
Argentina
~$1,300/mo
Montanita
Ecuador
~$1,000/mo
Montevideo
Uruguay
~$1,900/mo
Quito
Ecuador
~$1,200/mo
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
~$1,700/mo
Santa Marta
Colombia
~$1,300/mo
Santiago
Chile
~$2,100/mo
São Paulo
Brazil
~$1,800/mo
Valparaíso
Chile
~$1,700/mo
Oceania
Adelaide
Australia
~$2,900/mo
Auckland
New Zealand
~$3,400/mo
Bora Bora
French Polynesia
~$4,500/mo
Brisbane
Australia
~$3,300/mo
Byron Bay
Australia
~$3,600/mo
Cairns
Australia
~$2,900/mo
Christchurch
New Zealand
~$2,900/mo
Fiji
Fiji
~$1,700/mo
Gold Coast
Australia
~$3,200/mo
Hobart
Australia
~$3,200/mo
Melbourne
Australia
~$3,400/mo
Nadi
Fiji
~$1,600/mo
Noosa
Australia
~$3,500/mo
Perth
Australia
~$3,100/mo
Queenstown
New Zealand
~$3,300/mo
Raglan
New Zealand
~$2,900/mo
Sydney
Australia
~$4,200/mo
Tahiti
French Polynesia
~$3,500/mo
Wellington
New Zealand
~$3,100/mo
Africa
Accra
Ghana
~$1,500/mo
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
~$1,100/mo
Cairo
Egypt
~$1,100/mo
Cape Town
South Africa
~$1,800/mo
Casablanca
Morocco
~$1,400/mo
Chefchaouen
Morocco
~$950/mo
Dahab
Egypt
~$950/mo
Dakar
Senegal
~$1,500/mo
Diani Beach
Kenya
~$1,300/mo
Essaouira
Morocco
~$1,100/mo
Hurghada
Egypt
~$950/mo
Johannesburg
South Africa
~$1,600/mo
Kigali
Rwanda
~$1,300/mo
Lagos
Nigeria
~$1,900/mo
Marrakech
Morocco
~$1,300/mo
Mauritius
Mauritius
~$2,400/mo
Nairobi
Kenya
~$1,600/mo
Seychelles
Seychelles
~$3,200/mo
Stellenbosch
South Africa
~$1,700/mo
Taghazout
Morocco
~$1,100/mo
Tangier
Morocco
~$1,300/mo
Windhoek
Namibia
~$1,300/mo
Zanzibar
Tanzania
~$1,300/mo
