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Vietnamout of 100
Rank
#1 of 203
Cost
$800/mo
In brief
Among the best-value bases anywhere: very low costs, fast internet and standout food, though there is no nomad visa and the big cities are chaotic.
Top nomad pick; beach + modern city, affordable, great weather.
See places to stay in Da Nang →Largest & most energetic; biggest expat scene, nightlife & jobs.
See places to stay in Ho Chi Minh City →Capital; culture, history, street food; busier & traditional.
See places to stay in Hanoi →Cool-climate mountain town; cheap, pine forests, laid-back.
See places to stay in Da Lat →UNESCO old town; lantern-lit canals, An Bang beach nearby, small nomad scene.
See places to stay in Hoi An →Big beach resort city; cheap, sunny, but patchy wifi & thin nomad community.
See places to stay in Nha Trang →
JapanSafe, superbly connected and more affordable than its reputation, though the language barrier and rental paperwork add friction.
MalaysiaView country profile →Easy and affordable, with modern housing, widely spoken English and a nomad pass; seasonal haze and Kuala Lumpur traffic are the main drawbacks.
TaiwanView country profile →Safe, well connected and good value, with excellent food and transport and a digital nomad visa; summers are hot, humid and prone to typhoons.
South KoreaView country profile →Exceptional digital infrastructure, safety and food, with a remote-work visa; Seoul is intense and expensive, and the language barrier is real.
ThailandView country profile →A long-established nomad hub with low costs, great food and a long-stay visa for remote workers; heat, heavy tourism and seasonal smoke are the trade-offs.
PortugalView country profile →A long-time nomad favourite with mild weather, widely spoken English and a remote-work visa, but housing in Lisbon and Porto is no longer good value.
BrazilView country profile →Large, varied and affordable, with a nomad visa and fast internet in the main cities; urban crime is the trade-off and needs real care.
NepalExceptionally low costs and Himalayan scenery, with trekking as the draw; infrastructure is basic, Kathmandu's air is poor and there is no nomad visa.
SpainOutstanding lifestyle, food and transport with a remote-work visa; housing is costly in the big cities and bureaucracy is slow.
MauritiusView country profile →A stable, multicultural island with a free one-year Premium Visa and an expat community; internet is weaker outside the main hubs and a car is needed.
RomaniaView country profile →One of Europe's best-value bases, with very fast internet and a digital nomad visa; slow intercity travel and bureaucracy are the main friction.
HungaryView country profile →Budapest offers grand-capital living at Central European prices, with fast internet and a remote-work permit; little nomad infrastructure exists elsewhere.
SloveniaView country profile →Small, very safe and green, with a digital nomad permit and easy access to Italy, Austria and Croatia; housing in Ljubljana is tight.
IndiaExtremely low costs, widely spoken English and enormous variety, with established nomad pockets; intense, polluted in the big cities and no nomad visa.
LithuaniaView country profile →An affordable, safe EU base with very fast internet and efficient digital services; winters are long, dark and cold, and there is no nomad visa.
ChileSouth America's most developed base, with very fast internet and varied landscapes; pricier than its neighbours, with rising urban crime and no nomad visa.
JordanView country profile →World-class historic sites and a real café and expat scene in Amman, with very fast internet; regional security risks have risen and there is no nomad visa.
Costa RicaView country profile →Central America's established nomad base: stable, rich in nature, with a tax-exempt remote-worker stay; pricier than its neighbours, with patchy internet outside hubs.
GreeceView country profile →A sunny, good-value base with a nomad visa; Athens works year-round, while the islands are crowded in summer and largely closed in winter.
PhilippinesView country profile →Low costs, fluent English and outstanding islands; internet is inconsistent outside the main hubs, and a planned nomad visa is not yet open.
GeorgiaView country profile →A nomad favourite for long visa-free stays, low costs and hospitality; internet is modest and English is limited outside Tbilisi.
ArgentinaView country profile →Great food, culture and scenery at good value, with a digital nomad residence; shifting prices and exchange rates, and city crime, need attention.
CroatiaView country profile →A scenic Adriatic base with a nomad stay whose qualifying income is tax-exempt; summers are crowded and costly, and the coast goes quiet in winter.
MontenegroView country profile →A cheaper, quieter Adriatic alternative to Croatia with a nomad permit that exempts qualifying income; infrastructure and internet lag the EU.
PolandView country profile →Good EU value with safe, walkable cities, fast internet and strong transport; winter smog and cold are the drawbacks, and there is no nomad visa.
MoldovaView country profile →Among Europe's lowest-cost countries, with very fast internet and a long nomad residence permit; almost everything is in Chișinău.
EcuadorView country profile →Andes, Amazon, coast and Galápagos in a small, low-cost country with a remote-work visa; rising violent crime in some cities needs careful attention.
LatviaView country profile →An affordable EU base with fast internet and a remote-work visa, centred on Riga; winters are long, cold and dark.
ItalyUnmatched food, art and scenery with a digital nomad visa; bureaucracy is slow, tourist cities are expensive and internet weakens in the south.
AndorraView country profile →A small, very safe mountain state with low taxes, fast internet and skiing; expensive, hard to reach and limited in variety.
FinlandView country profile →Extremely safe, easy and close to nature, with near-universal English and fast internet; expensive, with long dark winters and no nomad visa.
CzechiaView country profile →Safe and well connected, with excellent public transport and good value outside Prague; long-stay paperwork is slow and winters are grey and cold.
MexicoView country profile →A leading nomad destination with low costs, great food and North American time zones; safety varies sharply by region, and there is no dedicated nomad visa.
AlbaniaView country profile →Very good value, with beaches, mountains and a remote-work residence route; infrastructure is still developing and the coast is crowded in August.
PeruLow costs, world-class food and landscapes from coast to Andes to Amazon; street crime and sudden protests are the main risks, and there is no nomad visa.
ChinaModern cities, superb high-speed rail and low daily costs with very little street crime; internet restrictions and the language barrier are major hurdles.
BulgariaView country profile →One of the EU's most affordable countries, with fast internet, a nomad permit and an established community in Bansko; Sofia's winter air is poor.
FranceView country profile →Outstanding culture, food and rail travel across varied regions; expensive, bureaucratic and French-speaking, with no nomad visa.
MoroccoView country profile →Very good value and great variety close to Europe, from medinas to desert and coast; English is limited, rural internet is patchy and there is no nomad visa.
MaltaEnglish-speaking, sunny and in the EU, with an established nomad residence permit; the island is very small, crowded and heavily built up.
DominicaView country profile →A rugged volcanic island for hiking, hot springs and diving, not beaches; amenities and rural internet are thin, and its remote-work programme has closed.
BarbadosView country profile →An English-speaking Caribbean base built around the Welcome Stamp remote-work visa, with reliable infrastructure; prices are high because most goods are imported.
IndonesiaView country profile →Very low costs and a huge nomad community centred on Bali, with a remote-worker visa; crowds, traffic and patchy internet outside the hubs.
FijiPacific island scenery with English-speaking hospitality; imported goods are costly, internet is slow outside the main hubs, and cyclone season runs November to April.
SerbiaView country profile →An affordable, sociable European base outside the EU, centred on Belgrade; winter air pollution is poor and there is no dedicated nomad visa.
ColombiaView country profile →A major nomad destination with low costs, fast internet and a long nomad visa; safety varies by city and neighbourhood and needs real care.
ArmeniaView country profile →Affordable and rich in history, with a fast-growing tech scene in Yerevan; English is limited outside the capital and there is regional tension.
New ZealandView country profile →Outstanding landscapes, safety and quality of life; very expensive, far from everywhere and without a nomad visa.
North MacedoniaView country profile →Very affordable and friendly, with lakeside Ohrid as the highlight; Skopje's winter air is poor and a planned nomad visa is not yet available.
NomadBearings ranks all 203 countries for digital nomads using five weighted categories: Cost of Living, Internet, Safety, Tourism, and Visa Access. Adjust the sliders above to match your own priorities — whether cheap living costs or fast internet matter more to you, the ranking recalculates instantly to fit you specifically, not a generic average nomad.
Each score blends data from public, cited sources: cost-of-living estimates from livingcost.org and the World Bank's ICP, safety data from the Global Peace Index, WJP Rule of Law Index, and Gallup Global Law and Order Index, internet speeds from Cloudflare Radar and Ookla, and tourism appeal from the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index, Numbeo, and the World Happiness Report. Visa access reflects each country's actual digital nomad visa requirements, income thresholds, and application costs where available.
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