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🌍 Best-of list

Best cheap cities with strong public healthcare

45 of the 148 cities we cover make this list, ranked by overall fit for someone moving from the US. 🇻🇳 Da Nang ranks first. Cheapest: Cairo at $596/mo all-in. Most pleasant year-round: Cuenca, 12 months.

How this list is chosen

Ranked with the City Finder's default weights for cost, climate, safety, internet and visa-free stay. Change the weights in the City Finder →

45 cities, best fit first
Compare # City $/mo ☀️ Pleasant months🛡️ Safety 🛂 Visa ⭐ Fit
1 🇻🇳 Da NangVietnam $952 82
2 🇹🇭 Chiang MaiThailand $1,041 82
3 🇻🇳 HanoiVietnam $873 81
4 🇲🇾 PenangMalaysia $925 81
5 🇪🇨 CuencaEcuador $952 80
6 🇨🇱 Viña del MarChile $1,159 80
7 🇷🇴 BucharestRomania $1,456 79
8 🇯🇴 AmmanJordan $1,222 76
9 🇧🇷 FlorianópolisBrazil $1,256 76
10 🇺🇿 TashkentUzbekistan $1,166 75
11 🇲🇩 ChisinauMoldova $1,364 75
12 🇲🇪 PodgoricaMontenegro $1,370 75
13 🇪🇨 QuitoEcuador $1,036 74
14 🇧🇷 CuritibaBrazil $1,106 74
15 🇧🇷 Belo HorizonteBrazil $1,160 74
16 🇷🇸 Novi SadSerbia $1,316 74
17 🇹🇭 PhuketThailand $1,361 74
18 🇹🇭 BangkokThailand $1,367 73
19 🇵🇾 AsunciónParaguay $1,205 72
20 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam $1,058 71
21 🇨🇱 ValparaísoChile $1,130 71
22 🇨🇱 SantiagoChile $1,285 71
23 🇨🇴 BogotáColombia $1,344 71
24 🇧🇷 Porto AlegreBrazil $1,088 70
25 🇰🇿 AstanaKazakhstan $1,212 70
26 🇧🇬 BanskoBulgaria ≈$1,170 69ⓘ
27 🇲🇾 Kuala LumpurMalaysia $1,246 69
28 🇧🇷 São PauloBrazil $1,390 68
29 🇻🇳 Hoi AnVietnam ≈$816 67ⓘ
30 🇬🇪 BatumiGeorgia $1,034 67
31 🇦🇷 CórdobaArgentina $1,292 66
32 🇧🇷 FortalezaBrazil $995 65
33 🇦🇷 MendozaArgentina $1,131 64
34 🇬🇪 TbilisiGeorgia $1,378 63
35 🇲🇪 KotorMontenegro ≈$1,390 63ⓘ
36 🇧🇷 Rio de JaneiroBrazil $1,485 63
37 🇰🇬 BishkekKyrgyzstan $1,051 62
38 🇧🇾 MinskBelarus $1,131 62
39 🇱🇰 ColomboSri Lanka $1,047 58
40 🇲🇳 UlaanbaatarMongolia $1,199 58
41 🇺🇦 LvivUkraine $1,007 ⚠️ 55
42 🇺🇦 KyivUkraine $1,156 ⚠️ 55
43 🇪🇬 CairoEgypt $596 54
44 🇩🇴 Santo DomingoDominican Republic $1,362 52
45 🇷🇺 St. PetersburgRussia $1,440 ⚠️ 39

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