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🌍 Best-of list

Best cities under $2,000 a month

106 of the 148 cities we cover make this list; here are the top 50, ranked by overall fit for someone moving from the US. 🇵🇪 Arequipa ranks first. Cheapest: Pokhara at $482/mo all-in. Most pleasant year-round: Arequipa, 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 →

Top 50 of 106, best fit first
Compare # City $/mo ☀️ Pleasant months🛡️ Safety 🛂 Visa ⭐ Fit
1 🇵🇪 ArequipaPeru $822 85
2 🇵🇪 CuscoPeru $832 85
3 🇻🇳 Da NangVietnam $952 82
4 🇹🇭 Chiang MaiThailand $1,041 82
5 🇹🇼 TaipeiTaiwan $1,649 82
6 🇻🇳 HanoiVietnam $873 81
7 🇲🇾 PenangMalaysia $925 81
8 🇪🇨 CuencaEcuador $952 80
9 🇨🇱 Viña del MarChile $1,159 80
10 🇨🇳 ShanghaiChina $1,567 80
11 🇵🇹 EriceiraPortugal ≈$1,575 80ⓘ
12 🇷🇴 BucharestRomania $1,456 79
13 🇨🇳 BeijingChina $1,617 79
14 🇪🇸 Las PalmasSpain $1,818 79
15 🇭🇷 ZagrebCroatia $1,821 79
16 🇴🇲 MuscatOman $1,523 77
17 🇯🇴 AmmanJordan $1,222 76
18 🇧🇷 FlorianópolisBrazil $1,256 76
19 🇯🇵 OsakaJapan $1,524 76
20 🇪🇸 SevilleSpain $1,712 76
21 🇵🇱 KrakowPoland $1,803 76
22 🇪🇸 AlicanteSpain $1,854 76
23 🇭🇷 SplitCroatia $1,976 76
24 🇺🇿 TashkentUzbekistan $1,166 75
25 🇲🇩 ChisinauMoldova $1,364 75
26 🇲🇪 PodgoricaMontenegro $1,370 75
27 🇦🇲 YerevanArmenia $1,567 75
28 🇭🇺 BudapestHungary $1,770 75
29 🇱🇹 VilniusLithuania $1,771 75
30 🇳🇵 PokharaNepal $482 74
31 🇽🇰 PristinaKosovo $898 74
32 🇪🇨 QuitoEcuador $1,036 74
33 🇧🇷 CuritibaBrazil $1,106 74
34 🇧🇷 Belo HorizonteBrazil $1,160 74
35 🇷🇸 Novi SadSerbia $1,316 74
36 🇹🇭 PhuketThailand $1,361 74
37 🇱🇻 RigaLatvia $1,605 74
38 🇷🇸 BelgradeSerbia $1,630 74
39 🇳🇵 KathmanduNepal $539 73
40 🇹🇭 BangkokThailand $1,367 73
41 🇦🇱 TiranaAlbania $1,627 73
42 🇧🇬 SofiaBulgaria $1,647 73
43 🇲🇽 QuerétaroMexico $1,704 73
44 🇵🇾 AsunciónParaguay $1,205 72
45 🇨🇴 MedellínColombia $1,644 72
46 🇧🇭 ManamaBahrain $1,784 72
47 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam $1,058 71
48 🇦🇿 BakuAzerbaijan $1,106 71
49 🇨🇱 ValparaísoChile $1,130 71
50 🇨🇱 SantiagoChile $1,285 71

See all 106, including the 56 ranked below #50, in the City Finder →

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