20 best cities with clean air and widely spoken English

Best cities with clean air and widely spoken English

20 of the 148 cities we cover make this list, ranked by overall fit for someone moving from the US. 🇵🇹 Ericeira ranks first. Cheapest: Mendoza at $1,131/mo all-in. Most pleasant year-round: Cape Town, 12 months.

How this list is chosen

Clean air: yearly average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) of 10 µg/m³ or less, the WHO’s strictest interim target.
English is an official language, or the country scores "high" or "very high" on the EF English Proficiency Index 2025.

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

#8⭐ 67 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires Argentina 🛡️ Low safety🛂 Nomad visa🗓️ 90 days $1,641/mo😊 Sep 66°F

#	City	$/mo	⭐ Fit
1	🇵🇹 EriceiraPortugal	≈$1,575	80ⓘ
2	🇭🇷 SplitCroatia	$1,976	76
3	🇵🇹 PortoPortugal	$2,133	75
4	🇵🇹 LisbonPortugal	$2,512	73
5	🇦🇹 ViennaAustria	$2,525	71
6	🇪🇪 TallinnEstonia	$1,921	70
7	🇫🇮 HelsinkiFinland	$2,413	69
8	🇦🇷 Buenos AiresArgentina	$1,641	67
9	🇩🇰 CopenhagenDenmark	$3,344	65
10	🇦🇷 MendozaArgentina	$1,131	64
11	🇧🇪 BrusselsBelgium	$2,508	62
12	🇩🇪 MunichGermany	$2,929	62
13	🇨🇭 ZurichSwitzerland	$4,879	62
14	🇳🇴 OsloNorway	$3,555	61
15	🇸🇪 StockholmSweden	$3,049	60
16	🇳🇱 AmsterdamNetherlands	$4,015	59
17	🇭🇷 DubrovnikCroatia	≈$2,448	58ⓘ
18	🇬🇧 LondonUnited Kingdom	$4,504	54
19	🇮🇪 DublinIreland	$3,713	53
20	🇿🇦 Cape TownSouth Africa	$1,796	52

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