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🌍 Best-of list

Best cities with strong public healthcare

119 of the 148 cities we cover make this list; here are the top 50, ranked by overall fit for someone moving from the US. 🇻🇳 Da Nang ranks first. Cheapest: Hanoi at $873/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 →

Top 50 of 119, 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 🇨🇳 ShanghaiChina $1,567 80
8 🇵🇹 EriceiraPortugal ≈$1,575 80ⓘ
9 🇷🇴 BucharestRomania $1,456 79
10 🇨🇳 BeijingChina $1,617 79
11 🇪🇸 Las PalmasSpain $1,818 79
12 🇭🇷 ZagrebCroatia $1,821 79
13 🇴🇲 MuscatOman $1,523 77
14 🇯🇴 AmmanJordan $1,222 76
15 🇧🇷 FlorianópolisBrazil $1,256 76
16 🇯🇵 OsakaJapan $1,524 76
17 🇪🇸 SevilleSpain $1,712 76
18 🇵🇱 KrakowPoland $1,803 76
19 🇪🇸 AlicanteSpain $1,854 76
20 🇭🇷 SplitCroatia $1,976 76
21 🇪🇸 MalagaSpain $2,217 76
22 🇺🇿 TashkentUzbekistan $1,166 75
23 🇲🇩 ChisinauMoldova $1,364 75
24 🇲🇪 PodgoricaMontenegro $1,370 75
25 🇭🇺 BudapestHungary $1,770 75
26 🇱🇹 VilniusLithuania $1,771 75
27 🇰🇷 SeoulSouth Korea $2,039 75
28 🇵🇹 PortoPortugal $2,133 75
29 🇸🇮 LjubljanaSlovenia $2,147 75
30 🇪🇨 QuitoEcuador $1,036 74
31 🇧🇷 CuritibaBrazil $1,106 74
32 🇧🇷 Belo HorizonteBrazil $1,160 74
33 🇷🇸 Novi SadSerbia $1,316 74
34 🇹🇭 PhuketThailand $1,361 74
35 🇱🇻 RigaLatvia $1,605 74
36 🇷🇸 BelgradeSerbia $1,630 74
37 🇵🇱 WarsawPoland $2,105 74
38 🇸🇰 BratislavaSlovakia $2,115 74
39 🇨🇿 PragueCzechia $2,157 74
40 🇯🇵 TokyoJapan $2,242 74
41 🇹🇭 BangkokThailand $1,367 73
42 🇦🇱 TiranaAlbania $1,627 73
43 🇧🇬 SofiaBulgaria $1,647 73
44 🇲🇽 QuerétaroMexico $1,704 73
45 🇪🇸 ValenciaSpain $2,214 73
46 🇵🇹 LisbonPortugal $2,512 73
47 🇵🇾 AsunciónParaguay $1,205 72
48 🇨🇴 MedellínColombia $1,644 72
49 🇧🇭 ManamaBahrain $1,784 72
50 🇸🇦 RiyadhSaudi Arabia $2,012 72

See all 119, including the 69 ranked below #50, in the City Finder →

Narrow it down

+ 🌮 Mexico & Central America+ 💃 South America+ 🦅 Central Asia & the Caucasus+ 🕌 the Middle East & North Africa+ 🍜 Southeast Asia+ 🏰 Europe outside Schengen+ ⛩️ East & South Asia+ 💰 Under $1,500+ 🛡️ Safe+ 🧾 Low income tax if you live there+ 🛂 Nomad visa+ 🕘 US work hours+ 🗓️ 6 months visa-free+ ☀️ Nice most of the year+ 🌴 Warm winters+ 🗣️ English widely spoken+ 💵 Under $1,000+ 💳 Under $2,000+ ✈️ ≤6h flight to the US+ 🌅 Retirement visa

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