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๐ŸŒ Best-of list

Best cities with widely spoken English and strong women's safety and rights

34 of the 148 cities we cover make this list, ranked by overall fit for someone moving from the US. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Ericeira ranks first. Cheapest: Skopje at $1,087/mo all-in. Most pleasant year-round: Lisbon, 11 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 โ†’

34 cities, best fit first
Compare # City $/mo โ˜€๏ธ Pleasant months๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Safety ๐Ÿ›‚ Visa โญ Fit
1 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น EriceiraPortugal โ‰ˆ$1,575 80โ“˜
2 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด BucharestRomania $1,456 79
3 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท ZagrebCroatia $1,821 79
4 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ KrakowPoland $1,803 76
5 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท SplitCroatia $1,976 76
6 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ BudapestHungary $1,770 75
7 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น PortoPortugal $2,133 75
8 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Novi SadSerbia $1,316 74
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป RigaLatvia $1,605 74
10 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ BelgradeSerbia $1,630 74
11 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ WarsawPoland $2,105 74
12 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ BratislavaSlovakia $2,115 74
13 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ PragueCzechia $2,157 74
14 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ SofiaBulgaria $1,647 73
15 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น LisbonPortugal $2,512 73
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น VallettaMalta $2,370 72
17 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น ViennaAustria $2,525 71
18 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช TallinnEstonia $1,921 70
19 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ BanskoBulgaria โ‰ˆ$1,170 69โ“˜
20 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ HelsinkiFinland $2,413 69
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ SkopjeNorth Macedonia $1,087 65
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ CopenhagenDenmark $3,344 65
23 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ BernSwitzerland $3,545 63
24 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช BrusselsBelgium $2,508 62
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช MunichGermany $2,929 62
26 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ ZurichSwitzerland $4,879 62
27 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด OsloNorway $3,555 61
28 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ SingaporeSingapore $4,088 61
29 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช StockholmSweden $3,049 60
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช BerlinGermany $2,716 59
31 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ AmsterdamNetherlands $4,015 59
32 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท DubrovnikCroatia โ‰ˆ$2,448 58โ“˜
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง LondonUnited Kingdom $4,504 54
34 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช DublinIreland $3,713 53

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