🌍 Best-of list

Best safe cities with clean air

20 of the 148 cities we cover make this list, ranked by overall fit for someone moving from the US. 🇵🇹 Ericeira ranks first. Cheapest: Ericeira at $1,575/mo all-in. Most pleasant year-round: Lisbon, 11 months.

How this list is chosen

Rated safe: the city resident survey where one exists, otherwise the country’s official crime and road statistics.
Clean air: yearly average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) of 10 µg/m³ or less, the WHO’s strictest interim target.

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

#1⭐ 80ⓘ 🇵🇹 Ericeira Portugal 🛂 Nomad visa🗓️ 90 days ≈$1,575/mo😊 Sep 73°F

#2⭐ 79 🇪🇸 Las Palmas Spain 🛂 Nomad visa🗓️ 90 days $1,818/mo😎 Sep 78°F

#3⭐ 76 🇪🇸 Alicante Spain 🛂 Nomad visa🗓️ 90 days $1,854/mo😎 Sep 81°F

#4⭐ 76 🇭🇷 Split Croatia 🛂 Nomad visa🗓️ 90 days $1,976/mo😎 Sep 80°F

#5⭐ 76 🇪🇸 Malaga Spain 🛂 Nomad visa🗓️ 90 days $2,217/mo😎 Sep 83°F

#6⭐ 75 🇱🇹 Vilnius Lithuania 🛂 Nomad visa🗓️ 90 days $1,771/mo😊 Sep 70°F

#7⭐ 75 🇵🇹 Porto Portugal 🛂 Nomad visa🗓️ 90 days $2,133/mo😊 Sep 73°F

#8⭐ 73 🇵🇹 Lisbon Portugal 🛂 Nomad visa🗓️ 90 days $2,512/mo😎 Sep 79°F

#9⭐ 71 🇦🇹 Vienna Austria 🗓️ 90 days $2,525/mo😊 Sep 73°F

#10⭐ 71 🇪🇸 Madrid Spain 🛂 Nomad visa🗓️ 90 days $2,529/mo😎 Sep 80°F

#11⭐ 70 🇪🇪 Tallinn Estonia 🛂 Nomad visa🗓️ 90 days $1,921/mo😊 Sep 65°F

#12⭐ 69 🇫🇮 Helsinki Finland 🗓️ 90 days $2,413/mo🙂 Sep 63°F

#13⭐ 65 🇩🇰 Copenhagen Denmark 🗓️ 90 days $3,344/mo😊 Sep 66°F

#14⭐ 62 🇩🇪 Munich Germany 🛂 Nomad visa🗓️ 90 days $2,929/mo😊 Sep 69°F

#15⭐ 62 🇱🇺 Luxembourg City Luxembourg 🗓️ 90 days $3,544/mo😊 Sep 67°F

#16⭐ 62 🇨🇭 Zurich Switzerland 🗓️ 90 days $4,879/mo😊 Sep 69°F

#17⭐ 61 🇳🇴 Oslo Norway 🛂 Nomad visa🗓️ 90 days $3,555/mo🙂 Sep 62°F

#18⭐ 59 🇳🇱 Amsterdam Netherlands 🗓️ 90 days $4,015/mo😊 Sep 68°F

#19⭐ 58ⓘ 🇭🇷 Dubrovnik Croatia 🛂 Nomad visa🗓️ 90 days ≈$2,448/mo😎 Sep 79°F

#20⭐ 53 🇮🇸 Reykjavik Iceland 🛂 Nomad visa🗓️ 90 days $4,048/mo😬 Sep 51°F

#	City	$/mo	⭐ Fit
1	🇵🇹 EriceiraPortugal	≈$1,575	80ⓘ
2	🇪🇸 Las PalmasSpain	$1,818	79
3	🇪🇸 AlicanteSpain	$1,854	76
4	🇭🇷 SplitCroatia	$1,976	76
5	🇪🇸 MalagaSpain	$2,217	76
6	🇱🇹 VilniusLithuania	$1,771	75
7	🇵🇹 PortoPortugal	$2,133	75
8	🇵🇹 LisbonPortugal	$2,512	73
9	🇦🇹 ViennaAustria	$2,525	71
10	🇪🇸 MadridSpain	$2,529	71
11	🇪🇪 TallinnEstonia	$1,921	70
12	🇫🇮 HelsinkiFinland	$2,413	69
13	🇩🇰 CopenhagenDenmark	$3,344	65
14	🇩🇪 MunichGermany	$2,929	62
15	🇱🇺 Luxembourg CityLuxembourg	$3,544	62
16	🇨🇭 ZurichSwitzerland	$4,879	62
17	🇳🇴 OsloNorway	$3,555	61
18	🇳🇱 AmsterdamNetherlands	$4,015	59
19	🇭🇷 DubrovnikCroatia	≈$2,448	58ⓘ
20	🇮🇸 ReykjavikIceland	$4,048	53

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