Best Cities for Expats 2026 | whereTOemigrate

Europe 133 cities in 46 countries

Albania (3)

Durres Tirana Vlore

Andorra (1)

Andorra La Vella

Armenia (3)

Gyumri Vanadzor Yerevan

Austria (3)

Graz Salzburg Vienna

Belarus (2)

Belgium (3)

Antwerp Brussels Ghent

Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)

Banja Luka Mostar Sarajevo

Bulgaria (3)

Plovdiv Sofia Varna

Croatia (4)

Dubrovnik Rijeka Split Zagreb

Cyprus (3)

Larnaca Limassol Nicosia

Czech Republic (3)

Brno Ostrava Prague

Denmark (3)

Aarhus Copenhagen Odense

Estonia (4)

Narva Parnu Tallinn Tartu

Finland (4)

Helsinki Oulu Tampere Turku

France (3)

Lyon Marseille Paris

Georgia (3)

Batumi Kutaisi Tbilisi

Germany (3)

Berlin Hamburg Munich

Greece (4)

Athens Heraklion Crete Patras Thessaloniki

Hungary (3)

Budapest Debrecen Szeged

Iceland (3)

Akureyri Kopavogur Reykjavik

Ireland (3)

Cork Dublin Galway

Italy (4)

Bologna Florence Milan Rome

Kosovo (3)

Peja Pristina Prizren

Latvia (3)

Daugavpils Liepaja Riga

Liechtenstein (1)

Lithuania (3)

Kaunas Klaipeda Vilnius

Luxembourg (3)

Differdange Esch Sur Alzette Luxembourg City

Malta (3)

Sliema St Julian S Valletta

Moldova (3)

Balti Cahul Chisinau

Monaco (1)

Montenegro (3)

Budva Podgorica Tivat

Netherlands (3)

Amsterdam Rotterdam The Hague

North Macedonia (3)

Bitola Ohrid Skopje

Norway (3)

Bergen Oslo Trondheim

Poland (3)

Krakow Warsaw Wroclaw

Portugal (4)

Braga Faro Porto

Romania (3)

Bucharest Cluj Napoca Timisoara

Russia (3)

Kazan Moscow Saint Petersburg

Serbia (3)

Belgrade Nis Novi Sad

Slovakia (1)

Slovenia (1)

Spain (3)

Barcelona Madrid Valencia

Sweden (3)

Gothenburg Malmo Stockholm

Switzerland (3)

Basel Geneva Zurich

Ukraine (3)

Kharkiv Kyiv Lviv

United Kingdom (3)

Edinburgh London Manchester

Americas 75 cities in 35 countries

Antigua and Barbuda (1)

Argentina (3)

Buenos Aires Cordoba Mendoza

Bahamas (1)

Barbados (3)

Bridgetown Holetown St Lawrence Gap

Belize (1)

Bolivia (1)

Brazil (3)

Florianopolis Rio De Janeiro Sao Paulo

Canada (3)

Montreal Toronto Vancouver

Chile (4)

Antofagasta Mining Region Concepcion Santiago Valparaiso

Colombia (3)

Bogota Cartagena Medellin

Costa Rica (4)

San Jose Santa Ana Tamarindo Uvita South Pacific Osa Peninsula

Cuba (1)

Dominica (1)

Dominican Republic (3)

Punta Cana Santiago De Los Caballeros Santo Domingo

Ecuador (3)

Cuenca Guayaquil Quito

El Salvador (1)

Grenada (1)

Guatemala (1)

Guyana (3)

Georgetown Linden New Amsterdam

Haiti (1)

Honduras (1)

Jamaica (3)

Kingston Montego Bay Spanish Town

Mexico (3)

Guadalajara Merida Mexico City

Nicaragua (1)

Panama (4)

Boquete Coronado David Chiriqui Province Panama City

Paraguay (3)

Asuncion Ciudad Del Este Encarnacion

Peru (3)

Arequipa Cusco Lima

Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)

Saint Lucia (1)

Saint Vincent (1)

Suriname (2)

Nieuw Nickerie Paramaribo

Trinidad and Tobago (3)

Chaguanas Port Of Spain San Fernando

United States (3)

Austin New York San Francisco

Uruguay (3)

Colonia Del Sacramento Montevideo Punta Del Este

Venezuela (1)

Asia 91 cities in 31 countries

Afghanistan (1)

Bangladesh (6)

Chittagong Dhaka Khulna Rajshahi Savar Sylhet

Bhutan (1)

Brunei (3)

Bandar Seri Begawan Kuala Belait Seria

Cambodia (3)

Phnom Penh Siem Reap Sihanoukville

China (3)

Beijing Shanghai Shenzhen

Hong Kong (3)

Hong Kong Island Central Mid Levels Kowloon New Territories

India (6)

Bangalore Chennai Delhi Hyderabad Mumbai Pune

Indonesia (5)

Bali Bandung Jakarta Surabaya Yogyakarta

Japan (3)

Fukuoka Osaka Tokyo

Kazakhstan (3)

Almaty Astana Shymkent

Kyrgyzstan (3)

Bishkek Jalal Abad Osh

Laos (3)

Luang Prabang Pakse Vientiane

Malaysia (3)

Johor Bahru Kuala Lumpur Penang George Town

Maldives (2)

Mongolia (1)

Myanmar (3)

Mandalay Naypyidaw Yangon

Nepal (3)

Kathmandu Lalitpur Pokhara

North Korea (1)

Pakistan (6)

Faisalabad Islamabad Karachi Lahore Peshawar Rawalpindi

Philippines (5)

Cebu Davao Makati Manila Quezon City

Singapore (1)

South Korea (3)

Busan Incheon Seoul

Sri Lanka (3)

Colombo Galle Kandy

Taiwan (3)

Kaohsiung Taichung Taipei

Tajikistan (3)

Dushanbe Khorog Khujand

Thailand (3)

Bangkok Chiang Mai Phuket

Timor-Leste (1)

Dili

Turkmenistan (1)

Uzbekistan (3)

Andijan Samarkand Tashkent

Vietnam (3)

Da Nang Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City

Middle East 41 cities in 16 countries

Azerbaijan (3)

Baku Ganja Sumqayit

Bahrain (1)

Iran (3)

Isfahan Shiraz Tehran

Iraq (3)

Baghdad Basra Erbil

Israel (3)

Haifa Jerusalem Tel Aviv

Jordan (3)

Amman Aqaba Irbid

Kuwait (3)

Farwaniya Kuwait City Salmiya

Lebanon (3)

Beirut Other Urban Areas Tripoli

Oman (3)

Muscat Salalah Sohar

Palestine (1)

Qatar (3)

Al Wakrah Doha The Pearl Qatar

Saudi Arabia (3)

Dammam Jeddah Riyadh

Syria (1)

Turkey (4)

Ankara Antalya Istanbul Izmir

United Arab Emirates (3)

Abu Dhabi Dubai Sharjah

Yemen (1)

Africa 91 cities in 53 countries

Algeria (3)

Algiers Constantine Oran

Angola (1)

Benin (1)

Botswana (1)

Burkina Faso (1)

Burundi (1)

Cabo Verde (1)

Cameroon (1)

Central African Republic (1)

Chad (1)

Comoros (1)

DR Congo (1)

Djibouti (1)

Egypt (3)

Alexandria Cairo Giza

Equatorial Guinea (1)

Eritrea (1)

Eswatini (1)

Ethiopia (3)

Addis Ababa Dire Dawa Hawassa

Gabon (1)

Gambia (1)

Ghana (3)

Accra Kumasi Takoradi

Guinea (1)

Guinea-Bissau (1)

Kenya (3)

Kisumu Mombasa Nairobi

Lesotho (1)

Liberia (1)

Libya (3)

Benghazi Misratah Tripoli

Madagascar (3)

Antananarivo Mahajanga Toamasina

Malawi (1)

Mali (1)

Mauritania (1)

Mauritius (3)

Flic En Flac Port Louis Quatre Bornes

Morocco (3)

Casablanca Marrakech Rabat

Mozambique (3)

Beira Maputo Nampula

Namibia (1)

Niger (1)

Nigeria (3)

Abuja Lagos Port Harcourt

Republic of Congo (1)

Rwanda (3)

Huye Kigali Musanze

Sao Tome and Principe (1)

Senegal (1)

Seychelles (1)

Sierra Leone (1)

Somalia (1)

South Africa (3)

Cape Town Durban Johannesburg

South Sudan (1)

Juba

Sudan (3)

Khartoum Omdurman Port Sudan

Tanzania (3)

Arusha Dar Es Salaam Dodoma

Togo (1)

Lome

Tunisia (3)

Sfax Sousse Tunis

Uganda (3)

Entebbe Jinja Kampala

Zambia (3)

Kitwe Livingstone Lusaka

Zimbabwe (3)

Bulawayo Chitungwiza Harare

Oceania 19 cities in 14 countries

Australia (3)

Brisbane Melbourne Sydney

Fiji (1)

Suva

Kiribati (1)

Marshall Islands (1)

Micronesia (1)

Nauru (1)

New Zealand (3)

Auckland Christchurch Wellington

Palau (1)

Papua New Guinea (1)

Samoa (1)

Apia

Solomon Islands (1)

Tonga (1)

Tuvalu (1)

Vanuatu (2)

Luganville Port Vila

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