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Remote work is now on an exponential trajectory and growing fast. With its growth, thousands of destinations, from tiny surf villages to cosmopolitan mega cities, are now competing to attract remote workers. Every second, Nomads.com tracks the movement of tens of thousands of digital nomads to spot the currently trending places to live and work remotely.
Destinations here are ranked by growth rates of check-ins made to places by tens of thousands of Nomads.com members using live data analyzing 373,811 check-ins. The primary rank is the most recent growth in check-ins.
These table shows the growth in check-ins for each year in the last 5 years, as well as the last 5 year's growth numbers, and it's ranked by the last 2 year's growth numbers to give you an idea of the fastest growing remote work hubs. It also shows the current rank on Nomads.com, so you can gauge the popularity of the place.
Note that the COVID19 pandemic in 2020 has influenced the numbers in 2020 and 2021 and will probably continue doing so for awhile. For example: places with less travel restrictions (like Mexico) have grown faster for that reason, amongst others.
Destinations that are growing fast this year.
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5-Year growth 2020 to 2025 |
2025 growth Based on 2mo of data | 2024 growth | 2023 growth | 2022 growth | 2021 growth |
2020 growth
(!) COVID | NL rank | All growth (excl 2020) | |||
| #1 | Cape Town | ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa | -48% | +226% | -35% | -21% | +188% | -1% | -7% | #6 | |
| #2 | Asuncion | ๐ต๐พ Paraguay | +31% | +194% | +63% | +215% | +117% | -33% | #7 | ๐ | |
| #3 | Da Nang | ๐ป๐ณ Vietnam | -38% | +180% | +10% | +133% | +691% | -85% | -20% | #2 | |
| #4 | Melbourne | ๐ฆ๐บ Australia | -53% | +144% | -19% | +6% | +513% | -70% | -46% | #12 | |
| #5 | Doha | ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar | +29% | +118% | +3% | +8% | +300% | -21% | -46% | #1305 | |
| #6 | Manila | ๐ต๐ญ Philippines | -16% | +99% | -24% | +74% | +1,014% | -79% | -53% | #950 | |
| #7 | Seattle, WA | ๐บ๐ธ United States | -92% | +98% | -53% | -18% | +50% | +82% | -48% | #130 | |
| #8 | Bangkok | ๐น๐ญ Thailand | -60% | +94% | -12% | +31% | +478% | -37% | -60% | #1 | |
| #9 | Chiang Mai | ๐น๐ญ Thailand | -35% | +81% | -22% | +30% | +543% | -55% | -65% | #4 | |
| #10 | Sydney | ๐ฆ๐บ Australia | -166% | +74% | -33% | +47% | +344% | -58% | -58% | #21 |
These remote work hubs have consistently grown in check-ins in the last 5 years (except 2020, due to COVID), from 2020 to 2025.
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5-Year growth 2020 to 2025 |
2025 growth Based on 2mo of data | 2024 growth | 2023 growth | 2022 growth | 2021 growth |
2020 growth
(!) COVID | NL rank | All growth (excl 2020) | |||
| #1 | Marbella | ๐ช๐ธ Spain | +143% | +2% | +52% | +22% | +35% | +122% | -18% | #535 | ๐ |
Destinations that are growing fast in the last 5 years (except 2020, due to COVID) and already have a high amounts of remote workers there now.
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5-Year growth 2020 to 2025 |
2025 growth Based on 2mo of data | 2024 growth | 2023 growth | 2022 growth | 2021 growth |
2020 growth
(!) COVID | NL rank | All growth (excl 2020) | |||
| #1 | Mexico City | ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico | +55% | +17% | -37% | -17% | +46% | +117% | -7% | #8 | |
| #2 | Phuket | ๐น๐ญ Thailand | +53% | +11% | -27% | +7% | +296% | +39% | -63% | #24 | |
| #3 | Tallinn | ๐ช๐ช Estonia | +10% | -10% | -23% | -4% | +68% | +44% | -46% | #27 |
These remote work hubs have consistently grown in check-ins in the last 5 years (except 2020, due to COVID, and not counting the current year), have low priced real estate (< $350,000 median 1br house price) and let foreigners legally own real estate. These might be good places to invest in real estate.
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5-Year growth 2020 to 2025 |
2025 growth Based on 2mo of data | 2024 growth | 2023 growth | 2022 growth | 2021 growth |
2020 growth
(!) COVID | NL rank | All growth (excl 2020) | |||
| #1 | Riyadh | ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia | +243% | +63% | +13% | +85% | +160% | +150% | -82% | #403 | ๐ |
| #2 | Tunis | ๐น๐ณ Tunisia | +134% | +16% | +14% | +47% | +150% | +200% | -60% | #61 | ๐ |
| #3 | Managua | ๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaragua | +77% | +88% | +14% | +17% | +20% | +150% | -75% | #594 | ๐ |
These are the overall most visited remote work hubs by absolute trip counts in 2024, regardless of growth.
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5-Year growth 2020 to 2025 |
2025 growth Based on 2mo of data | 2024 growth | 2023 growth | 2022 growth | 2021 growth |
2020 growth
(!) COVID | NL rank | All growth (excl 2020) | |||
| #1 | Bangkok | ๐น๐ญ Thailand | -60% | +94% | -12% | +31% | +478% | -37% | -60% | #1 | |
| #2 | London | ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom | -29% | +19% | -37% | -17% | +163% | +5% | -41% | #175 | |
| #3 | Tokyo | ๐ฏ๐ต Japan | -75% | +43% | -15% | +242% | +397% | -68% | -67% | #25 | |
| #4 | Chiang Mai | ๐น๐ญ Thailand | -35% | +81% | -22% | +30% | +543% | -55% | -65% | #4 | |
| #5 | Barcelona | ๐ช๐ธ Spain | -88% | +3% | -38% | -18% | +134% | +116% | -64% | #125 | |
| #6 | Kuala Lumpur | ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia | -54% | +56% | -11% | +101% | +1,675% | -88% | -59% | #3 | |
| #7 | Lisbon | ๐ต๐น Portugal | -94% | +7% | -48% | -37% | +112% | +124% | -39% | #23 | |
| #8 | Buenos Aires | ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina | -108% | +48% | -22% | -4% | +681% | -46% | -30% | #5 | |
| #9 | New York City, NY | ๐บ๐ธ United States | -98% | +14% | -30% | -20% | +80% | +108% | -60% | #236 | |
| #10 | Paris | ๐ซ๐ท France | -50% | +4% | -38% | -23% | +125% | +84% | -59% | #308 |
This table shows the movement from place to place by month by Nomads.com members in the last 5 years.
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