REAL DATA · 106 CITIES · UPDATED SEPT 2026

Move abroad with confidence

See exactly what life costs in the world's best expat cities — then get the guides and tools to actually make the move. No fluff, just real numbers.

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How it works

From daydream to departure in three steps

1

Compare the real costs

Browse 106 cities with line-item costs — rent, food, transit, utilities, health cover — against a US baseline of $4,420/mo built the same way.

2

Get the playbook

Visas, banking, healthcare, taxes. Our guides turn a giant move into a simple checklist you can actually follow.

3

Set up your stack

Insurance, money transfer, eSIMs, VPN. We point you to the exact tools expats use — and skip the ones you don't need.

Guides

Step-by-step playbooks for your move

Moving to Portugal 2026

The American's guide to the D7 & D8 visas, taxes, and the real cost of living.

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Moving to Mexico 2026

Temporary & Permanent Residency, taxes, IMSS healthcare, and what it really costs.

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Moving to Spain 2026

Non-Lucrative vs Digital Nomad Visa, the Beckham Law, healthcare & costs.

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Moving to Costa Rica 2026

Pensionado, Rentista & the Digital Nomad Visa, CAJA healthcare, and territorial tax.

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Moving to Thailand 2026

Retirement visa, the new DTV nomad visa, the 2024 tax change, healthcare & costs.

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Moving to Albania 2026

Live a year visa-free, residence permits, low-cost living, healthcare & taxes.

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Moving to Belize 2026

The QRP retirement program, buying property freehold, and what it actually costs.

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Moving to the Philippines 2026

The SRRV retirement visa with current numbers, the 40% condo rule, and real costs.

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Moving to Italy 2026

The 7% flat tax for retirees, the rewritten citizenship-by-descent rules, and what Italy really costs.

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Moving to Colombia 2026

The M-11 Pensionado, the pension exemption most guides underplay, and the no-treaty trap.

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Moving to Panama 2026

The Pensionado with no age limit, the statutory discounts nobody else has, and the land trap that costs people everything.

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Moving to France 2026

The best tax treaty an American retiree can have, the self-employment trap that finally does not apply, and the 2026 healthcare charge France has not yet priced.

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Moving to Malaysia 2026

The MM2H tier the agents do not quote, the tax condition that catches untaxed US pension income, and Penang at a third of US costs.

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Moving to Uruguay 2026

The totalization agreement almost nobody mentions, the 12% that catches investment income, and a safety advisory blunter than Uruguay's reputation.

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Moving to Brazil 2026

Worldwide taxation at 27.5% from $900 a month with no treaty, three Level 4 zones inside ordinary life, and the remittance condition that breaks renewals.

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Moving to Ireland 2026

The only country here that costs more than America, the lump sum nobody will quote you, and the sentence about investment income that disqualifies people.

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Moving to Vietnam 2026

There is no retirement visa, the golden visa everyone quotes cannot be found at source, and the cheapest country here is the one with the least secure way to stay.

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Moving to the Dominican Republic 2026

The retirement programme that is a tax statute, the consular step half the internet forgets, and the renewal condition buried in Article 8.

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Moving to Ecuador 2026

The lowest income bar of any real retirement visa, the tax myth half the internet repeats, and the 90-day rule that quietly disqualifies people.

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Moving to Greece 2026

The 7% flat tax for retirees, FIP & Digital Nomad visas, the Med life — and what it really costs.

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Your new life abroad starts with a number

Pick a city, see what it really costs, and grab the guide that gets you there. We update the data every week.

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