Guides
Practical guides to help you compare cities and plan a move using official data: how to compare the cost of living, what rent burden tells you, and how to read weather and air quality figures. Each guide uses real figures from our city profiles and explains where they come from.
New: Digital nomad visa income requirements in Europe 2026, checked on official government sites and compared with real capital-city rents.
Also new: average salary after tax in Europe (take-home pay by country, official Eurostat figures) and European capitals ranked by their residents (what people who live there say about safety, housing, jobs and transport).
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How to Compare Cost of Living Between Two Cities
A step-by-step way to compare the cost of living between two cities: rent, prices, local incomes and rent burden, with real examples from official data.
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Rent Burden in European Capitals Explained
How to read rent, income and price-level figures for a city, what rent burden means, and a table of rent burden in 27 European capitals from official data.
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Weather and Climate When Choosing a City
How to use temperature and rainfall data when choosing a city, why one year of weather is not a climate average, and 2025 figures for 27 European capitals.
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Air Quality Explained: How to Read PM2.5 and AQI
What PM2.5, PM10 and air quality index numbers mean, the WHO guideline levels, and how to check air quality before moving to a city.
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