NomadList Scraper

Apify Actor for scraping NomadList (Nomads.com) digital nomad city rankings and cost of living data. Uses CheerioCrawler for fast, efficient HTML parsing without a browser.

Features

• Scrape 30+ data points per city from Nomads.com city detail pages
• Quality scores: life, family, community, safety, nightlife, walkability, friendliness, and more
• Cost of living: monthly rent, hotel prices, coworking, meals, coffee, beer, taxi rates
• Infrastructure: internet speed, WiFi availability, airport connectivity
• Demographics: LGBT friendly, female friendly, racial tolerance, English speaking
• Discovery mode: use "all" to scrape 125 popular digital nomad destinations
• Coordinates, region, country, and aggregate ratings included

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	string[]	["Bangkok", "Lisbon", "Chiang Mai"]	City names or slugs. Use "all" to scrape 125 popular cities.
maxListings	integer	50	Max cities to scrape (0=unlimited)
proxyConfiguration	object	{}	Proxy settings (recommended for large runs)

Example Input

{
    "searchQueries": ["Bangkok", "Lisbon", "Medellin", "Tbilisi", "Chiang Mai"],
    "maxListings": 10
}

Discovery Mode

Scrape all 125 popular digital nomad cities:

{
    "searchQueries": ["all"],
    "maxListings": 0
}

Output

{
    "cityName": "Bangkok",
    "country": "Thailand",
    "region": "Asia",
    "slug": "bangkok-thailand",
    "latitude": 13.7566968,
    "longitude": 100.5019493,
    "description": "Bangkok is a city of contrasts...",
    "lifeScore": 4,
    "familyScore": 3,
    "communityScore": 5,
    "leisureQuality": 4,
    "femaleFriendly": 4,
    "lgbtFriendly": 5,
    "racialTolerance": 2,
    "englishSpeaking": 1,
    "walkabilityScore": 5,
    "trafficScore": 2,
    "airlinesScore": 5,
    "hospitalScore": 5,
    "happinessScore": 4,
    "nightlifeScore": 5,
    "wifiAvailability": 5,
    "placesToWorkScore": 5,
    "friendlinessScore": 5,
    "pressFreedomScore": 3,
    "startupScore": 2,
    "monthlyRent": 21467,
    "medianHomePrice": 218204,
    "hotelPricePerNight": 928,
    "coworkingMonthlyCost": 6787.5,
    "averageMealPrice": 110,
    "softDrinkPrice": 22.5,
    "beerPrice": 77.5,
    "coffeePrice": 79,
    "intlSchoolYearlyCost": 457183.53,
    "mobileCostPerMinute": 1.72,
    "taxiCostPerKm": 39,
    "temperatureCelsius": 39,
    "internetSpeedMbps": 24,
    "aggregateRating": 5,
    "reviewCount": 4304,
    "rawScores": { "...all raw data-key/data-value pairs..." },
    "url": "https://nomads.com/bangkok",
    "searchQuery": "Bangkok",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-25T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Data Points Explained

Quality Scores (1-5 scale):

• lifeScore - Overall life quality rating
• familyScore - Family-friendliness
• communityScore - Nomad/expat community strength
• nightlifeScore - Nightlife and entertainment
• walkabilityScore - Pedestrian-friendliness
• friendlinessScore - Friendliness to foreigners
• lgbtFriendly - LGBT acceptance
• femaleFriendly - Safety/comfort for women

Cost of Living (local currency values from site):

• monthlyRent - Apartment rental cost per month
• hotelPricePerNight - Average hotel nightly rate
• coworkingMonthlyCost - Coworking space monthly membership
• averageMealPrice - Average restaurant meal
• coffeePrice / beerPrice - Cafe prices

How It Works

1. Converts city names to URL slugs (e.g., "Chiang Mai" -> chiang-mai)
2. Fetches each city's detail page from nomads.com/{slug}
3. Parses data-key / data-value HTML attributes for structured scores and costs
4. Extracts JS variables for coordinates, country, and description
5. Reads schema.org microdata for aggregate ratings and review counts
6. Rate-limited to 15 requests/minute to respect Cloudflare protection

Quick Start

$apify run --purge

Deploy to Apify

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apify push

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