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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

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

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