Where does $100 a day take you?

Real prices for 127 cities in 26 countries. A day is a room, food, getting around and sights for one person. Flights are extra.

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75 of 127 cities fit

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🇹🇭 Pai

$18–40 /day
Thailand, best Nov–FebA tiny mountain valley town three hours and 762 curves north of Chiang Mai — canyon viewpoints, hot springs, reggae bars, and a backpacker gravity that makes 'two days' turn into a week.

🇹🇭 Sukhothai

$18–40 /day
Thailand, best Nov–FebThe ruined first capital of Siam, and Ayutthaya's much quieter cousin — weathered brick chedis reflected in lotus ponds, bicycle paths instead of tour buses, and almost none of the crowds.

🇹🇭 Ayutthaya

$20–45 /day
Thailand, best Nov–FebThe ruined former capital of the Siamese kingdom — brick chedis and headless Buddhas scattered across a bicycle-friendly park, an easy 1.5-hour train ride from Bangkok's chaos.

🇨🇳 Kaifeng

$25–45 /day
China, best Apr–May, Sep–OctCapital of the Northern Song and, a thousand years ago, probably the largest city on earth. Today a low-rise, walkable town whose real attraction is a night market that takes over the streets after dark.

🇹🇭 Koh Lanta

$22–55 /day
Thailand, best Nov–AprA long, laid-back island south of Krabi that takes real effort to reach and rewards it — quiet west-coast beaches, a stilted Sino-Thai fishing village, and a slower pace than Phuket or Krabi ever offer.

🇻🇳 Hanoi

$25–50 /day
Vietnam, best Mar–Apr, Oct–DecA thousand-year-old capital where motorbikes swarm narrow Old Quarter streets, French colonial villas sit beside pagodas, and plastic stools spill onto the sidewalk for the country's best bowl of pho.

🇻🇳 Hoi An

$25–55 /day
Vietnam, best Feb–MayA UNESCO-listed trading port frozen in time — lantern-lit streets, a centuries-old Japanese bridge, and a tailoring industry that can turn a sketch into a custom suit in 48 hours.

🇹🇭 Chiang Mai

$25–55 /day
Thailand, best Nov–FebNorthern Thailand's cultural heart — a moated Old City of hundreds of temples, misty mountains, laptop-friendly cafés, and a slower, cheaper pace than Bangkok's chaos.

🇲🇦 Fes

$25–60 /day
Morocco, best Mar–May, Sep–NovMorocco's spiritual and intellectual capital — home to the world's largest car-free urban area, a 1,200-year-old university, and the country's most intense medina experience.

🇨🇳 Guilin

$28–55 /day
China, good year-roundThe karst-mountain scenery on the back of the ¥20 note — a slower, greener corner of China built around the Li River and the backpacker village of Yangshuo.

🇨🇳 Harbin

$28–55 /day
China, best Jun–Aug, Dec–FebChina's far-northeast winter capital — Russian-influenced architecture along the Songhua River, brutal sub-zero winters, and the world's largest ice and snow festival.

🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City

$25–55 /day
Vietnam, best Dec–AprStill called Saigon by most locals — a fast-moving, entrepreneurial city of glass towers rising over French colonial landmarks, with a motorbike sea and a street-food scene that runs 24 hours.

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26 countries, the ones we know best first.

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Bullet trains, temples in the megacity, and food cheaper than you expect.

10 city guides

Café terraces, long lunches, and ordinary things done beautifully.

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Castles, free museums, ancient pubs — and trains that tie it together.

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Berlin's history, Munich's beer gardens, Hamburg's harbour.

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Street food, golden temples, and cheap flights to the beaches.

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Rice terraces, sea temples, and the world's largest Buddhist monument.

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Street tacos and world-class dining rooms, often on the same block.

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Where Europe and Asia share a ferry line — empires, tea, and hospitality.

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Imperial palaces, a wall you can see for days, and mobile-only cities.

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Skyscraper canyons, Hollywood, and desert neon — three different Americas.

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Limestone karsts, motorbike-choked old quarters, and superb street food.

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Ruins, Renaissance art, and canals — all a fast train apart.

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Gothic Prague, a storybook river town, and Brno's bars and wine.

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Hot-spring baths, castle towns and wine cellars — on the forint.

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Ten volcanic islands of white sand, morna music, and Creole calm.

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Islands, minimalist design, and a national commitment to fika.

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Late dinners, surreal architecture, and tapas worth lingering over.

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Medina mazes, mountain-backed cities, and craft centuries deep.

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Pyramids, pharaohs' tombs and the Nile, from Cairo south to Aswan.

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The world's tallest tower, a desert Louvre, and easier than you expect.

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Yellow trams, port wine, and the best value in Western Europe.

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Ancient ruins, caldera sunsets, and the eurozone's cheapest capital.

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Palaces, world-class subways, and food cheaper than Tokyo.

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Machu Picchu, Andean cities, and the best food in South America.

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Medellín's cable cars, walled Cartagena and a high Andean capital.

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Harbour ferries, laneway coffee, and the reef at the top.

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