Build your
relocation case.
Answer four questions, compare destinations, see your readiness blockers, and get next steps. Scored against public-domain data from World Bank ICP, UNDP HDI, OECD PISA, and Eurostat.
What you get
What your case produces in 2 minutes
Every relocation case turns these four artefacts. The panel below is the sample Portugal output — yours will be personalised to your origin, budget, and household.
Your shortlist
- Portugal · 9.2 · D8 visa ready
- Spain · 8.7 · Beckham eligible
- Mexico · 8.4 · temporary resident
Blockers we flag
- Income threshold for D8 visa
- US state-tax exit treatment
- Schengen 90/180 carry-forward
Monthly reality
- ~$1,800/mo single (Lisbon)
- ~$3,200/mo couple + 1 kid
- Private healthcare €40–€80/mo
Your next 30 days
- Pull NIF + open Wise account
- Book D8 consulate appointment
- Lock 1-bed rental ~€1,200/mo
Pick your situation
None of these? Start a custom case →Retiring abroad
Cost + healthcare + climate + visa, ranked for 55+.
Moving with kids
Safety + international schools + healthcare, K-12 fit.
Lower-tax remote work
Territorial, flat-rate, and digital-nomad regimes that actually qualify.
Compare two countries
Side-by-side tax, cost, healthcare, schools, and visa friction.
Quick answer
WhereNext is a relocation decision platform. We score 95 countries and 380 cities on cost, safety, healthcare, schools, career, lifestyle, and infrastructure using public-domain institutional data — World Bank, UNDP, IEP, OECD, EF, Eurostat — not crowdsourced surveys. Free tools and a saved relocation case generate the inputs; personalized advisor-ready plans — Relocation Decision Plan ($29), Family School Shortlist Plan ($49), Tax/Relocation Risk Packet ($79) — generate the output.
Key facts
- 95 countries · 380 cities · 4,149 schools 7-dimension framework, public-domain data, refreshed quarterly.
- 25 free tools Finder, cost, tax, visa, salary, FIRE, school, day simulator + 16 more.
- 4 paid plans from $15 Starter Brief $15 · Decision Plan $29 · School Shortlist Plan $49 · Tax Risk Packet $79.
- Sources World Bank ICP · UNDP HDI · IEP GPI · OECD PISA · EF EPI · Eurostat.
- CC BY 4.0 open data 17 datasets + 5 APIs free to cite at /data.
One-field shortcut
What's your monthly budget? See cities you can actually afford.
Skip the quiz. Type a number, see 380 cities filtered by what fits — real prices, no marketing fluff.
How it works
From first question to action plan in three steps.
Find your match
Explore 95 countries and 380 cities. Filter by budget, visa, climate, safety, and schools. Verified prices for 130+ cities.
Start exploringCompare your shortlist
See side-by-side tradeoffs on cost, safety, healthcare, and quality of life. OECD and Eurostat data, not guesses.
Compare countriesDeep dive with free tools
Tax savings, visa requirements, cost comparisons, FIRE planning, property costs — 25 free tools plus 7 free city property reports, no signup.
Explore all toolsPrefer to see everything at once? Browse our quality of life index 2026 — the full ranking across 7 dimensions. See the full source inventory or our editorial standards.
Real places, real data
We score actual destinations, not fantasy ones.
Personalized plans
Not another blog post. A relocation decision plan.
Generated from your saved relocation case. 12 sections of personalized analysis: your tax rates, your visa pathways, real prices in your target cities, and a concrete action plan you can hand to a spouse, employer, or advisor.
$15 starter briefs (instant PDF) · $29 personalized Decision Brief · $79 Tax & Relocation Report
Executive Summary
Your best match and why
Cost Reality
Real prices, not averages
Visa Pathways
Eligible routes for your nationality
Tax Comparison
Your actual rates in each country
90-Day Action Plan
What to do, in order
+ 7 more sections in every report