Time Out 2026
The 50 best cities in the world
The 50 best cities on the planet for 2026, ranked by Time Out's survey of more than 24,000 locals and 100+ city experts. Cities with a Famous Cities guide are marked.
- 1MelbourneAustralia
- 2ShanghaiChina
- 3EdinburghScotland
- 4LondonUnited Kingdom
- 5New YorkUSA
- 6Cape TownSouth Africa
- 7Mexico CityMexico
- 8BangkokThailand
- 9SeoulSouth Korea
- 10TokyoJapan
- 11ZürichSwitzerland
- 12Rio de JaneiroBrazil
- 13CopenhagenDenmark
- 14São PauloBrazil
- 15Hong KongChina
- 16KrakówPoland
- 17PortoPortugal
- 18GuadalajaraMexico
- 19MadridSpain
- 20ValenciaSpain
- 21SydneyAustralia
- 22ParisFrance
- 23SingaporeSingapore
- 24MarrakechMorocco
- 25HanoiVietnam
- 26BathUnited Kingdom
- 27BilbaoSpain
- 28BerlinGermany
- 29AdelaideAustralia
- 30BeijingChina
- 31AntwerpBelgium
- 32Chiang MaiThailand
- 33NaplesItaly
- 34AmsterdamNetherlands
- 35MedellínColombia
- 36LimaPeru
- 37VancouverCanada
- 38Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam
- 39OsakaJapan
- 40AthensGreece
- 41ChicagoUSA
- 42CairoEgypt
- 43Buenos AiresArgentina
- 44ViennaAustria
- 45DublinIreland
- 46San FranciscoUSA
- 47LagosNigeria
- 48AucklandNew Zealand
- 49LisbonPortugal
- 50BogotáColombia
Source: Time Out, Best Cities in the World 2026. Rankings belong to Time Out; Famous Cities is not affiliated with Time Out.
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