SageRooms Research

SageRooms Global Trip Difficulty Index

Name: SageRooms Global Trip Difficulty Index
Creator: SageRooms
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How difficult is your next destination?

Not every trip is equally easy to plan. The SageRooms Global Trip Difficulty Index compares destinations using the practical challenges independent travellers are likely to encounter \u2014 from arriving at the airport and navigating public transport to language barriers, payment convenience, entry requirements and choosing where to stay.

Each destination receives an overall Trip Difficulty Score from 1.0 to 10.0, calculated from seven travel-friction dimensions. Lower scores indicate easier destinations. Higher scores indicate destinations that generally require more preparation or planning.

Use the index below to compare destinations, discover places that are easier for independent travel, or explore which aspects of a particular destination may require additional planning.

275 destinations assessed

What the score means

1.0–2.5

Very Easy

Minimal travel friction.

2.6–4.0

Easy

Generally straightforward with some advance planning useful.

4.1–6.0

Moderate

Several aspects require preparation.

6.1–8.0

Challenging

Substantial planning or travel experience may be helpful.

8.1–10.0

Difficult

Significant preparation is generally required.

Showing 275 of 275 destinations. Lower score = easier.

Trip Difficulty Index \u2014 all destinations, sortable by dimension
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1	Stockholm Sweden	1.1Very Easy	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.0
2	Gothenburg Sweden	1.2Very Easy	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.5
3	Oslo Norway	1.3Very Easy	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.5
4	Hamburg Germany	1.3Very Easy	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5
5	Osaka Japan	1.3Very Easy	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.0
6	Singapore Singapore	1.3Very Easy	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.0
7	Cologne Germany	1.3Very Easy	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5
8	Seoul South Korea	1.3Very Easy	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.0
9	Geneva Switzerland	1.3Very Easy	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.0
10	Helsinki Finland	1.3Very Easy	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.5
11	Zurich Switzerland	1.3Very Easy	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.5
12	Amsterdam Netherlands	1.3Very Easy	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.5
13	Berlin Germany	1.4Very Easy	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
14	Taipei Taiwan	1.4Very Easy	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
15	London United Kingdom	1.4Very Easy	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.5
16	Doha Qatar	1.4Very Easy	1.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0
17	Brussels Belgium	1.4Very Easy	1.5	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.0
18	Tokyo Japan	1.4Very Easy	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.0
19	Warsaw Poland	1.4Very Easy	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.5
20	Rotterdam Netherlands	1.4Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.5
21	Prague Czech Republic	1.4Very Easy	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5
22	Copenhagen Denmark	1.4Very Easy	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	2.0	1.0
23	Bristol United Kingdom	1.5Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.5
24	Barcelona Spain	1.5Very Easy	1.5	1.2	2.0	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.0
25	Madrid Spain	1.5Very Easy	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.0
26	Bergen Norway	1.5Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.5
27	Dublin Ireland	1.5Very Easy	1.5	1.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.5
28	Frankfurt Germany	1.5Very Easy	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.0
29	Salzburg Austria	1.5Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.0
30	Lisbon Portugal	1.5Very Easy	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
31	Vienna Austria	1.5Very Easy	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	1.5
32	Munich Germany	1.5Very Easy	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0
33	Monaco Monaco	1.5Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.0
34	Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates	1.5Very Easy	1.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.0
35	Ljubljana Slovenia	1.5Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.0
36	Bruges Belgium	1.5Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.0
37	Strasbourg France	1.5Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.0
38	Bordeaux France	1.5Very Easy	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5
39	Paris France	1.5Very Easy	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
40	Brisbane Australia	1.5Very Easy	1.5	1.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.5
41	Birmingham United Kingdom	1.5Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.0
42	Hong Kong Hong Kong	1.6Very Easy	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	1.5
43	Glasgow United Kingdom	1.6Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.5
44	Macau Macau	1.6Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5
45	Milan Italy	1.6Very Easy	1.5	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.0
46	Turin Italy	1.6Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5
47	Liverpool United Kingdom	1.6Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.0
48	Izmir Turkey	1.6Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5
49	Manchester United Kingdom	1.6Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.5
50	Zagreb Croatia	1.6Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5
51	Kaohsiung Taiwan	1.6Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.0
52	Bratislava Slovakia	1.6Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5
53	Dubrovnik Croatia	1.6Very Easy	2.0	2.5	1.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.0
54	Kuala Lumpur Malaysia	1.6Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
55	Edinburgh United Kingdom	1.6Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.5
56	Krakow Poland	1.6Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
57	Lucerne Switzerland	1.6Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.5
58	Busan South Korea	1.7Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
59	Santiago Chile	1.7Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.0
60	Rovaniemi Finland	1.7Very Easy	2.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.0
61	Porto Portugal	1.7Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
62	Nice France	1.7Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
63	Bologna Italy	1.7Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
64	Seville Spain	1.7Very Easy	2.0	2.0	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5
65	Reykjavik Iceland	1.7Very Easy	2.0	2.5	1.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.5
66	Montreal Canada	1.7Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
67	Florence Italy	1.7Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.0
68	Vancouver Canada	1.7Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	1.5
69	Kyoto Japan	1.7Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.5
70	Budapest Hungary	1.7Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
71	Lyon France	1.8Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.0
72	Faro Portugal	1.8Very Easy	2.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.5
73	Interlaken Switzerland	1.8Very Easy	2.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	2.0	1.5	1.5
74	Mykonos Greece	1.8Very Easy	2.5	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
75	Marseille France	1.8Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.5
76	Valencia Spain	1.8Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.0
77	Melbourne Australia	1.8Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	2.0
78	Dubai United Arab Emirates	1.8Very Easy	2.0	2.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.0
79	Toronto Canada	1.8Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	3.5	1.5	1.5
80	Adelaide Australia	1.8Very Easy	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.5	1.5
81	Split Croatia	1.8Very Easy	2.0	2.5	1.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
82	Wellington New Zealand	1.8Very Easy	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.5
83	Perth Australia	1.9Very Easy	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.5
84	Auckland New Zealand	1.9Very Easy	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.5
85	Boston United States	1.9Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	3.5	1.5	2.0
86	Ottawa Canada	1.9Very Easy	2.0	2.5	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	1.5
87	Bangkok Thailand	1.9Very Easy	2.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.5
88	Valletta Malta	1.9Very Easy	2.0	2.5	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	1.5
89	Sydney Australia	1.9Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	3.5	2.0	1.5
90	Penang Malaysia	1.9Very Easy	2.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.5
91	Tbilisi Georgia	1.9Very Easy	2.0	2.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.5
92	Male Maldives	1.9Very Easy	2.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.5
93	Hangzhou China	1.9Very Easy	2.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	2.5	2.0	1.5
94	Medellin Colombia	1.9Very Easy	2.0	1.5	3.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.5
95	Portland United States	2.0Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	3.5	2.0	2.5
96	Bucharest Romania	2.0Very Easy	2.0	2.5	3.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.0
97	Jerusalem Israel	2.0Very Easy	2.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.5
98	Quebec City Canada	2.0Very Easy	2.0	2.0	3.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	1.5
99	Philadelphia United States	2.0Very Easy	2.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	3.0	1.5	2.0
100	Washington DC United States	2.0Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	3.5	2.0	2.5
101	Tel Aviv Israel	2.0Very Easy	2.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	2.0
102	Granada Spain	2.0Very Easy	2.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
103	San Francisco United States	2.0Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	3.5	2.0	2.5
104	Belgrade Serbia	2.0Very Easy	2.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
105	Sofia Bulgaria	2.0Very Easy	2.0	2.0	3.5	2.0	1.5	2.0	1.5
106	Christchurch New Zealand	2.1Very Easy	2.0	3.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	1.5
107	Cancun Mexico	2.1Very Easy	2.0	3.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
108	Galway Ireland	2.1Very Easy	3.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	1.5
109	Hobart Australia	2.1Very Easy	2.5	3.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.5
110	Ibiza Spain	2.1Very Easy	2.0	3.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.0
111	Bodrum Turkey	2.1Very Easy	2.5	3.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	1.5
112	Venice Italy	2.1Very Easy	2.5	2.0	3.5	2.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
113	Chicago United States	2.1Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	4.0	2.0	2.5
114	Montevideo Uruguay	2.1Very Easy	2.0	2.5	3.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	2.0
115	Rome Italy	2.1Very Easy	2.0	2.5	3.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	2.0
116	Manama Bahrain	2.1Very Easy	2.0	3.5	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.5
117	Luang Prabang Laos	2.2Very Easy	2.5	3.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
118	Buenos Aires Argentina	2.2Very Easy	2.0	2.5	3.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.5
119	Crete Greece	2.2Very Easy	2.5	3.5	2.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.5
120	Santorini Greece	2.2Very Easy	2.5	3.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.0
121	Gold Coast Australia	2.2Very Easy	2.0	3.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	2.0
122	Playa del Carmen Mexico	2.2Very Easy	2.0	3.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.5
123	Antalya Turkey	2.2Very Easy	2.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	3.5	1.5	1.5
124	Guangzhou China	2.2Very Easy	2.0	1.5	3.5	1.5	4.0	2.0	1.5
125	Calgary Canada	2.2Very Easy	2.0	3.5	1.0	1.5	3.0	1.5	1.5
126	Athens Greece	2.2Very Easy	2.0	2.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	2.0	2.5
127	Victoria Seychelles	2.2Very Easy	2.0	3.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	2.0	2.0
128	Tulum Mexico	2.3Very Easy	2.0	3.5	2.5	2.0	1.5	2.0	2.5
129	chengdu China	2.3Very Easy	2.0	2.5	4.5	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.5
130	Punta del Este Uruguay	2.3Very Easy	2.0	3.5	2.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.5
131	Halifax Canada	2.3Very Easy	2.5	3.0	1.0	1.5	3.5	2.0	1.5
132	Oranjestad Aruba	2.3Very Easy	2.0	4.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
133	Seattle United States	2.3Very Easy	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	4.5	2.0	2.0
134	Puerto Vallarta Mexico	2.3Very Easy	2.5	3.5	2.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
135	Casablanca Morocco	2.4Very Easy	2.5	3.0	3.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.5
136	Nadi Fiji	2.4Very Easy	2.0	4.5	1.5	2.5	1.0	2.0	2.0
137	Cartagena Colombia	2.4Very Easy	2.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	2.5
138	Savannah United States	2.4Very Easy	2.5	4.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	2.0
139	Hawaii United States	2.5Very Easy	2.0	5.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	2.0
140	Bridgetown Barbados	2.5Very Easy	2.5	4.5	1.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	2.5
141	Queenstown New Zealand	2.5Very Easy	2.5	5.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.5
142	Hoi An Vietnam	2.5Very Easy	2.5	3.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
143	Larnaca Cyprus	2.5Very Easy	2.0	3.5	2.0	2.0	3.5	2.0	1.5
144	Mexico City Mexico	2.5Very Easy	2.0	2.5	3.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	4.5
145	New York United States	2.5Very Easy	2.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	6.5	2.0	2.5
146	Valparaiso Chile	2.5Very Easy	3.5	2.5	3.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	3.0
147	Florianopolis Brazil	2.5Very Easy	2.5	3.5	3.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	2.5
148	Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam	2.5Very Easy	2.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	2.5
149	New Orleans United States	2.5Very Easy	2.5	4.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	2.5
150	Charleston United States	2.5Very Easy	3.5	4.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	2.0
151	Guadalajara Mexico	2.5Very Easy	2.5	3.5	3.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	3.0
152	Quito Ecuador	2.6Easy	2.5	3.5	4.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	3.0
153	Qingdao China	2.6Easy	2.0	1.5	3.5	2.0	5.5	2.5	1.5
154	Muscat Oman	2.6Easy	2.0	5.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	2.0	1.5
155	George Town Cayman Islands	2.6Easy	2.0	6.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.5
156	Apia Samoa	2.6Easy	2.5	4.5	2.0	3.5	1.0	2.0	2.0
157	Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei	2.6Easy	2.5	4.5	2.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	1.5
158	Belize City Belize	2.6Easy	2.5	3.5	1.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	4.5
159	Galle Sri Lanka	2.7Easy	3.5	3.0	2.5	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
160	Pokhara Nepal	2.7Easy	2.5	4.5	2.0	3.5	1.5	2.0	2.0
161	Colombo Sri Lanka	2.7Easy	2.0	4.5	2.5	3.0	1.5	2.0	2.5
162	Port Louis Mauritius	2.7Easy	3.5	4.0	2.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	2.5
163	Hanoi Vietnam	2.7Easy	2.5	3.5	3.0	2.0	2.5	2.0	2.5
164	Guilin China	2.7Easy	2.5	3.0	4.5	2.0	3.5	2.0	1.5
165	Bogota Colombia	2.7Easy	2.5	3.5	4.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	3.5
166	Istanbul Turkey	2.7Easy	2.0	2.5	3.0	2.0	4.5	2.0	2.5
167	Shanghai China	2.8Easy	2.0	2.5	4.0	2.0	5.5	2.5	1.5
168	Lima Peru	2.8Easy	2.5	4.5	3.0	2.5	1.5	2.0	3.0
169	Whistler Canada	2.8Easy	3.5	2.5	1.0	1.5	6.0	2.0	1.5
170	Xiamen China	2.8Easy	2.0	2.5	4.5	2.0	5.5	2.0	1.5
171	Chiang Mai Thailand	2.8Easy	2.0	5.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	1.5
172	Canberra Australia	2.8Easy	2.5	4.5	1.0	1.5	5.0	2.0	1.5
173	Cape Town South Africa	2.8Easy	2.0	5.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	2.5	3.5
174	Kigali Rwanda	2.9Easy	2.5	5.5	2.0	3.5	2.0	2.0	1.5
175	Panama City Panama	2.9Easy	2.0	5.5	3.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	3.5
176	Tamarindo Costa Rica	2.9Easy	3.5	4.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	2.0	2.5
177	Konya Turkey	2.9Easy	3.5	3.0	4.5	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
178	Tahiti French Polynesia	2.9Easy	2.5	4.5	3.0	3.5	1.5	2.0	2.5
179	Manila Philippines	2.9Easy	2.5	4.5	2.0	3.0	1.5	2.0	3.5
180	Cairns Australia	2.9Easy	2.5	4.5	1.0	1.5	5.0	2.0	2.0
181	Nashville United States	2.9Easy	2.5	6.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	2.0
182	Kandy Sri Lanka	2.9Easy	3.5	4.0	2.5	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.5
183	Windhoek Namibia	2.9Easy	2.5	6.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	1.5	2.0
184	Punta Cana Dominican Republic	2.9Easy	2.0	6.5	2.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.5
185	Bali Indonesia	2.9Easy	2.5	6.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	2.0	1.5
186	Xi'an China	3.0Easy	2.0	2.5	4.5	2.0	6.5	2.0	1.5
187	Antigua Guatemala	3.0Easy	3.5	4.0	3.0	3.5	1.5	2.0	2.5
188	Cebu Philippines	3.0Easy	2.5	5.5	2.0	3.0	1.5	2.5	3.0
189	Oaxaca Mexico	3.0Easy	3.5	4.0	4.5	3.0	1.0	2.0	2.5
190	Cusco Peru	3.0Easy	3.5	4.0	4.5	3.0	1.0	2.0	3.0
191	Mendoza Argentina	3.0Easy	3.0	4.5	3.5	3.0	1.5	2.0	2.5
192	Boracay Philippines	3.0Easy	3.0	5.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	2.0	2.5
193	Denver United States	3.0Easy	2.5	4.5	1.0	1.5	6.0	2.0	2.0
194	Bora Bora French Polynesia	3.0Easy	3.5	6.0	3.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	1.5
195	San Diego United States	3.0Easy	2.5	5.5	1.0	1.5	4.5	2.0	2.0
196	Bariloche Argentina	3.0Easy	3.5	4.0	4.5	3.0	1.0	2.0	2.5
197	Nassau Bahamas	3.0Easy	2.0	6.5	1.0	2.5	1.0	3.0	3.5
198	Da Nang Vietnam	3.0Easy	2.0	5.5	4.0	3.5	2.0	2.5	1.5
199	Sharm El Sheikh Egypt	3.1Easy	2.0	6.5	2.5	3.0	1.5	2.0	2.5
200	Rotorua New Zealand	3.1Easy	3.5	6.5	1.5	1.5	2.0	2.5	2.0
201	Gaborone Botswana	3.1Easy	2.5	6.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	2.0	2.5
202	San Juan Puerto Rico	3.1Easy	2.5	5.5	2.0	2.0	2.5	2.0	3.5
203	Riyadh Saudi Arabia	3.1Easy	2.5	6.5	3.0	2.0	2.5	2.0	1.5
204	Phuket Thailand	3.1Easy	2.5	6.5	2.5	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.5
205	Austin United States	3.2Easy	3.5	6.5	1.0	1.5	3.0	2.0	2.0
206	Goa India	3.2Easy	2.5	4.5	2.0	2.5	6.0	2.0	2.0
207	Charlotte Amalie US Virgin Islands	3.2Easy	3.5	6.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	3.0
208	Sao Paulo Brazil	3.2Easy	2.5	3.5	4.5	2.0	1.5	3.0	5.5
209	Tunis Tunisia	3.2Easy	3.5	4.5	4.0	4.0	1.0	2.5	3.0
210	Miami United States	3.2Easy	2.5	5.5	2.0	1.5	5.0	2.5	2.0
211	Siem Reap Cambodia	3.3Easy	2.0	6.5	3.0	3.5	2.5	2.0	2.5
212	Granada Nicaragua	3.4Easy	4.5	5.0	3.5	3.0	1.5	2.0	2.5
213	Ulaanbaatar Mongolia	3.4Easy	3.5	4.5	5.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	2.5
214	Zanzibar Tanzania	3.4Easy	3.5	5.5	2.5	4.0	2.0	2.0	3.0
215	Naples Italy	3.4Easy	3.5	4.5	5.0	3.0	1.0	2.5	4.0
216	Orlando United States	3.5Easy	2.5	6.5	1.0	1.5	5.5	3.0	2.5
217	Darwin Australia	3.5Easy	3.5	5.5	1.5	2.0	4.5	2.5	2.5
218	Durban South Africa	3.5Easy	3.5	5.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	2.5	4.5
219	Suva Fiji	3.5Easy	3.5	5.0	2.0	4.0	1.5	2.5	4.5
220	Las Vegas United States	3.5Easy	2.5	6.5	1.0	1.5	5.5	3.0	2.5
221	San Jose Costa Rica	3.5Easy	3.5	5.5	3.0	3.0	1.5	2.5	4.0
222	Montego Bay Jamaica	3.5Easy	3.5	6.5	1.5	3.0	1.5	2.0	4.0
223	Chongqing China	3.5Easy	3.5	2.5	6.5	2.0	7.0	2.0	1.5
224	Marrakech Morocco	3.5Easy	3.5	5.5	4.0	5.0	1.0	3.0	2.5
225	Lijiang China	3.5Easy	3.5	3.0	3.5	2.5	7.5	2.0	1.5
226	Beijing China	3.5Easy	2.5	3.0	5.0	4.0	7.0	2.0	2.0
227	Dali China	3.6Easy	4.5	3.5	4.0	3.0	5.5	2.0	2.0
228	Nairobi Kenya	3.6Easy	3.5	5.5	2.0	3.5	2.0	2.5	4.5
229	Luxor Egypt	3.6Easy	3.5	6.5	3.0	5.5	1.5	2.0	2.0
230	Amman Jordan	3.6Easy	3.5	5.5	3.0	4.0	2.5	3.0	3.0
231	Phnom Penh Cambodia	3.7Easy	2.5	6.5	5.0	4.0	2.0	2.0	3.5
232	Jeddah Saudi Arabia	3.7Easy	3.0	6.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.5
233	Lahore Pakistan	3.7Easy	3.5	5.5	3.0	4.5	2.5	2.0	4.0
234	Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago	3.7Easy	3.5	6.0	1.5	4.5	2.0	2.5	4.0
235	Galapagos Islands Ecuador	3.8Easy	3.5	6.5	4.0	5.5	1.5	3.0	2.0
236	Yangon Myanmar	3.8Easy	3.5	5.5	4.0	5.0	3.5	2.5	2.0
237	Arusha Tanzania	3.8Easy	3.5	6.5	2.5	5.0	2.0	2.5	3.5
238	Machu Picchu Peru	3.8Easy	6.5	3.5	4.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	3.5
239	Beirut Lebanon	3.9Easy	3.5	6.5	2.5	5.5	1.5	2.0	4.5
240	Johannesburg South Africa	4.0Easy	3.5	6.5	2.0	3.0	2.5	3.5	5.5
241	Accra Ghana	4.0Easy	3.5	6.5	2.0	5.0	3.0	2.5	4.0
242	Guatemala City Guatemala	4.0Easy	3.5	6.5	4.5	3.0	1.0	2.5	5.5
243	Delhi India	4.0Easy	3.5	4.5	2.5	3.0	5.5	3.0	5.0
244	Port Vila Vanuatu	4.0Easy	5.5	6.5	2.5	5.0	1.0	2.0	3.0
245	Islamabad Pakistan	4.0Easy	3.5	6.5	2.5	4.0	5.5	2.0	2.5
246	Mombasa Kenya	4.0Easy	3.5	5.5	2.5	4.0	4.5	3.0	4.0
247	Rio de Janeiro Brazil	4.1Moderate	3.5	5.5	6.0	3.0	1.5	3.5	5.5
248	AlUla Saudi Arabia	4.1Moderate	3.5	7.5	4.0	3.0	4.5	2.5	2.0
249	Addis Ababa Ethiopia	4.2Moderate	3.5	6.5	5.0	5.5	2.0	3.0	3.5
250	Kathmandu Nepal	4.2Moderate	4.5	6.5	3.5	5.0	2.0	3.0	4.0
251	Fez Morocco	4.2Moderate	3.5	6.5	5.0	6.0	1.0	4.5	3.5
252	Cappadocia Turkey	4.3Moderate	6.5	6.0	4.5	4.0	2.5	3.0	2.0
253	Palawan Philippines	4.3Moderate	6.5	7.0	2.5	5.0	1.0	3.5	2.5
254	San Pedro de Atacama Chile	4.3Moderate	6.5	7.5	3.5	4.0	1.5	2.0	2.5
255	Agra India	4.3Moderate	3.5	6.5	3.0	5.5	4.5	2.5	3.5
256	Santo Domingo Dominican Republic	4.4Moderate	3.5	6.5	4.0	5.5	2.0	3.0	5.5
257	Jaipur India	4.5Moderate	3.5	6.5	3.0	4.5	5.5	3.0	4.0
258	Petra Jordan	4.5Moderate	6.5	7.0	4.5	3.5	2.0	3.0	2.5
259	Karachi Pakistan	4.6Moderate	4.5	6.5	3.5	5.0	2.0	3.0	6.0
260	Thimphu Bhutan	4.6Moderate	3.5	6.0	4.5	5.5	7.5	2.5	2.0
261	Mumbai India	4.6Moderate	4.5	5.5	3.0	4.0	5.5	3.5	5.0
262	Salvador Brazil	4.7Moderate	3.5	5.5	6.0	4.0	5.5	3.0	5.0
263	Los Angeles United States	4.8Moderate	6.5	7.0	1.5	1.5	4.5	3.5	5.0
264	La Paz Bolivia	4.8Moderate	6.5	5.5	6.0	5.0	2.0	3.5	4.5
265	Jakarta Indonesia	4.8Moderate	6.5	6.0	5.5	4.0	2.0	4.5	4.0
266	Cairo Egypt	5.0Moderate	4.5	6.5	5.5	6.0	2.5	5.0	5.5
267	Kingston Jamaica	5.1Moderate	6.5	7.0	2.0	5.5	2.0	4.0	6.0
268	Port Moresby Papua New Guinea	5.7Moderate	6.5	7.5	3.0	5.5	4.5	3.5	7.0
269	Zhangjiajie China	5.9Moderate	6.5	6.0	7.5	5.0	8.5	4.5	3.0
270	Lagos Nigeria	5.9Moderate	6.5	7.5	2.0	5.5	6.5	4.5	6.0
271	Havana Cuba	6.0Moderate	6.5	7.0	6.5	8.0	5.5	3.0	4.5
272	Dhaka Bangladesh	6.1Challenging	6.5	7.0	6.0	6.5	5.5	4.5	6.0
273	Peshawar Pakistan	6.1Challenging	6.5	7.0	5.5	6.0	6.0	4.0	6.5
274	kaghan valley Pakistan	6.9Challenging	7.5	8.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	4.0	6.0
275	skardu Pakistan	7.0Challenging	7.5	8.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	4.0	6.5

How the SageRooms Trip Difficulty Index Works

This index measures travel-planning friction \u2014 not whether a destination is good or bad. A higher score never implies a destination is undesirable, only that independent travel there typically requires more preparation. Each destination’s overall score is a weighted average of the seven dimensions below, computed automatically from the same assessment shown on that destination’s own guide page \u2014 never a separately maintained figure.

Airport & Arrival Transfer

How straightforward it is for an independent visitor to travel from major arrival points to the areas where travellers typically stay.

Weight: 20% of overall score

Public Transport

Ease of understanding, accessing and using local public transportation.

Weight: 20% of overall score

Language Usability

How easily a typical international visitor can navigate common travel situations where they do not speak the local language.

Weight: 10% of overall score

Payment Convenience

Practical ease of paying for common traveller expenses.

Weight: 10% of overall score

Visa & Entry Complexity

The planning friction associated with common entry requirements. Visa requirements vary by nationality — this score reflects a typical case, not every passport holder.

Weight: 15% of overall score

Neighbourhood Complexity

How difficult it is for a visitor to understand where to stay and how the destination's major visitor areas relate to one another.

Weight: 10% of overall score

Safety & Travel Logistics

Practical travel/logistical considerations relevant to independently navigating the destination.

Weight: 15% of overall score

Limitations

Travel experience is subjective \u2014 two travellers can experience the same destination differently.
Conditions change; an assessment reflects a point in time, not a permanent state.
Visa and entry requirements depend on nationality \u2014 one score cannot describe every passport holder.
Accessibility needs vary and aren’t fully captured by these seven dimensions.
Safety and logistical conditions can shift with little notice.
This index is a planning aid, not an absolute judgement of any destination.

Dataset version: September 2026Methodology version: 1.0Destinations assessed: 275Last reviewed: 2026-09-03

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Source: SageRooms Global Trip Difficulty Index \u2014 sagerooms.com/trip-difficulty-index