Ranking 2026
The best places for women travelling alone
Ranked with the solo-woman weights: safety for women at 30%, then general safety, social life and ease.
Safety for women 30%Safety 15%Social life 15%Ease 15%Cost for one 12%
- 1
MontréalCanada · May–JunSimple metro, all-night airport bus, a real queer Village and serious winters82
- 2
LisbonPortugal · May–JulSolo-only hostels, a metro that stops at 1am and a tourist tax that adds up79
- 3
LjubljanaSlovenia · Jun–OctA pedestrian centre, Metelkova after dark and a former prison turned hostel.79
- 4TaipeiTaiwan · Nov–Apr79
- 5AmsterdamNetherlands · May–Sept78
- 6BerlinGermany · May–Jun77
- 7CopenhagenDenmark · May–Sept77
- 8MadridSpain · Sept–Oct77
- 9ValenciaSpain · Sept–Jun77
- 10PortoPortugal · Jun–Sept76
- 11PragueCzechia · May–Sept76
- 12TallinnEstonia · May–Jul76
- 13VallettaMalta · Mar–Jun76
- 14BarcelonaSpain · Apr–Jul75
- 15BudapestHungary · Aug–Oct74
- 16DublinIreland · May–Sept74
- 17ReykjavíkIceland · Jul–Aug73
- 18TokyoJapan · Apr–May72
- 19EdinburghUnited Kingdom · May–Sept70
- 20MilanItaly · Sept–Oct68
- 21Buenos AiresArgentina · Aug–Dec67
- 22PalermoItaly · Apr–Jun66
- 23NaplesItaly · Apr65
- 24New YorkUnited States · May–Jun64
- 25BolognaItaly · Sept–Oct63
- 26HanoiVietnam · Nov–Feb60
- 27Cape TownSouth Africa · Sept–May53
- 28Chiang MaiThailand · Dec–Jan52
- 29BangkokThailand · Dec–Feb50
- 30Mexico CityMexico · Nov–Apr33
Solo Score v1 · updated 2026-11-02 · data under CC BY 4.0