City travel difficulty checks for families & seniors — official sources only, evidence quoted on every page.

EACH WORLD

How demanding is a city, really — for a family with kids, or for older travellers? EACH WORLD checks 100 cities in 54 countries and rates each one on five dimensions: safety, transportation, emergency medical care, daily convenience and communications. Every rating comes from official sources only, and the underlying evidence is quoted verbatim on each city page. Anything we could not verify is labelled “Not yet checked” — never guessed.

Rating scale: Good = traveller-friendly · Fair = manageable with some effort · Hard = demanding. Climate is described, never rated.

East Asia

China

Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Xi'an

Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong

Japan

Fukuoka, Kyoto, Naha, Okinawa, Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo

Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar

South Korea

Busan, Jeju, Seoul

Taiwan

Kaohsiung, Taipei

Southeast Asia

Cambodia

Phnom Penh, Siem Reap

Indonesia

Bali / Denpasar–Ubud, Jakarta

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur, Penang

Philippines

Cebu, Manila

Singapore

Singapore

Thailand

Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket

Vietnam

Da Nang, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hoi An

South Asia

India

Agra, Delhi, Goa, Jaipur, Mumbai

Nepal

Kathmandu

Middle East

Israel

Jerusalem, Tel Aviv

Jordan

Amman

Qatar

Doha

Türkiye

Istanbul

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi, Dubai

Europe

Austria

Vienna

Belgium

Brussels

Croatia

Dubrovnik

Czechia

Prague

Denmark

Copenhagen

Finland

Helsinki

France

Paris

Germany

Berlin, Munich

Greece

Athens, Santorini

Hungary

Budapest

Iceland

Reykjavík

Ireland

Dublin

Italy

Florence, Rome, Venezia

Netherlands

Amsterdam

Norway

Oslo

Poland

Kraków

Portugal

Lisbon, Porto

Spain

Barcelona, Madrid

Sweden

Stockholm

Switzerland

Zurich

United Kingdom

London

North America

Canada

Toronto, Vancouver

Mexico

Ciudad de México

United States

Chicago, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle

Latin America

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo

Chile

Santiago

Peru

Cusco, Lima

Africa

Egypt

Cairo

Kenya

Nairobi

Morocco

Marrakech

South Africa

Cape Town, Johannesburg

Oceania

Australia

Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney

New Zealand

Auckland, Queenstown