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Everything you have to decide before you move, decided carefully.

Residency routes, healthcare, cost of living, money and connectivity — written for people who are actually going, not for people browsing. Plus a free directory of the community organisations that will help when you land.

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A restored yellow colonial townhouse on a residential street in Mérida

Mexico

Mérida

Capital of Yucatán state; widely cited as one of Mexico's safest cities.

A street of colourful painted townhouses under mature trees in central Mexico City

Mexico

Mexico City

Mexico's capital and largest city, with a large, well-established international community across multiple neighborhoods (Roma, Condesa, Polanco).

Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Mexico

Playa del Carmen

Riviera Maya beach town and one of the fastest-growing cities in Mexico; large digital-nomad and younger-expat population alongside traditional retirees.

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Mexico

Puerto Vallarta

Pacific coast city with an estimated 10,000-15,000 foreign residents year-round (higher in winter high season), concentrated around Zona Romántica and the Bay of Banderas.

Domes and the pink Gothic spires of the Parroquia rising above San Miguel de Allende, framed by greenery

Mexico

San Miguel de Allende

Colonial city of roughly 75,000 residents, of whom an estimated 10,000 are foreign expats — one of the highest expat-to-population ratios of any city in this list.

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