Instrument panel · 11 tools · calibrated data

GeoRank Tools

Free decision tools for moving abroad — backed by calibrated climate, tax, and cost-of-living data across 190 countries. No login. No paywall. The same data layers that power the live map.

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Compare Two Places
Map tool · 9 layers

Pin any two cities or countries on the map and see side-by-side deltas across sunshine, temperature, rainfall, tax, cost of living, and safety. Pre-pinned links available from any country page.

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Cost of Living Calculator
Calculator · 12,743 cities

Cities ranked by cost-of-living index (Numbeo 2026, NYC=100 baseline). Lisbon 51, Bangkok 40, Chiang Mai 37, Tbilisi 33. See your monthly spend equivalent anywhere.

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Purchasing Power Calculator
Calculator · OECD PPP 2026

OECD PPP 2026 + IMF WEO converters. See what a $100K USD income equals across 190 countries — Lisbon ~$66K, Mexico City ~$60K, Chiang Mai ~$48K, Tbilisi ~$33K.

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World Sunshine Map
Map + dataset · 270+ cities

Calibrated annual sunshine hours for 270+ cities. SARAH-3 satellite data (EUMETSAT) merged with ERA5, bias-corrected against 182 WMO/KNMI/ECA&D ground stations (formula fit on a 56-station subset: actual ≈ 1.14 × ERA5 − 1,550, R²=0.82). Free CSV download.

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Solar Irradiance Map
Map · calibrated grid

Global solar resource map for relocation decisions and solar potential — surface irradiance, peak sun hours, and seasonal variation across the same calibrated grid.

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Global Temperature Map
Map · 1000+ cities

CHELSA v2.1-calibrated annual mean temperatures for 1000+ cities. Doha 27°C, Lisbon 17°C, London 11°C, Reykjavik 5°C. 1981-2010 climatology with ±1-2°C accuracy.

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World Rainfall Map
Map + dataset · 1000+ cities

Calibrated annual rainfall + wet-day count for 1000+ cities. Singapore 2,340 mm/yr, Bergen 2,250, Cairo 25. Wet-day model: p_rainy[m] = 1 − exp(−mm_day / 2.5).

What makes these tools different from Numbeo, Wise, or Expatistan

Calibrated, not crowdsourced for climate. Sunshine comes from SARAH-3 satellite data (EUMETSAT) merged with ERA5 reanalysis, bias-corrected against 182 WMO/KNMI/ECA&D ground stations. The formula actual ≈ 1.14 × ERA5 − 1,550, fit on a 56-station subset, achieves R²=0.82 against ground truth. Temperature and rainfall come from CHELSA v2.1 (1981–2010), with rainfall additionally corrected against ~25,000 GHCN-M stations — see the calibration methodology.

Numbeo 2026 for cost, with PPP cross-reference. Cost-of-living tools use Numbeo's 12,743-city, 9.8M-price dataset, cross-checked against OECD Purchasing Power Parities 2026 and IMF WEO. Accuracy bands ±15% noted upfront — no false precision.

Nine layers in one map. Unlike single-purpose tools (Numbeo: cost only; Wise: forex only; Expatistan: cost only), GeoRank stacks climate, outdoor comfort hours, tax, cost of living, visas, risk, and community signal on the same map at the same time. Pin two places, see everything at once.

Free, no login, no paywall. All tools, all 190 countries, all layers — open. Methodology and datasets are CC-BY-4.0 licensed.

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About the data: GeoRank tools are built on calibrated open data — SARAH-3 + ERA5 (182 ground stations) for sunshine, CHELSA v2.1 for temperature and rainfall, Numbeo 2026 for cost of living, OECD PPP 2026 + IMF WEO for purchasing power, OECD/PwC for tax, Global Peace Index 2024 for safety. We document accuracy bounds and update cadence on the methodology page.

Sources: SARAH-3 (EUMETSAT) + ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Data Store) · 182 WMO/KNMI/ECA&D reference stations · CHELSA v2.1 for temperature & rainfall · Numbeo 2026 (12,743 cities) · OECD Purchasing Power Parities 2026 · IMF World Economic Outlook 2026 · PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries 2026 · Global Peace Index 2024 (Institute for Economics & Peace). Methodology and accuracy bounds at methodology.