About Explorinder
Explorinder is an independent travel guide to 350 cities, built on real prices and 20 years of weather records.
What you will find
- City guides with daily costs, neighbourhoods, things to do and practical tips.
- 639 side-by-side city comparisons of costs, weather, hotels and how to travel between them.
- Day-by-day itineraries for popular cities and countries.
- 4,305 train, bus and flight routes with journey times and fares.
- Best time to visit pages with monthly temperature and rainfall.
Where the data comes from
- Weather: NOAA weather station records from 2006 to 2025.
- Daily costs: a city cost index for accommodation, food, transport and activities.
- Hotels: current rates from our hotel partner Traveloka.
- Trains, buses and flights: fares from Omio.
- Tours: prices and traveller ratings from Viator.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on the photo credits page.
How the site is paid for
Explorinder is free to read and needs no account. Some pages link to booking partners such as Traveloka, Omio and Viator. If you book through one of these links, we may earn a commission.
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