2026 World Cup Travel Guide
Forty-eight teams, sixteen host cities, three countries, one summer. Zoe's field guide to the 2026 FIFA World Cup across the United States, Mexico, and Canada — where to be, what to eat, and how to experience each host city.
The sixteen host cities
- Los Angeles during the World Cup — LA is the only city that treats a World Cup like a home game.
- New York during the World Cup — New York doesn't need the World Cup. The World Cup needs New York.
- Miami during the World Cup — Miami has been waiting for a reason to be Miami at full volume.
- Atlanta during the World Cup — The city that doesn't know how good it actually is — until now.
- San Francisco during the World Cup — The city that cares about everything except looking like it cares.
- Seattle during the World Cup — Seattle in summer is a different city.
- Toronto during the World Cup — The most underestimated sports city in North America gets its moment.
- Mexico City during the World Cup — Mexico City hosted the opener. The city was ready before anyone else.
- Dallas during the World Cup — Dallas carries more of this tournament than any other city.
- Houston during the World Cup — The most international city in America that nobody talks about that way.
- Philadelphia during the World Cup — Philadelphia doesn't perform. It just shows up.
- Boston during the World Cup — I never made it to Boston before. The World Cup finally gave me a reason.
- Kansas City during the World Cup — Nobody expected Kansas City. That's exactly what makes it worth going.
- Vancouver during the World Cup — The most beautiful host city in this tournament.
- Guadalajara during the World Cup — The city that isn't trying to be Mexico City — and is better for it.
- Monterrey during the World Cup — Monterrey is a city that built itself. The World Cup is just the latest thing it absorbed.