⭐️ Total score | 2.31/5 (Rank #634) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,068 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 41Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 29°C85°F (feels 33°C91°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 75% |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 49 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
💰 Income level* | High: $2,386 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Good |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Puerto Rico |
🗓️ Average trip length | 9 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 41 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (75%) = feels 33°C 91°F |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 49 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💻 Best coworking space | Piloto151 |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 360,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $28,636 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 42% 👱♀️ 58% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 77% 👱♀️ 23% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Clasificados |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | JetBlue |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,068 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,640 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,604 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,601 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,349 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,985 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,330 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $110 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $98 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $360 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $16 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $10,750 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $12 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° warm | 8228° warm | 8429° warm | 8429° warm | 8630° warm | 8429° warm | 8228° warm | 8127° warm |
Real | 7926° warm | 8027° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8127° warm |
Humidity | nice 42% | nice 40% | nice 40% | nice 40% | nice 41% | nice 42% | nice 42% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 41% | nice 40% | nice 41% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain | dry 50mm | dry 40mm | rainy 57mm | rainy 73mm | rainy 111mm | rainy 79mm | rainy 110mm | rainy 114mm | rainy 147mm | rainy 138mm | rainy 113mm | rainy 61mm |
Cloud | pockets 28% | pockets 23% | pockets 22% | pockets 29% | pockets 29% | pockets 45% | pockets 33% | pockets 32% | pockets 29% | pockets 28% | pockets 26% | pockets 28% |
Air quality | okay 52 US AQI | clean 13 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | okay 76 US AQI | clean 46 US AQI | okay 59 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 723 people | 960 people | 754 people | 333 people | 457 people | 400 people | 491 people | 525 people | 480 people | 327 people | 569 people | 667 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°✈️39min$3,257 / mo16Mbps×Hello to everyone ! 🤟 I'm Seb Fourault , entrepreneur and digital nomad who has made Guadeloupe my place of life, as well as my entrepreneurial playground. I want to share with you my experience and my discoveries on this magnificent island, which I see as a true paradise for all entrepreneurs and digital nomads from around the world. Guadeloupe, with its idyllic climate, its rich culture and its strategic proximity to Europe and America, offers an exceptional living and working environmen
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°✈️43min$3,594 / mo10Mbps×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 41° 106° 31° 87°🥵✈️2h$5,336 / mo65Mbps×Spent years here in the past. Now I know far too many people who've been robbed (often at gun point or knife point) to return. Had great times here but won't be back
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 93😷✈️2h$1,462 / mo57Mbps×Boston is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is the capital of the state, the largest city in New England, and the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The city proper is home to about 617,900 people, making it the largest city in New England and the 26th largest in the United States.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 25✈️4h$6,727 / mo139Mbps×Panama City very interesting and slept on. Probably the most developed major city in Latin America with the strongest technology infrastructure which makes it very appealing for digital nomads. Also a lot of international business coming through here so there can definitely be good networking opportunities. It’s also super safe compared to other South American hotspots like Medellin however it is significantly more expensive. I would say prices here are slightly less expensive than southern s
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 35° 95° 29° 85°🥵✈️2h$2,446 / mo20Mbps×Love it! Don't expect them to speak English, that is NOT their native language. If you're going to go, learn some Spanish and respect their culture. No gentrification in Mexico, please.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 27° 81° 28° 83°✈️5h$2,129 / mo61Mbps×I spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 42✈️9h$5,743 / mo30Mbps×I guess if you're a nomad this doesn't matter much, but the long-term job pickings here are slim and among the most underpaid for a US city. There seems to be a tacit rent floor that means you won't find a good deal on housing. A lot of people don't seem very invested in their interpersonal relationships here since their ties to the area are often transient.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 41° 106° 31° 87°🥵✈️2h$5,336 / mo🌇 Also went here86 people×Spent years here in the past. Now I know far too many people who've been robbed (often at gun point or knife point) to return. Had great times here but won't be back
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 93😷✈️2h$1,462 / mo🌇 Also went here92 people×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°✈️8h$5,792 / mo🌇 Also went here77 people×Hello i am agreed with previous comment . I was very passionate about Portugal pend here two and half years even more just living living here , not travel abroad . So my opinion its very beautiful country people are also very nice . Ideally if you working abroad . British and French expats are here . Nepal people hard workers and afro colonies people who came from Mozambique . Its totally fine no racism and totally solidarity . But , if you searching housing , and move in city of course , it wi
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 19° 66° 19° 66°AQI 33✈️8h$3,972 / mo🌇 Also went here97 people×Decent city, mainly because the people are so kind. But, it is a pain to get cash (spent a few hours every couple weeks trying Western Union after WU and never finding one with enough cash), and a lot of places don't take cards/the current exchange rate is a ripoff. However, BRING REPELLENT. The place is littered with mosquitos, and my partner and I both contracted dengue. He ended up in the hospital, and it was not a blast. The healthcare system is decent, but long wait times even in the nicest
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 12° 54° 13° 55°AQI 74😷✈️8h$1,542 / mo🌇 Also went here81 people×I don't understand why London has so high safety rating. Your phone could be stolen and your bicycle WILL be stolen here (or a part of it). I live here 8.5 years and I experienced the above multiple times. Police seems only cares about crime against person by whatever reason. Insure everything expensive that you own. I would also add that antisocial behaviour is quite common here and teenagers are heavily involved in crimes as police don't do anything with them because of their age. Basically th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 42✈️9h$5,743 / mo🌇 Also went here95 people×I don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 20° 68° 19° 67°AQI 50✈️9h$4,894 / mo🌇 Also went here100 people×I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 19° 66° 19° 66°AQI 53😷✈️9h$5,349 / mo🌇 Also went here107 people×I recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°AQI 69😷✈️9h$6,026 / mo🌇 Also went here79 people×Berlin used to be nomad base in Europe... but it's not the same anymore. The 'pandemic' changed many things -- the cost of course, but also the culture -- the freedom and liberty have been contained. The police presence and size of the state have grown -- definitely doesn't feel so relaxed anymore. It's also important to note here -- there is limited ambition. Most are looking for an easy, fun and peaceful life -- which is great, but if you are building something or running a business it can fee
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 42✈️10h$4,545 / mo🌇 Also went here70 people×A walking stereotype. Overcrowded, messy, expensive. Literally nothing works. There are more USA people than in Lisbon, which I thought was impossible. Yes, Italians are awesome and food is great.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°✈️10h$5,548 / mo🌇 Also went here70 people×This city is not for everyone, if you like shopping malls and big crowded cities it is for you. It may be cheap but if you want to live in a good location with swimming pool, go to nice rooftops and restaurants, use taxis then it is similar cost to western countries. In many areas there are no sidewalks, big and dangerous traffic all the time, pollution, taxis do not want to go with meter, it can get really hot. Definitely try to live by the metro. Many foreigners, mostly friendly people, cheap
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 45° 113° 35° 94°🥵AQI 77😷✈️22h$1,334 / mo🌇 Also went here75 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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