⭐️ Total score | 3.71/5 (Rank #65) |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍100% liked it 👎0% disliked it |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,072 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 53Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 23°C73°F (feels 23°C73°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 85% |
👌 Safety | Bad |
🤮 Food safety* | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Very bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $346 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* | Great |
🧳 Lost luggage* | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Guatemala |
🗓️ Average trip length | 12 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 53 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 23°C 73°F + 😊 Comfy (85%) = feels 23°C 73°F |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 10 GTQ in USD | USD 1.29 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GTQ 1,000 = USD 129 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💻 Best coworking space | Impact Hub |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 80,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $4,147 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 71% 👱♀️ 29% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Avianca |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,072 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,102 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,887 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $539 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,937 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,725 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $422 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $91 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $57 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $171 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 7222° mild |
Real | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7424° warm | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 7222° mild |
Humidity | nice 37% | nice 35% | nice 35% | nice 39% | nice 47% | nice 49% | nice 44% | nice 48% | nice 48% | nice 45% | nice 39% | nice 36% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 5mm | dry 7mm | dry 36mm | dry 46mm | rainy 248mm | rainy 310mm | rainy 168mm | rainy 115mm | rainy 328mm | rainy 235mm | rainy 52mm | dry 6mm |
Cloud | pockets 31% | pockets 24% | pockets 30% | pockets 45% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 56% | pockets 45% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 51% | pockets 43% | pockets 40% | pockets 27% |
Air quality | clean 36 US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 0** US AQI | clean 44 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 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 |
Remote workers | 700 people | 855 people | 836 people | 980 people | 760 people | 660 people | 689 people | 473 people | 1,000 people | 422 people | 364 people | 569 people |
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I lived Guatemala City and Antigua for 1,5 years, Guatemala city can be ok, if you live in the right neighborhood. But in general its not walkable. It's a city designed for cars, like in the US. It's very dangerous in certain neighborhoods, but it's not a problem if you stay out of them. The city is great for business, also really stylish apartments, there's a parallel high society living in a bubble there and if you're part of it, live is way superior to what you would know from home. Sadly poo
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 46🚕44min$1,492 / mo11Mbps×San Cris is actually dangerous and getting more dangerous, so know that if you go there. Of course, nomads in their bubbles will rarely see it but do a simple google search of news related, there's been a huge uptick in violence over the past few years. I experienced it while living there. Personally really wouldn't recommend to people unless you like the idea of being in a city that is going to eventually become a warzone
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°✈️25min$2,329 / mo30Mbps×There is absolutely no reason to stay in Belize City. You're just going to get ripped off by taxis and restaurants (always do the math on your bill). You come to Belize to go to the islands or ruins, not Belize City.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 33° 91° 28° 82°🥵✈️34min$2,521 / mo14Mbps×I love San Pedro for the diving, fishing and street food. Great internet and have worked here remotely several times in the last year. Some of the best diving in all of the Caribbean at offshore Atolls, with incredible bio-diversity, and world class fishing. I prefer minimalist island vibe without Gucci stores, am here for the wildlife, and love driving to dinner on the beach in a lifted golf cart.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°🥵✈️38min$3,838 / mo14Mbps×Ungodly hot year round, but some cool things to see. Can't imagine working from here, but it a cool enough place to visit for a few days if you can stand the heat. Volcano boarding is a great time!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 41° 106° 31° 87°🥵✈️38min$1,292 / mo11Mbps×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 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°✈️1h$1,965 / mo58Mbps×Was great when I visited in 2019, unfortunately upon returning, things have gotten worse. Locals are tired of gentrification and over tourism, and the vibe is not the same. It has attracted a lot of the wrong type of foreigners.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 80😷✈️3h$1,670 / mo46Mbps×I lived Guatemala City and Antigua for 1,5 years, Guatemala city can be ok, if you live in the right neighborhood. But in general its not walkable. It's a city designed for cars, like in the US. It's very dangerous in certain neighborhoods, but it's not a problem if you stay out of them. The city is great for business, also really stylish apartments, there's a parallel high society living in a bubble there and if you're part of it, live is way superior to what you would know from home. Sadly poo
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 46🚕44min$1,492 / mo11Mbps×Playa has been really good to me. The digital nomad community (at least over my winter stay) has been INCREDIBLE. Join the Facebook groups, find the WhatsApp groups - it’s so easy to meet others. The beach is ok, seaweed isn’t as bad in winter but it’s very visible and does smell. It rarely kills my beach day. The city has so many conveinces and is very walkable - it’s perfect for someone looking to work and enjoy themselves. Internet has been stable and fast. I get it’s not authentic,
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵✈️1h$2,722 / mo49Mbps×According to the World Happiness Report, San José in Costa Rica is the 11th "happiest city" (in terms of how positively the inhabitants currently evaluate their lives on average) among 186 cities across the globe. In this ranking, the top cities have often a much higher cost of living.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 74°AQI 61😷✈️1h$3,099 / mo35Mbps×It's obscenely expensive for low quality service with kinda mean people. Not nice. The regulations and taxes here are insane too. You pay a neighbourhood tax, district tax, city tax, county tax and then state tax on every payment you make! The traffic here is insane too. And just getting from place to place is difficult because city is so gigantic. We talked to our hotel's manager here and he struggles a lot with the insane amount of rules California tells him to follow. It makes it hard to st
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 32° 90° 29° 83°AQI 60😷✈️5h$5,280 / mo117Mbps×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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°✈️4h$6,831 / mo56Mbps×Loved this city! It is not big although has great nightlife, coworkings, amazing streetart and is quite cheap. Although, when I visited in December 2021 they had problems with garbage removal.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°✈️56min$2,170 / mo17Mbps×abcrease honesty, reviews are anonymous. You can only add one review per city or it replaces/edits your old one. Reviews with URLs or emails are removed. If you're writing about data being wrong,
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 134😷✈️4h$1,314 / mo49Mbps×Loved this city! It is not big although has great nightlife, coworkings, amazing streetart and is quite cheap. Although, when I visited in December 2021 they had problems with garbage removal.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°✈️56min$2,170 / mo🌇 Also went here106 people×Playa has been really good to me. The digital nomad community (at least over my winter stay) has been INCREDIBLE. Join the Facebook groups, find the WhatsApp groups - it’s so easy to meet others. The beach is ok, seaweed isn’t as bad in winter but it’s very visible and does smell. It rarely kills my beach day. The city has so many conveinces and is very walkable - it’s perfect for someone looking to work and enjoy themselves. Internet has been stable and fast. I get it’s not authentic,
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵✈️1h$2,722 / mo🌇 Also went here128 people×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 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°✈️1h$1,965 / mo🌇 Also went here208 people×Was great when I visited in 2019, unfortunately upon returning, things have gotten worse. Locals are tired of gentrification and over tourism, and the vibe is not the same. It has attracted a lot of the wrong type of foreigners.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 80😷✈️3h$1,670 / mo🌇 Also went here163 people×abcrease honesty, reviews are anonymous. You can only add one review per city or it replaces/edits your old one. Reviews with URLs or emails are removed. If you're writing about data being wrong,
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 134😷✈️4h$1,314 / mo🌇 Also went here96 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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°✈️4h$6,831 / mo🌇 Also went here124 people×As a local living in Buenos Aires, renting a one bedroom apartment by myself, working from home and being very frugal (I don't dine out, I don't get take-out, I don't travel), I spend around USD 800 a month. If I buy myself something like a new bag or pair of jeans that number goes up by at least USD 100 (current value of USD 1 is ARS 1400). The cost of living for a local is severely outdated. It's more like the cost of living for an expat now.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°✈️9h$1,540 / mo🌇 Also went here119 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 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 28° 82° 26° 80°AQI 29✈️11h$3,868 / mo🌇 Also went here130 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 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 25✈️12h$5,699 / mo🌇 Also went here134 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 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 55😷✈️12h$5,433 / mo🌇 Also went here127 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 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°AQI 27✈️12h$5,660 / mo🌇 Also went here110 people×Difficult to find places to work in the evenings if you work for a western company. Hard to find a good quality restaurant, Google reviews are very inflated here.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 30° 86° 29° 85°AQI 34✈️12h$4,593 / mo🌇 Also went here131 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 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 46✈️13h$3,827 / mo🌇 Also went here99 people×The city is overrated. I feel like I have to be on guard most of the time. People are always trying to scam you, from taxi drivers to waitresses. It's fine for a three-day vacation which is more than enough but staying long-term is very subjective... Airbnbs are overpriced for what you get. Turkish hospitality is a joke. They’re really good at conning tourists here. I stayed for a month, but I should've just passed through. A layover at the airport would've been plenty.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 43✈️15h$1,856 / mo🌇 Also went here99 people×(It seems my paragraph formatting is being removed due to the length of my comment, so sorry you'll have to deal with the wall of text if you want to read this, haha) Have been in Bangkok for the past 6 months. I've been nomadic for the past 4 years across Europe & the US, and as someone who is used to walking everywhere and greenery, I found it quite difficult living here. I spent my first 5 months living in Airbnbs, which were fine for around $6-800/m, and for the last month decided to live in
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 31° 88° 27° 81°🥵AQI 60😷✈️22h$1,353 / mo🌇 Also went here116 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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