⭐️ Total score | 2.98/5 (Rank #834) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,017 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 7Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 A bit cold: 15°C60°F (feels 15°C59°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 69% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 46 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 40 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $1,150 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Chile |
⏱ Average trip length | 24 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 15°C 60°F + 😊 Comfy (69%) = feels 15°C 59°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 46 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 40 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Movistar |
💸 1,000 CLP in USD | USD 1.09 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CLP 100,000 = USD 109 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafeteria Ust |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 390,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,794 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
🏥 Best hospital | Clínica Antofagasta |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,017 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $841 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,686 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $482 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $268 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $133 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,536 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $119 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 52 listings) | $1,198 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $39 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 6418° cool | 5915° cool | 5915° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 6418° cool | 7021° mild |
Real | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 6317° cool | 5915° cool | 5915° cool | 6116° cool | 6317° cool | 6418° cool | 6820° mild |
Humidity | nice 78% | nice 77% | nice 79% | nice 76% | nice 76% | damp 74% | damp 75% | damp 74% | damp 73% | damp 72% | nice 72% | nice 76% |
Rain | dry 2mm | dry 1mm | dry 2mm | dry 2mm | dry 3mm | dry 2mm | dry 2mm | dry 2mm | dry 2mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm |
Cloud | pockets 32% | pockets 18% | pockets 23% | pockets 35% | pockets 41% | pockets 36% | pockets 48% | pockets 37% | cloudy 50% | pockets 35% | pockets 43% | cloudy 51% |
Air quality | clean 24 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | okay 52 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 13 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 300 people | 200 people |
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