⭐️ Total score | 2.23/5 (Rank #793) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,186 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 16Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 25°C77°F (feels 25°C77°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 7% |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 56 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Great |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $704 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Mexico |
🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 16 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 25°C 77°F + 🌵 Too dry (7%) = feels 25°C 77°F |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 57 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 6.04 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 1,000 = USD 60 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | The Inventor House |
☕️ Best coffee place | Xocolatl Mexica |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 720,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,444 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 82% 👱♀️ 18% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Linio |
🏠 Apartment listings | VivaNuncios |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | InterJet |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aero Mexico |
🏥 Best hospital | Central Medico Quirurgico |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,186 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,248 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,761 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $503 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,383 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,447 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $256 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $65 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $80 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $159 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $7 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $2,294 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $6 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 6820° mild | 7323° mild | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild |
Real | 6720° mild | 7323° mild | 7625° warm | 8027° warm | 8027° warm | 7323° mild | 7424° warm | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild |
Humidity | too dry 21% | too dry 16% | too dry 16% | too dry 12% | too dry 22% | nice 33% | nice 39% | nice 38% | nice 42% | nice 35% | too dry 26% | too dry 23% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 7mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 4mm | dry 29mm | rainy 94mm | rainy 116mm | rainy 102mm | rainy 96mm | dry 38mm | dry 4mm | dry 5mm |
Cloud | pockets 18% | clear 5% | clear 10% | pockets 18% | pockets 20% | pockets 40% | pockets 44% | pockets 37% | pockets 45% | pockets 30% | pockets 16% | pockets 16% |
Air quality | bad 162 US AQI | bad 125 US AQI | okay 89 US AQI | okay 67 US AQI | bad 108 US AQI | okay 65 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | okay 57* US AQI | okay 52 US AQI | bad 146 US AQI | bad 159 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 13 UVI | avoid sun 13 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 300 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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Just spent almost two weeks here after a two week stay in SMA. This is a very pretty town, but 2 weeks is too long (3 days max if you just want to vacation). There are many many steps and hills, so walking is the best way to get around. I felt safe in the tourist areas, but with many narrow passageways, be careful if you are alone. There is a lot of dogs barking at all hours that echo due to this area being a valley. There is very little green space. Also, not sure if there was some recent
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°✈️12min$3,485 / mo15Mbps×I spent a month here. I think it's a livable city but I don't know the value of living here long-term compared to other cities in LatAm. Pros: - Great bar and restaurant scene. Coffee shops are really chill. Service is really good for the most part, but everyone is too cool to be friendly (hipsters). - It doesn't feel too unsafe, especially if you're not out late at night. It's no worse than any US coastal city. Maybe even safer. (came from Chicago, definitely safer than Chicago) - There are so
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 29° 83°AQI 26✈️14min$1,921 / mo78Mbps×San Miguel de Allende is a very cute town. The colors and architecture of the buildings really give a European vibe, not to mention the cobblestone roads. It’s a fantastic place to stay for one week max! Also, there are A LOT of old, wealthy gringo retirees here that were once hippies, so a lot of organic and vegan options are here. It’s in the low 80’s each day and sunny. Once the sun sets, the temp drops and feels amazing outside. Long sleeves or light jacket is plenty. Pros: -bea
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 26° 79° 26° 79°✈️15min$2,850 / mo16Mbps×Stayed here for about a month. Queretaro is a great foodie place, and you'll enjoy the old colonial city and a view of the aqueduct. The weather is favorable, safety is high, middle class majority and also very walkable. But aside from that, it can get really boring like a mexican suburbia. It is like a watered-down version of mexican culture.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 27° 80°✈️20min$2,147 / mo16Mbps×It's a safe area of Mexico, and also even the people who try to sell you crap, 'vendors' is less aggressive here. I have done about 2.5 months total in PV (two separate trips). Airbnbs are plentiful near the centro and december 5, more expensive in the romantic zone and even more expensive in Sayulita. But central PV is pretty cheap, even inland from Hotel Zone is nice and cheap. Roads and walkways are narrow and horrible. Internet is OK. If you stay in PV central, the beach isn't so great for s
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°✈️27min$3,029 / mo16Mbps×I have a different experience than the other review. It's a fantastic little town - there are lots of tourists but there are many local joints and great spots with less people if you're willing to get out of the town square. Everyone is super friendly and it's easy to meet people here. There are a few good spots to co-work and the internet has been fine (not the best but more than usable for remote work i.e. software engineer). There's a good spot for surfing as a beginner, then there are the mo
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°✈️28min$3,314 / mo19Mbps×Good city to live in, welcoming to foreigners. Lived here for decades and always felt welcome by the people. Cost of living is low, only negative thing is that it is relarively new, with no real historic areas, and there isn’t as much to do as there is in other larger cities.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 28° 82° 30° 86°🥵✈️34min$1,937 / mo16Mbps×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 25° 77° 25° 76°✈️34min$2,117 / mo66Mbps×One of the top 5 capital for industries and commerce, som of the most important companies have a sede in this city. Super easy to fly around the world. Wonderful places to visit for families or alome. Friendly people and it is the capitol of the comedy in Mexico.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 35° 95° 32° 90°🥵✈️37min$2,213 / mo16Mbps×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 25° 77° 25° 76°✈️34min$2,117 / mo66Mbps×Just spent almost two weeks here after a two week stay in SMA. This is a very pretty town, but 2 weeks is too long (3 days max if you just want to vacation). There are many many steps and hills, so walking is the best way to get around. I felt safe in the tourist areas, but with many narrow passageways, be careful if you are alone. There is a lot of dogs barking at all hours that echo due to this area being a valley. There is very little green space. Also, not sure if there was some recent
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°✈️12min$3,485 / mo15Mbps×Safe, because it's basically a police state. Two cop cars on every block. After you've done the tourist stuff there really isn't much to do. Almost no nightlife center, flat, no parks, and I have to say it's a very boring city. If you just need a place that is cheaper than Playa Del Carmen and want to rent a house to hole up and work, then Merida might be for you. Personally after a week I found it very boring.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 58° 136° 37° 99°🥵✈️2h$1,812 / mo60Mbps×I spent a month here. I think it's a livable city but I don't know the value of living here long-term compared to other cities in LatAm. Pros: - Great bar and restaurant scene. Coffee shops are really chill. Service is really good for the most part, but everyone is too cool to be friendly (hipsters). - It doesn't feel too unsafe, especially if you're not out late at night. It's no worse than any US coastal city. Maybe even safer. (came from Chicago, definitely safer than Chicago) - There are so
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 29° 83°AQI 26✈️14min$1,921 / mo78Mbps×One of the top 5 capital for industries and commerce, som of the most important companies have a sede in this city. Super easy to fly around the world. Wonderful places to visit for families or alome. Friendly people and it is the capitol of the comedy in Mexico.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 35° 95° 32° 90°🥵✈️37min$2,213 / mo16Mbps×I love Taipei, extremely underrated place—not sure why, though I'm fine with that. The cleanliness, amenities, and kindness of the people will remind you of Tokyo.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 29° 84° 27° 81°AQI 70😷✈️17h$2,158 / mo62Mbps×Came in October and weather was perfect. Downtown was a ghost town. Not really a digital nomad destination
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 49✈️2h$4,081 / mo76Mbps×Just spent almost two weeks here after a two week stay in SMA. This is a very pretty town, but 2 weeks is too long (3 days max if you just want to vacation). There are many many steps and hills, so walking is the best way to get around. I felt safe in the tourist areas, but with many narrow passageways, be careful if you are alone. There is a lot of dogs barking at all hours that echo due to this area being a valley. There is very little green space. Also, not sure if there was some recent
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°✈️12min$3,485 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×I spent a month here. I think it's a livable city but I don't know the value of living here long-term compared to other cities in LatAm. Pros: - Great bar and restaurant scene. Coffee shops are really chill. Service is really good for the most part, but everyone is too cool to be friendly (hipsters). - It doesn't feel too unsafe, especially if you're not out late at night. It's no worse than any US coastal city. Maybe even safer. (came from Chicago, definitely safer than Chicago) - There are so
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 29° 83°AQI 26✈️14min$1,921 / mo🌇 Also went here8 people×Stayed here for about a month. Queretaro is a great foodie place, and you'll enjoy the old colonial city and a view of the aqueduct. The weather is favorable, safety is high, middle class majority and also very walkable. But aside from that, it can get really boring like a mexican suburbia. It is like a watered-down version of mexican culture.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 27° 80°✈️20min$2,147 / mo🌇 Also went here6 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 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 76°✈️34min$2,117 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×One of the top 5 capital for industries and commerce, som of the most important companies have a sede in this city. Super easy to fly around the world. Wonderful places to visit for families or alome. Friendly people and it is the capitol of the comedy in Mexico.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 35° 95° 32° 90°🥵✈️37min$2,213 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×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 🏎 Fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 30° 86° 29° 85°✈️1h$1,961 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people×Dirty. Hospital system is atrocious. Its like having a bunch of shiny glossy hospitals with poorly educated doctors everywhere. Most people end up going to 'Quickcare ER' places that are plastered all over town. Lets put it this way... The school system fast tracks people to become teachers in almost no time at all & they still quit in droves all the time because kids are out of control. Las Vegas desperately tries to buy status & sophistication but its always cartoony and not organic. Its a tow
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°✈️3h$4,364 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 17° 63° 16° 61°AQI 54😷✈️3h$5,022 / mo🌇 Also went here8 people×How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°✈️3h$5,775 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×Once you figure out housing (not an easy thing but doable, especially once you stop looking in the touristic areas), Lisbon is a very charming, safe (even though I'll admit this is getting worse in certain areas), and fun city to live in. In most neighbourhoods you have the feeling of living in a small town instead of an urban area. There's aways something to do or see so it's hard to be bored living here. I still find Lisbon (and Portugal in general), to be one of the most attractive places in
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 42✈️12h$3,477 / mo🌇 Also went here6 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 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 21✈️12h$6,209 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×I've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 12° 54° 13° 55°AQI 63😷✈️13h$3,728 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×Lived in Prague for 8 years. It's a beautiful international European city. Never learned Czech, but was fine. Almost all cafes and restaurants have English menus. Superb food delivery apps (Wolt is the best). All the food you can imagine. Vietnamese food is world-class because of the huge Vietnamese population. If you want hipster bars and cafes, there's plenty of that. If you want old-world-charm there's plenty of that. If you want posh luxury there's some of Europes best restaurants and cockta
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 12° 54° 13° 55°AQI 54😷✈️13h$4,340 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×Vienna is a great place to visit but do not DN here. The internet is either awful of non-existent—even in coffee shops.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 14° 57° 15° 59°AQI 63😷✈️14h$3,832 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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