⭐️ Total score | 2.31/5 (Rank #635) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,753 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 17Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 23°C73°F (feels 23°C73°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 46% |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 69 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Bad |
🤮 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 | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Mexico |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 17 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 23°C 73°F + 😊 Comfy (46%) = feels 23°C 73°F |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 69 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 5.85 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 585 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cielito Querido Café |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 490,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,444 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
🏞 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 |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,753 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $995 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,519 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $720 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,006 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $861 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $507 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $47 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $28 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $279 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $3,377 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $15 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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 | 6116° cool | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 6619° mild | 6317° cool | 6317° cool | 6317° cool | 6116° cool | 6317° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool |
Real | 6016° cool | 6519° mild | 6921° mild | 6921° mild | 6619° mild | 6317° cool | 6317° cool | 6317° cool | 6116° cool | 6317° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool |
Humidity | nice 32% | too dry 21% | too dry 23% | too dry 22% | nice 33% | nice 47% | nice 47% | nice 48% | nice 48% | nice 43% | nice 33% | nice 30% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 29mm | dry 3mm | dry 31mm | rainy 53mm | rainy 118mm | rainy 210mm | rainy 265mm | rainy 250mm | rainy 212mm | dry 50mm | dry 19mm | dry 16mm |
Cloud | pockets 30% | clear 6% | pockets 11% | pockets 27% | pockets 35% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 55% | pockets 47% | pockets 27% | pockets 15% |
Air quality | okay 85 US AQI | okay 84 US AQI | okay 83 US AQI | okay 97 US AQI | okay 98 US AQI | okay 69 US AQI | okay 70 US AQI | okay 64 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 74 US AQI | okay 85 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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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° 77°🚕2h$2,022 / mo67Mbps×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 28° 82° 29° 84°✈️13min$2,095 / mo16Mbps×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 27° 81° 28° 83°✈️17min$2,910 / mo17Mbps×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 26° 79° 28° 82°✈️20min$3,416 / mo15Mbps×Most of the photos are a lie, the only one that is accurate is the “plaza de toros” all the others aren’t from Aguascalientes. Actually, Aguascalientes is a City, we have a pretty great urbanization, also, at least the 50% of the population have a great proficiency in English (including me), must of us are bilingual. I do really thing must of the information that you have es bay far incorrect. Also, there are better places here in which you can work than the one that is suggested here. Al
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 26° 79° 29° 84°✈️32min$1,965 / mo16Mbps×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 28° 82° 28° 83°✈️32min$1,907 / mo44Mbps×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 28° 82° 31° 88°🥵AQI 130😷✈️33min$1,909 / mo78Mbps×I wrote the last review and want to give an update. I’ve been in Puerto for about 3 months now, and I feel like that’s more than enough for me. I standby everything I wrote in the previous review with a few additions: - This town is incredibly small and word travels fast. You will see the same people when grocery shopping, when you stop at an Oxxo for petrol, and when you go to the late night bars. Lots of unnecessary immature drama/in-fighting. I try to stay away from these people. I would
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°✈️45min$2,073 / 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 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°✈️48min$2,879 / mo17Mbps×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 24° 75° 24° 75°✈️50min$3,201 / mo19Mbps×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° 77°🚕2h$2,022 / mo67Mbps×I did not like it. The people are nice though. Palermo Hollywood and Soho are very walkable hipster neighborhoods, kinda remind me of the chill parts of Barcelona. Food is hit or miss. For a country that's known for steak, most steak here is overcooked, low quality meat, without flavor. I heard it was better 10-20 years ago when the cows weren't factory farmed here. Now the free roaming cows are exported to US and Europe, while Argentineans eat the low quality cow meat. The other food than ste
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 30✈️10h$1,580 / mo78Mbps×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 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 60°✈️5h$6,406 / mo98Mbps×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 28° 82° 31° 88°🥵AQI 130😷✈️33min$1,909 / 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 27° 81° 28° 83°✈️17min$2,910 / mo17Mbps×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 26° 79° 28° 82°✈️20min$3,416 / mo15Mbps×Busy city. Lots of fun. Lots of different choices for food. Great night life
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°AQI 27✈️15h$3,248 / mo81Mbps×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° 77°🚕2h$2,022 / mo🌇 Also went here7 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 28° 82° 31° 88°🥵AQI 130😷✈️33min$1,909 / mo🌇 Also went here4 people×In it's current iteration, Houston is a wide-spread, vehicle dependent city and would be a difficult place to exist as a Nomad without a vehicle. Downtown Houston was once a desolate cluster of office buildings that was abandoned at sundown. But now, downtown is currently undergoing a transformation and will soon (5~ years) make for an inhabitable and nomad friendly destination.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 58😷✈️2h$3,850 / mo🌇 Also went here4 people×I loved Medellín. Was there for 5 weeks. Beautiful views of the mountain, warm, trees, coffee, cafe shops and chocolate. The men are very good looking as well. The food is ok but not bad. I got hit on a lot as a foreign woman. The only downside might be the touristy nature of el pablado and the crime and prostitution aspects. Other than that, I am really Look forward to coming back!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 99😷✈️4h$1,456 / mo🌇 Also went here5 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 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 60°✈️5h$6,406 / mo🌇 Also went here4 people×I loved the sunsets. They were breathtaking by the water. Internet was spotty and difficult to find good coworking spaces and cafes with reliable wifi. Had to leave one airbnb due to wifi. As a woman, I was often sexually harassed with men hitting on me and not respected me when I declined. One even said to me "no sometimes means yes when i declined to go back home with him after a drink". This was more sexual harrasment than anywhere I've ever visited in the world. Food was mediocre and can get
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 77😷✈️6h$1,276 / mo🌇 Also went here4 people×I did not like it. The people are nice though. Palermo Hollywood and Soho are very walkable hipster neighborhoods, kinda remind me of the chill parts of Barcelona. Food is hit or miss. For a country that's known for steak, most steak here is overcooked, low quality meat, without flavor. I heard it was better 10-20 years ago when the cows weren't factory farmed here. Now the free roaming cows are exported to US and Europe, while Argentineans eat the low quality cow meat. The other food than ste
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 30✈️10h$1,580 / mo🌇 Also went here5 people×Been living here for few months and absolutely love it. Chosen to live near the sea and can go on walks on the beach when fancy it as well as enjoying a - small - but animated city center from time to time. If you search a little you can find restaurant Jems and go very easily to some cute places around such as Howth, Malahide and others. The downs : cost of living and fluctuating weather but at least you see the sun once in a while !
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 9° 48° 10° 51°AQI 46✈️11h$5,217 / mo🌇 Also went here3 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 10° 50° 11° 51°AQI 31✈️12h$5,464 / mo🌇 Also went here4 people×It is more expensve than expected. Depending whete you live, streets can be dirty. It seems the government only uses the tax money to invest in the high en areas. Thwre are is a lot of inequality. People are very racist. I am Mexican, and the first thing people ask me here, is whete do I come from. I have never felt as discriminated as here and to be honest I dont think I have it as bad as other people.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 20° 68° 19° 65°AQI 32✈️12h$4,035 / mo🌇 Also went here4 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 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 63😷✈️12h$5,036 / mo🌇 Also went here4 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 7° 45° 9° 47°AQI 33✈️12h$6,289 / mo🌇 Also went here4 people×I’m working remotely and since it’s war in Ukraine I was living in Istanbul for half of year, after moving to Dubai i realised it’s not much more expensive here in Dubai. And besides that no one is cheating me like it was happening non stop in Istanbul
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 12° 54° 13° 56°AQI 116😷✈️15h$1,865 / mo🌇 Also went here4 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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