⭐️ Total score | 2.76/5 (Rank #530) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,467 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 8Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 26°C79°F (feels 30°C86°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 90% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 61 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Bad |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Very bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $721 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 5k ppl/km² (15x15m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Brazil |
⏱ Average trip length | 27 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 26°C 79°F + 😊 Comfy (90%) = feels 30°C 86°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 61 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 115V230V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 10 BRL in USD | USD 1.96 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BRL 1,000 = USD 196 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Desk Coworking |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | CWK Coworking |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,400,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,649 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 43% 👱♀️ 57% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Mercado Livre |
🏠 Apartment listings | Netmoveis |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Gol |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,467 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $946 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,236 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $639 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $761 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $838 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $507 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $36 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $27 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $229 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $3,200 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $10,460 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $28,475 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
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Feels | 8831° hot | 7725° warm | 8630° warm | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7725° warm | 8831° hot | 8429° warm | 8228° warm | 7725° warm |
Real | 8127° warm | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7725° warm | 8429° very warm | 7926° warm | 7826° warm | 7725° warm |
Humidity | sweaty 81% | nice 92% | sweaty 75% | nice 71% | nice 70% | nice 69% | nice 58% | nice 60% | nice 57% | nice 81% | nice 85% | nice 88% |
Rain | rainy 194mm | rainy 359mm | rainy 78mm | rainy 59mm | dry 14mm | dry 15mm | dry 0mm | dry 3mm | dry 12mm | rainy 179mm | rainy 248mm | rainy 279mm |
Cloud | cloudy 64% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 60% | pockets 48% | cloudy 51% | pockets 37% | pockets 20% | pockets 35% | pockets 39% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 72% |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 422 people | 400 people | 371 people | 300 people | 267 people | 457 people | 343 people | 429 people | 400 people | 320 people | 417 people | 514 people |
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Been to 29 cities in 6 months and I can say Rio is AMAZING. However not safe at all, by my first week I knew a total of 10 people that got robbed (3 groups). I've been living here for almost 1 month recharging from fast traveling and haven't been robbed.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety very badTap to open🌥 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 38✈️27min$2,888 / mo4Mbps×Vitória is a rising city in Brazil. It is an island, capital of the province of Espírito Santo. With a variety of well developed sectors and industries, such as mining, steel, granite, coffee, the city has rising innovation economy lead by companies like Wine and Picpay and hubs such as Findes Lab, Hub Fucape and Base27, connecting startups and investors. Vitória has a unique life quality: In Vitória you can go for a walk on the beach in the morning and in a few minutes, with lo traffic, ar
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 33° 91° 28° 82°🥵AQI 61✈️31min$2,004 / mo5Mbps×Great city if you want a quieter place, but close enough to São Paulo. If you live near the bus terminal, you can get a bus every 30 min to são paulo. It has some good coworking space if needed. Not as much to do as são paulo, but has some good food places, supermarkets, one good mall. If you live near the main avenue (nove de julho) and close to Jundiaí Shopping / bus terminal, it has some good apartaments to rent, close enough to a good supermarket, the mall, restaurants, public transporta
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety very badTap to open🌥 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 59✈️39min$1,858 / mo7Mbps×Stay in one of these neighborhoods: Itaim Bibi, Jardim Europa, Jardim Paulista, or Pinheiros, and it will be great.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 65✈️39min$2,325 / mo6Mbps×Brasilia is a hidden gem in the middle of Brazil. Very safe city, with good restaurants, super safe traffic, very green, perfect for biking, and with a high level of education. Shaped like an airplane, it is the most famous planned town in the world, by legendary architect Oscar Niemayer. Internet is good, you can rent a cheap Airbnb, most of them with a green view, There are more than 800 waterfalls close by (check Chapada dos Veadeiros) and hiking spots. The climate very pleasant as long as
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 35✈️50min$2,313 / mo7Mbps×Stay in one of these neighborhoods: Itaim Bibi, Jardim Europa, Jardim Paulista, or Pinheiros, and it will be great.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 65✈️39min$2,325 / mo6Mbps×Been to 29 cities in 6 months and I can say Rio is AMAZING. However not safe at all, by my first week I knew a total of 10 people that got robbed (3 groups). I've been living here for almost 1 month recharging from fast traveling and haven't been robbed.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety very badTap to open🌥 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 38✈️27min$2,888 / mo4Mbps×i stayed in BA for a few months and it firmly wasn't for me. It's a beautiful city and comically cheap for the quality of food / goods / services. People are rude and accomodation is pretty bad. Plus with the inflation of the dollar to peso (3x the buying power for foreigners) it was getting dangerous when I left. (I think someone tried to kill the vice president last week) Excellent to visit, not great to live.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 29° 84° 26° 78°AQI 11✈️3h$1,871 / mo4Mbps×Brasilia is a hidden gem in the middle of Brazil. Very safe city, with good restaurants, super safe traffic, very green, perfect for biking, and with a high level of education. Shaped like an airplane, it is the most famous planned town in the world, by legendary architect Oscar Niemayer. Internet is good, you can rent a cheap Airbnb, most of them with a green view, There are more than 800 waterfalls close by (check Chapada dos Veadeiros) and hiking spots. The climate very pleasant as long as
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 35✈️50min$2,313 / mo7Mbps×Great place to live! Florianopolis is such a beautiful city, from the beaches to the buildings in Beira Mar Norte, I loved everything. I lived in Coqueiros for 7 months and was awesome, quiet place, safe and lots of great restaurants to eat.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 24✈️1h$2,729 / mo3Mbps×Stayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌤 Feels 2° 36° 3° 38°AQI 109😷✈️13h$2,324 / mo30Mbps×Unfortunately this was supposed to be the best economy in LATAM but what I found instead was a very over priced for what you get experience. People are rude in general, until you get to meet them personally, and the country is way behind in infrastructure, innovation and culture that most countries around it. Not worth your time and money at all.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 28° 82° 29° 85°AQI 59✈️4h$2,175 / mo7Mbps×A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 5° 41° 5° 41°AQI 24✈️12h$6,161 / mo14Mbps×Nomading here is tough because there are no reasonable Airbnbs and finding a short-term apt is difficult. You have to ask yourself, is it worth coming to Barcelona? It's probably the dirtiest city in Spain, and a bit sketchy. There's more beautiful and cleaner cities like Seville where you can find a reasonably priced Airbnb.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌦 Feels 7° 45° 8° 47°AQI 38✈️11h$4,857 / mo21Mbps×I absolutely love living in this city. It's very clean, safe and things generally always work! This is something I miss when I travel to other cities in Europe and rest of the world. Also co-working spaces are growing tons. Though night life might be pretty "boring", it truly is what you make it. Get to know other expats and friends through meetups or friend of a friend, and you'll have an awesome time here!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open✈️14h$3,927 / mo34Mbps×I'm currently in Lisbon and I must say that this city has been very overhyped in terms of cost, food and overall fun. There are a lot of issues where foreigners like myself are driving up the rent and we are solely blamed for this. The larger issue here is the Portuguese government is not using these tourism dollars towards their people. I'm staying in Alfama and there is 'fuck tourists' spray painted in a few places but in order to come and stay here we are being asked to provide our informatio
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 10° 50° 11° 52°AQI 26✈️10h$3,444 / mo31Mbps×Does not worth it, way too dangerous and not so beautiful. My grandpa lives there and I went to visit him on my vacation and it was terrible, very dangerous, beaches in downtown are super polluted, I couldn't find a reason to indicate it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 37° 99° 30° 85°🥵✈️3h$1,516 / mo11Mbps×Been to 29 cities in 6 months and I can say Rio is AMAZING. However not safe at all, by my first week I knew a total of 10 people that got robbed (3 groups). I've been living here for almost 1 month recharging from fast traveling and haven't been robbed.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety very badTap to open🌥 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 38✈️27min$2,888 / mo🌇 Also went here103 people×Stay in one of these neighborhoods: Itaim Bibi, Jardim Europa, Jardim Paulista, or Pinheiros, and it will be great.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 65✈️39min$2,325 / mo🌇 Also went here121 people×Great place to live! Florianopolis is such a beautiful city, from the beaches to the buildings in Beira Mar Norte, I loved everything. I lived in Coqueiros for 7 months and was awesome, quiet place, safe and lots of great restaurants to eat.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 24✈️1h$2,729 / mo🌇 Also went here74 people×i stayed in BA for a few months and it firmly wasn't for me. It's a beautiful city and comically cheap for the quality of food / goods / services. People are rude and accomodation is pretty bad. Plus with the inflation of the dollar to peso (3x the buying power for foreigners) it was getting dangerous when I left. (I think someone tried to kill the vice president last week) Excellent to visit, not great to live.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 29° 84° 26° 78°AQI 11✈️3h$1,871 / mo🌇 Also went here77 people×I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌦 Feels 3° 37° 5° 41°AQI 46✈️10h$6,186 / mo🌇 Also went here81 people×I'm currently in Lisbon and I must say that this city has been very overhyped in terms of cost, food and overall fun. There are a lot of issues where foreigners like myself are driving up the rent and we are solely blamed for this. The larger issue here is the Portuguese government is not using these tourism dollars towards their people. I'm staying in Alfama and there is 'fuck tourists' spray painted in a few places but in order to come and stay here we are being asked to provide our informatio
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 10° 50° 11° 52°AQI 26✈️10h$3,444 / mo🌇 Also went here85 people×Nomading here is tough because there are no reasonable Airbnbs and finding a short-term apt is difficult. You have to ask yourself, is it worth coming to Barcelona? It's probably the dirtiest city in Spain, and a bit sketchy. There's more beautiful and cleaner cities like Seville where you can find a reasonably priced Airbnb.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌦 Feels 7° 45° 8° 47°AQI 38✈️11h$4,857 / mo🌇 Also went here87 people×Lived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 2° 36° 4° 40°AQI 50✈️12h$5,676 / mo🌇 Also went here111 people×For a European capital, there's not much to do. It's extremely overpriced for what it offers. Did not find the locals nearly as friendly as sources say. Food is very meh. Grocery stores are disorganized and everything close to expiry. You will have to beg and compete to find a dump of an apartment for under $2,000 euro/month. Maybe quality of life is better in the suburbs, but the city centre and surrounding area is not an attractive place to live. Overall, just avoid. For a similar price, you
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌤 Feels 8° 46° 9° 47°AQI 18✈️12h$5,105 / mo🌇 Also went here72 people×How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 6° 43° 6° 43°AQI 34✈️12h$5,149 / mo🌇 Also went here104 people×Super expensive city, with some nice tourist attractions. Wouldn't recommend staying here for a longer time as price levels are almost Parisienne. Also, you can easily see all the good spots within 3 days or so. Pros: - nice tourist attractions (quite a couple of them) - many food options - people are open & friendly Cons: - hella expensive - limited vegan food options - you should at least understand some Dutch or French to survive here
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 3° 37° 4° 39°AQI 38✈️12h$5,476 / mo🌇 Also went here79 people×A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 5° 41° 5° 41°AQI 24✈️12h$6,161 / mo🌇 Also went here107 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 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels -1° 30° 1° 35°AQI 26✈️13h$3,747 / mo🌇 Also went here94 people×Dear travelers, I'm from Istanbul. I can provide you some guidance. Istanbul is a fairly advanced metropolis in terms of transportation, to start. Don't limit yourself to staying in motels near old mosques. You may also like locations in the city's north like Saryer and Beykoz. You may get an Istanbul city card for 6 liras, and with the remaining $20 you load onto it, you can ride the bus 35–40 times. Even if months pass, your money on the card will not be lost. In actuality, the Taksim distri
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46°AQI 27✈️13h$2,038 / mo🌇 Also went here79 people×Bangkok is a really nice city. I lived 2 weeks in Bangkok and it was a good trip ! People are very nice, smiling and the cost is affordable. Some beautifuls temple, gardens, market etc. Chinatown is a place to visit, and Bangkok is globally clean !
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 28° 82° 28° 82°AQI 85😷✈️22h$2,209 / mo🌇 Also went here85 people×