⭐️ Total score | 1.98/5 (Rank #1184) |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍40% liked it 👎60% disliked it |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,540 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 33Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Freezing : -6°C22°F (feels -10°C14°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 71% |
👌 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 |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 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 | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Mexico |
🗓️ Average trip length | 10 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 33 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 -6°C 22°F + 💦 Damp (71%) = feels -10°C 14°F |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 5.82 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 582 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cielito Querido Café |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Cowork Tulum |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 21,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,444 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 71% 👱♀️ 29% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Linio |
🏠 Apartment listings | VivaNuncios |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aero Mexico |
🏥 Best hospital | Akumal Medical Center |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,540 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,517 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,793 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $798 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,073 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,450 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $578 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $97 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $80 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $124 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $7 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $4,018 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $6 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Cold now
❌ Very damp now
❌ Nomad List members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° warm | 8228° warm | 8429° warm | 8429° warm | 8831° hot | 8429° warm | 8429° warm | 7926° warm | 8127° warm |
Real | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7926° warm | 8127° warm |
Humidity | nice 43% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 41% | nice 43% | nice 46% | nice 44% | nice 44% | nice 44% | nice 44% | nice 41% | nice 44% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain | rainy 55mm | dry 32mm | dry 37mm | dry 34mm | rainy 99mm | rainy 194mm | rainy 110mm | rainy 132mm | rainy 191mm | rainy 190mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 59mm |
Cloud | pockets 37% | pockets 24% | pockets 20% | pockets 27% | pockets 32% | pockets 43% | pockets 32% | pockets 29% | pockets 36% | pockets 31% | pockets 29% | pockets 27% |
Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 1,982 people | 1,800 people | 1,578 people | 1,580 people | 980 people | 756 people | 971 people | 720 people | 1,343 people | 1,050 people | 1,455 people | 1,709 people |
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