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| ⭐️ Total score | 105 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Panama |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 9 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (87%) = feels 36°C 97°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 17 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 0 PAB in USD | USD 0.00 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PAB 100 = USD 100 |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 5% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,400 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,680 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 66% 👱♀️ 34% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Panama |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Copa Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hospital Almirante |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,948 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,074 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,704 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,058 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,456 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,373 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $905 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $68 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $111 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $10 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.94 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ 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 | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 9334° hot | 9535° hot | 9032° hot |
| Real | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 82% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 84% |
| Rain | rainy 257mm | rainy 174mm | rainy 186mm | rainy 234mm | rainy 378mm | rainy 292mm | rainy 477mm | rainy 382mm | rainy 371mm | rainy 268mm | rainy 429mm | rainy 370mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 59% | cloudy 54% | pockets 46% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 55% |
| Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 39° 102° 30° 85°🥵AQI 17✈️43min$1,690 / mo4MbpsUngodly hot year round, but some cool things to see. Can't imagine working from here, but it a cool enough place to visit for a few days if you can stand the heat. Volcano boarding is a great time!
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 34✈️1h$1,726 / mo3MbpsI really enjoyed my first week here, but as I got to know more locals and heard their stories, I was disturbed at the security situation. Almost everyone I met has horror stories about being robbed at gunpoint, robbed by the police, and in one case even drugged and robbed by a taxi driver. It's not even safe to walk a short distance at night (locals told me to just take Uber). Beyond the security issues, scams also abound, and the covid policy is wacky, with hand sanitizer being forced on you ev
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 20° 68° 19° 67°AQI 154😷✈️20h$3,278 / mo1MbpsOne of my favourite places to visit. Best vegetarian food in the world.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 19° 66° 19° 66°AQI 50✈️16h$5,657 / mo13Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 25🚕2h$3,369 / mo🌇 Also went here35 peopleAccording to the World Happiness Report, San José in Costa Rica is the 11th "happiest city" (in terms of how positively the inhabitants currently evaluate their lives on average) among 186 cities across the globe. In this ranking, the top cities have often a much higher cost of living.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 17✈️18min$2,629 / mo🌇 Also went here34 peoplePanama City is a B+ place to live: solid weather, amenities, safety, and cleanliness... but, it feels much like an American city due to the skyscrapers, urban sprawl, and the limited activities. If you're not shopping, eating at a restaurant, bar hopping, or going to a reggaeton club until 3am, there's not a whole lot else to do. The weather is remarkably consistent: everyday it will be 85F, it will be cloudy for a few hours including a 15-30 minute shower, and then it will be mostly sunny for
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 36° 97° 29° 84°🥵AQI 17✈️24min$2,665 / mo🌇 Also went here72 people👍 👍 Malls are fucking awesome, free wifi + free coworking spaces, toilets cleaner than Europe/ASEAN 👍 Public transport is pretty good 👎 Foods are a bit bland compared to ASEAN and Mexico 👎 👎 Safety, lots of racist/xenophobic catcalling on the street especially when I am an Asian. "Oi Chino Chino!" -- something I didn't get in other latam countries
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 78😷✈️1h$1,472 / mo🌇 Also went here47 peopleTouristy circus of a place. Everyone is trying to rip you off... even as fluent Spanish speaker. Check out PV or anywhere west coast instead.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 36° 97° 29° 85°🥵AQI 34✈️2h$2,896 / mo🌇 Also went here38 peopleI really enjoyed my first week here, but as I got to know more locals and heard their stories, I was disturbed at the security situation. Almost everyone I met has horror stories about being robbed at gunpoint, robbed by the police, and in one case even drugged and robbed by a taxi driver. It's not even safe to walk a short distance at night (locals told me to just take Uber). Beyond the security issues, scams also abound, and the covid policy is wacky, with hand sanitizer being forced on you ev
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 71°AQI 27✈️3h$1,852 / mo🌇 Also went here45 peopleI'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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°AQI 22✈️5h$6,595 / mo🌇 Also went here55 peopleHow 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).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 34✈️7h$6,018 / mo🌇 Also went here39 peoplei 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 74°AQI 16✈️7h$2,072 / mo🌇 Also went here34 peoplePlease don’t come. Rent has doubled in price in a matter of 5yrs. Myself and other locals are being pushed out of the city and forced to move to places that are +1h commute from work. People are struggling and suffering. And yet it is all ok because rich foreigners want to “spice up” their life… I repeat, do not come, and if you do have to come, please try to do damage control
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 34✈️11h$3,430 / mo🌇 Also went here40 peopleHow 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 11° 52° 12° 54°AQI 32✈️12h$5,723 / mo🌇 Also went here52 peopleLived 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 11° 52° 11° 51°AQI 64✈️12h$5,494 / mo🌇 Also went here45 peopleOne of the best cities in Europe. Beautiful, wide streets, perfect weather. Huge tech scene & everything you can imagine. Food is next level. You can take the train and in 20 mins you will be in a nice uncrowded beach. The airport is a massive hub to go anywhere. FC Barcelona, huge huge football atmosphere. Tons of beautiful coworkings. Internet is ultra fast. Prices are expensive, but so is everything right now :(
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 60°AQI 31✈️12h$4,192 / mo🌇 Also went here41 peopleA 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 45✈️12h$6,623 / mo🌇 Also went here49 peopleBangkok 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 !
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 33° 91° 27° 80°🥵AQI 53✈️23h$2,019 / mo🌇 Also went here42 people
