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| ⭐️ Total score | 232 reviews |
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| 😝 Fun | |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 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 | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Philippines |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 30°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (80%) = feels 37°C 99°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 42 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Globe |
| 💸 100 PHP in USD | USD 1.83 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PHP 10,000 = USD 183 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Real Coffee & Tea Cafe |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Smoke Resto |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Fat Jimmy's Resort |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 5% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 33,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,951 / year |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | La Mudi |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Cebu Pacific |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Cebu Pacific |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Ciriaco S. Tirol Hospital - BORACAY |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,743 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,251 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,381 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $395 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $321 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $48 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $969 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $45 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 331 listings) | $3,019 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $99 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9736° hot | 9535° hot | 10239° hot | 10239° hot | 10239° hot | 10239° hot | 9937° hot | 9736° hot | 9736° hot | 9133° hot |
| Real | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8530° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 88% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 86% |
| Rain | rainy 227mm | rainy 186mm | rainy 142mm | rainy 75mm | rainy 141mm | rainy 267mm | rainy 379mm | rainy 198mm | rainy 449mm | rainy 453mm | rainy 262mm | rainy 234mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 89% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 67% | overcast 93% | overcast 93% | cloudy 88% | overcast 90% | overcast 95% | cloudy 84% | overcast 90% |
| Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 233 people | 233 people | 333 people | 267 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 320 people | 300 people |
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I was reading previous reviews and there are digital nomads here calling locals idiots, i dont even know if i wanna be classified as a digital nomad because of these arrogant and privileged expats. better go back to your first world country and not travel. anyway, Cebu is a good jump off point for other islands but good internet is not easy to find unless you just stay at the center.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86°🥵✈️22min$1,269 / mo5MbpsMy husband and I want to move to Makati but our decision really depends on how good the internet services are when working from home in a condo either in Makati or BGC. He will be on zoom meeting and calls pretty much all day. Would the internet be good enough without too much interruptions? What would be the best internet service provider? Thank
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 40° 104° 31° 87°🥵AQI 6✈️24min$1,696 / mo6MbpsComing here from Bangkok was kind of a shock. Most areas are slum, except for a few developed enclaves mainly around BGC. Due to the limited developed land area equivalent housing options are more expensive and less flexible than say Bangkok. Internet is horrible (walk around with phone in the air for signal bad), public transport hugely lacking, Grab rides sometimes take over an hour to book due to driver supply caps after reopening from COVID lockdowns, food options are limited and often unhea
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 87°🥵AQI 6✈️25min$1,288 / mo5MbpsBeen there for a week, in March 2022, and If you happen to stay in El nido, you should definitely go to FRENDZ, where they have a nice open space where you can work, and the connection speed was like 300down/100up!!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 40° 104° 31° 87°🥵AQI 35✈️34min$1,275 / mo6MbpsThe air quality in Baguio is awful. I left with a cough and sore throat. Streets are crowded. Lots of traffic. Internet is not very stable. Head north to Sagada for a much more beautiful place in the mountains—equally unstable internet but at least the food and air quality are better in Sagada!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 6✈️41min$1,573 / mo5MbpsGood surfing on this island. More experienced surfers head to Cloud 9.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 36° 97° 30° 86°🥵✈️42min$1,269 / mo6MbpsBest suited for surfers..
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 6✈️43min$1,631 / mo5MbpsNot sure where the last person went in the city for him/her to say that there are zero expats. Throughout my years with Davao, I would bump into at least 20 expats in one night out in just a single area. Davao City is only boring if you don't know where to go, and as someone who lives outside of Davao, I find myself coming back more than five times a year for the people, the culture it has, and how conveniently close it is to beautiful vacation places. You'll love it when you know the gems that
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 83°🥵AQI 20✈️52min$1,072 / mo5Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 27° 80°🥵AQI 20✈️58min$1,016 / mo6MbpsNice and laid back city with good infrastructure. 4G coverage was good
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 35° 95° 29° 85°🥵AQI 32✈️1h$814 / mo13Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 38° 100° 30° 85°🥵AQI 15✈️1h$1,223 / mo1MbpsGreat city in Southern Taiwan on a major port. Lots of stuff to do if you like the outdoors. A mountain to climb, a beach to go to, and trains and buses readily available to go to surrounding outdoor activities. Cons: English speaking is not great, but the locals are. And even if you don't speak Mandarin they will do their best to help you. Plenty of English speaking doctors, dentists etc. Most restaurants have a double menu. So it's not that big of a con and there are many classes that will h
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 43° 109° 33° 92°🥵AQI 25✈️2h$1,156 / mo28MbpsComing here from Bangkok was kind of a shock. Most areas are slum, except for a few developed enclaves mainly around BGC. Due to the limited developed land area equivalent housing options are more expensive and less flexible than say Bangkok. Internet is horrible (walk around with phone in the air for signal bad), public transport hugely lacking, Grab rides sometimes take over an hour to book due to driver supply caps after reopening from COVID lockdowns, food options are limited and often unhea
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 87°🥵AQI 6✈️25min$1,288 / mo5MbpsI was reading previous reviews and there are digital nomads here calling locals idiots, i dont even know if i wanna be classified as a digital nomad because of these arrogant and privileged expats. better go back to your first world country and not travel. anyway, Cebu is a good jump off point for other islands but good internet is not easy to find unless you just stay at the center.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86°🥵✈️22min$1,269 / mo5MbpsLike everywhere, Singapore has pros and cons. // Pros: // Everything works very well, it's clean, you can use the trains and transport system with a bank card, Grab taxis are efficient and safe, the airport is amazing // Everyone speaks English // Population seems well educated and cosmopolitan // There are lots of parks and green spaces. // Cons: // It's very expensive. For what you get it feels overpriced compared to most Western countries for example. // It's hot and very, very humid. Unti
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 39° 102° 31° 87°🥵AQI 17✈️3h$3,693 / mo102MbpsDefinitely an underrated place for nomads - Huge city with a small town feel. Lots of different neighborhoods to appeal to different types of people: some commercial, some hipstery, some historical, some modern. Food and rent is cheap (and the food is damn good). People are very friendly as compared to other big Asian cities. You can also get easy work as a tutor and make good extra cash. I survived for five months tutoring and doing other English related work for max 12 hrs a week (leaving me
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 50✈️4h$2,580 / mo1MbpsTokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 40° 104° 33° 91°🥵AQI 57✈️4h$3,063 / mo27MbpsMy husband and I want to move to Makati but our decision really depends on how good the internet services are when working from home in a condo either in Makati or BGC. He will be on zoom meeting and calls pretty much all day. Would the internet be good enough without too much interruptions? What would be the best internet service provider? Thank
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 40° 104° 31° 87°🥵AQI 6✈️24min$1,696 / mo6MbpsBeen living here for more than 3 years. Overall I do not recommend it. Its not terrible but overall theres better options in asia. The city is constantly busy, noisy and polluted (air and landscapes). You can hardly go out for breeze of fresh air or to relax and ease your mind. There is not much nature, beach or mountains for you to escape. Traveling is very restriced because people go crazy due to covid. During the lockdown you couldnt even leave your appartment for a walk outside. They trapp
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 41° 106° 31° 88°🥵AQI 57✈️2h$978 / mo9MbpsHong Kong is a great city with dense urban areas but also nature and hiking routes only 15 minutes away. There are restaurants for every taste and budget, from the best US fast casual chains to high end Michelin star restaurants. It's also extremely safe, despite recent political instability.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 20✈️2h$2,400 / mo87MbpsSkip this place and go to Bali right away. This city only looks beautiful in tourism videos but ugly in person. It is dusty and smelly.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 87°🥵AQI 121😷✈️3h$1,191 / mo9Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 18✈️3h$826 / moHonestly, this is an awesome place to be if you're actually trying to get work done. It's a bit of an older vibe than Canggu, and there's certainly a big chunk of yogi's kicking around — but I liked it much better than Canggu and found it less pretentious. Plus, you can drive down there in 45mins whenever you want some beach or party vibes. As others mentioned, there's some great coworking spaces, cheap warungs, some really nice spots to stay cheaply if you go just outside of the mad tourist
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 18✈️3h$1,340 / mo6Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 41° 106° 32° 90°🥵AQI 30✈️2h$1,497 / moI was reading previous reviews and there are digital nomads here calling locals idiots, i dont even know if i wanna be classified as a digital nomad because of these arrogant and privileged expats. better go back to your first world country and not travel. anyway, Cebu is a good jump off point for other islands but good internet is not easy to find unless you just stay at the center.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86°🥵✈️22min$1,269 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleHong Kong is a great city with dense urban areas but also nature and hiking routes only 15 minutes away. There are restaurants for every taste and budget, from the best US fast casual chains to high end Michelin star restaurants. It's also extremely safe, despite recent political instability.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 20✈️2h$2,400 / mo🌇 Also went here33 peopleBeen living here for more than 3 years. Overall I do not recommend it. Its not terrible but overall theres better options in asia. The city is constantly busy, noisy and polluted (air and landscapes). You can hardly go out for breeze of fresh air or to relax and ease your mind. There is not much nature, beach or mountains for you to escape. Traveling is very restriced because people go crazy due to covid. During the lockdown you couldnt even leave your appartment for a walk outside. They trapp
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 41° 106° 31° 88°🥵AQI 57✈️2h$978 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleLike everywhere, Singapore has pros and cons. // Pros: // Everything works very well, it's clean, you can use the trains and transport system with a bank card, Grab taxis are efficient and safe, the airport is amazing // Everyone speaks English // Population seems well educated and cosmopolitan // There are lots of parks and green spaces. // Cons: // It's very expensive. For what you get it feels overpriced compared to most Western countries for example. // It's hot and very, very humid. Unti
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 39° 102° 31° 87°🥵AQI 17✈️3h$3,693 / mo🌇 Also went here36 peopleI cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 39° 102° 31° 88°🥵AQI 68✈️3h$1,268 / mo🌇 Also went here38 peopleHonestly, this is an awesome place to be if you're actually trying to get work done. It's a bit of an older vibe than Canggu, and there's certainly a big chunk of yogi's kicking around — but I liked it much better than Canggu and found it less pretentious. Plus, you can drive down there in 45mins whenever you want some beach or party vibes. As others mentioned, there's some great coworking spaces, cheap warungs, some really nice spots to stay cheaply if you go just outside of the mad tourist
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 18✈️3h$1,340 / mo🌇 Also went here26 peoplePutrajaya is the only place I would recommend due to its close proximity to the airport. The Shaftsbury Hotel is modern with two convenience stores, pharmacy, restaurants, dental, and more in the actual building. There is a rain fountain in "mall" of the building that would be Putrajaya's attempt at Singapore's airport one. The location is also literally right across from the bigger mall that has restaurants, international grocery store, movie theater, bowling, electronics, etc. It's a safe a
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 52✈️3h$1,301 / mo🌇 Also went here29 peopleChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86°🥵AQI 30✈️3h$945 / mo🌇 Also went here26 peopleAmazing, large and accessible beaches. But the vibe is not there yet. It still feels like an "old" vacation place: tons of families, retirees, couples and sex tourists. The hip, young crowd you can find in Canggu for example is not there yet. There is only one decent coworking spot, not a lot of specialty cofee places. Most DNs stay in Rawai, which is OK - just a long street in a non-swimming beach. If you live there you will have to drive 15mins to go to the beach (Nai Han, Kata, etc). The infr
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 35° 95° 30° 87°🥵AQI 34✈️3h$1,246 / mo🌇 Also went here25 peopleBerlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 34° 93° 31° 88°🥵AQI 46✈️14h$3,923 / mo🌇 Also went here22 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 19° 66° 18° 65°AQI 23✈️14h$5,947 / mo🌇 Also went here26 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 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 18✈️15h$5,175 / mo🌇 Also went here28 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 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 32✈️15h$4,600 / mo🌇 Also went here26 peopleGood: - Great local food - Portuguese people are amazingly friendly - Vibrant DN community. It's like the city has been overtaken by remote workers. You will see everyone working on their laptop everywhere you go. - Amazing views whenever you want; you can just get a beer and climb to one of the viewpoints to see the sunset. Easy and magical. - Super cheap Ubers, easy subway Bad: - Housing prices. I'm not kidding, it's the worst I've ever seen. Ultra overpriced. I guess that's the problem when
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 27✈️17h$2,390 / mo🌇 Also went here23 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 30° 86° 28° 83°AQI 53✈️19h$5,660 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
