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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 223 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👍 Quality of life | |
| 👶 Family friendly | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety | |
| 🏥 Healthcare | |
| 😄 Happiness | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBT friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Region | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Philippines |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌤 30°C 86°F + 💦 Humid (79%) + 💨 14km/h = feels like 37°C 99°F |
| 🔌 Power | 230V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Globe |
| 💸 100 PHP in USD | USD 1.97 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PHP 10,000 USD 197 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💳 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 |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 33,000 people |
| ⛪️ 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 |
| islandno-beachbeachnon-touristywarm nowwarmhotclean airgood air qualityslow internethigh humiditymany womenfriendly people |
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $2,056 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,500 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,491 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $426 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $346 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $52 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $1,115 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $52 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (383 listings) | $3,858 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $126 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $5 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 34✈️19h$5,104 / mo🌇 Also went here15 people| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels like | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 9133° hot | 10239° hot | 10842° scorching | 10641° scorching | 9937° hot | 10038° hot | 10038° hot | 9937° hot | 9937° hot | 9535° hot |
| Real temperature | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 8932° hot | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 75% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 81% |
| Rain | not rainy 21mm | not rainy 10mm | not rainy 14mm | not rainy 11mm | not rainy 36mm | rainy 145mm | rainy 214mm | rainy 103mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 93mm | rainy 85mm | rainy 118mm |
| Cloud cover | cloudy 56% | pockets 21% | pockets 30% | pockets 42% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 89% | overcast 98% | overcast 95% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 62% |
| Air quality | ||||||||||||
| UV Index | sunburn 7 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI |
| Nomad List members there | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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