⭐️ Total score | 2/5 (Rank #1268) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,309 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 37Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 28°C82°F (feels 30°C86°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 69% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy : 167 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Bad |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Great |
💰 Income level* | Low: $1,331 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Barbados |
⏱ Average trip length | 19 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 37 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 28°C 82°F + 😊 Comfy (69%) = feels 30°C 86°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 167 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 115V50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 10 BBD in USD | USD 5.00 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BBD 1,000 = USD 500 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee Barbados |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Chefette |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Regus BB |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 110,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $15,975 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | JetBlue |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Virgin Atlantic |
🏥 Best hospital | Bayview Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,309 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,160 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,731 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,066 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,291 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,080 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $515 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $154 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $101 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $346 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $16 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
👩🏫 International school | $5,333 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $38 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
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Feels | 8630° warm | 8630° warm | 8630° warm | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 9334° hot | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 9937° hot | 9736° hot | 9334° hot | 8831° hot |
Real | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm |
Humidity | sweaty 77% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 77% |
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Rain | dry 44mm | dry 43mm | dry 33mm | dry 34mm | rainy 54mm | rainy 74mm | rainy 126mm | rainy 165mm | rainy 121mm | rainy 136mm | rainy 62mm | dry 47mm |
Cloud | pockets 47% | pockets 38% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 65% |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
Remote workers | 367 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 250 people | 200 people | 300 people | 250 people | 250 people |
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