⭐️ Total score | 3.02/5 (Rank #814) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $951 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 2Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 20°C68°F (feels 20°C68°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 32% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 68 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 39 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $259 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Bolivia |
⏱ Average trip length | 14 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (32%) = feels 20°C 68°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 68 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 39 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Tigo |
💸 10 BOB in USD | USD 1.45 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BOB 1,000 = USD 145 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 520,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,105 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Amaszonas |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Boliviana de Avicion |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $951 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $567 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,218 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $348 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $291 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $51 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $941 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $44 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 161 listings) | $787 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $26 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
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Feels | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 6619° mild |
Real | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 6619° mild |
Humidity | nice 74% | nice 71% | nice 69% | nice 61% | nice 46% | nice 45% | nice 37% | nice 46% | nice 51% | nice 51% | nice 64% | nice 78% |
Rain | rainy 182mm | rainy 150mm | rainy 142mm | rainy 69mm | dry 15mm | dry 14mm | dry 7mm | dry 20mm | dry 50mm | rainy 66mm | rainy 159mm | rainy 256mm |
Cloud | cloudy 84% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 54% | pockets 47% | pockets 14% | pockets 27% | pockets 48% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 85% | overcast 92% |
Air quality | clean 30 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | okay 55 US AQI | okay 60 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | okay 53 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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