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| ⭐️ Overall score | 230 reviews |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Philippines |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 30°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (82%) = feels 38°C 100°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 32 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Globe |
| 💸 100 PHP in USD | USD 1.98 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PHP 10,000 = USD 198 |
| 💸 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 | 6% 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 | $1,871 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,303 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,501 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $429 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $348 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $52 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,147 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $54 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (397 listings) | $3,056 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $100 / 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
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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| Real | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm |
| Humidity | nice 70% | nice 70% | nice 70% | nice 70% | nice 70% | sweaty 73% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 76% |
| Rain | dry 21mm | dry 10mm | dry 14mm | dry 11mm | dry 37mm | rainy 116mm | rainy 214mm | rainy 104mm | rainy 61mm | rainy 97mm | rainy 85mm | rainy 118mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 57% | pockets 21% | pockets 30% | pockets 43% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 89% | overcast 98% | overcast 95% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 62% |
| Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 240 people | 233 people | 333 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 280 people | 300 people | 300 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 44° 111° 33° 91°🥵AQI 32✈️22min$1,367 / mo8MbpsThey say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia, VietNam, Myanmar and Thailand, Singapore was so easy! The subway system is a marvel, streets signs were easy to read, everyone speaks English (that just makes it easy for me as an English speaker) it is safe, clean, and parks are gorgeous. I was there as COVID 19 was breaking out fairly fast and that put a damper on my time but I was so happy to be there anyway and plan to go back. For digital
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 38° 100° 31° 88°🥵AQI 152😷✈️3h$1,183 / mo13MbpsTokyo 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 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 25✈️4h$3,880 / mo31MbpsHong Kong is a fabulous city - from big city living, to isolated beaches, outlying islands and hikes through mountainous terrain. The big downside is it's EXPENSIVE. You need to have a decent salary to live here - otherwise, it would be tough. Hong Kong island is the most expensive, but more affordable places are possible, the further you are willing to travel. It's quite a transient city, so probably pretty easy to make connections!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 48° 118° 33° 92°🥵AQI 69✈️2h$2,330 / mo78MbpsSeoul is an amazing experience. Even though it's a massive city, it's thoroughly Korean rather than cosmopolitan and overflowing with authentic local culture. It's extremely clean, modern and futuristic with neon lights and flashing screens everywhere. The modern architecture in this city is impressive and beautiful. It wouldn't take much to convince yourself that you've travelled 100 years into the future. The food is amazing and you have to try Korean barbecue at least once if you visit this
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 45° 113° 34° 92°🥵AQI 80😷✈️4h$2,269 / mo21MbpsI grew up in Chicago and still return fairly often. I love the character of the different neighborhoods, the variety of architectural styles, and as others have said, the food scene is incredible. It's easy to make friends in the suburbs, perhaps not so much in the city itself. I have never witnessed racial tension here, and have been pleasantly surprised by the interracial friendliness I have observed. There are a wonderful selection of forests and parks just about everywhere, and the museu
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 36° 97° 31° 87°🥵AQI 44✈️18h$3,853 / mo41MbpsDefinitely 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 33° 91° 27° 81°🥵AQI 55✈️4h$2,484 / mo2MbpsSri Lanka is a great country to visit and explore on vacation, but it is not good for nomading. The internet is the worst I've experienced in 3 years of travelling around SE Asia. Usually I would supplement terrible wifi with mobile data but I found this also terrible. I visited several places in Sri Lanka, including supposedly up-and-coming nomad destination Welligama. There are very few cafes that are fit for working (almost none with AC/power), Western food is expensive (and so is Sri Lankan
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 84°🥵AQI 63✈️6h$924 / mo9MbpsPutrajaya 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 36° 97° 29° 85°🥵AQI 62✈️3h$1,217 / mo16Mbpsits very possible to be a digital nomad in japan - 3 months tourist visa on arrival. free wifi at starbucks. who's stopping you? lovely people, amazing food, and the worlds richest culture. just say you're a tourist. its not as if you are an immigrant.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 40° 104° 32° 89°🥵AQI 44✈️4h$2,305 / mo26MbpsHong Kong is a fabulous city - from big city living, to isolated beaches, outlying islands and hikes through mountainous terrain. The big downside is it's EXPENSIVE. You need to have a decent salary to live here - otherwise, it would be tough. Hong Kong island is the most expensive, but more affordable places are possible, the further you are willing to travel. It's quite a transient city, so probably pretty easy to make connections!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 48° 118° 33° 92°🥵AQI 69✈️2h$2,330 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleOnly thing to add is that in general Saigon has terrible walkability. I love Saigon, lived there for 3 years. But motorbikes are always parked on the sidewalks so you constantly have to step onto the road which is a little hair raising. And if it's not motorbikes then there are restaurant tables scattered across the pavement. Plus the pavement is almost always cracked. I'm a pretty chill person. But going for a random walk in Saigon always leaves me kind of irritated after a while. Of course the
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 45° 113° 32° 89°🥵AQI 30✈️2h$1,002 / mo🌇 Also went here21 peopleThey say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia, VietNam, Myanmar and Thailand, Singapore was so easy! The subway system is a marvel, streets signs were easy to read, everyone speaks English (that just makes it easy for me as an English speaker) it is safe, clean, and parks are gorgeous. I was there as COVID 19 was breaking out fairly fast and that put a damper on my time but I was so happy to be there anyway and plan to go back. For digital
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 40° 104° 31° 88°🥵AQI 38✈️3h$2,840 / mo🌇 Also went here30 peopleDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 40° 104° 31° 87°🥵AQI 55✈️3h$1,360 / mo🌇 Also went here33 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 32° 90° 27° 81°🥵AQI 40✈️3h$1,342 / mo🌇 Also went here23 peopleCons: - Traffic was something else! - Shiddy air quality from half the neighbors burning their trash. - The honking was super stressful, it's so loud even when you're at home or at a restaurant. - Many of the roads are really narrow which would've been fine if it wasn't for the congestion; crazy number of people on the roads. - Beaches = dog crap on your shoes, every time. - Villas get robbed super often, you read about it happening all the time on the Canggu fb page, but also saw it happen in
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°AQI 40✈️3h$1,096 / mo🌇 Also went here20 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 36° 97° 29° 85°🥵AQI 62✈️3h$1,217 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) 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° 29° 83°🥵AQI 46✈️3h$995 / mo🌇 Also went here26 peopleLiving in Bangkok since 2015, I refused to go to Phuket longer than I could. I strongly believed in rumors that Phuket was all about prostitution and dirty beaches... oh, how I was wrong! Phuket is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I’d say you can find the same conveniences you’re used in Bangkok, but with a beach - actually many of them, ofter pristine and desert if you rent a motorbike and explore by yourself. Forget about Patong and go to Karon, Surin, Kattatani, Paradise and Freedom Beach instead... you’
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 39° 102° 31° 88°🥵AQI 53✈️3h$1,288 / mo🌇 Also went here21 peopleTokyo 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 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 25✈️4h$3,880 / mo🌇 Also went here20 peopleHousing is an issue (so cost of living is high) but the city is beautiful and summer in Amsterdam is hard to beat with all the cultural activiies and music festivals. Would not want to live in the actual city center (inside the "grachtengordel") but have been living in East for over 2 years now and aside from the price (and size) of apartment life is just good here. Biking everywhere is bliss. Winter can be cold though.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 28✈️14h$4,986 / mo🌇 Also went here22 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 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 25✈️15h$4,317 / mo🌇 Also went here25 peopleParis is wonderful, and I love it here, but the stereotypes some real truth to them. I stepped off the plane to a protest, my airbnb host was incredibly stylish yet didn't wear deoderant, and I met the rudest waiter I've ever encountered in my entire life on day 3 (though most Parisians are super nice!)
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 23✈️15h$3,871 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleEven if the city is kind of on the decline, it still is awesome. Perfect weather all year, amazing food, vibrant local & expat community.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 32° 90° 29° 84°AQI 26✈️15h$3,201 / mo🌇 Also went here21 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 31° 88° 29° 84°AQI 108😷✈️19h$5,080 / mo🌇 Also went here23 people
