Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 160 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚩 Country | Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌤 29°C 83°F + 💦 Humid (83%) + 💨 3km/h = Feels like 35°C 95°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 31 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🔌 Power | 230V60Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Smart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💸 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 | Lil Cats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 740,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ayosdito | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Philippine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| no-beachwarm nowwarmhotclean airgood air qualityslow internethigh humiditymany women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,772 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,092 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,618 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $462 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $345 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $195 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $1,221 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $57 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (81 listings) | $2,353 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $77 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $3 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 35° 95° 29° 83°🥵AQI 31🚕0min$1,769 / mo6MbpsEastwood City hands down best places for nomads in Manila. Why? 50-100 mbps from Sky or PLDT. Closely guarded community where you can feel safe. Everything you could want is inside the community- condos for rent short or long term fully furnished, over 100 restaurants (both fast food and fine dining and some american franchises too), 7 screen movie theater, bowling alley, billiards. Many unique shops that are centered around activities. Pet friendly. Also, has 2 grocery stores, at least a dozen convenience stores, barber shops, massage and day spas (you can even get a professional massage right in your room), laundromat. The mall has anything you might need to buy for your condo.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 38° 100° 31° 87°🥵AQI 31✈️18min$1,396 / mo8MbpsAn amazing city for the value. Beach, MRT, Sun, and about half price of what you would pay in Taipei. Also, lots of super cheap flights all around Asia from the city airport. Been here a year so far and I like it. Not much in terms of night life, but a good digital nomad community. Also, really helps if you speak Chinese. An undiscovered Gem that I could see getting more popular with digital nomads in the next few years.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 30° 86° 28° 83°AQI 96😷✈️54min$1,049 / mo25MbpsTainan is cheaper than Kaohsiung by a fair bit, not sure why it's being reported as costing more per month
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 79°AQI 69😷✈️59min$1,948 / mo16Mbpssdfdsvsdrewrw fdsfs fsfsdf dsf sdf sdsdf
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 42° 108° 31° 88°🥵AQI 15✈️1h$1,355 / mo7MbpsJust don't. Want to get ANY work done? Don't come here. I'm here now, hey. I wanna die. If 50 Kbps is your thing, let's go. Just don't go to this country in general. Internet is so bad, even Laos and Cambodia were MUCH better when it comes to free internet in coffee shops and co-working spaces. Thinking about going to Manila or Cebu for travel + work? Don't.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 40° 104° 31° 88°🥵AQI 20✈️1h$1,439 / mo6Mbps✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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