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| ⭐️ Overall score | 191 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Philippines |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 30°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (79%) = feels 37°C 99°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 9 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 48 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Smart |
| 💸 100 PHP in USD | USD 1.99 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PHP 10,000 = USD 199 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Lil Cats |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 740,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $2,951 / year |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ayosdito |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Philippine |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,639 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $987 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,637 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $468 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $349 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $197 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,134 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $53 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (95 listings) | $1,909 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $63 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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
❌ 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 | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm |
| Humidity | nice 61% | nice 60% | nice 61% | nice 64% | nice 64% | nice 69% | sweaty 73% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 75% | nice 67% | nice 70% | nice 65% |
| Rain | dry 7mm | dry 4mm | dry 16mm | rainy 52mm | rainy 74mm | rainy 273mm | rainy 229mm | rainy 247mm | rainy 218mm | rainy 58mm | rainy 74mm | dry 24mm |
| Cloud | pockets 24% | pockets 11% | pockets 32% | pockets 43% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 89% | overcast 93% | overcast 98% | overcast 95% | pockets 45% | cloudy 81% | pockets 33% |
| Air quality | okay 60 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 68 US AQI | okay 64 US AQI | okay 72 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI | okay 52 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI |
| Sun | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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