⭐️ Overall Score | 3.58/5 (Rank #112) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,902 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 15Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 28°C82°F (feels 35°C95°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 99% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 54 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 36 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
💰 Income level | Low: $19,586/y |
🙊 English speaking | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Great |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Good |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Region | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Curaçao |
⏱ Average trip duration | 14 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 15 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (99%) = feels 35°C 95°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 54 US AQI 🍃 good |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 36 US AQI 🍃 good |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | UTS |
💸 10 ANG in USD | USD 5.58 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ANG 1,000 = USD 558 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Wandu Cafe |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | coWorld |
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 150,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per Capita | $19,586 / year |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | KLM |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
🏥 Best hospital | St. Elisabeth Hospitaal |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,902 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,197 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,121 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $606 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $536 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $59 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $1,725 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $81 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (177 listings) | $2,000 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $66 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
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Feels | 8630° warm | 8630° warm | 8630° warm | 8630° warm | 9032° hot | 9334° hot | 9032° hot | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 9032° hot |
Real | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm |
Humidity | nice 63% | nice 62% | nice 65% | nice 65% | nice 66% | nice 66% | nice 67% | nice 66% | nice 65% | nice 64% | nice 63% | nice 65% |
Rain | dry 9mm | dry 5mm | dry 5mm | dry 10mm | dry 24mm | rainy 63mm | dry 34mm | dry 27mm | dry 45mm | rainy 59mm | dry 45mm | dry 29mm |
Cloud | pockets 31% | pockets 32% | pockets 31% | pockets 47% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 56% | pockets 23% | pockets 19% | pockets 37% | cloudy 59% | pockets 45% | pockets 48% |
Air quality | clean 28 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI |
Sun | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI |
Nomad List members | 1 people | 1 people | 0 people | 1 people | 0 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people |
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I come from venezuela and the hospitals are definitely not great, my family have to go to Colombia to get treatment when they get sick so you get an idea of the condition of the health care system in Venezuela. The rest of the pros and cons are pretty accurate 👌🏼
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⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 16° 61° 16° 62°AQI 55✈️1h$1,088 / mo10Mbps×Much nicer than people would have you think. Too many locals seem to be under the impression that it's the busiest, most expensive city in the world. These people clearly haven't travelled much. Not saying it's cheap, but for a big city in an English speaking country it's about what you'd expect, if not cheaper. Pros: - Hot humid summers, gorgeous orange autumns, cold snowy winters. If you like distinct seasons this is a great place to be. Winter is about 4-5 months, from Nov-Mar. Ignore every
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⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 Internet 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety very badTap to open🌫 Feels 16° 61° 15° 60°AQI 30✈️4h$4,876 / mo31Mbps×I guess if you're a nomad this doesn't matter much, but the long-term job pickings here are slim and among the most underpaid for a US city. There seems to be a tacit rent floor that means you won't find a good deal on housing. A lot of people don't seem very invested in their interpersonal relationships here since their ties to the area are often transient.
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⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 Internet 🏎 Fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 38✈️8h$5,603 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×It's great if you're woke, young & artsy. If you're just a regular guy in your 30's with no connections, you'll have a miserable time. Especially during the pandemic. It's not inexpensive and you get offered cocaine every 200 meters in the city center.
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⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 Internet 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌦 Feels 6° 43° 7° 45°AQI 19✈️10h$4,202 / mo🌇 Also went here8 people×Lived in Barcelona for a year and a half. I would agree that the weather is perfect and Barcelona does have a great tech scene as well as food and has everything landscape and lifestyle wise that you could think of. Bureaucracy isn't too bad if you nip it in the bu** early and have patience. Also, some clubs are free. (Jamboree!). The metro is also, very efficient with red and purple being the busiest lines. Very walkable city too. Plenty of opportunity to meet people as well. The beaches are ok
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 Internet 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 42✈️10h$3,129 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×Super fun and beautiful city. I find Parisians are actually very patient and warm if you at least attempt to speak French; in my experience, most people who complain that they're rude are the ones making zero effort to speak the language. Expensive though and not very easy to meet other nomads.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 Internet 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 38✈️10h$4,073 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×Housing 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.
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⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 Internet 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 13✈️20h$3,858 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×Chiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) 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.
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⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 41° 106° 32° 90°🥵AQI 87😷✈️23h$1,415 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people×They 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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