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| ⭐️ Total score | 28 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 11 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 36 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 25°C 77°F + 😊 Comfy (94%) = feels 25°C 77°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 5 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 22.5 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Verizon |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Hilo Sharks Coffee |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Just Cruisin Coffee |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Ken's House of Pancakes |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 45,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Trulia |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hawaiian |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hilo Medical Center |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,621 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,660 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,235 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,496 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,000 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $200 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,951 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $185 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 17 listings) | $3,744 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $123 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $14 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $5 |
✅ 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
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Difficult to make friends
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
75
24° warm |
73
23° mild |
72
22° mild |
73
23° mild |
75
24° warm |
77
25° warm |
77
25° warm |
84
29° warm |
84
29° warm |
77
25° warm |
77
25° warm |
75
24° warm |
| Real |
75
24°
warm |
73
23°
mild |
72
22°
mild |
73
23°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
79
26°
warm |
79
26°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 78% |
nice 78% |
nice 82% |
nice 75% |
nice 80% |
nice 79% |
nice 82% |
nice 79% |
nice 80% |
nice 79% |
nice 74% |
nice 80% |
| Rain |
rainy 283mm |
rainy 229mm |
rainy 435mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 130mm |
rainy 71mm |
rainy 152mm |
rainy 125mm |
rainy 159mm |
rainy 222mm |
rainy 111mm |
rainy 395mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 74% |
| Air quality |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
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Famous city, the historical capital and crown jewel of Peru. While the food does not compare to what is available in Lima, man the hiking opportunities are above and beyond. The boleto touristica is fantastic, for around $50 USD you get access to 11 archeological sites (all worth it), a cultural show (worth it), and 4 museums (I did not go). You have the option of hiring a tour guide, who will arrange transport and lunch for around 15-50 USD depending who you go with, but I decided to go it alon
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How 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.
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Was here for January 2022. It was very nice. It's a very European city with South American vibes. Due to high inflation, it's cheap. The steak is the best I've ever eaten. Go to AreaTres for coworking. Bring cash (EUR or USD) in large bills. Otherwise, you'll have to pay by card and get the official exchange rate, which is 50% of what you get on the black ("blue") market. There are many places to exchange cash. As an alternative to cash, I've also heard that people like to send themselves money
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Lived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
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Awesome city. Limitless good restaurants and bars. Easy to use transit, but you barely need it because the city is so walkable. Beautiful streets. Overflowing with genuine Spanish culture. Not cheap but affordable for how large of a city it is. Wish it was a bit greener, but overall Madrid is a great spot to spend significant time in.
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