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| ⭐️ Overall score | 229 reviews |
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| 😝 Fun | |
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 🙊 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* | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Mexico |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 32°C 90°F + 🥵 Sweaty (81%) = feels 44°C 111°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 11 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Telcel |
| 💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 5.01 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 501 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 780,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $8,444 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Linio |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Volaris |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aeromexico |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,175 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $647 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,240 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $354 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $172 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $99 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $707 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $33 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (971 listings) | $817 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $27 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomad List members didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
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| Feels | 8630° warm | 10038° hot | 10239° hot | 10641° scorching | 11848° scorching | 11546° scorching | 11546° scorching | 11546° scorching | 11546° scorching | 11546° scorching | 9736° hot | 9032° hot |
| Real | 8127° warm | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9535° hot | 9234° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 76% | sweaty 73% | nice 66% | nice 66% | nice 66% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 81% |
| Rain | dry 28mm | dry 22mm | dry 16mm | dry 31mm | rainy 64mm | rainy 236mm | rainy 160mm | rainy 103mm | rainy 70mm | rainy 91mm | dry 43mm | dry 23mm |
| Cloud | pockets 33% | pockets 18% | pockets 12% | pockets 20% | pockets 31% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 51% | pockets 45% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 68% | pockets 45% | pockets 39% |
| Air quality | okay 62 US AQI | clean 11** US AQI | clean 11** US AQI | clean 11** US AQI | clean 11** US AQI | clean 11** US AQI | okay 74 US AQI | okay 71 US AQI | okay 77 US AQI | okay 60 US AQI | okay 52 US AQI | okay 55 US AQI |
| Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 520 people | 360 people | 500 people | 550 people | 333 people | 700 people | 200 people | 200 people | 286 people | 343 people | 320 people | 600 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 31° 88° 30° 86°🥵AQI 59✈️11h$2,783 / mo🌇 Also went here34 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!)
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 35° 95° 32° 90°🥵AQI 52✈️13h$1,560 / mo🌇 Also went here38 peopleChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) 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 38✈️21h$994 / mo🌇 Also went here36 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
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