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| ⭐️ Total score | 124 reviews |
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| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Mexico |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 18 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (87%) = feels 33°C 91°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 25 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 5.82 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 582 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | COZ Coffee Roasting Company Cozumel |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Viva Mexico |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Spark |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎4% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 86,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,444 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 74% 👱♀️ 26% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Linio |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aero Mexico |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Cozumel International |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,269 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,452 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,916 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $833 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,582 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,282 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $611 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $74 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $75 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $152 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $2,792 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $12 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / trip |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomad List members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 8429° warm | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 9334° hot | 9937° hot | 10038° hot | 10641° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10038° hot | 10038° hot | 8831° hot | 9032° hot |
| Real | 7926° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm |
| Humidity | nice 80% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 83% |
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| Rain | rainy 136mm | rainy 63mm | rainy 58mm | dry 28mm | rainy 107mm | rainy 244mm | rainy 98mm | rainy 261mm | rainy 170mm | rainy 186mm | rainy 197mm | rainy 93mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 54% | pockets 35% | pockets 28% | pockets 39% | pockets 46% | cloudy 66% | pockets 45% | pockets 43% | cloudy 55% | pockets 49% | pockets 46% | pockets 35% |
| Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 375 people | 343 people | 333 people | 250 people | 250 people | 300 people | 200 people | 250 people | 280 people | 360 people | 333 people | 440 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 37° 99° 29° 83°🥵AQI 21🚕38min$2,593 / mo54MbpsSeaweed - Summer is seaweed season and it stinks which ruins the awesome beaches. Town center is very hip and trendy now and prices are going up. My tip, winter is best, the weather in summer is scorching. Oh, and find a place with AC, you'll need it
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 34° 93° 28° 83°🥵AQI 21🚕2h$3,689 / mo45Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 33° 91° 28° 83°🥵AQI 21🚕2h$2,472 / mo15MbpsI've lived on Isla Mujeres for 8 years and grown my digital agency. It's peaceful, cheap and easy access to the mainland and USA. My business partner is in the UK and I can fly there with no issues.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 10° 50° 10° 50°AQI 78😷✈️3h$7,576 / mo129MbpsSpent the month of September here and it was nice for the first 2 weeks. There are a lot of young people due to the multiple universities and you smell weed everywhere!!! There is also so much construction going on with the roads and buildings, so it’s best to walk and bike most places. The BIXI bike system is awesome! There are also a lot of homeless screaming at people randomly in the streets. Food and rent is expensive. The “European” vibe is isolated to a 3 street area, but the re
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 7° 45°AQI 30✈️6h$5,600 / mo33Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 22✈️2h$2,566 / mo48MbpsNot my favourite place, but it has some positive qualities. If you want American comforts like Walmart, Costco, Sam's Club and live abroad, this is a good spot. You can also shop from both Amazon US and MX; there are many US/Canadian people here. It's a very comfortable place to be in many ways. For many people, it's a great first digital nomad spot as many things are catered to tourists, making it easier for nomads. There are a lot of great, cheap gyms for every activity you can think of. Th
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 37° 99° 29° 83°🥵AQI 21🚕38min$2,593 / mo🌇 Also went here60 people⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 33° 91° 28° 83°🥵AQI 21🚕2h$2,472 / mo🌇 Also went here49 peopleI 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 33° 91° 27° 81°🥵AQI 23✈️1h$6,033 / mo🌇 Also went here45 peopleI stayed here for 6 months and I absolutely love Mexico City. The life is comfortable if you stay in the bubbles, namely Roma Norte, Condesa and Polanco, but the living cost has increased 30% since last year, due to the inflation and skyrocketing mexican pesos. Mexican people are so friendly and I never had any safety issues. Definitely will be back in the future.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 75😷✈️2h$1,949 / mo🌇 Also went here56 peopleThe stats are stats are super misleading and the reviews here as well. Locals are staring to recent digital nomads for the rise of housing prices and for it not paying taxes. It is really unfortunate, but I am let down by this city and the people. The only reason this city is popular is because all the single male wanting to go to parties and passport bros, if you are a female digital nomad you won’t feel any of this because most people that go there are male and are the ones causing the probl
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 68😷✈️3h$1,442 / mo🌇 Also went here48 peopleNew York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 3✈️10h$3,301 / mo🌇 Also went here44 peopleLiked Madrid,but its a bit dangerous in the evening and way to expensive! people can be really nice when they meet you but after a while you realize all it's not what it seems. And Barcelona is exactly the same.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 7° 45°AQI 34✈️11h$4,108 / mo🌇 Also went here44 peopleI find it difficult to understand what people see in this city. The cost to benefit ratio is just so terribly bad! This is by far the most expensive city in Europe (especially in terms of rent), with hardly anything to offer in comparision with other cities like Barcelona, Lisbon or Warsaw. The weather is just average, with cold and windy winters and mediocre summers. It's difficult to come by restaurants that offer anything other than Indian fast food for a decent price - most places are just u
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 3° 37° 5° 42°AQI 34✈️11h$6,033 / mo🌇 Also went here67 peopleI have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️11h$5,053 / mo🌇 Also went here53 peopleI recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels -1° 30° 2° 35°AQI 58😷✈️11h$5,610 / mo🌇 Also went here55 peopleI don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 10° 50° 11° 53°AQI 21✈️11h$3,768 / mo🌇 Also went here58 peopleA walking stereotype. Overcrowded, messy, expensive. Literally nothing works. There are more USA people than in Lisbon, which I thought was impossible. Yes, Italians are awesome and food is great.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 34✈️12h$5,115 / mo🌇 Also went here43 peopleAthens is a fantastic city. Locals are friendly and food is fantastic. There isn't a huge amount to do, but for a short stay it's definitely worth the visit.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 70😷✈️14h$3,044 / mo🌇 Also went here49 peopleGreat for tourism, bad for living. The City has a fascinating contrast of old and new. You will never get bored, it’s easy to meet people and have fun. Infrastructure and food are great. Thai people are friendly and welcoming, even when it not always feels genuine. With that said, it’s not a good city for long term living. It’s too hot and humid. Felt air temperature is between 37°C-45°C almost year round during the day. It’s makes all outdoor activity unpleasant. Getting your daily d
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 26° 79° 30° 86°🥵AQI 73😷✈️21h$1,422 / mo🌇 Also went here59 people
