Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 194 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Latin America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚩 Country | Ecuador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 9 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌧 17°C 63°F + 💦 Humid (93%) + 💨 3km/h = Feels like 17°C 63°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 25 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 32 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Grun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe de Ñucallacta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Cafe Eucalyptus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Hotel Carvallo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 390,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 👫 Gender ratio | 👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AsWeSit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | LAN Ecuador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | LAN Ecuador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hospital Santa Inés | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| legal weedno-beachairportmildmild nowclean airgood air qualityslow internethigh humiditymany womenfriendly people | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $2,223 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,259 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,567 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $733 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $700 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $66 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $2,112 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $99 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $3 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.50 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBT friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
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