⭐️ Total score | 2/5 (Rank #1162) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,095 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 13Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 28°C82°F (feels 31°C88°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 74% |
👌 Safety | Bad |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Very bad |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $395 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Good |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Belize |
🗓️ Average trip length | 9 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 13 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (74%) = feels 31°C 88°F |
🔌 Power | 115 230V60Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10 BZD in USD | USD 4.96 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BZD 1,000 = USD 496 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Mesa Café |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 290,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $4,745 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 57% 👱♀️ 43% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | San Pedro Daily |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Tropic Air |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Tropic Air |
🏥 Best hospital | Belize Medical Associates |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,095 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,479 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,017 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $862 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,807 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $854 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $131 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $411 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.25 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $6 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° warm | 8228° warm | 8228° warm | 8228° warm | 8228° warm | 8228° warm | 7926° warm | 8127° warm |
Real | 7826° warm | 7926° warm | 8027° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8329° very warm | 8329° very warm | 8329° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7926° warm | 8027° warm |
Humidity | nice 43% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 42% | nice 43% | nice 43% | nice 42% | nice 42% | nice 42% | nice 40% | nice 39% | nice 40% |
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Rain | rainy 103mm | dry 48mm | dry 50mm | dry 39mm | rainy 103mm | rainy 219mm | rainy 163mm | rainy 190mm | rainy 235mm | rainy 263mm | rainy 198mm | rainy 129mm |
Cloud | pockets 28% | pockets 19% | pockets 13% | pockets 25% | pockets 28% | pockets 33% | pockets 32% | pockets 24% | pockets 28% | pockets 21% | pockets 22% | pockets 16% |
Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 250 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 250 people | 267 people | 320 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels -11° 12° -7° 19°✈️25min$2,581 / mo18Mbps×Playa has been really good to me. The digital nomad community (at least over my winter stay) has been INCREDIBLE. Join the Facebook groups, find the WhatsApp groups - it’s so easy to meet others. The beach is ok, seaweed isn’t as bad in winter but it’s very visible and does smell. It rarely kills my beach day. The city has so many conveinces and is very walkable - it’s perfect for someone looking to work and enjoy themselves. Internet has been stable and fast. I get it’s not authentic,
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels -11° 12° -7° 19°✈️25min$2,399 / mo31Mbps×Safe, because it's basically a police state. Two cop cars on every block. After you've done the tourist stuff there really isn't much to do. Almost no nightlife center, flat, no parks, and I have to say it's a very boring city. If you just need a place that is cheaper than Playa Del Carmen and want to rent a house to hole up and work, then Merida might be for you. Personally after a week I found it very boring.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 27° 81°✈️4h$4,357 / mo81Mbps×Went to school nearby in Corvallis, OR at OSU. I have no idea why anyone would want to come to Albany, OR. Especially when you have several other cities in the state with more to offer.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 39° 102° 31° 88°🥵✈️2h$2,483 / mo34Mbps×Playa has been really good to me. The digital nomad community (at least over my winter stay) has been INCREDIBLE. Join the Facebook groups, find the WhatsApp groups - it’s so easy to meet others. The beach is ok, seaweed isn’t as bad in winter but it’s very visible and does smell. It rarely kills my beach day. The city has so many conveinces and is very walkable - it’s perfect for someone looking to work and enjoy themselves. Internet has been stable and fast. I get it’s not authentic,
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels -11° 12° -7° 19°✈️25min$2,399 / mo🌇 Also went here13 people×Lived in Antigua for over a year and I absolutely loved it! It´s called the city of eternal spring because the weather is like a perfect spring day all year round. There are two seasons, rainy and non-rainy but in rainy season (May-Oct) it only rains for 3-4 hours in the afternoon then stops. It makes everything lush and green which is another reason they call it the city of perpetual roses and eternal spring. It´s a small city so very easily to walk and see everything. If you escape the cente
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 27° 81° 26° 79°✈️38min$1,716 / mo🌇 Also went here14 people×Love it! Don't expect them to speak English, that is NOT their native language. If you're going to go, learn some Spanish and respect their culture. No gentrification in Mexico, please.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 95😷✈️2h$1,457 / mo🌇 Also went here19 people×New 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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°✈️4h$7,298 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 17° 63° 16° 61°✈️5h$5,912 / mo🌇 Also went here14 people×Decent city, mainly because the people are so kind. But, it is a pain to get cash (spent a few hours every couple weeks trying Western Union after WU and never finding one with enough cash), and a lot of places don't take cards/the current exchange rate is a ripoff. However, BRING REPELLENT. The place is littered with mosquitos, and my partner and I both contracted dengue. He ended up in the hospital, and it was not a blast. The healthcare system is decent, but long wait times even in the nicest
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 17° 63° 16° 62°AQI 25✈️9h$1,549 / mo🌇 Also went here13 peopleדDon’t take your phone out” is some outdated advice… there are several people on the streets and in the metro using phones and taking pictures. Remember that nothing stays the same forever. Rio is safer than many people describe. Use your common sense.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety very badTap to open🌥 Feels 32° 90° 29° 85°✈️9h$2,204 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×Hello i am agreed with previous comment . I was very passionate about Portugal pend here two and half years even more just living living here , not travel abroad . So my opinion its very beautiful country people are also very nice . Ideally if you working abroad . British and French expats are here . Nepal people hard workers and afro colonies people who came from Mozambique . Its totally fine no racism and totally solidarity . But , if you searching housing , and move in city of course , it wi
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 40✈️10h$3,897 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×I don't understand why London has so high safety rating. Your phone could be stolen and your bicycle WILL be stolen here (or a part of it). I live here 8.5 years and I experienced the above multiple times. Police seems only cares about crime against person by whatever reason. Insure everything expensive that you own. I would also add that antisocial behaviour is quite common here and teenagers are heavily involved in crimes as police don't do anything with them because of their age. Basically th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 11° 52° 11° 51°AQI 27✈️11h$5,534 / mo🌇 Also went here23 people×I 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”.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 11° 52° 12° 54°AQI 42✈️11h$5,060 / mo🌇 Also went here14 people×I 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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 7° 45° 9° 48°AQI 31✈️12h$6,099 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people×I 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!!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 12° 54° 13° 55°AQI 46✈️12h$5,046 / mo🌇 Also went here15 people×Berlin used to be nomad base in Europe... but it's not the same anymore. The 'pandemic' changed many things -- the cost of course, but also the culture -- the freedom and liberty have been contained. The police presence and size of the state have grown -- definitely doesn't feel so relaxed anymore. It's also important to note here -- there is limited ambition. Most are looking for an easy, fun and peaceful life -- which is great, but if you are building something or running a business it can fee
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 7° 45° 8° 46°AQI 78😷✈️12h$3,943 / mo🌇 Also went here14 people×This city is not for everyone, if you like shopping malls and big crowded cities it is for you. It may be cheap but if you want to live in a good location with swimming pool, go to nice rooftops and restaurants, use taxis then it is similar cost to western countries. In many areas there are no sidewalks, big and dangerous traffic all the time, pollution, taxis do not want to go with meter, it can get really hot. Definitely try to live by the metro. Many foreigners, mostly friendly people, cheap
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 45° 113° 36° 97°🥵AQI 62😷✈️22h$1,345 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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