⭐️ Total score | 3.13/5 (Rank #583) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,042 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 4Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 22°C71°F (feels 22°C72°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 85% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 46 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy : 151 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Bad |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Very bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $346 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Guatemala |
⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 22°C 71°F + 😊 Comfy (85%) = feels 22°C 72°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 46 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 151 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | TIGO |
💸 10 GTQ in USD | USD 1.29 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GTQ 1,000 = USD 129 |
💸 Tipping | No |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $4,147 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Avianca |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,042 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $807 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,867 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $534 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $452 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $118 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $365 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $17 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 560 listings) | $972 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $32 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 7222° mild |
Real | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 7222° mild |
Humidity | nice 78% | nice 72% | nice 71% | nice 74% | nice 86% | nice 94% | nice 85% | nice 92% | nice 92% | nice 87% | nice 80% | nice 77% |
Rain | rainy 102mm | dry 49mm | rainy 74mm | rainy 218mm | rainy 621mm | rainy 525mm | rainy 449mm | rainy 716mm | rainy 552mm | rainy 439mm | rainy 121mm | rainy 87mm |
Cloud | cloudy 54% | pockets 42% | pockets 44% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 65% | pockets 44% |
Air quality | clean 36 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 151* US AQI | bad 151* US AQI | clean 44 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 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 |
Remote workers | 200 people | 333 people | 333 people | 400 people | 300 people | 400 people | 400 people | 467 people | 200 people | 0 people | 400 people | 250 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°🥵AQI 21✈️37min$3,328 / mo7Mbps×Ungodly hot year round, but some cool things to see. Can't imagine working from here, but it a cool enough place to visit for a few days if you can stand the heat. Volcano boarding is a great time!
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 9✈️1h$1,952 / mo4Mbps×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 😡 Slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 25✈️5h$7,075 / mo83Mbps×I really enjoyed my first week here, but as I got to know more locals and heard their stories, I was disturbed at the security situation. Almost everyone I met has horror stories about being robbed at gunpoint, robbed by the police, and in one case even drugged and robbed by a taxi driver. It's not even safe to walk a short distance at night (locals told me to just take Uber). Beyond the security issues, scams also abound, and the covid policy is wacky, with hand sanitizer being forced on you ev
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 76😷✈️1h$1,561 / mo🌇 Also went here30 people×Panama City is a B+ place to live: solid weather, amenities, safety, and cleanliness... but, it feels much like an American city due to the skyscrapers, urban sprawl, and the limited activities. If you're not shopping, eating at a restaurant, bar hopping, or going to a reggaeton club until 3am, there's not a whole lot else to do. The weather is remarkably consistent: everyday it will be 85F, it will be cloudy for a few hours including a 15-30 minute shower, and then it will be mostly sunny for
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 34° 93° 28° 82°🥵AQI 9✈️2h$2,220 / mo🌇 Also went here19 people×Lived here for about 3 months as a female. The climate is amazing as it is the City of Eternal Spring. Very reasonable prices everywhere. I stayed in Poblado, but about a 25 minute walk from all the action of Poblado. Walking on the main roads during the day was fine. The local people are amazingly nice. However, once night falls, you have to be careful here. Do not walk on quiet streets. Leave your valuables at home and do not ever show your mobile phone outside on the street. Use an Uber at ni
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 61✈️3h$1,057 / mo🌇 Also went here25 people×I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 33° 91° 30° 85°🥵AQI 19✈️4h$5,660 / mo🌇 Also went here21 people×Loved Miraflores in Lima - has a lot of stylish cafes and restaurants with good food, coworkings, parks. Barranco has some amazing nightclubs. Although Lima is more expensive than other parts of Peru
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 78😷✈️4h$1,092 / mo🌇 Also went here15 people×I spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 31° 88° 29° 85°AQI 84😷✈️5h$4,849 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people×Good: - Great local food - Portuguese people are amazingly friendly - Vibrant DN community. It's like the city has been overtaken by remote workers. You will see everyone working on their laptop everywhere you go. - Amazing views whenever you want; you can just get a beer and climb to one of the viewpoints to see the sunset. Easy and magical. - Super cheap Ubers, easy subway Bad: - Housing prices. I'm not kidding, it's the worst I've ever seen. Ultra overpriced. I guess that's the problem when
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 28✈️11h$2,383 / mo🌇 Also went here19 people×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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°AQI 19✈️12h$5,175 / mo🌇 Also went here17 people×A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌦 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 32✈️12h$5,930 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people×Best city in Spain. Weather is great even in December and the clubbing scene is fun. There's lots to do and it's a beautiful city overall. You have to watch out for pickpockets but as long as you aren't leaving things unattended or obviously in your pockets you'll be fine. If you're into hostels, Hostel One Paralelo is BY FAR the best hostel in the area, worth every penny. Will definitely be back, and I never say that.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 40° 104° 31° 87°🥵AQI 59✈️22h$1,265 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people×