⭐️ Total score | 2.54/5 (Rank #1117) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,900 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 24Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 30°C86°F (feels 37°C99°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 80% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 22 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Great |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $704 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Mexico |
⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 30°C 86°F + 🥵 Sweaty (80%) = feels 37°C 99°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 22 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 5.74 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 574 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | Selina Cancun Downtown Cowork |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 13,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,444 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 67% 👱♀️ 33% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Linio |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | AeroMexico |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,900 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,412 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,480 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $709 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,667 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,392 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $479 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $125 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $78 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $343 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $7 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,240 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg ~3km/2mi trip) | $5 / trip |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
❌ Expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid 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 | 8228° warm | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 9334° hot | 9535° hot | 9736° hot | 10239° hot | 10038° hot | 10038° hot | 9937° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot |
Real | 7926° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm |
Humidity | nice 77% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 72% | sweaty 75% |
Rain | rainy 115mm | rainy 68mm | dry 44mm | dry 38mm | rainy 111mm | rainy 224mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 164mm | rainy 160mm | rainy 165mm | rainy 177mm | rainy 91mm |
Cloud | cloudy 55% | pockets 30% | pockets 25% | pockets 35% | pockets 44% | cloudy 69% | pockets 44% | pockets 41% | cloudy 57% | pockets 44% | pockets 49% | pockets 36% |
Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 533 people | 300 people | 650 people | 667 people | 240 people | 267 people | 400 people | 500 people | 267 people | 200 people | 467 people | 600 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 13✈️35min$2,850 / mo7Mbps×Havana is great for a vacation, not for remote work. One of the best thing here is the atmosphere - it means people, music, fun, nightlife. BUT the situation with food is very complicated, is hard to find literally anything, there are queues everywhere. The internet is expensive (2.5 GB of LTE for 8 dollars) and very unstable. If you don't need so much internet to your work and if you are patient enough, you can enjoy Havana as it is really interesting and unique city.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 24✈️41min$1,849 / mo5Mbps×Roatan is a beautiful island and has become a worthwhile spot for digital nomads. I've been impressed with the high band internet speeds and over all reliability of all services! If you want to scuba dive, this is one of the best places on the planet to do that as well
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety very badTap to open🌥 Feels 33° 91° 29° 85°AQI 13✈️44min$3,318 / mo4Mbps×Extremely friendly and welcoming locals, and world-class scuba diving. The high cost of living and low walkability make George Town a poor fit for most digital nomads. Ideal situation would be to get a short-term gig from an employer that offers housing and a car. There's a good mix of tourists and professionals, good internet, and beautiful beaches.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 44✈️3h$6,572 / mo🌇 Also went here55 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
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 67°AQI 61😷✈️11h$5,302 / mo🌇 Also went here46 people×I stayed in Poblenou, which is a really chill upcoming area outside of the tourism of Barcelona. Really enjoyed it. Very tranquil. People were relatively friendly compared to most in Europe and there was lots of nice food and coffee places. Also pretty okay gyms. Really enjoyed Barcelona this time! Just make sure you stay outside the tourist areas.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety greatTap to open🌧 Feels 33° 91° 29° 85°AQI 104😷✈️23h$4,162 / mo🌇 Also went here39 people×