⭐️ Total score | 2.99/5 (Rank #250) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,790 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 19Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 28°C82°F (feels 35°C95°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 98% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 14 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 41 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Okay |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Low: $1,037 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Argentina |
⏱ Average trip length | 34 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 19 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (98%) = feels 35°C 95°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 14 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 41 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 10% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | Laplatahub |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | synergia |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 520,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $12,449 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Mercado Libre |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Gol |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aerolineas |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,790 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $849 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,604 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $458 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,068 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $850 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $184 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $50 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $28 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $208 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $8 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $17,500 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $35,000 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $87,500 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Not very safe
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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Feels | 8127° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 6116° cool | 5513° cool | 5513° cool | 5714° cool | 6317° cool | 6820° mild | 7323° mild | 7926° warm |
Real | 8228° very warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 6116° cool | 5714° cool | 5614° cool | 5815° cool | 6217° cool | 6720° mild | 7323° mild | 7926° warm |
Humidity | nice 34% | nice 37% | nice 37% | nice 40% | nice 37% | nice 36% | nice 37% | nice 38% | nice 41% | nice 31% | nice 33% | nice 34% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | rainy 51mm | rainy 53mm | dry 42mm | dry 40mm | dry 34mm | dry 11mm | dry 18mm | dry 26mm | dry 49mm | dry 26mm | dry 43mm | dry 15mm |
Cloud | pockets 21% | pockets 32% | pockets 30% | pockets 22% | pockets 33% | pockets 38% | pockets 26% | pockets 26% | pockets 43% | pockets 17% | pockets 31% | pockets 25% |
Air quality | clean 47 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 300 people |
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