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| ⭐️ Total score | 124 reviews |
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| 😝 Fun | |
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 2 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps ⚠️ Internet in Macau is fast averaging 56 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~7 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 21°C 70°F + 🌵 Too dry (0%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 72 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 81 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 10 MOP in USD | USD 1.24 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MOP 1,000 = USD 124 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Coworking |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Communal Table |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Hotel presidente MACAU |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 570,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $73,187 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ambiente Macau Ltd |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | AirAsia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Viva Macau |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Kiang Wu Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $6,276 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $7,413 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $18,740 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $5,354 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,365 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $9,712 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $5,874 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $111 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $318 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $113 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $7 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 6619° mild | 7222° mild | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 10842° scorching | 10440° hot | 10842° scorching | 10239° hot | 10641° scorching | 8831° hot | 7524° warm | 7021° mild |
| Real | 6619° mild | 7122° mild | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8127° warm | 7524° warm | 7021° mild |
| Humidity | nice 61% | nice 78% | nice 84% | nice 85% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 79% | nice 67% | nice 72% |
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| Rain | dry 3mm | rainy 67mm | dry 21mm | rainy 58mm | rainy 85mm | rainy 292mm | rainy 248mm | rainy 274mm | rainy 107mm | rainy 324mm | dry 7mm | dry 42mm |
| Cloud | pockets 41% | pockets 25% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 84% | pockets 50% | cloudy 71% | pockets 49% | pockets 48% |
| Air quality | bad 129 US AQI | bad 110 US AQI | bad 104 US AQI | okay 88 US AQI | okay 72 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 54 US AQI | okay 60 US AQI | okay 81 US AQI | bad 104 US AQI | bad 128 US AQI | bad 126 US AQI |
| Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 343 people | 225 people | 325 people | 250 people | 350 people | 325 people | 267 people | 333 people | 300 people | 267 people | 425 people | 360 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 7° 45° 8° 47°AQI 89😷✈️3h$2,309 / mo89MbpsIn terms of value for money for a city, I would say Kuala Lumpur is the best in all of Asia, high-quality apartments at a good price, high-quality restaurants, has a car scene if you are a car guy. I found it quite safe. For me, the weather was like 4 seasons in one day almost every day. Rains a lot, a lot of storms and also very hot and humid. Dating was ok not bad like Western countries but not the best. I found the city quite boring itself, not a lot to see inside of the city. If you are
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 36✈️10h$4,515 / mo82MbpsTaipei offers a great value because for far east Asia, it’s quite cheap compared to Korea or Japan. Very pretty historical city. A typical meal is usually 200 which is around $6.50 but you can easily get street food for much cheaper. I stayed for 5 weeks. Pros: extremely safe and clean Friendly locals Lots of Chinese culture - like day trips into tea fields Great tea! People spoke some English Fast wifi Clean air Lots of street food Incredible transportation - so easy to get around
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 89😷🚕2h$2,872 / mo🌇 Also went here131 peopleChiang Mai has had a deep Buddhist influence running over the last 1,000 years and this can be felt in the helpfulness, patience and generosity of the Thai and long-term transplants you come across. The city has an active community scene (nomads, spiritual seekers, hikers, creatives), several mountains with hiking spots and waterfalls surrounding the city, over 20 water bodies inside the city -- many have cafes and walks around, several public parks, and over 13 national parks with campgrounds w
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 29° 83°AQI 55😷✈️2h$1,023 / mo🌇 Also went here75 peopleGreat for tourism, bad for living. The City has a fascinating contrast of old and new. You will never get bored, it’s easy to meet people and have fun. Infrastructure and food are great. Thai people are friendly and welcoming, even when it not always feels genuine. With that said, it’s not a good city for long term living. It’s too hot and humid. Felt air temperature is between 37°C-45°C almost year round during the day. It’s makes all outdoor activity unpleasant. Getting your daily d
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 39° 102° 32° 89°🥵AQI 104😷✈️2h$1,416 / mo🌇 Also went here108 peopleI've been in Phuket for about a month now. Most of that time I've spent in Ka Ron and Kata beach area, but also have been to Chalong, Pa Tong, Rawai, and Kathu. Karon and Kata beaches are my favorite. Beaches are beautiful, especially Karon. Overall most everything is reasonably priced, but not the bargain I was told it is. I eventually found a hotel I like, where I pay 12-13 euro per night (below 500 baht atm) and that is by far the lowest I found for the quality I expect. Considering the loc
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 83°AQI 35✈️3h$1,863 / mo🌇 Also went here59 peopleIn terms of value for money for a city, I would say Kuala Lumpur is the best in all of Asia, high-quality apartments at a good price, high-quality restaurants, has a car scene if you are a car guy. I found it quite safe. For me, the weather was like 4 seasons in one day almost every day. Rains a lot, a lot of storms and also very hot and humid. Dating was ok not bad like Western countries but not the best. I found the city quite boring itself, not a lot to see inside of the city. If you are
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 27° 81°🥵AQI 55😷✈️3h$1,280 / mo🌇 Also went here83 peopleSo… amazing food. Great public transportation. Very clean. But very conformist. Self expression limited. The irony of seeing an exhibit on graffiti, yet no actual graffiti in the streets. And the causal racism especially if you’re brown. You could be British born but still expect to be sat far away from everyone else at cocktail bars, experience comments and have weird assumptions made.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 83°AQI 25✈️3h$4,025 / mo🌇 Also went here104 peopleTokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 42✈️4h$2,982 / mo🌇 Also went here72 peopleI absolutely love Istanbul! My biggest recommendation would be to stay in Cihangir or Nişantaşı and avoid the main centre. Cihangir has so many beautiful cafes to work from and there are a lot of people working remotely so it's a really nice vibe. I agree with the comments about taxis, we just caught ubers but mostly walked everywhere which I would recommend. If you stay in Cihangir you can easily walk to Taxim square and through Galata. The food scene here is great once you know where to go
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 11✈️11h$1,635 / mo🌇 Also went here57 peopleI've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels -1° 30° 1° 33°AQI 107😷✈️12h$3,867 / mo🌇 Also went here62 peopleI 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 3° 37° 5° 42°AQI 76😷✈️12h$5,550 / mo🌇 Also went here70 peopleI find it difficult to understand what people see in this city. The cost to benefit ratio is just so terribly bad! This is by far the most expensive city in Europe (especially in terms of rent), with hardly anything to offer in comparision with other cities like Barcelona, Lisbon or Warsaw. The weather is just average, with cold and windy winters and mediocre summers. It's difficult to come by restaurants that offer anything other than Indian fast food for a decent price - most places are just u
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 2° 36° 4° 40°AQI 34✈️13h$5,970 / mo🌇 Also went here79 peopleI 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”.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 7° 45°AQI 50✈️13h$4,999 / mo🌇 Also went here74 peopleI 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!!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°AQI 42✈️13h$3,728 / mo🌇 Also went here76 peopleOnce you figure out housing (not an easy thing but doable, especially once you stop looking in the touristic areas), Lisbon is a very charming, safe (even though I'll admit this is getting worse in certain areas), and fun city to live in. In most neighbourhoods you have the feeling of living in a small town instead of an urban area. There's aways something to do or see so it's hard to be bored living here. I still find Lisbon (and Portugal in general), to be one of the most attractive places in
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 15✈️15h$3,265 / mo🌇 Also went here62 peopleNew 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 29✈️17h$7,576 / mo🌇 Also went here67 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
