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| ⭐️ Total score | 21 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
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| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 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 | Philippines |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 12 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 27°C 81°F + 🥵 Sweaty (72%) = feels 30°C 86°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 50 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 85.5 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 100 PHP in USD | USD 1.83 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PHP 10,000 = USD 183 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Serviced Office |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | A Space |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Kuppa |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Filling Station Bar And Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 580,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,951 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 93% 👱♀️ 7% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | RentPad |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Cebu Pacific |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Philippine |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Makati Medical Center |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,050 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,827 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,996 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,427 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $591 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,571 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,234 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $28 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $51 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $181 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 9334° hot | 9133° hot | 10038° hot | 10641° scorching | 10943° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10239° hot | 10239° hot | 10440° hot | 10038° hot | 10440° hot | 9133° hot |
| Real | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8731° hot | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 77% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 72% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 74% |
| Rain | rainy 72mm | rainy 56mm | dry 34mm | dry 29mm | rainy 63mm | rainy 314mm | rainy 546mm | rainy 335mm | rainy 360mm | rainy 236mm | dry 48mm | rainy 61mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 76% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 50% | overcast 91% | overcast 92% | overcast 91% | cloudy 87% | overcast 90% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 72% |
| Air quality | bad 125 US AQI | bad 113 US AQI | bad 106 US AQI | bad 101 US AQI | okay 91 US AQI | okay 76 US AQI | okay 81 US AQI | okay 90 US AQI | okay 81 US AQI | okay 87 US AQI | bad 106 US AQI | bad 109 US AQI |
| Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 300 people | 350 people | 280 people | 500 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 450 people | 333 people | 240 people | 200 people | 280 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 6° 43°AQI 27✈️14h$5,156 / mo🌇 Also went here41 peopleHow 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).
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 10° 50° 11° 52°AQI 26✈️16h$3,444 / mo🌇 Also went here41 peopleI'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.
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