⭐️ Total score | 2.68/5 (Rank #1220) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,600 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 8Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 38°C101°F (feels 49°C120°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 51% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 42 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 35 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $704 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare* | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Mexico |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 38°C 101°F + 😊 Comfy (51%) = feels 49°C 120°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 42 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 35.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Telcel |
💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 5.00 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 500 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 690,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,444 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Linio |
🏠 Apartment listings | VivaNuncios |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | InterJet |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aero Mexico |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,600 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,021 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,222 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $349 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $190 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $227 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,379 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $158 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 6 listings) | $2,483 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $81 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ 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
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ 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 | 6820° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 8228° warm | 9032° hot | 10239° hot | 11747° scorching | 11345° scorching | 10641° scorching | 8127° warm | 7926° warm | 6820° mild |
Real | 6619° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 8831° hot | 9334° hot | 10440° hot | 10440° hot | 10239° hot | 10038° hot | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 6619° mild |
Humidity | nice 35% | too dry 26% | nice 32% | too dry 16% | too dry 23% | too dry 18% | nice 36% | nice 37% | nice 34% | too dry 23% | too dry 23% | nice 41% |
Rain | dry 30mm | dry 7mm | dry 11mm | dry 7mm | dry 9mm | dry 12mm | dry 9mm | dry 8mm | dry 7mm | dry 2mm | dry 0mm | dry 6mm |
Cloud | pockets 16% | clear 9% | clear 7% | clear 8% | clear 1% | clear 7% | pockets 18% | clear 4% | clear 4% | pockets 12% | clear 8% | pockets 23% |
Air quality | clean 42 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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