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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 234 reviews |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Region | Latin America | |
| 🚩 Country | Mexico | |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 15 days | |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 17 Mbps | |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 30°C 85°F + Humid (65%) = feels 34°C 93°F | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 29 US AQI 🍃 good | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😷 167 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day | |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz | |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | ||
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing | |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Telcel | |
| 💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 4.57 | |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 457 | |
| 💸 Tipping | No | |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) | |
| 💻 Best coworking space | El Cowork | |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Coworking Monterrey | |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,100,000 people | |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person | |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes | |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% | |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% | |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Linio | |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Avisosdeocasion | |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Volaris | |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aeromexico | |
💥 We strongly recommend you to not travel to Monterrey as it's currently in an ongoing conflict and may not be safe for travelers, more info | ||
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,246 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $643 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,211 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $346 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $206 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $110 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $902 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $42 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (841 listings) | $753 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $25 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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| Feels | 6619° mild | 7323° mild | 7725° warm | 8630° warm | 10038° hot | 10239° hot | 10038° hot | 10641° scorching | 9736° hot | 8831° hot | 7323° mild | 7222° mild |
| Real | 6418° cool | 7323° mild | 7725° warm | 8429° very warm | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 9334° hot | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7323° mild | 7222° mild |
| Humidity | nice 66% | nice 63% | nice 73% | nice 52% | sweaty 72% | nice 66% | nice 62% | nice 58% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 71% | nice 68% | nice 50% |
| Rain | dry 20mm | dry 12mm | rainy 56mm | dry 24mm | rainy 72mm | rainy 99mm | rainy 107mm | rainy 138mm | rainy 157mm | rainy 78mm | dry 45mm | dry 7mm |
| Cloud | pockets 42% | pockets 31% | pockets 47% | pockets 16% | pockets 42% | pockets 28% | pockets 24% | pockets 13% | pockets 27% | pockets 28% | pockets 41% | clear 7% |
| Air quality | clean 62 US AQI | clean 65 US AQI | clean 73 US AQI | clean 65 US AQI | clean 77 US AQI | clean 69 US AQI | clean 60 US AQI | clean 54 US AQI | clean 57 US AQI | clean 57 US AQI | clean 72 US AQI | clean 56 US AQI |
| Sun | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI |
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✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Dangerous
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Humid now
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Not many members go here
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not family friendly
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