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| ⭐️ Total score | 62 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 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 | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Ecuador |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 15 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 17°C 63°F + 💦 Damp (80%) = feels 18°C 64°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 70 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 42.25 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 12.50% |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe de Ñucallacta |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Cafe Eucalyptus |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Hotel Carvallo |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 330,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,982 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 67% 👱♀️ 33% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AsWeSit |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | LAN Ecuador |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | LAN Ecuador |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hospital Santa Inés |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,818 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,057 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,653 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $758 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,058 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,121 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $703 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $96 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $37 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $141 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomad List members go here
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
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63
17° cool |
64
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66
19° mild |
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| Humidity |
damp 86% |
nice 87% |
damp 88% |
nice 85% |
damp 88% |
damp 81% |
damp 83% |
damp 82% |
damp 80% |
nice 85% |
nice 86% |
nice 87% |
| Rain |
rainy 170mm |
rainy 151mm |
rainy 296mm |
rainy 127mm |
rainy 93mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 101mm |
rainy 126mm |
rainy 221mm |
rainy 144mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 89% |
overcast 91% |
cloudy 90% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 87% |
| Air quality |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
okay 94 US AQI |
okay 94 US AQI |
okay 94 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
| Sun |
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Stayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
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