🏆 Nomad Score™ | 3.79/5 |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,434 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 5Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 29°C84°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Too humid: 80% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 15 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Good |
👍 Quality of life | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🙊 English speaking | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Good |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
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🌍 Region | Latin America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | Ecuador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 2 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | 🌥 29°C 84°F + 💦 Humid (80%) + 💨 7km/h = Feels like 34°C 93°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 15 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | Claro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 15% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,500,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👫 Gender ratio | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ Religious government | Religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | LAN Ecuador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | LAN Ecuador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ancient architecturefoodcultureno-beachairportwarm nowwarmhotclean airgood air qualityslow internetcheap cost of livinghigh humiditymany womenfriendly people |
💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,434 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,036 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,522 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $721 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $514 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $52 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $769 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $36 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (11 listings) | $1,151 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $38 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $5 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.91 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
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✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBT friendly
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❌ Not much to do
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❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
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