⭐️ Total score | 1.89/5 (Rank #1244) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,092 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 18Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 28°C82°F (feels 30°C86°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 68% |
👌 Safety | Okay |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Okay |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $560 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Dominican Republic |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 18 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 28°C 82°F + 😊 Comfy (68%) = feels 30°C 86°F |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 DOP in USD | USD 1.69 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | DOP 10,000 = USD 169 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Delices Francais |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Masa Business Disctrict |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👎3% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 2,730,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 52,320 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 44,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $6,722 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 79% 👱♀️ 21% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
🏥 Best hospital | Hospital IMG en Punta Cana |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,092 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,796 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,237 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,210 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $6,013 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,028 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $982 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $282 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $67 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $149 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $7 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $6,298 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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Real | 7826° warm | 7826° warm | 7826° warm | 8027° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8329° very warm | 8329° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8027° warm |
Humidity | nice 41% | nice 40% | nice 40% | nice 40% | nice 40% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 41% | nice 40% | nice 40% | nice 39% | nice 40% |
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Rain | dry 48mm | dry 43mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 64mm | rainy 77mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 103mm | rainy 136mm | rainy 86mm | rainy 135mm | rainy 74mm | rainy 66mm |
Cloud | pockets 21% | pockets 13% | pockets 15% | pockets 16% | pockets 16% | pockets 29% | pockets 22% | pockets 23% | pockets 20% | pockets 21% | pockets 15% | pockets 15% |
Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 283 people | 333 people | 444 people | 275 people | 400 people | 311 people | 333 people | 400 people | 292 people | 333 people | 400 people | 491 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 50✈️10h$3,741 / mo🌇 Also went here51 people×A walking stereotype. Overcrowded, messy, expensive. Literally nothing works. There are more USA people than in Lisbon, which I thought was impossible. Yes, Italians are awesome and food is great.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 39° 102° 34° 94°🥵AQI 71😷✈️22h$1,346 / mo🌇 Also went here61 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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