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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 226 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Philippines |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 32°C 89°F + Humid (77%) = feels 43°C 109°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 39 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 🔌 Power | 230V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Smart |
| 💸 100 PHP in USD | USD 2.00 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PHP 10,000 = USD 200 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Starbucks |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Dojo8 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Itoy's Coffee Haus |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Island Coffee |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Ardent Suites Hotel and Spa |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 850,000 people |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ayosdito |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Cebu Pacific |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Philippine |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Palawan Adventist Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,452 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $877 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,054 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $587 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $500 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $300 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $822 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $39 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (168 listings) | $1,032 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $34 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 38° 100° 31° 88°🥵AQI 32✈️34min$1,859 / mo7MbpsNice and laid back city with good infrastructure. 4G coverage was good
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 19✈️42min$823 / mo15MbpsCebu city isn't safe, and internet is really slow unless you have a fiber connection. Most of areas
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 39° 102° 31° 88°🥵AQI 44✈️45min$1,458 / mo6MbpsEastwood City hands down best places for nomads in Manila. Why? 50-100 mbps from Sky or PLDT. Clo
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 47° 117° 34° 93°🥵AQI 27✈️47min$1,402 / mo8MbpsThe air quality in Baguio is awful. I left with a cough and sore throat. Streets are crowded. Lots o
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 22✈️1h$1,439 / mo7MbpsBest suited for surfers..
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 39° 102° 31° 87°🥵AQI 22✈️1h$1,663 / mo6MbpsTerrible internet even taxi drivers can't use maps and don't know where they are going. Super boring
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 87°🥵AQI 31✈️1h$1,370 / mo6MbpsGood surfing on this island. More experienced surfers head to Cloud 9.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 40° 104° 31° 88°🥵AQI 44✈️1h$1,745 / mo7MbpsEastwood City hands down best places for nomads in Manila. Why? 50-100 mbps from Sky or PLDT. Clo
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 47° 117° 34° 93°🥵AQI 27✈️47min$1,402 / mo8MbpsSpend a few hours and learn the Korean alphabet (not that hard) and Google some names of Korean dish
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 29° 84° 26° 78°AQI 77😷✈️4h$2,157 / mo19MbpsDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high c
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 46° 115° 34° 93°🥵AQI 43✈️3h$1,481 / mo25MbpsThey say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia,
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 41° 106° 31° 88°🥵AQI 14✈️3h$2,687 / mo87Mbps"Don't go to Jakarta" is what people from Jakarta tell you. But you do. It can't be that bad, righ
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 43° 109° 32° 89°🥵AQI 98😷✈️3h$1,240 / mo10MbpsAmazing nightlife and possibly the best overall food scene in the states (lots of michelin-level res
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 30✈️18h$3,493 / mo40MbpsDefinitely check out The Key (on near Zhong Xiao Dun Hua station) if living here for more than a mon
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 43° 109° 33° 91°🥵AQI 47✈️2h$1,835 / mo20MbpsCebu city isn't safe, and internet is really slow unless you have a fiber connection. Most of areas
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 39° 102° 31° 88°🥵AQI 44✈️45min$1,458 / mo6MbpsDisgusting treatment towards women, it's filthy and hygiene is basic. Don't visit a place like this.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 31° 88° 34° 93°🥵AQI 41✈️10h$2,302 / mo5MbpsHonestly, this is an awesome place to be if you're actually trying to get work done. It's a bit of a
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 35° 95° 29° 84°🥵AQI 36✈️3h$1,794 / mo12MbpsEastwood City hands down best places for nomads in Manila. Why? 50-100 mbps from Sky or PLDT. Clo
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 47° 117° 34° 93°🥵AQI 27✈️47min$1,402 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleIt used to have a lot of character and charm but all the construction is making the city lose its cu
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 45° 113° 32° 90°🥵AQI 46✈️2h$957 / mo🌇 Also went here10 peopleHong Kong is a fabulous city - from big city living, to isolated beaches, outlying islands and hikes
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 39° 102° 30° 86°🥵AQI 26✈️2h$2,560 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleDefinitely check out The Key (on near Zhong Xiao Dun Hua station) if living here for more than a mon
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 43° 109° 33° 91°🥵AQI 47✈️2h$1,835 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleI lived in Hanoi for 3 full months and I really loved it. Hanoi has a big foreigner district calle
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 55° 131° 36° 96°🥵AQI 88😷✈️2h$916 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleThey say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia,
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 41° 106° 31° 88°🥵AQI 14✈️3h$2,687 / mo🌇 Also went here12 peopleKuala Lumpur is a modern metropolitan filled with fun loving people and excellent choice of food, av
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 44° 111° 32° 89°🥵AQI 50✈️3h$1,262 / mo🌇 Also went here12 peopleDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high c
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 26✈️3h$1,328 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really chea
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 44° 111° 34° 93°🥵AQI 51✈️3h$1,083 / mo🌇 Also went here14 peopleSuper fun and beautiful city. I find Parisians are actually very patient and warm if you at least at
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 43✈️15h$3,876 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleI have been living in London for over 2 years as a student. It's ridiculously expensive. However, th
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 30✈️15h$2,928 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleHaving spent a total of two weeks in London on two separate occasions and having lived in NYC for tw
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 61✈️19h$4,746 / mo🌇 Also went here10 people| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 9736° hot | 10239° hot | 10239° hot | 10641° scorching | 9535° hot | 10038° hot | 10038° hot | 10038° hot | 10038° hot | 9535° hot |
| Real | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm |
| Humidity | nice 65% | nice 66% | nice 64% | nice 64% | nice 66% | nice 70% | sweaty 72% | sweaty 73% | sweaty 72% | nice 70% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 71% |
| Rain | dry 19mm | dry 7mm | dry 16mm | dry 16mm | dry 40mm | rainy 176mm | rainy 92mm | rainy 78mm | rainy 64mm | rainy 119mm | rainy 63mm | dry 48mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 54% | pockets 27% | pockets 35% | pockets 47% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 87% | overcast 92% | overcast 93% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 82% | cloudy 66% |
| Air quality | clean 64 US AQI | clean 85 US AQI | clean 102 US AQI | clean 39** US AQI | clean 46 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 46 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI | clean 53 US AQI | clean 57 US AQI | clean 59 US AQI | clean 66 US AQI |
| Sun | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI |
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✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many members go here
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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