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| ⭐️ Overall score | 185 reviews |
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| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Guatemala |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (84%) = feels 23°C 73°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 46 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | TIGO |
| 💸 10 GTQ in USD | USD 1.07 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GTQ 1,000 = USD 107 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Te Quiero Coffe & Tea |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 11,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $4,147 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | €1,198 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €665 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €1,215 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €347 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €267 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €85 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €1,210 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €57 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (131 listings) | €1,222 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | €40 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | €1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Feels | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild |
| Real | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild |
| Humidity | nice 68% | nice 71% | nice 68% | nice 73% | nice 89% | nice 90% | nice 79% | nice 79% | nice 87% | nice 91% | nice 75% | nice 71% |
| Rain | rainy 102mm | rainy 104mm | rainy 133mm | rainy 221mm | rainy 421mm | rainy 431mm | rainy 336mm | rainy 360mm | rainy 460mm | rainy 393mm | rainy 207mm | rainy 145mm |
| Cloud | pockets 48% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 90% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 54% |
| Sun | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI |
| Nomad List members | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 3 people | 1 people | 1 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 1 people | 1 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 14✈️13h€2,518 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleAthens is a great city; much to do! It offers a balance of daily life and nightlife. Rents are extremely reasonable. Two of my colleagues and I decided to live in the northern suburbs near metro stations called Doukisis Plakentias. 15 minute underground ride to Athens centre. Mt. Pentelis which is very nearby offers and great trekking paths and clean air for those who love to be close to nature as well as close to the city. Nice shopping area too, like Halandri. Great restaurants, cafes, etc.,
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 34✈️15h€2,468 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 43° 109° 34° 94°🥵AQI 53✈️22h€1,129 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleBali is amazing, but Canggu isn't really that great -- actually there are SO MANY better places, like Uluwatu, Gili Islands or even Ubud that I can't understand the hype. As almost everyone said below, beaches are crappy, roads are terrible, sidewalks are non-existent and having a motorbike is a must. On the other side, food is great and cafes are pretty reasonable with all those incredible bowls. Anyway I wouldn't recommend it for more than a week.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 36° 97° 30° 86°🥵AQI 6✈️23h€1,120 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people
