🏆 Nomad Score™ | 2.11/5 |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $6,293 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 18Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 30°C86°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Way too humid: 98% |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👍 Quality of life | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🙊 English speaking | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Good |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
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🌍 Region | Latin America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | Panama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 7 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 18 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | 🌤 30°C 86°F + 💦 Humid (98%) + 💨 4km/h = Feels like 43°C 109°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 115V115V60Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | Movistar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 0 PAB in USD | USD 0.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: PAB 100 | USD 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💻 Best coworking space | CascoStation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
☕️ Best coffee place | Juan Valdez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 14% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 37,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👫 Gender ratio | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏠 Apartment listings | Compreoalquile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Panama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Copa Airlines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏥 Best hospital | Punta Pacifica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Do not take taxis in Panama, they are corrupt and violent. Use Uber instead. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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💵 Nomad Cost™ | $6,293 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,757 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,627 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,608 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,500 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $300 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $6,291 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $295 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $7 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
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🎒 Nomad Score 💵 Cost very bad📡 Internet great😀 Fun bad👮 Safety okayTap to Open🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 29✈️7h$6,129 / mo49Mbps×Parisians are not as rude as some people say, most of them speak English when your approach is respe
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🎒 Nomad Score 💵 Cost very bad📡 Internet great😀 Fun great👮 Safety okayTap to Open☀️ Feels 24° 75° 21° 71°AQI 58😷✈️6h$4,452 / mo35Mbps×wasn't crazy about the town - the surrounding country is gorgeous
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🎒 Nomad Score 💵 Cost good📡 Internet good😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to Open🌥 Feels 26° 79° 25° 76°AQI 77😷✈️3h$1,547 / mo🌇 Also went here53 people×Best city in the world! You can certainly live the Nomad life in NYC for a lot less than 5k a month!
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🎒 Nomad Score 💵 Cost okay📡 Internet great😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to Open🌤 Feels 6° 43° 8° 47°AQI 22✈️13h$2,815 / mo🌇 Also went here56 people×Why is desktop version of this website is a lot more limited than a mobile version..?
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🎒 Nomad Score 💵 Cost good📡 Internet great😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to Open☀️ Feels 34° 93° 31° 89°🥵AQI 110😷✈️23h$1,617 / mo🌇 Also went here77 people×I think KL will be the next hub for nomads. It's affordable, safe, convenient, has decent Internet a
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✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many nomads have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBT friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads right now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ People don't speak English well
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