⭐️ Total score | 2.72/5 (Rank #590) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,607 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 4Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 A bit cold: 16°C60°F (feels 16°C61°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 82% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 38 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 63 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Bad |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Very bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Great |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $484 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Colombia |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 16°C 60°F + 💦 Damp (82%) = feels 16°C 61°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 38 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 63 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 10,000 COP in USD | USD 2.18 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | COP 1,000,000 = USD 218 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 310,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,806 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
💻 Online electronics shop | Falabella |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | China Southern Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,607 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $993 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,423 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $692 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $831 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $555 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $627 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $39 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $18 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $233 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $7 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Cold all year round
❌ Very damp now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
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Real | 5714° cool | 5915° cool | 5714° cool | 6116° cool | 5915° cool | 5714° cool | 5714° cool | 5915° cool | 5915° cool | 5915° cool | 5714° cool | 5714° cool |
Humidity | damp 92% | damp 94% | damp 96% | damp 89% | damp 92% | damp 88% | damp 84% | damp 83% | damp 80% | damp 89% | damp 97% | damp 97% |
Rain | rainy 216mm | rainy 232mm | rainy 344mm | rainy 199mm | rainy 219mm | rainy 127mm | rainy 85mm | rainy 106mm | rainy 95mm | rainy 291mm | rainy 388mm | rainy 269mm |
Cloud | cloudy 88% | overcast 91% | overcast 96% | overcast 93% | overcast 91% | cloudy 82% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 85% | overcast 96% | overcast 92% |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
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AMAZING country, You will not get bored because it is super rich both culturally and for nature-related activities (hikes, lakes, waterfalls, etc). Everything is pretty close to Quito. But be very careful not to walk around with laptop or cellphone-not even at daylight. Safety is not good. Specially if you are alone.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 38✈️16min$1,632 / mo4Mbps×Cali has beautiful weather and kind, friendly people. You will need to use Spanish here so it is a great place to learn. Locals are very patient with novice speakers. The city has many green spaces and weekend travel to the Pacific region and Coffee country is possible as well as inexpensive flights to other major cities in Colombia. Salsa is king here so it is worth taking lessons, as this is a major part of the city's nightlife. You can live quite cheaply here but expect foreign or imported fo
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 30° 86° 26° 78°🥵AQI 85😷✈️21min$1,435 / mo6Mbps×A beautiful colonial medium size city in the mountains of Ecuador. Currently here in Dec and the highs are 70, lows are 45. Beautiful temperate weather all the way around. Pros: - walkable with great outdoor fitness - diverse and high quality F&B scene. Great cocktails @ Madame - good coffee culture and cafes. - internet is fine. It’s stable. Not 1gb speed but not slow. - lots of history and the city has some beautiful parts - safe Cons: - smaller city. It isn’t a major metropolis. - if
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 20° 68° 19° 67°AQI 28✈️40min$1,831 / mo4Mbps×I spent 7 days there. It's a little town for beach, surf and party. However, in the place "SELINA", you have a good environment to work, in front of the beach. The coworking space there isn't good, but the coffee inside the same "building" is very cool. I would recommend you to stay here 3 or 4 days, after that it's a bit boring. It's quiet in the week day, so better you manage to schedule to be there at least one friday or saturday, if you like partying.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 33° 91° 28° 83°🥵AQI 39✈️41min$2,754 / mo16Mbps×I've moved here permanently. Kids are in an elite school for $600pm, and I'm the only non-Colombian parent. I'm surprised there aren't more foreigners. Going to Gringo Tuesdays is a very touristy thing, I only ever went once everyone is 25 and trying to get laid basically, and its P$11,000 a beer, my local pub sells beer for $P2,000 by comparison. The longer you are here the more you discover. The "centre" of the city is really from 83rd-93rd-115th roughly, 83rd has loads of great clubs and rest
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety very badTap to open🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 80😷✈️42min$1,418 / mo5Mbps×👍 👍 Malls are fucking awesome, free wifi + free coworking spaces, toilets cleaner than Europe/ASEAN 👍 Public transport is pretty good 👎 Foods are a bit bland compared to ASEAN and Mexico 👎 👎 Safety, lots of racist/xenophobic catcalling on the street especially when I am an Asian. "Oi Chino Chino!" -- something I didn't get in other latam countries
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 78😷✈️47min$1,600 / mo5Mbps×AMAZING country, You will not get bored because it is super rich both culturally and for nature-related activities (hikes, lakes, waterfalls, etc). Everything is pretty close to Quito. But be very careful not to walk around with laptop or cellphone-not even at daylight. Safety is not good. Specially if you are alone.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 38✈️16min$1,632 / mo4Mbps×I mostly don't like it here. Possibly I am too used to USA or have not traveled enough. PRO: It is beautiful, with great natural resources, inexpensive rates & lots of activities to do. There are carriage rides & snorkling, beach events, etc. Lots & lots of great places for brunch or dinner & drinks. CONS: There's a strong cultural, economic & racial divide here. The locals see the tourist as distinctly different from them. It's hard to find any locals to have a conversation & just tre
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety badTap to open🌤 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 59✈️1h$1,692 / mo5Mbps×👍 👍 Malls are fucking awesome, free wifi + free coworking spaces, toilets cleaner than Europe/ASEAN 👍 Public transport is pretty good 👎 Foods are a bit bland compared to ASEAN and Mexico 👎 👎 Safety, lots of racist/xenophobic catcalling on the street especially when I am an Asian. "Oi Chino Chino!" -- something I didn't get in other latam countries
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 78😷✈️47min$1,600 / mo🌇 Also went here3 people×Panama City is a B+ place to live: solid weather, amenities, safety, and cleanliness... but, it feels much like an American city due to the skyscrapers, urban sprawl, and the limited activities. If you're not shopping, eating at a restaurant, bar hopping, or going to a reggaeton club until 3am, there's not a whole lot else to do. The weather is remarkably consistent: everyday it will be 85F, it will be cloudy for a few hours including a 15-30 minute shower, and then it will be mostly sunny for
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 38° 100° 31° 87°🥵AQI 25✈️1h$2,645 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×I mostly don't like it here. Possibly I am too used to USA or have not traveled enough. PRO: It is beautiful, with great natural resources, inexpensive rates & lots of activities to do. There are carriage rides & snorkling, beach events, etc. Lots & lots of great places for brunch or dinner & drinks. CONS: There's a strong cultural, economic & racial divide here. The locals see the tourist as distinctly different from them. It's hard to find any locals to have a conversation & just tre
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety badTap to open🌤 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 59✈️1h$1,692 / mo🌇 Also went here3 people×I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 60✈️6h$6,457 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×I spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 27✈️7h$5,172 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 9° 48° 10° 51°AQI 23✈️8h$6,903 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×Was in GLASGOW this end of JANUARY 2020. Post-industrial view everywhere, there is little to do in the old town + pedestrian area. Seems quite unattractive in comparison with EDINBURGH. Just to be quite frank with you nomads, it looks much more affordable if you eat at BURGER KING + LIDL or TESCO around there.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 3° 37° 6° 44°AQI 25✈️12h$4,974 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×Nomading here is tough because there are no reasonable Airbnbs and finding a short-term apt is difficult. You have to ask yourself, is it worth coming to Barcelona? It's probably the dirtiest city in Spain, and a bit sketchy. There's more beautiful and cleaner cities like Seville where you can find a reasonably priced Airbnb.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 21✈️12h$5,402 / mo🌇 Also went here3 people×Lived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 7° 45° 8° 46°AQI 500😷✈️12h$5,421 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×Florence is one of the most beautiful city in the world! Here you have the opportunity to taste real genuine, fresh and organic food and experience great wines (such a Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino, Nobile di Montepulciano, Bolgheri Sassicaia, Ornellaia and much more) ! Think that Italy is the only country in the world where each region produce a different kind of wine with different kind of local grapes. It is a real bless for palate. Italians are friendly and locals even more. Almost e
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 11° 52° 11° 53°AQI 55✈️13h$5,536 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×It´s difficult to make friends here. Generally speaking, lifelong friends are made in school and then there´s family. People are very nice and sociable but forget about making friends. Lots of really bad restaurants (tourist traps) so you have to be careful where you go. I´ve lived here for two years so I have gotten to know some good places. Tons of tourists and overcroweded public transport. Yes, it´s a beautiful city but quite unlivable.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°AQI 50✈️13h$5,629 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×Extremely boring and uppity. Like others say, how on earth does everything close at 8pm? Even restaurants close their kitchen around 9pm ON WEEKENDS. The people really have this "arrogant, uppity" vibe that makes you want to leave ASAP. Yes, architecture is incredible. It's walkable, transportation works, etc. Incredibly expensive. I see no reason why would anyone choose Vienna to Budapest or Prague as their base. Good for 2-3 days trip, nothing else.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌤 Feels 1° 34° 5° 41°AQI 30✈️14h$4,880 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×I absolutely love living in this city. It's very clean, safe and things generally always work! This is something I miss when I travel to other cities in Europe and rest of the world. Also co-working spaces are growing tons. Though night life might be pretty "boring", it truly is what you make it. Get to know other expats and friends through meetups or friend of a friend, and you'll have an awesome time here!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌫 Feels -3° 27° 0° 33°AQI 19✈️14h$3,867 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×Stayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌫 Feels 3° 37° 5° 40°AQI 78😷✈️14h$2,332 / mo🌇 Also went here3 people×