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| ⭐️ Total score | 111 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 2 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
5 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Macau is fast averaging 40 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~5 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (84%) = feels 20°C 68°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 65 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 80.5 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 MOP in USD | USD 1.24 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MOP 1,000 = USD 124 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Coworking |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Communal Table |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Hotel presidente MACAU |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍10% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 570,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $73,187 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ambiente Macau Ltd |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | AirAsia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Viva Macau |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Kiang Wu Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,238 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $5,827 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $18,669 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $5,334 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,076 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,446 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $5,852 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $50 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $113 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $112 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $7 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
66
19° mild |
72
22° mild |
75
24° warm |
77
25° warm |
108
42° scorching |
104
40° hot |
108
42° scorching |
102
39° hot |
106
41° scorching |
88
31° hot |
75
24° warm |
70
21° mild |
| Real |
66
19°
mild |
71
22°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
88
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
88
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
88
31°
hot |
81
27°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
70
21°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 61% |
nice 78% |
nice 84% |
nice 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 79% |
nice 67% |
nice 72% |
| Rain |
dry 3mm |
rainy 67mm |
dry 21mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 292mm |
rainy 248mm |
rainy 274mm |
rainy 107mm |
rainy 324mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 42mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 41% |
pockets 25% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 84% |
pockets 50% |
cloudy 71% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 48% |
| Air quality |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 54 US AQI |
okay 60 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 128 US AQI |
bad 126 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
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I've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
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A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
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How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
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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
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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.
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I'm currently in Lisbon and I must say that this city has been very overhyped in terms of cost, food and overall fun. There are a lot of issues where foreigners like myself are driving up the rent and we are solely blamed for this. The larger issue here is the Portuguese government is not using these tourism dollars towards their people. I'm staying in Alfama and there is 'fuck tourists' spray painted in a few places but in order to come and stay here we are being asked to provide our informatio
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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.
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