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| ⭐️ Total score | 46 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Ecuador |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 21 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 25°C 77°F + 😊 Comfy (85%) = feels 25°C 77°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 90 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 12.50% |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Del Mar |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,982 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 88% 👱♀️ 12% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | LAN Ecuador |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,144 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,104 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,180 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,480 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,884 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,628 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,410 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $88 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $53 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $411 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $12 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
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| Humidity |
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| Cloud |
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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
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