⭐️ Total score | 2.89/5 (Rank #359) |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍88% liked it 👎13% disliked it |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Good |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,051 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 6Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 29°C84°F (feels 34°C93°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 76% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 53 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Great |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $704 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare* | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Mexico |
⏱ Average trip length | 23 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (76%) = feels 34°C 93°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 53 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 5.55 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 555 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | NEST |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | COFFICE |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍15% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 150,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,444 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 77% 👱♀️ 23% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Linio |
🏠 Apartment listings | Comparto Depa |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Volaris |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aeromexico |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,051 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,066 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,095 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,170 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,427 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,017 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,056 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $67 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $99 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $499 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $9 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here
✅ Many Nomad List members here all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 8429° warm | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 10038° hot | 10239° hot | 10440° hot | 10943° scorching | 10842° scorching | 10943° scorching | 10239° hot | 8831° hot | 9133° hot |
Real | 7926° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm |
Humidity | nice 86% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 86% |
Rain | rainy 126mm | rainy 60mm | rainy 55mm | dry 30mm | rainy 104mm | rainy 241mm | rainy 97mm | rainy 233mm | rainy 169mm | rainy 175mm | rainy 156mm | rainy 78mm |
Cloud | cloudy 56% | pockets 34% | pockets 23% | pockets 37% | pockets 46% | cloudy 69% | pockets 46% | pockets 43% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 52% | pockets 45% | pockets 33% |
Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 2,917 people | 1,883 people | 2,236 people | 2,133 people | 1,333 people | 1,289 people | 1,040 people | 950 people | 1,625 people | 2,055 people | 2,367 people | 1,908 people |
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I liked it. I stayed in middle of city at tamaindo b&b. I went all over island on scooter . It’s a lot less crazy than playa del Carmen .
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open🌤 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 70🚕38min$2,779 / mo9Mbps×Stayed for 5 days in Tulum in March 2023, here are a few things to consider. -The Pros are: there a ton of very solid accommodations for ~$50 per night on a short term basis (1BR apartment, pool, etc.). You can get it down even further with a longer term commitment. It feels like there is a growing nomad community, but it's more of NYC/LA types than down to earth vagabonds. There are a bunch of great restaurants that cater to the health conscious and gyms to check out. There are some very posh
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open🌤 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 70🚕2h$3,914 / mo11Mbps×The wifi conection on all the island maybe can be slower sometimes. i sugesto to have a 50gb plan internet by Didi simcards
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌤 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 35🚕3h$7,529 / mo24Mbps×I've stayed in Merida for about 1 month during winter. I really enjoyed the Merida fest which take place during the month of January. I felt very safe in this city and people are very friendly. There are plenty of cafes in Centro where you can work and the internet is quite good. Overall, it's a great place to be and I would see myself stay for a long time.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 38° 100° 32° 90°🥵AQI 93😷✈️21min$1,677 / mo6Mbps×I love San Pedro for the diving, fishing and street food. Great internet and have worked here remotely several times in the last year. Some of the best diving in all of the Caribbean at offshore Atolls, with incredible bio-diversity, and world class fishing. I prefer minimalist island vibe without Gucci stores, am here for the wildlife, and love driving to dinner on the beach in a lifted golf cart.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety very badTap to open🌤 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°AQI 70✈️25min$4,610 / mo7Mbps×There is absolutely no reason to stay in Belize City. You're just going to get ripped off by taxis and restaurants (always do the math on your bill). You come to Belize to go to the islands or ruins, not Belize City.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun bad👮 Safety very badTap to open🌤 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 70✈️29min$3,062 / mo7Mbps×Roatan is a beautiful island and has become a worthwhile spot for digital nomads. I've been impressed with the high band internet speeds and over all reliability of all services! If you want to scuba dive, this is one of the best places on the planet to do that as well
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun bad👮 Safety very badTap to open🌤 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 129😷✈️39min$3,359 / mo4Mbps×Havana is great for a vacation, not for remote work. One of the best thing here is the atmosphere - it means people, music, fun, nightlife. BUT the situation with food is very complicated, is hard to find literally anything, there are queues everywhere. The internet is expensive (2.5 GB of LTE for 8 dollars) and very unstable. If you don't need so much internet to your work and if you are patient enough, you can enjoy Havana as it is really interesting and unique city.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 25✈️46min$1,921 / mo5Mbps×Stayed for 5 days in Tulum in March 2023, here are a few things to consider. -The Pros are: there a ton of very solid accommodations for ~$50 per night on a short term basis (1BR apartment, pool, etc.). You can get it down even further with a longer term commitment. It feels like there is a growing nomad community, but it's more of NYC/LA types than down to earth vagabonds. There are a bunch of great restaurants that cater to the health conscious and gyms to check out. There are some very posh
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open🌤 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 70🚕2h$3,914 / mo11Mbps×If you have money, stay in Lomas. That's it. The other areas of the city which every Samantha, Bryan, and pink-haired person named Leaf have mentioned are all worth visiting and enjoying, but just stay in Lomas. Quiet, less population, no dust, and most importantly, you can avoid the broke Americans from Bushwick or WeHo who eat at Orinoco every night to save money.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 112😷✈️2h$1,955 / mo11Mbps×I've stayed in Merida for about 1 month during winter. I really enjoyed the Merida fest which take place during the month of January. I felt very safe in this city and people are very friendly. There are plenty of cafes in Centro where you can work and the internet is quite good. Overall, it's a great place to be and I would see myself stay for a long time.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 38° 100° 32° 90°🥵AQI 93😷✈️21min$1,677 / mo6Mbps×The wifi conection on all the island maybe can be slower sometimes. i sugesto to have a 50gb plan internet by Didi simcards
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌤 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 35🚕3h$7,529 / mo24Mbps×I love Laureles which is calmer, lots of tress, great restaurants. I don't like Poblado which is noisier, more polluted and more party.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 82😷✈️3h$1,525 / mo5Mbps×I liked it. I stayed in middle of city at tamaindo b&b. I went all over island on scooter . It’s a lot less crazy than playa del Carmen .
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open🌤 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 70🚕38min$2,779 / mo9Mbps×It's a safe area of Mexico, and also even the people who try to sell you crap, 'vendors' is less aggressive here. I have done about 2.5 months total in PV (two separate trips). Airbnbs are plentiful near the centro and december 5, more expensive in the romantic zone and even more expensive in Sayulita. But central PV is pretty cheap, even inland from Hotel Zone is nice and cheap. Roads and walkways are narrow and horrible. Internet is OK. If you stay in PV central, the beach isn't so great for s
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 28° 82° 28° 83°AQI 74✈️3h$4,034 / mo7Mbps×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 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌦 Feels 11° 52° 11° 51°AQI 39✈️3h$6,292 / mo49Mbps×Loved this city! It is not big although has great nightlife, coworkings, amazing streetart and is quite cheap. Although, when I visited in December 2021 they had problems with garbage removal.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 29° 84° 28° 83°AQI 119😷✈️1h$5,036 / mo6Mbps×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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌦 Feels 9° 48° 10° 49°AQI 34✈️11h$6,371 / mo16Mbps×I guess if you're a nomad this doesn't matter much, but the long-term job pickings here are slim and among the most underpaid for a US city. There seems to be a tacit rent floor that means you won't find a good deal on housing. A lot of people don't seem very invested in their interpersonal relationships here since their ties to the area are often transient.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 35✈️1h$6,740 / mo54Mbps×Stayed for 5 days in Tulum in March 2023, here are a few things to consider. -The Pros are: there a ton of very solid accommodations for ~$50 per night on a short term basis (1BR apartment, pool, etc.). You can get it down even further with a longer term commitment. It feels like there is a growing nomad community, but it's more of NYC/LA types than down to earth vagabonds. There are a bunch of great restaurants that cater to the health conscious and gyms to check out. There are some very posh
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open🌤 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 70🚕2h$3,914 / mo🌇 Also went here350 people×If you have money, stay in Lomas. That's it. The other areas of the city which every Samantha, Bryan, and pink-haired person named Leaf have mentioned are all worth visiting and enjoying, but just stay in Lomas. Quiet, less population, no dust, and most importantly, you can avoid the broke Americans from Bushwick or WeHo who eat at Orinoco every night to save money.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 112😷✈️2h$1,955 / mo🌇 Also went here608 people×I love Laureles which is calmer, lots of tress, great restaurants. I don't like Poblado which is noisier, more polluted and more party.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 82😷✈️3h$1,525 / mo🌇 Also went here436 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 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌦 Feels 11° 52° 11° 51°AQI 39✈️3h$6,292 / mo🌇 Also went here396 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 🙂 Good😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 29✈️5h$6,322 / mo🌇 Also went here306 people×Pros - extremely cheap (excl. housing), great transportation system (both subway and busses), great pastry shops Cons - expensive airbnbs, rude people who can be fairly racist towards blacks (worldcup was a tough time given how openly people were cursing about black people in bars and home get togethers I went to) and other south americans (weird superiority complex), a tad depressing given the current economic crises (almost everyone is going through a rough time so it is difficult to enjoy yo
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°AQI 11✈️9h$1,736 / mo🌇 Also went here295 people×Lisbon is not a fairytale of fine words, try the bureaucratic reality later tell me something, always remember the natives just want your money if you don't have it they are not there for you
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 66°AQI 23✈️10h$4,054 / mo🌇 Also went here437 people×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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌦 Feels 9° 48° 10° 49°AQI 34✈️11h$6,371 / mo🌇 Also went here452 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 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌦 Feels 11° 52° 13° 55°AQI 31✈️11h$5,883 / mo🌇 Also went here341 people×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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 7° 45° 9° 48°AQI 40✈️11h$9,113 / mo🌇 Also went here314 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 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 26✈️11h$5,319 / mo🌇 Also went here420 people×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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46°AQI 46✈️12h$4,089 / mo🌇 Also went here310 people×I really liked Chiang Mai but I can't put my finger on why. I'll try to remain unbiased so here goes. Chiang Mai is a dirty place with horrible pollution levels. English speaking is okay. I did really enjoy a balance of simple, risk-free living at low cost and acceptable quality of living. Many places only accept cash but plenty accept card. There's lots to do and it's fun exploring on a moped/motorbike. It feels as easy as Canggu with more modern appointments to get by as a westerner a bit easi
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 35° 95° 34° 93°🥵AQI 282😷✈️21h$1,367 / mo🌇 Also went here289 people×I agree so much with this review from 11 months ago. "A city right out of a dystopian novel" - that's what I was thinking on the way to the Airport after spending just a week in Bangkok. A city right out of a dystopian novel - soulless and cynical. The air is polluted and no trees are in sight. Its inhabitants manipulative and cold-hearted - hidden behind fake smiles. A Disney Land for senile retirees. Everything is for sale and nothing has value. The streets are filled with rats - both human o
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 41° 106° 33° 92°🥵AQI 70✈️21h$2,103 / mo🌇 Also went here382 people×