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| ⭐️ Total score | 13 reviews |
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| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
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| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 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 | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Chile |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 15°C 59°F + 💦 Damp (82%) = feels 15°C 59°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 9 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 51.5 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Movistar |
| 💸 1,000 CLP in USD | USD 1.09 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CLP 100,000 = USD 109 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Lighthouse Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 210,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,794 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | LAN |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,498 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $895 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,266 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $362 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $272 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $58 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,213 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $57 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 229 listings) | $1,754 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $58 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
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21° mild |
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21° mild |
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18° cool |
64
18° cool |
61
16° cool |
57
14° cool |
59
15° cool |
63
17° cool |
64
18° cool |
66
19° mild |
68
20° mild |
| Real |
68
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mild |
68
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64
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59
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64
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66
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| Humidity |
nice 84% |
nice 83% |
nice 83% |
nice 80% |
nice 73% |
damp 74% |
damp 74% |
damp 75% |
damp 71% |
damp 72% |
nice 78% |
nice 79% |
| Rain |
dry 2mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 1mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 35% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 40% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 39% |
| Air quality |
clean 45 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 13 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
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Was here for January 2022. It was very nice. It's a very European city with South American vibes. Due to high inflation, it's cheap. The steak is the best I've ever eaten. Go to AreaTres for coworking. Bring cash (EUR or USD) in large bills. Otherwise, you'll have to pay by card and get the official exchange rate, which is 50% of what you get on the black ("blue") market. There are many places to exchange cash. As an alternative to cash, I've also heard that people like to send themselves money
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Famous city, the historical capital and crown jewel of Peru. While the food does not compare to what is available in Lima, man the hiking opportunities are above and beyond. The boleto touristica is fantastic, for around $50 USD you get access to 11 archeological sites (all worth it), a cultural show (worth it), and 4 museums (I did not go). You have the option of hiring a tour guide, who will arrange transport and lunch for around 15-50 USD depending who you go with, but I decided to go it alon
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I live here and I would like to comment on some things that might be different from what you expect: - Walkability: Definitely not great, the city is huge, there are neighborhood where is safe to walk, with interesting stuff to do, but this isn't the case on most places far from west zone (Pinheiros and Vila Madalena) and Paulista avenue. Expect to use public transportation (subway and buses) and uber a lot. - LGBTQ+: Sao Paulo is the state with most homicides against trans people in the whol
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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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57° AQI 17 ✈️5h $979 / mo 🌇 Also went here23 people
Touristy circus of a place. Everyone is trying to rip you off... even as fluent Spanish speaker. Check out PV or anywhere west coast instead.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 40° 104° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 104 😷 ✈️8h $1,580 / mo 🌇 Also went here21 people
I really enjoyed my first week here, but as I got to know more locals and heard their stories, I was disturbed at the security situation. Almost everyone I met has horror stories about being robbed at gunpoint, robbed by the police, and in one case even drugged and robbed by a taxi driver. It's not even safe to walk a short distance at night (locals told me to just take Uber). Beyond the security issues, scams also abound, and the covid policy is wacky, with hand sanitizer being forced on you ev
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71° AQI 65 ✈️8h $1,540 / mo 🌇 Also went here24 people
Great city, but if you are a digital nomad and can afford higher rates, please don't drop insane amounts and pay what the locals do. I have heard of "nomads" coming here for a month and dropping 2k on a T1, while at most it shouldn't exceed 800 euros in the centre of Lisbon, which even like others have noted is an insane amount for locals. Also, the government should really start constructing social housing and do something about subletting/vacation rentals.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 74° AQI 29 ✈️13h $2,402 / mo 🌇 Also went here23 people
Super expensive city, with some nice tourist attractions. Wouldn't recommend staying here for a longer time as price levels are almost Parisienne. Also, you can easily see all the good spots within 3 days or so. Pros: - nice tourist attractions (quite a couple of them) - many food options - people are open & friendly Cons: - hella expensive - limited vegan food options - you should at least understand some Dutch or French to survive here
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 74° AQI 25 ✈️15h $2,867 / mo 🌇 Also went here21 people
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 39° 102° 33° 92° 🥵 AQI 38 ✈️16h $4,558 / mo 🌇 Also went here21 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 31 ✈️16h $6,598 / mo 🌇 Also went here24 people
Brisbane is great, much quieter and more relaxed than Sydney or Melbourne, and if you're near the city it's very walkable, with everything you need within a short stroll
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 20° 68° 19° 66° AQI 10 ✈️16h $3,723 / mo 🌇 Also went here21 people
Visited in February of 2019, the week before Carnival. Great time to visit as there were hardly any tourists and only a few other travelers. Downside is a lot of the restaurants aren't open and some tours are shut down. Upside is you get to live like a local in a insanely touristy town 10 months of the year. We were able to grab a very nice 1 bedroom apartment in the old town center with a kitchen for 150 euros for 5 nights (30 euros/n). Probably 10-15 restaurants were open in the old town, incl
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 36° 97° 32° 90° 🥵 AQI 66 ✈️16h $2,352 / mo 🌇 Also went here21 people
Definitely check out The Key (on near Zhong Xiao Dun Hua station) if living here for more than a month. Cafe + Gym + Bar all in one, monthly membership about $50 USD. English-friendly, no contracts. Made my 3 month stay here immensely better with fast wifi in the cafe and it's a great feeling to be able to work out immediately after working.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 46° 115° 34° 94° 🥵 AQI 42 ✈️25h $2,011 / mo 🌇 Also went here21 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
