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| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 214 reviews |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
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| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Region | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Costa Rica |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 15 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌥 30°C 86°F + 💦 Humid (83%) + 💨 5km/h = feels like 38°C 100°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 70 US AQI equal to 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Kolbi |
| 💸 1,000 CRC in USD | USD 1.73 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CRC 100,000 USD 173 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Loop |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 13% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 10,000 people |
| 👫 Gender ratio | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Encuentra24 |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Nature Air |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Nature Air |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hone Creek Clinic |
| beachsurfingnomadsraftingbackpackersnon-touristywarm nowwarmhotslow internethigh humidityfreedom of pressdemocracyfreedommany menfriendly people |
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $2,660 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,546 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,684 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $767 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $518 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $431 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $1,458 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $68 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (136 listings) | $2,746 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $90 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $7 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
Based on Puerto Viejo's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 42° 108° 31° 88°🥵AQI 83😷✈️2h$1,796 / mo11MbpsWe loved Medellin! Poblado is a magical enclave, unlike most of Medellin. Amazing restaurants, lots
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 29° 84° 29° 85°AQI 114😷✈️3h$1,288 / mo18MbpsDuring winter is quite safe plus much cheaper. Some nightclubs are free and yet there is still a lot
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 9° 48° 11° 52°AQI 54✈️12h$4,313 / mo28MbpsWe loved Medellin! Poblado is a magical enclave, unlike most of Medellin. Amazing restaurants, lots
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 44° 111° 40° 104°🥵AQI 197😷✈️22h$1,058 / mo🌇 Also went here17 peopleDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high c
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 46° 115° 32° 90°🥵AQI 81😷✈️25h$1,244 / mo🌇 Also went here17 people| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels like | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 10038° hot | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 9937° hot | 9937° hot | 9334° hot | 9133° hot |
| Real temperature | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8530° very warm | 8429° very warm |
| Humidity | comfy 66% | comfy 66% | comfy 68% | comfy 68% | comfy 70% | comfy 70% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 71% | comfy 68% | comfy 68% | comfy 70% | comfy 70% |
| Rain | not rainy 36mm | not rainy 26mm | not rainy 44mm | not rainy 34mm | rainy 72mm | rainy 173mm | rainy 128mm | rainy 111mm | rainy 98mm | rainy 90mm | rainy 119mm | rainy 129mm |
| Cloud cover | pockets 33% | pockets 39% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 58% | pockets 48% | cloudy 55% |
| Air quality | clean 70** AQI | clean 70** AQI | clean 70** AQI | clean 70** AQI | clean 70** AQI | clean 70** AQI | clean 70** AQI | clean 70** AQI | clean 70** AQI | clean 70** AQI | clean 70** AQI | clean 70** AQI |
| UV Index | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI |
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✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBT
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Not family friendly
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