⭐️ Total score | 2.41/5 (Rank #394) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,477 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 11Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 28°C82°F (feels 33°C91°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 86% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 53 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy : 151 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Bad |
🤮 Food safety* | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Very bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $346 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Guatemala |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (86%) = feels 33°C 91°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 53 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 151 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10 GTQ in USD | USD 1.29 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GTQ 1,000 = USD 129 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💻 Best coworking space | Chamba |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Quid |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $4,147 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 81% 👱♀️ 19% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Avianca |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,477 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,068 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,658 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $760 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $363 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $956 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $567 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $17 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $31 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $178 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $5,230 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $18 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7021° mild | 7323° mild |
Real | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7424° warm | 7222° mild | 7424° warm | 7222° mild | 7424° warm | 7424° warm | 7021° mild | 7323° mild |
Humidity | nice 39% | nice 36% | nice 36% | nice 37% | nice 43% | nice 47% | nice 43% | nice 46% | nice 46% | nice 44% | nice 40% | nice 39% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 4mm | dry 4mm | dry 25mm | rainy 71mm | rainy 234mm | rainy 331mm | rainy 188mm | rainy 234mm | rainy 330mm | rainy 233mm | rainy 52mm | dry 7mm |
Cloud | pockets 32% | pockets 25% | pockets 27% | pockets 39% | pockets 46% | cloudy 51% | pockets 43% | pockets 48% | pockets 47% | pockets 39% | pockets 39% | pockets 28% |
Air quality | clean 36 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 151* US AQI | bad 151* US AQI | clean 44 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 371 people | 450 people | 475 people | 360 people | 300 people | 550 people | 600 people | 400 people | 400 people | 600 people | 600 people | 371 people |
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