⭐️ Total score | 3.81/5 (Rank #35) |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍100% liked it 👎0% disliked it |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,357 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 18Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Hot: 26°C79°F (feels 29°C84°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 81% |
👌 Safety | Bad |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Very bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $721 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 8k ppl/km² (1 per 11x11m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* | Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* | Good |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Brazil |
🗓️ Average trip length | 11 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 18 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 26°C 79°F + 😊 Comfy (81%) = feels 29°C 84°F |
🔌 Power | 115V230V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 10 BRL in USD | USD 1.77 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BRL 1,000 = USD 177 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Impact Hub |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Orbe Coworking |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,649 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 11x11m (121m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 42% 👱♀️ 58% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Mercado Livre |
🏠 Apartment listings | Zap |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Azul |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Azul |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,357 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $722 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,356 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $387 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $947 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,106 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $269 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $44 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $36 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $210 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $5,923 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $28 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $3,200 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $10,460 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $28,475 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
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Feels | 8429° warm | 8429° warm | 8429° warm | 8228° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 7926° warm | 8228° warm | 8429° warm | 8630° warm | 8429° warm |
Real | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 7926° warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm |
Humidity | nice 40% | nice 39% | nice 40% | nice 41% | nice 42% | nice 42% | nice 42% | nice 42% | nice 40% | nice 40% | nice 39% | nice 40% |
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Rain | rainy 59mm | rainy 74mm | rainy 93mm | rainy 114mm | rainy 126mm | rainy 132mm | rainy 141mm | rainy 81mm | rainy 53mm | dry 47mm | dry 37mm | dry 43mm |
Cloud | pockets 48% | pockets 40% | pockets 34% | pockets 42% | pockets 37% | pockets 37% | pockets 34% | pockets 38% | pockets 32% | pockets 36% | pockets 37% | pockets 44% |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 369 people | 292 people | 333 people | 267 people | 333 people | 286 people | 229 people | 525 people | 360 people | 400 people | 367 people | 636 people |
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literally one of the worst cities I have ever been, not safe at all, nothing to do, full of retired people, just skip it, Brazil has way better places than this horrible city
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 29° 84° 26° 78°🥵🚕3h$1,544 / mo16Mbps×Pipa is the best kept secret of Brazil, a small surf town with a thriving community of interesting people. Right now there are weekly popup coworking days, weekly meetups and weekend trips with other nomads. If you like sports this is heaven: Surf, beach tennis, padel, Crossfit... Brazil is a very sport focused country and that shows every day on the lifestyle here.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 28° 82° 26° 79°✈️16min$1,061 / mo21Mbps×There are not a lot of places to work from, there are not many cafes. The city is not so fun, but the city is close to great dunes and beaches. The sitances are relatively long and since its always very hot it is not ideal to walk. My score would be nomad score would be 2.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 80°✈️20min$1,199 / mo19Mbps×My wife is from there and we have a house in beach park not in Fortaleza is Aquiraz I absolutely love leaving there. lower cost of leaving, great food. Great beach
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 81°✈️50min$1,433 / mo21Mbps×Vitoria is always in the top 5 Brazilian cities for quality of life, and has a unique neighbourhood kinda style in the areas in which nomads are likely to live and work. Very walkable. I'd describe all the areas as cute, rather than majestic or big-city like, but they all have a nice, hip, kinda vibe that is great for strolling. Also much more difficult than in Rio to stumble into a bad neighbourhood. Lived here for 6 years and never had any problems. I walk and bike everywhere and never felt t
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°✈️2h$1,697 / mo17Mbps×Lived here three years. On the plus side the people are friendly and the women are beautiful. The urban area is huge but all the action takes place in a fairly small central area. On the minus side, there are very few parks or green spaces. There aren't many attractions or cool things to do in the city. People's leisure time is mostly spent drinking in roadside bars.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°✈️2h$1,302 / mo19Mbps×Brasilia is a hidden gem in the middle of Brazil. Very safe city, with good restaurants, super safe traffic, very green, perfect for biking, and with a high level of education. Shaped like an airplane, it is the most famous planned town in the world, by legendary architect Oscar Niemayer. Internet is good, you can rent a cheap Airbnb, most of them with a green view, There are more than 800 waterfalls close by (check Chapada dos Veadeiros) and hiking spots. The climate very pleasant as long as
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°✈️2h$1,538 / mo18Mbps×Stay in one of these neighborhoods: Itaim Bibi, Jardim Europa, Jardim Paulista, or Pinheiros, and it will be great.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 119😷✈️3h$1,738 / mo69Mbps×literally one of the worst cities I have ever been, not safe at all, nothing to do, full of retired people, just skip it, Brazil has way better places than this horrible city
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 29° 84° 26° 78°🥵🚕3h$1,544 / mo16MbpsדDon’t take your phone out” is some outdated advice… there are several people on the streets and in the metro using phones and taking pictures. Remember that nothing stays the same forever. Rio is safer than many people describe. Use your common sense.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°✈️3h$2,037 / mo41Mbps×There are not a lot of places to work from, there are not many cafes. The city is not so fun, but the city is close to great dunes and beaches. The sitances are relatively long and since its always very hot it is not ideal to walk. My score would be nomad score would be 2.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 80°✈️20min$1,199 / mo19Mbps×Lived here three years. On the plus side the people are friendly and the women are beautiful. The urban area is huge but all the action takes place in a fairly small central area. On the minus side, there are very few parks or green spaces. There aren't many attractions or cool things to do in the city. People's leisure time is mostly spent drinking in roadside bars.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°✈️2h$1,302 / mo19Mbps×Bali for grownups. It's perfectly safe. I could walk in 95% areas of Floripa at night with my phone taken out without any feeling of danger. Safer than Rio, for sure. All types of water sport and hikes are available here, so it's a good place for people who are into nature. Place isn't very trendy and service sometimes isn't that good but it's getting there. As anywhere in Brazil, people here don't in general speak English. But they're so friendly that they will always try to help you out and sm
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 69°✈️3h$1,433 / mo85Mbps×My wife is from there and we have a house in beach park not in Fortaleza is Aquiraz I absolutely love leaving there. lower cost of leaving, great food. Great beach
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 81°✈️50min$1,433 / mo21Mbps×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°✈️9h$6,831 / mo56Mbps×Pipa is the best kept secret of Brazil, a small surf town with a thriving community of interesting people. Right now there are weekly popup coworking days, weekly meetups and weekend trips with other nomads. If you like sports this is heaven: Surf, beach tennis, padel, Crossfit... Brazil is a very sport focused country and that shows every day on the lifestyle here.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 28° 82° 26° 79°✈️16min$1,061 / mo21Mbps×Love it! Don't expect them to speak English, that is NOT their native language. If you're going to go, learn some Spanish and respect their culture. No gentrification in Mexico, please.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°✈️10h$1,950 / mo58MbpsדDon’t take your phone out” is some outdated advice… there are several people on the streets and in the metro using phones and taking pictures. Remember that nothing stays the same forever. Rio is safer than many people describe. Use your common sense.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°✈️3h$2,037 / mo🌇 Also went here54 people×Stay in one of these neighborhoods: Itaim Bibi, Jardim Europa, Jardim Paulista, or Pinheiros, and it will be great.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 119😷✈️3h$1,738 / mo🌇 Also went here60 people×Bali for grownups. It's perfectly safe. I could walk in 95% areas of Floripa at night with my phone taken out without any feeling of danger. Safer than Rio, for sure. All types of water sport and hikes are available here, so it's a good place for people who are into nature. Place isn't very trendy and service sometimes isn't that good but it's getting there. As anywhere in Brazil, people here don't in general speak English. But they're so friendly that they will always try to help you out and sm
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 69°✈️3h$1,433 / mo🌇 Also went here31 people×As a local living in Buenos Aires, renting a one bedroom apartment by myself, working from home and being very frugal (I don't dine out, I don't get take-out, I don't travel), I spend around USD 800 a month. If I buy myself something like a new bag or pair of jeans that number goes up by at least USD 100 (current value of USD 1 is ARS 1400). The cost of living for a local is severely outdated. It's more like the cost of living for an expat now.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°✈️5h$1,540 / mo🌇 Also went here41 people×Hello i am agreed with previous comment . I was very passionate about Portugal pend here two and half years even more just living living here , not travel abroad . So my opinion its very beautiful country people are also very nice . Ideally if you working abroad . British and French expats are here . Nepal people hard workers and afro colonies people who came from Mozambique . Its totally fine no racism and totally solidarity . But , if you searching housing , and move in city of course , it wi
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 28° 82° 26° 80°AQI 29✈️8h$3,872 / mo🌇 Also went here42 people×It is more expensve than expected. Depending whete you live, streets can be dirty. It seems the government only uses the tax money to invest in the high en areas. Thwre are is a lot of inequality. People are very racist. I am Mexican, and the first thing people ask me here, is whete do I come from. I have never felt as discriminated as here and to be honest I dont think I have it as bad as other people.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 36° 97° 36° 96°🥵AQI 63😷✈️8h$3,558 / mo🌇 Also went here27 people×Difficult to find places to work in the evenings if you work for a western company. Hard to find a good quality restaurant, Google reviews are very inflated here.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 30° 86° 29° 85°AQI 34✈️9h$4,598 / mo🌇 Also went here42 people×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°✈️9h$6,831 / mo🌇 Also went here42 people×I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 55😷✈️10h$5,439 / mo🌇 Also went here39 people×I don't understand why London has so high safety rating. Your phone could be stolen and your bicycle WILL be stolen here (or a part of it). I live here 8.5 years and I experienced the above multiple times. Police seems only cares about crime against person by whatever reason. Insure everything expensive that you own. I would also add that antisocial behaviour is quite common here and teenagers are heavily involved in crimes as police don't do anything with them because of their age. Basically th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 25✈️10h$5,697 / mo🌇 Also went here47 people×I recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°AQI 27✈️10h$5,666 / mo🌇 Also went here37 people×Berlin used to be nomad base in Europe... but it's not the same anymore. The 'pandemic' changed many things -- the cost of course, but also the culture -- the freedom and liberty have been contained. The police presence and size of the state have grown -- definitely doesn't feel so relaxed anymore. It's also important to note here -- there is limited ambition. Most are looking for an easy, fun and peaceful life -- which is great, but if you are building something or running a business it can fee
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 46✈️11h$3,831 / mo🌇 Also went here29 people×The city is overrated. I feel like I have to be on guard most of the time. People are always trying to scam you, from taxi drivers to waitresses. It's fine for a three-day vacation which is more than enough but staying long-term is very subjective... Airbnbs are overpriced for what you get. Turkish hospitality is a joke. They’re really good at conning tourists here. I stayed for a month, but I should've just passed through. A layover at the airport would've been plenty.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 43✈️11h$1,858 / mo🌇 Also went here27 people×(It seems my paragraph formatting is being removed due to the length of my comment, so sorry you'll have to deal with the wall of text if you want to read this, haha) Have been in Bangkok for the past 6 months. I've been nomadic for the past 4 years across Europe & the US, and as someone who is used to walking everywhere and greenery, I found it quite difficult living here. I spent my first 5 months living in Airbnbs, which were fine for around $6-800/m, and for the last month decided to live in
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 31° 88° 27° 81°🥵AQI 60😷✈️20h$1,358 / mo🌇 Also went here30 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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